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UIDA Staff
William Tyler McGhee,
Project Director
Mr. William Tyler McGhee is a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama. Mr. McGhee has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from Troy State University in Troy, AL. Mr. McGhee is married and has one son.
For the past 3 1/2 years Mr. McGhee has served as
director of UIDA Business Services, one of three Native
American Procurement and Technical Assistance Centers in
the United States, and before his current position his has worked
in various area of Tribal Governments Affairs. Mr. McGhee served as the Tribal Priority Allocation (TPA) Funds Projector Coordinator for the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. of Nashville, TN. In that capacity his most notable accomplishment was being able to serve as the team leader in formulation, planning, designing and organizing the redistribution methodology of TPA funds under the BIA Eastern Region to the regional tribes. Mr. McGhee has worked with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama as a member of their Gaming Board. As a member he assisted with overseeing the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Bingo Palace operation and their drive to secure a Class III gaming compact with the State of Alabama.
Mr. McGhee's goals are to focus on helping Indian reservations and communities grow economically through new business and the continuing growth of existing businesses.
Jeanne Turner,
Procurement Consultant
M. Turner retired from the U.S. Federal Government with 34 years service. Her experience extends from various positions in administration, first-line supervision and management to that of a small business owner. Her training in many program areas both in the Federal Government and the private sector are well suited for counseling small businesses. While her expertise favors the contracting and procurement field, she has developed an overall perspective of business from positions held in many areas which include Comptroller & Finance, Supply & Inventory, Personnel, Training, Business Development, Hotel Convention Services, Small Business Advocacy and Socio-Economic programs.
Her last nine years with the Federal Government were spent as a Procurement Center Representative with responsibility to review the small business programs of assigned Federal Agency Contracting Offices and to counsel small businesses in marketing and selling strategies in the Federal procurement arena including subcontracting opportunities with large prime contractors. She was also responsible for oversight of the SBA Women's Business Ownership program for an eight-state region.
Ms. Turner's goals continue to be that of service to small business and to assure that the Native American Indian small businesses are given adequate opportunity to compete in the government marketplace.
Ms. Turner is originally from Biloxi, Mississippi, and now resides in Cumming, Georgia.
George Williams,
Procurement Consultant
George Williams is a native of Marietta, Georgia. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. He is a former employee of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, having worked for over sixteen years in Manufacturing Procurement, Subcontract Management, and Aircraft Manufacturing. Mr. Williams' goals are to increase the participation of American Indian small businesses in federal, state, and local government contracting as well as to increase subcontracting opportunities for American Indian small businesses with government prime contractors.
Mr. Williams and his wife Kathy reside in Kingston, GA.
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