PRESENTERS
Dr. Mildred Huff Ofosu, Assistant Vice President at Morgan State University for thirteen years and has a total of 27 years in research administration. The unit in which she serves is Division of Research & Economic Development( DRED), which supports the institution’ s objectives in increasing extramural funding for research, focusing on compliance, enhancing the Universities’ facilities, developing new academic programs training and educational activities. She is the lead administrator of Maryland Research and Applied Sciences Consortium( MRASC), which collaborated with Maryland TEDCO that received funding from Fort Detrick( USAMRMC) for the MRASC HBCUs / MSIs to build their research capacity, align with small minority companies in the development of technology, and technology transfer mechanism. Dr. Ofosu has served as a peer reviewer for NIH, USED and NSF. Most recently, Dr. Ofosu serves as Chair of the Biomedical / Biobehavioral Research Administration Development( BRAD) Review Committee in 2012-15. She has been a frequent presenter at national meetings including SRA, NCURA, and NSPAA. Dr. Ofosu has several publications in her research area of Immunogenetics and in Sponsored Program Administration. She is a Charter member and former president of NSPAA and has served in other official capacities. Dr. Ofosu has assisted with planning NSPAA’ s annual meetings since its inception and is a Board member of NSPAA. She is currently serving as Chair of the local planning committee for 2016 NSPAA Technical Assistance Workshop.
Mrs. Paula Shaw is the Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at Norfolk State University( NSU), in Norfolk Virginia. She has been successfully employed there in various administrative roles for 35 years, including Assistant Vice President for Development, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Programs, Acting Vice President for University Advancement and Director of the NSU Foundation, and Director for the Office of Research. She is an active member of National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance( NSPAA) of Historically Black Colleges and Universities( HBCUs), where she served for four years as President and is also a founding member of the organization, which started in 1992. She is a member of SRA, AUTM, PRIM & R and several other organizations; a former Board member of STARBASE Victory, a youth STEM program of the City of Portsmouth Public School System where she served for 17 years; and she is a proud HBCU product( NSU) where she matriculated in Political Science and further studied in Human Resource Planning and Administration. Shaw prides herself in the work she does in the community, including her church, Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church, where she serves as a Trustee and a John R. Gray Missionary and the training she provides small and medium-sized non-profits, and colleges and universities, primarily to enhance their infrastructure. She has been happily married to Vincent Shaw for 40 years and they have two daughters and one son by marriage— they are all also HBCU products.
Dr. Samuel Washington has over 34 years of combined experience in higher education and industry. Dr. Washington currently serves as Director for the Office of Governmental Contracting Services at Southern University, Baton Rouge Campus. Dr. Washington was instrumental in initiating the first DoD Mentor-Protégé Program and Student Mentor-Protégé Program at Southern University, which led to the development of contracting work with various federal agencies. The Office of Governmental Contracting is now helping to lead historically Black Colleges and Universities in contracting work with the federal government, with over $ 27 million dollars in contract awards over the last 15 years. His experience with the Mentor-Protégé and contract programs at Southern allows him to provide oversight, coordination, and guidance to task managers, staff, and faculty who l work on various projects at the Baton Rouge Campus. Prior to his work at Southern, Dr. Washington worked for 20 years in the field of research and development at Dow Chemical, Plaquemines, Louisiana. Dr. Washington earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry from Louisiana State University and a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Northeastern State University, Ruston, LA.
“ Expanding Sponsored Programs and Research Possibilities With Contracts: Understanding The Requirements For Success” June 7-10, 2016 Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington, VA
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