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Delia Davis

Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support Bureau

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Delia Davis is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where she is responsible for the delivery of occupational health, safety, and environmental services, as well as facilities support, and records management.

During her time with FEMA, she also served as the Assistant Director of the Management Directorate and, most recently, as the Director of Business Operations and was responsible for: the Office of Business Management; Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Management; Security; and Records Management.

Ms. Davis has over 25 years of federal service, most of which have been in federal acquisition, covering contracting operations, acquisition policy, oversight, and program management. Delia is a graduate of the American University in Washington, DC, where she studied International Business. She also holds a graduate certificate in Information Resources Management from the National Defense University.

Prior to her service at FEMA, Delia was the Acting Senior Procurement Executive and Director of the Office of Acquisition Management at the Department of Commerce (DOC). During her time at DOC, she led the Office of Acquisition Management through a Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Study and initial implementation of BPR recommendations. Ms. Davis had also been the deputy director of Business Policies and Strategies for the Department of Transportation (DOT). In this position, she was responsible for policy and business systems initiatives governing DOT’s acquisition and grants programs totaling more than $70 billion annually.

Formerly, she was Director of the Acquisition Systems Division at the General Services Administration, Office of Governmentwide Policy, where she implemented the first governmentwide point of entry for federal business opportunities (www.fedbizops.gov) and a similar portal for grant funding opportunities that is now known as Grants.gov.

Ms. Davis was Acting Assistant Deputy Commander for Contracting Management for the Naval Supply Systems Command, where she was responsible for policy and oversight of all Navy field activities. She also held acquisition positions at the Naval Air Systems Command on both the F/A-18 Aircraft Weapon System Program and the High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Program.

Last Modified: Wednesday, 11-Aug-2010 13:15:39 EDT