LEADERSHIP
MS. AMY MURRAY (SES)
Deputy DASD, Industrial Policy
Director, Office of Small Business Programs
Appointed in 2020, Ms. Amy Murray currently serves as the Deputy DASD for Industrial Policy and Director for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP). As the OSBP Director, Ms. Murray leads a network of over 700 Small Business professionals and serves as the Principal Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment as well as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy for all matters relating to Small Business. In her roles, Ms. Murray is responsible for integrating all DoD Small Business initiatives and overseeing the efficient and effective functioning of the Department's Small Business Specialists and Acquisition Workforce. Under her leadership, Ms. Murray provides guidance and oversight to Military Service and Agencies in creating unity of effort in executing the DoD Small Business Strategy, which directly supports the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy. Prior to entering into government service, Ms. Murray spent many years in the private sector. Most notably, during her 14 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G), she managed a portfolio of businesses and developed programs, focusing chiefly on P&G’s Asian market. She then went on to find her own consulting firm where she focused on strategies for building successful relationships with Japanese companies.
Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Murray was twice elected to the Cincinnati City Council, where she was the Chairwoman of the Economic Growth and Zoning Committee and Vice-Chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee. She served on Governor Kasich’s Task Force on Police-Community Relations and is an alumna of the JoAnn Davidson Leadership Institute, Governing Magazine Women in Government Leadership Program, and the American Enterprise Leadership Network. She currently participates in the Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership.
Ms. Murray has a BA in Economics from Arizona State University and is proficient in Japanese.
DR. RUBY CRENSHAW-LAWRENCE
Associate Director
As the Associate Director for Congressional and Legislative Small Business Policy, Dr. Lawrence develops recommendations for new or modified Administrative Program Policies, analyzes the effectiveness of Small Business Policies and Regulations, and provides advisement on all Small Business Policy matters related to Legislative and Regulatory Updates. While working alongside various DoD Components, Civilian Federal Agencies, Congressional Staff, Regulatory Councils, Special Committees, and other Ad Hoc groups, Dr. Lawrence evaluates, refines and proposes Small Business Policy to ensure maximum contribution of Small Business participation throughout DoD Acquisitions.
Dr. Lawrence provides management and oversight of the Indian Incentive Program (IIP) in the distribution of $15M in Congressional Funds to Prime Contractors and Small Businesses who utilize Native American Owned, Alaskan Owned, or Hawaiian Owned Businesses or Enterprises as Subcontractors. In her direction and oversight of the Socioeconomic Program, Dr. Lawrence ensures regulation compliance which promotes the utilization of disadvantaged small business; 8(a) Business Development Program, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
MS. KASEY DIAZ
Associate Director
Prior to joining DoD OSBP, Ms. Diaz worked in the private sector where she provided direct program management support for federal government small business policies and programs with the objective of maximizing utilization of small and disadvantaged small businesses.
Prior to providing programmatic and management support to the federal government, Ms. Diaz was instrumental in enhancing membership recruitment, retention and outreach and influential in all membership-level activities as the Assistant Director for nonprofit associations. Ms. Diaz has more than 17 years of experience in technical, programmatic, administrative and management assistance in support of DOD as a subject-matter expert on small business and acquisition policies, procedures and related matters at the major command level. She has a BS in Biology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
MR. SHANNON JACKSON
Associate Director
Mr. Jackson is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army where he served for 23 years. In the military, he was the Deputy Program Manager for the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force; a Foreign Military Sales Acquisition Officer/Program Manager for a Major Weapon Systems, Ammunition and Service for the Government of Iraq; and the Department of the Army System Coordinator (DASC) within the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology directly managing the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) and the Hellfire Missile System.
Mr. Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Virginia State University, a master’s degree in Business Administration from Nichols College and a master’s degree in Procurement and Acquisition from Webster University. He is a Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level 3 certified Program Manager and a Level 2 Contracting professional.