As a member of the NCMBC’s business development team, Ms. Rodgers identifies future and current federal prime and subcontracting opportunities, identifies and notifies companies of these opportunities and provides one-on-one assistance to help companies bid on and win contracts. Specifically, Ms. Rodgers monitors contract opportunities from the Department of Energy, Defense Logistics Agency – Energy and Missile Fuels, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and North Carolina National Guard. Ms. Rodgers is responsible for working one-on-one with North Carolina businesses in Wake, Lee, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Caswell, Person, Granville, Vance, Franklin and Warren counties that desire to do business with the federal government. In this capacity, Ms. Rodgers helps existing businesses to identify, bid on and compete for federal contracts. Prior to joining the NCMBC, Ms. Rodgers was a Client Relations Manager at North Carolina State University Industry Expansion Solutions where she performed business and operations assessments with defense contractors in the aerospace industry and provided recommendations for improvement. Ms. Rodgers worked for Lockheed Martin on the MX and Titan Missile programs, and General Dynamics Information Technology on military training programs. During her time in the defense industry Ms. Rodgers held a variety positions in business operations, training, compliance, quality management systems, business development and proposal preparation. Ms. Rodgers’ office is located at Wake Technical Community College at the RTP Campus. For full contact information, visit the Contact Us page of www.ncmbc.us, or email her directly at rodgersl@ncmbc.us.