14th Annual
Veteran & Small Business Trade Show
AGENDA
Quick Jump: Color Guard | Opening Ceremony | VBOC Panel | Keynote Speaker | Meet the Buyers Panel | APEX Accelerators | 1 on 1 CAL EProcure Clinic
Stay Tune for Details on the 14th Annual Veteran and Small Business Trade Show October 16, 2025!
New Panel being added "WE ARE HUMAN" promise to be a powerful conversation with a group of amazing women discussing the AI consequences in business and worldwide! Keynote Speaker Jeffrey Rosales and more!
9:00am - Color Guard
The Next 50 Years of the 100 Year Plan |
| EMCEE PublicValue LLC |
Elena Baca-Santa Cruz City of Moreno Valley |
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Anda Draghici Department of General Services |
10:00am - VBOC Panel
#1 VBOC in the Nation |
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Traci Cole |
Nina Pinidi |
Patience Andrews |
Aaron Black |
Robert Merton |
12:30pm - Keynote Speaker
| Sheila Higgins Documentary Filmmaker / Storyteller Sheila has worked in multiple media genres as a producer, director, editor and cinematographer. As a cinematographer and producer she worked at E! Entertainment Television on such shows as “Extreme Closeup” and “E! True Hollywood Stories”, as well as the Oscars, Emmys and the Golden Globe Award productions and broadcasts. As an editor for Tribune-KTLA News and Special Projects, Sheila won the Greater Los Angeles Press Club Award for her editing, as well as the 26th Telly Award for “Backstage at The Rose Parade” and received an Emmy nomination for her work as the editor on the “International Rose Parade Pre-show.” Her true storytelling passion is for documentary filmmaking, projects dedicated to raising awareness on major societal shaping topics and elevating the conversation about bettering the human experience. With her long time partners, Beth Dolan and Luis Remezar, they produced the documentary "Stranger At Home" currently airing on PBS, that weaves the intimate stories of a Navy psychologist forced into whistleblowing, the Army Ranger involved in a highly publicized friendly fire death, and the Vietnam Marine turned world-renowned trauma expert, as they work in cohort to bring this powerful mental health blueprint back into the American spotlight. Sheila has been a key creative team member on acclaimed documentaries: “Our Story, Kids Get Cancer Too”, “Seeing Is Believing: The Inspiring Story of Rwanda”, “The Passion To Play, One Player’s Story” and “Singing Funny”. |
1:00pm - Meet the Buyers Panel
MEET |
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Jeannette Correa |
Edgar Deleon |
Ric Davy, NCARB, USN (Ret.), CAPT |
Michael Vega, PE |
Hussain Agah, MSCE, PMP, CCM, LEED AP BD+C |
Sean Lind |
2:00pm - APEX Accelerators
Accelerating American Entrepreneurship |
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Karla V Gonzalez |
Suzie Myers |
Eric Oley |
Alex Salas |
Diane Lydon |
Business & Workforce Development Division Manager |
Visit the Cal eProcure Clinic to receive a personal review of your certification profile. Ensure your profile is well positioned to find state of California contracting opportunities and receive solicitations. Get additional help finding contract opportunities and more on Cal eProcure. Requirements: Bring your own laptop computer or tablet and your Cal eProcure login information.
Watch the 3-part series on demand at OPPS4VETS.com/VETS to prepare for your one-on-one clinic with the instructor! | Clinic Times: Session 1: 0900-0930 Presented By: |
Empowering Veteran Entrepreneurs
Honoring the Past, Building the Future
100-Year Plan Launched September 27, 2022
"A hundred Years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child..."
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