Mary Parks - Acting Associate Administrator for Small Business Utilization
Mary Parks was selected as Acting Associate Administrator of GSA’s Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) effective January 20, 2009.
In her role, Parks manages and oversees GSA's small business policies and programs. The Office of Small Business Utilization strives to expand opportunities in federal government procurement for small, disadvantaged, woman-owned, historically under-utilized business zone (HUBZone), and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
Parks began her federal government career in 1976 in GSA’s Office of Finance in Kansas City, Missouri. She served as the director of the Small Business Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts Center in GSA's Heartland Region until her current appointment.
In 2007, Parks was the recipient of a Federal 100 Award for her work on the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Initiative and the award of the VETS Governmentwide Acquisition Contract. She was also recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs with its Center for Veterans Enterprise Team Award, as well as the Rolling Thunder Veteran for Veterans Award at the National Veterans Conference in 2007. In 2008, Parks received the Leadership Award in Acquisition and Procurement from the Association for Federal Information Resources Management.
Parks has a bachelor of science degree in education from Kansas State College at Pittsburg, and has continued her education through the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Last Reviewed 5/6/2009