Teresa Dunston
Knightdale,NC
Summary
Contracts Manager with expertise in leading cross-functional teams and streamlining contract workflows. Proven track record in contract negotiation and compliance, ensuring adherence to legal standards while optimizing procurement processes. Committed to delivering precise documentation and enhancing organizational efficiency.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Contracts Manager, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton, BAH
McLean, Virginia
01.2025 - Current
- Serve as team leader for Booz Allen's Space & Military Intel account overseeing 3-5 direct reports.
- Led contract negotiations with clients and vendors to ensure compliance with legal standards and organizational policies.
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Reviewed contractual documents for accuracy and adherence to legal standards.
- Conducted risk assessments on contracts to identify potential issues.
- Ensured compliance of contractual obligations on both sides of a transaction.
- Resolved any disputes or conflicts that arose from contract performance issues.
- Provided guidance on regulatory requirements impacting contracts and agreements.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address contract-related inquiries.
- Streamlined contract workflows, enhancing efficiency and reducing processing time for contract approvals.
- Developed strategies for optimizing contract management processes and procedures, resulting in improved operational effectiveness.
- Developed training materials for staff on contract management processes.
- Advised senior management on contractual matters such as renewals, extensions, terminations.
- Coordinated with external legal counsel to resolve complex issues.
- Cultivated vendor relationships to enhance service delivery and collaboration. by ensuring timely payments and resolving any payment disputes.
Subcontract Administrator, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton
McLean, Virginia
08.2019 - 01.2025
- Analyzed elevated risk and complex subcontracts, ensuring CPSR compliance for government clients.
- Supported development and negotiation of subcontract modifications, NDAs, and TAs to ensure compliance with company policies.
- Directed solicitations and consolidated vendor proposals to achieve cost savings for the firm.
- Presented proactive recommendations to management regarding identified risks in subcontractor proposals.
- Managed workload and assisted teams in meeting subcontract development and execution deadlines.
- Streamlined processes to ensure adherence to corporate policies during closeout activities.
- Established a qualified supplier pool to enhance diversity and address team inadequacies.
- Collaborated with technical teams to resolve performance issues in prime solicitation management.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Finance Specialist
Temporary Solutions
Raleigh, NC
02.2019 - 07.2019
- Outperformed all national Hazard Mitigation agencies quarterly progress reports (QPR) submission for the 2nd Quarter 2019 to FEMA for ongoing projects and management cost execution; received a 97% overall rating, highest in the nation.
- Streamlined reimbursement request for over 2,000 concurrent projects valued at more than $303 million.
- Forged and executed management cost budget applications for Federal Emergency Management Assistance (FEMA), Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMG) for four declared disasters; awarded up to $20 million for state personnel to assist citizens with recovery efforts.
- Supervised federally funded state management cost grants exceeding $4 million across eight grants, ensuring compliance with 2 CFR 200.
- Briefed senior management on budget applications, awards, execution, and closeout, facilitating expedited recovery efforts.
- Established standard reimbursement expectations and groundwork for federally compliant accounting practices.
Subcontracts Manager
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, OH
04.2006 - 03.2018
- Guided 50 to 200 subcontractors, nationally and internationally, for DoD procurements valued at more than $10 Million annually to meet the requirements of the customers.
- Executed subcontract development, management, and closeout to align with corporate policies and ensure compliance with deadlines.
- Oversaw subcontractor performance and deliverables while managing budgetary constraints to adhere to legal requirements and government regulations.
- Coordinated with legal, technical staff and contracting officers to provide guidance, recommendations, oversight, and approvals for contracting actions (RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, etc.).
- Produced Cost/Price Analysis to ensure proposed cost/price was fair and reasonable in accordance with the FAR.
- Collaborated with business owners to establish internal controls, performance metrics, reporting, and monitoring of established contracts.
- Established and maintained internal controls over purchasing and contracting for compliance and accurate reporting.
- Advocated for risk management by maintaining lessons learned for recurring mitigation actions.
- Developed contract briefs and revisions summarizing contractual requirements and budgets for corporate and federal reporting.
Acquisition Manager/Program Manager
United States Air Force
09.2000 - 01.2005
- Headed a 30-member IPT in a $25M effort to procure and deploy monitoring system detecting radioactive particles in the atmosphere.
- Managed $1.8M Advisory and Assistance Services contract for nine mission-critical contractors, providing fiscal management support and supervising $135M budget across six acquisition and sustainment programs.
- Led 26-member integrated product team (IPT) in a $12M effort to design a specific detector system.
- Steered 12-member IPT in a $21M effort to refine a prototype to detect gases of interest, indicative of a breach in the Treaty.
- Chaired 12-member Deficiency Review Board overseeing units at pre-deployment facility and systems deployed worldwide; ensured readiness and maintained configuration control.
- Directed $2.5M Science, Mathematics & Research for Transition Defense Scholarship Pilot Program.
- Developed Statements of Works (SOWs), Basis of Estimates (BOEs), and risk assessments to support project planning and execution.
Education
Certificates - Acquisitions & Contracting Courses
National Contracts Management Associations
Ashburn, VA12-2022
Certificate - Federal Contracting & Negotiations
TwentyEighty Strategy Execution
Arlington, VA11-2017
Level II Program Management Level I - Acquisitions Logistics Manager
Defense Acquisition University
Fort Belvoir, VA05-2010
Certificate - Project Management
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ10-2007
MS - Science Management, Acquisitions & Contracting
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL12-2002
BS - Mathematics, Secondary Education
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC05-1995
Skills
- Contract Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Compliance management
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS)
- Compliance Reporting
- Risk Mitigation Strategies
- Risk assessment
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Government Procurement
- Federal Contracting
- Defense Contracting
- Aerospace Defense
- Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)
- Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
- Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) compliance
- Quality Assurance
- Program Management
- Procurement Management
- Procurement strategies
- Supply Chain Management
- Logistics Management
- Financial Management
- Cost analysis
- Workflow optimization
- Vendor management
- Team leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
- Cost analysis
- Procurement strategies
Timeline
Contracts Manager, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton, BAH
01.2025 - Current
Subcontract Administrator, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton
08.2019 - 01.2025
Hazard Mitigation Grant Finance Specialist
Temporary Solutions
02.2019 - 07.2019
Subcontracts Manager
Battelle Memorial Institute
04.2006 - 03.2018
Acquisition Manager/Program Manager
United States Air Force
09.2000 - 01.2005
Certificates - Acquisitions & Contracting Courses
National Contracts Management Associations
Certificate - Federal Contracting & Negotiations
TwentyEighty Strategy Execution
Level II Program Management Level I - Acquisitions Logistics Manager
Defense Acquisition University
Certificate - Project Management
University of Phoenix
MS - Science Management, Acquisitions & Contracting
Florida Institute of Technology
BS - Mathematics, Secondary Education
Elizabeth City State University