Welcomes
Mr. Richard G. Alpaugh, SES
Deputy to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command
USASAC is the Army's focal point for Foreign Military
Sales
April 12, 2007 ♦ 12:00 p.m. ♦ Von Braun Center
South Hall Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
NAITA welcomes USASAC - the Army's focal point for Foreign Military
Sales (FMS) - to Redstone Arsenal and to Huntsville as part of BRAC. Mr. Rick Alpaugh will discuss USASAC's goals, its global mission, and its
impact
on
North Alabama. USASAC interacts with foreign Armies, Air Forces, and Navies on providing Army materiel and equipment and leverages FMS to help the
U.S. Army. Mr. Alpaugh will highlight how critical it is that we succeed in training and equipping foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and how we
assist other partner nations in building their capabilities. Sponsorship opportunities are
available - Click here for further
information on how your company or
organization can participate and learn about this significant Command's move to Huntsville. Sponsor Tables, Reserved Tables, and Individual
Tickets for the World Trade Day luncheon can be purchased
online by clicking here.
Briefing Immediately Following the World Trade Day
Luncheon:
Security Assistance & FMS Acquisitions
April 12, 2007 ♦ Registration & Networking at 1:30 p.m. ♦ Briefing
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Von Braun Center South Hall Reception
Room
Keynote Speaker:
Mrs. Adrienne
Pope-Kelly, Director
AMCOM Security Assistance Management Directorate (SAMD)
Security
Assistance & FMS Acquisitions will highlight the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's (AMCOM) involvement
in Security Assistance through Foreign Military Sales. This briefing to the business community will provide AMCOM's Security Assistance role/function through Foreign Military Sales as it supports the U.S.
National Security Interest and our
allies. SAMD's mission is to plan, direct, supervise, manage, and perform all Security Assistance activities for assigned FMS programs and systems
on behalf of the Commander of AMCOM.
Their vision is to provide World-Class support to Security Assistance Customers and Allies through providing Foreign Military Sales equipment within
cost, schedule, and performance. Aerospace/defense contractors are encouraged to attend.
In 2004, Adrienne
Pope-Kelly became the first
woman and first African American to serve as Director of the AMCOM Security
Assistance Management Directorate (SAMD). A former AMC intern, Pope-Kelly had
served previously as SAMD's interim director and deputy director. Although she
spent most of her career at Redstone as an employee of SAMD, Pope-Kelly had
worked in the PERSHING Project Office before joining the security assistance
organization. A native of Sylacauga, Alabama, she attended graduate school at
Pennsylvania State University, and she earned both her bachelor's and master's
degrees in business administration from Alabama A&M University in
Huntsville.
Please join us for this informative briefing in
the South Hall Reception Room around the
corner from Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, where the
World Trade Day luncheon will be held. Registration is $10 for NAITA Members and
participating co-sponsors, $25 for non-members. Click here to reserve your seat and pay by
credit card.
