Alphapointe Hosts AbilityOne Award Event for Seattle Lighthouse and the GSA Heartland Region on August 16

Seattle Lighthouse President and CEO Kirk Adams (pictured at right of Jason Klumb) presented a plaque to Jason Klumb, who accepted the award on behalf of the GSA Heartland Region for strengthening their commitment to the AbilityOne Program through the addition of the entrenching tool, or “e-tool,” to the Procurement List. The e-tool, also shown in the photo, is a lightweight, foldable shovel commonly used by the warfighter.

The team at Alphapointe Association for the Blind in Kansas City, Missouri, led by President and CEO Reinhard Mabry, hosted a special event at Alphapointe on Monday, August 16 for representatives from GSA Heartland Region, Seattle Lighthouse and NIB. The event provided the opportunity for the Seattle Lighthouse to present an award to the GSA Heartland Region. Attendees also met with Jason Klumb, the Regional Administrator for the GSA Heartland Region, to discuss future partnership opportunities, and the GSA team was treated to a tour of the agency.

Also attending the meeting were GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) representatives Mike Brincks, FAS regional commissioner; Tom Brown, director, Customer Accounts and Research; Nathan Stewart, deputy director, Heartland Supply Operations Center; and Gary Jenkins, business management specialist; and from Seattle Lighthouse, Pat O’Hara, general manager of operations. I attended the meeting along with NIB colleagues Steve Heinecke, vice president, Product and Online Marketing; Shawn Spengler, director, Product Management Jan/San and MRO; and Ken Murphy, director, Communications.

For more information, contact Dan Carson at 703-310-0509 or dcarson@nib.org