Doing Business with the Department of Treasury

Melissa "Lisa" Jenkins is a solutions focused professional with over 15 years of extensive hands-on experience in the Federal government directing, developing, coordinating, and managing information and service programs for diverse administrative and program support environments. Ms. Jenkins currently serves as the Women-Owned Small Business Program Manager and Industry Liaison at Treasury. Lisa is a change agent acknowledged for her technical capacity to provide exceptional small business advocacy which enables her to respond to challenges with confidence, determination, and a win/win resolution for the Federal government and small business community. Her outstanding communication and interpersonal skills allow her to effectively establish rapport with Heads of Agencies, Federal, State and Local counterparts and the business community with a proven ability to adjust to changing situations. She provides acquisition training, technical assistance, and small business counseling to both the external business community and internal and external agency officials. Lisa is frequently called upon to serve as a panelist for programs in which she provides guidance to small businesses hoping to expand their government contracting opportunities. As a result, she is a much-sought-after mentor for entrepreneurs hoping to take their businesses to the next level.

In her day-to-day dealings, she is positive, professional, and engaging, helping small business owners achieve the next level in their professional endeavors. She has a stellar reputation among government and the small business community and is a consummate professional who has demonstrated that she truly cares about the success of both.