LYNCHBURG, Va.–As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial and honors more than 250 years of military heritage, the necessity of a resilient and reliable defense industrial base has never been clearer. Today’s team of seven multi-functional experts have a combined 283 years of professional experience and represent the Defense Contract Management Agency’s Mountain Pacific, Salt Lake City office:

• Marlene Little, procurement technician with 40 years of civilian service

• Reese Nelson, quality assurance specialist with 36 years of blended military and civilian experience

• Kurtis Ruby, quality assurance specialist with 46 years blended military and civilian experience

• Lena Unverrich, administrative contracting officer with 41 years of blended Air Force and 29 years civilian experience

• Zelithea Edsman, contract administrator with 39 years of civilian experience

• Matthew Reid, quality assurance specialist with 37 years of blended Utah National Guard military service and civilian experience

• Rick Lehosky: quality assurance specialist with 44 years blended Air Force military service and 22 years civilian experience

Mountain Pacific’s Salt Lake City office, which is located at Hill Air Force Base, has more than 50 employees and administers a $25 billion contract portfolio consisting of 1,800 contracts with geographical and in-plant locations within Utah and southern Idaho.The streamlined contract management office is a part of the Geographic & Systems Support Command.