Karolyn Gardner

About Karolyn Gardner

More than 30 years of increasing experience managing contract negotiations/administration; subcontract & procurement administration; audit & compliance; proposal development/pricing, and industrial security. Extensive experience in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance for US government DOD and civilian contracts for programs delivered worldwide, as well as negotiating complex contractual issues with US state entities, foreign governmental agencies and commercial firms for a wide range of services such as disaster and contingency/logistics, engineering, training, security, construction, design/build (D/B), consulting, environmental services and remediation, information technology (IT), energy, munitions response and demilitarization, facilities management/base operations, and marine construction/manufacturing. Broad range of responsibilities include management of price proposal volumes, models and strategies; ensuring performance obligations are being fulfilled after contract award; development of billing instructions; monitoring of project milestones and contract deliverables; management of subcontractor and supplier agreements; managing audits of government property, procurement, indirect rates, and incurred costs; compliance with ITAR and export laws and regulations; resolution/negotiation of contract modifications, requests for equitable adjustments, and disputes; and oversight of contract close-outs.Specialties: Contract Negotiations; Risk Identification & Mitigation; FAR/DFAR/CAS Compliance; International Contracting; Strategic Alliances & Teaming Relationships, Joint Venture Development and Management; Training; Policy Development; Process Redesign; Change Management; Federal Estimating & Pricing Strategy Development; Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Subcontracting; Acquisition Due Diligence & Consolidations; Ethics Compliance & Training; Team Building & Performance Optimization

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Contracts, Procurement & Pricing

   ICF

   Jan 2025 — Present · Reston, VA, US

   Enterprise-wide responsibilities throughout the North America, Europe and Asia, leading a team of contracts, procurement and pricing professionals providing full acquisition lifecycle services to ICF. In this role, her team delivers the full range of contracting services across the firm\'s client base to include U.S. federal agencies (DoD and civilian), US state and local, European Union, NGOs and global commercial clients. Karolyn is a seasoned professional in change management, business optimization initiatives and complex negotiation strategies. Karolyn also is a key leader in mergers and acquisitions performing portfolio due diligence and risk analysis, as well as establishing enterprise compliance associated with regulatory issues and governance.

Education

• Goucher College

  BA, International Relations, Business Management

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Operations Management
• Proposal Writing
• Subcontracting
• Proposal Support
• Cost
• Budgets
• Strategic Planning
• Pricing
• Dod
• Government Procurement
• Materials Management
• Risk Mitigation
• Security Clearance
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Proposal Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• International Contracting
• Military
• Defense
• Contract Negotiation
• Negotiation
• Procurement
• Government Contracting
• Contract Management
• Compliance
• System Administration
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Logistics
• Training
• Risk Management
• Facilities Management
• Business Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supply Management
• Construction
• Government
• Contract Negotiations