Necola Shaw
Ms. Shaw will be conducting a PowerTalk on doing business with WMATA. PowerTalk tables are limited to the first 10 attendees.
Necola Y. Shaw
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Coordinator, Small Business and Local Preference Program
Ms. Shaw has over 25 years experience in establishing and/or retooling small, minority/disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises and procurement programs at the federal, state and private sectors. Through these experiences, Ms. Shaw gained the necessary tools and skills needed to become an entrepreneur. She has operated a multi-disciplined business management consulting and research practice providing specialized services to federal, state and local governments, as well as, the small and minority business community. Necola has been approved and deemed a national litigation consultant (expert witness) in matters pertaining to small, minority/disadvantaged and women-owned businesses, contract compliance and affirmative action reforms. Through her leadership and commitment, Necola has been able to facilitate the awarding of more than $25 billion to small, minority/disadvantaged and women-owned businesses.
Necola joined the team of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority=s (WMATA), Office of Procurement and Materials in November 2009 transitioning from the Department of Corporate Strategy and Communications, Office of Community Relations-Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Branch. She has held several leadership positions at the National, regional and local arenas to include: Deputy Administrator - Prince George=s County, Maryland -Office of Central Services, Minority Business Development Division; Senior Consultant, State of Maryland - Governor's Office of Minority Affairs; Executive Director, National Capital Minority Business Opportunity Committee; Manager, Special Programs & Certification – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Special Programs - Resolution Trust Corporation; and Acting Director, Office of Minority Business Development - The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK).
As a recipient of numerous national and local awards/citations, Necola is passionate about having a positive impact on small, minority/disadvantaged and women-owned businesses and excited about assisting these entities in achieving success. Most recently, Ms. Shaw was nominated by the Minority Enterprise Executive Council –“ 2011 - 50 Women of Influence and Power”. She is an elected official for the District of Columbia serving her community as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Ward 5 where she resides. She has served on several boards to include: Prince George’s Minority Business Enterprise Coalition, Center for Minority Business Development, District of Columbia-Conference on Minority Transportation Officials, Y.M.C.A. (National Capital), American Contract Compliance Association, McPherson Square Business Council and the South Carolina Economic Development Corporation.
Necola has studied at the University of the District of Columbia and Trinity College.
She holds a Master Compliance Administrator (MCA) accreditation from Morgan State University and a Contracting Officer’s (Level II) accreditation from the U.S. Office of Management & Budget.
