Professionals

OUR TEAM

Our partners and senior staff are attorneys and possess 20 or more years of experience as trainers, program managers, contract administrators, and litigators. We offer the rare blend of legal expertise and practical federal contracting experience necessary to assist government and industry clients in navigating the complex maze of federal rules and regulations and implementing federal market solutions that are timely, efficient, and legally effective.

We’ve seen the problems. We’ve litigated the cases. We know the outcomes. We provide customized solutions—not legal opinions.

Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., President

Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq. is the President of Centre Consulting, Inc. Centre is a professional services firm specializing in all aspects of acquisition planning and support, training and GSA/VA Supply Schedules support. She has over twenty years of experience in federal government contracts. Prior to starting Centre, she was the head of a government contracts practice group at a major law firm…read more about Barbara Kinosky.

James S. Phillips, Esq., Executive Vice President

James S. (Jim) Phillips, Esq. is the Executive Vice President of Centre Consulting, a firm specializing in federal acquisition and federal market consulting and training services. Mr. Phillips manages Centre’s consulting services division where he regularly provides critical advice to government and industry clients on federal market and federal compliance issues…read more about Jim Phillips.

Maureen F. Jamieson, Vice President

Maureen Jamieson brings twenty-five years of dedicated federal procurement experience to Centre. She is Vice President with Centre Consulting, Inc where she manages the GSA Schedules group. Maureen is extremely effective in solving client pricing problems and implementing effective pricing strategies for placing products and services on GSA Schedule contracts…read more about Maureen Jamieson.

Debbie Hoffman, Manager, Training Development

Debbie Hoffman has over 20 years of experience in courseware design and development. Debbie is responsible for overseeing all business developments for the Federal Contracting Institute (FCI). She has developed course content aligned to DAU/FAI learning objectives and Bloom level requirements. She has designed training materials to include course workbooks, Power Point presentations, course exams and e-books…read more about Debbie Hoffman.

Leanne Shroeder, Manager, Event Planning & Marketing

Leanne Shroeder has over 20 years of experience in event planning and managing, as well as training in both the hospitality industry and on the corporate side of business. She is responsible for successively running the Federal Contracting Institute’s public training courses, as well as managing on-site training for government contractors and agencies…read more about Leanne Shroeder.

Julie Nichols, Esq., Senior Consultant

Julie Nichols is an Associate Attorney with Centre Law Group and a Senior Consultant with Centre Consulting, Inc. She brings a unique background to Centre with many years of legal, contract, business, consulting, and management experience serving public and private sector customers. She approaches legal issues with a business understanding…read more about Julie Nichols.

Justin Swartzlander, Contract Administrator

Justin Swartzlander is a contract administrator. He has experience working with GSA and VA Schedules, as well as proposal preparation and contract administration issues. Justin is also part of the market research team at Centre and has done research for many large companies…read more about Justin Swartzlander.

Mihan Kim, Contract Specialist

Mihan Kim is a Contract Specialist with Centre Consulting, Inc. He has experience working with GSA schedules, as well as proposal preparation and contract administration issues. Furthermore, Mihan prepares new renewals, schedule packages, small business subcontracting plans, and modifications. Mihan has worked closely with the senior contract administration staff at Centre…read more about Mihan Kim.

Candace Clokey, Contract Analyst

Candace Clokey, is a GSA and VA Contract Analyst at Centre Consulting, Inc. She has experience preparing new schedule packages, renewals and modifications. Candace works closely with the GSA/VA team to ensure timely uploads to GSA and tracks deadlines. Candace works closely with the senior contract administration staff at Centre…read more about Candace Clokey.

Alexandra Mims, Contract Analyst

Alexandra Mims, a GSA and VA Contract Analyst at Centre, analyzes GSA/VA discounting practices to ensure full disclosure to GSA or VA. She prepares new schedule packages, renewals and modifications. Alexandra works closely with the GSA/VA team to ensure timely uploads to GSA and tracks deadlines…read more about Alexandra Mims.