Derrick Heard
Derrick L. Heard is the Director for the Office of Acquisition & Grants Management (OAGM) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As the Director, he is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing all activities required to support the CMS mission requirements and maintain an agency-wide acquisition program—totaling $9 - 10 billion annually.
Mr. Heard has 33 years of experience in Federal Government procurement and has worked at CMS for over 21 of those years. He previously served as the Deputy Director of OAGM, Director of the Information Technology Contracts Group (ITCG) within OAGM, and as a Division Director within OAGM that provided CMS with procurement support for IT services. Before joining CMS, Mr. Heard served as a Contracting Officer for the Internal Revenue Service and was an intern in procurement and acquisition for the Department of the Army at the Pentagon.
Mr. Heard holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Webster University and an undergraduate degree in Business from the University of Maryland University College. He also completed the Department of the Army’s Contracting and Acquisition Civilian Career Intern Program, received the designation of Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) from the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), completed the Grants Management Certification Program (GMCP), and completed the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society Program.
Douglas Bergevin
Douglas Bergevin is the Deputy Director for the Office of Acquisition & Grants Management (OAGM) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Mr. Bergevin and the OAGM Director are responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing an agency-wide acquisition program with annual obligations of $ 9 – 10 billion to support the CMS mission.
Mr. Bergevin has more than 22 years of contracting experience and over 12 years of management experience. Before joining CMS, Mr. Bergevin served as the Deputy Director, Office of Acquisition Management, National Nuclear Security Administration responsible for approximately $18 billion in annual appropriations obligated to contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements. Mr. Bergevin has also served as a subcontract administrator for Los Alamos National Laboratory and as a Contracting Officer for the Department of the Navy.
Mr. Bergevin holds a Master of Business Administration degree from National University and an undergraduate degree in Management from Southern Utah University. He is a graduate of the Navy Acquisition Internship Program, received the designation of Certified Federal Contract Manager (CFCM) from the National Contract Management Association, and is a graduate of the Management Concepts Grants Management Certificate Program. He also completed the Partnership for Public Service’s Excellence in Government Fellows Program and Annenberg Leadership Institute.