Nail Your Capability Briefings: An Inside Look with the Experts

Lori Revely is Cavalry Consulting’s Managing Partner/CEO and leads Cavalry with her core values of integrity, quality, and transparency as the foundation of the business. With over 22 years of business management experience Lori oversees operations, business development, and staff management. Her passion lies in growing the Cavalry team and educating the A/E/C industry about the firm to help businesses win work. She travels extensively, building relationships with government agencies, clients, and delivering capabilities briefings. This combination is quite valuable – she knows and speaks to the government officials and hears what they want to see and read in proposals and marketing materials. Lori has a wide range of certifications in her arsenal. She is an expert in many federal contracting specialties, bona-fide office expansions, and registration processes for set-asides.

Lori’s background and experience working directly with Contracting Officers and Source Selection Personnel help her lead a company that is a perfect fit for high-performing small businesses in the government sector. She found that many high performers focus intensely on performing their contracts well and overlook the need for marketing. She understands the outstanding work that they are doing and continues to build an amazing team that can effectively tell their stories through proposal writing and marketing content in a way that resonates with their audience.

Lori is a LEAN-Certified Trainer, holds certifications in USACE QC and OSHA-30, and has received multiple construction safety awards. She often presents on IGE at Industry Days, luncheons, and conferences. Currently, she is serving SAME as the Small Business COI Committee Chair for Conferences. Past roles include Post President for the Mt Tacoma Post, Centennial Chair, and SBPLO for the Seattle Post.

Scott Porter is Director of Business Development for Advanced Engineering Consultants, Ltd. (AEC), a small business mechanical, electrical, fire protection, plumbing and technology engineering design firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with additional offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Virginia Beach. Scott has over 22 years experience as a client relationship and business development professional who builds strategic partnerships and provides competitive intelligence for AEC resulting in increased brand awareness and revenue for the firm.

He is a proud member of the Kittyhawk Post where he serves as the Small Business Liaison Officer. He also serves as the Vice-Chair for the SAME Small Business COI Outreach Committee and is 1st Vice President of the Columbus Chapter of Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO). An avid theatre lover, Scott is a Co-Producer of a community theatre company in Columbus, Ohio where he acts, directs, and sweeps the floor. He is married and a proud father of two boys who are currently attending college.

Brian Hilton, P.E., has built a rewarding career in public service, currently working in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Real Property (ORP). He takes pride in upholding President Lincoln's promise, "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan."

As a Senior Realty Specialist and Project Manager in the Office of Lease Execution, Brian manages the execution of complex VA medical facility leases. His portfolio includes over 1.2 million net usable square feet (NUSF) with a total contract value exceeding $1.4 billion.

Previously, Brian served as a Senior Resident Engineer in the Lease Delivery Office, overseeing post-award design and construction for specialty clinics, including outpatient facilities, mental health services, specialty care residences, and community living centers.
Before joining the VA, Brian worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Project Engineer and Senior Project Engineer, delivering major construction projects for the Army, Air Force, Navy, SOCOM, and VA, with total project costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

His dedication to service extends to his time as a Commissioned Engineering Officer in the Ohio Air National Guard, where he served as Chief of Transportation, Airfields, Logistics, and Engineering in a RED HORSE unit. He deployed multiple times in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Toledo, and a Master’s degree in Construction Science from Auburn University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and Georgia and holds multiple Federal Acquisition Certifications (FAC).

Jennifer L. McGuire joined Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) in August 2001. She has extensive background and experience in the con-tracting field. She began her contracting career in the Internship Program at Engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake in Washington, D.C. in August 2001.

Currently, McGuire is the Deputy Director for Small Business at NAVFAC Atlantic, and has served in this position since November 2021.

She previously held the position of Deputy for Small Business at NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic NAVFAC Southwest, NAVFAC Pacific, and NAVFAC Hawaii. She has also served as a Contracting Officer at NAVFAC Southwest, NAVFAC Washington, and NAVFAC Atlantic.

Ms. McGuire holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from San Diego State Universi-ty and a Master of Science in Acquisition Management from American Graduate Universi-ty.

Cherie Kunze currently serves as the Deputy for Small Business Programs for the Army Corps of Engineers in Norfolk District. She oversees the District Small Business Program and is the principal advisor to the Commander and his staff on acquisition and small business matters. She has over 40 years of Federal Contracting Experience as a Contract Specialist, Procurement Analyst and Contracting Officer with the last 7 years as the Deputy for Small Business Programs. She is an Instructor for USACE and is on the Crisis Action Team. She has spent the majority of her career at the Army Corps of Engineers in Norfolk, VA but started her federal acquisition career with Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Mrs. Kunze is a graduate of Virginia Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Master’s Degree from Strayer University with a specialization in Acquisition from Strayer University.