Come to the Table: Washington’s Efforts to Achieve Equity in Public Spending

Shana Greenberg Barehand, Esq., CDE (she/her) Shana Greenberg Barehand, originally from Los Angeles, is Mono Indian from the Cold Springs Rancheria in California. Shana has a law degree from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s in psychology from Cal State Long Beach. Shana entirely supported herself through college and law school. Her previous jobs include working at the Southern California Indian Center, Indian education program counselor, waitressing, and bar tending. As an attorney she has worked at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency as an environmental enforcement attorney, the Federal Communications Commission as the senior tribal advisor to the Commissioner, and the Tribal Liaison for the Washington State Department of Revenue. Shana's expertise in establishing and leading innovative new programs led her to the Department of Enterprise Services, where she established the Procurement, Inclusion and Equity Program, which helps lead the state’s effort to procure more goods and services from small, diverse, veteran owned businesses. In a volunteer capacity, she coaches soccer, serves on the Tumwater School Districts Equity Committee and is the co-founder of the Wa-Ya Outdoor Institute, the state’s only outdoor camp that teaches outdoor adventure, STEM, and intertwines indigenous culture and knowledge. In the past she has served as the Treasurer of the National Native American Bar Association, Chair of the advisory board for the Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS), Washington DC, and is a founding board member and past Treasurer for the Society of American Indian Government Employees. Shana is married to actor/filmmaker Jeffrey Barehand and has five children. As a family they participate in a diverse array of experiences such as volunteering for important causes, going to Pow Wows, and snowboarding.

Doug has worked in not-for profit, government, and for-profit sectors in leadership roles, using Lean Six Sigma and project management techniques to move organizations towards efficiency, equity, and insightful business reporting. His goal is to equip state agencies with increasing equity in public spending in his current role as the Equity Toolkit Manager for Washington’s Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises. He occasionally teaches process and project management as an adjunct professor in Seattle University’s Management Department. His interests include whitewater rafting, supporting the arts, and traveling as an opportunity to learn about history.

Veteran and Servicemember Owned Business Manager, Washington Department of Veterans Affairs. Shamekia Moultrie manages the Veteran and Servicemember Owned Business program at WDVA, where she is the individual responsible for certifying businesses as veteran-owned, encouraging businesses to get certified, and connecting business owners with resources and contracts. She served eight years in the Army as a Human Resource Specialist and upon honorable discharge she work studied with ESD while completing her MBA. She then joined WDVA’s Veterans Services Department before moving to her current role. Shamekia uses her lived experience as business owner in the state of Washington to improve services to veterans. Shamekia likes to spend time with family and travel when she can.

Serves on the Governor’s Subcabinet on Business Diversity Coordinator with OMWBE. The goal of the Subcabinet on Business Diversity is to maximize opportunities for OMWBE certified businesses to contract with state agencies, helping Washington address equity in public contracting and spend through in and outside the box thinking. Prior to his current role, he was a certification coordinator at OMWBE where he gained expertise in state and federal licensing for historically underutilized businesses. His education includes an Executive Masters in Public Administration (EMPA) from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington. Resie brings his lived experience in and a strong passion for community and social service. He volunteers at the local historic cinema, provides volunteer VITA Tax preparation, and has developed an impressive collection of sneakers in his free time.

He is the Procurement Risk Assessment (PRA) Administrator for the Department of Enterprise Services (DES). In that position, he helped co-author the DES Supplier Diversity Policy and Handbook. Before his current position, Drew worked in the Washington State Office of Enterprise Risk Management. He has had leadership in several statewide enterprise risk management initiatives, including creating the state Procurement Risk Management program (2014 – current), implementing the State ERM Initiative (2007 - 2014), creating a risk identification and mitigation plan for the state Attorney General's Office for the federal HIPAA/HITECH regulatory framework (2010-11), and the coordination of the state's risk management program regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Drew has been an attorney for over thirty years, including a decade as a King County Deputy Prosecutor in Seattle, Washington. He lives in Seattle with his wife and rambunctious Poodle-Australian Shepard, Momo.