Dewberry has hired Karolyn Gardner as the director of contracts in the firm’s contracts group. In this new capacity, she will serve as the senior contracts officer responsible for oversight and leadership of proposal and contract management, pricing, subcontracts, and purchasing. She will also play an instrumental role in compliance and corporate governance.
Gardner has more than 25 years of experience in contracts, procurement, and pricing across the engineering, training, security, construction, design-build, consulting, environmental remediation, information technology, and facilities management industries. She brings with her significant knowledge in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance.
Gardner has extensive experience building successful teams of contracting professionals that support the needs and requirements of companies and the clients they serve. Prior to joining Dewberry, Gardner served as Director of Contract Administration for Akima LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation. She also served as PAE, Inc.’s Director of Contracts & Procurement, where she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of contract management and compliance in support of the Department of State, Department of Defense, United Nations, and commercial customers worldwide.
Gardner spent 15 years at CH2M HILL, where she received numerous promotions within the firm’s contracts, procurement, and pricing group. She was also the company’s director of contracts and procurement in the government facilities and infrastructure business group, which provided services to U.S. federal government locations around the world.
Gardner earned her bachelor’s degree from Goucher College, double majoring in business management and international studies. She is a member of the National Contract Management Association and the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management.
