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heryl Partee has over 28 years of civilian service experience with both domestic and international as- signments in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense Contract Management Agency. Currently, she is responsible for headquarters staff operations of a $46 billion enterprise with over 38,000 employees. She implements administra- tive policy, and provides program oversight for all support functions of the Army Corps of Engineers, to include safety, security, information management, resource management, internal review, human resources, contracting, public affairs, counsel and equal employment opportunity.


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Ms. Partee is an expert at delivering fiscal analysis of govern- ment operations as well as an expert on staff management operations.


Prior to her work with the Corps of Engineers, she was the senior budget analyst with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Southern Division. She was responsible for a multifaceted facilities engineering budget encompassing different appropriations. She also served as financial and cost analyst for the Air Force in budget and economic analysis. In this role, she led a multifunctional team of U.S. civilians and foreign nationals geographically dispersed throughout seven countries.


She is a graduate of the U.S. Defense Comptroller Program, and a certified defense financial manager with acquisition specialty. She is a member of several professional organiza- tions including the American Society of Military Comptrol- lers, Association of Syracuse Defense Comptrollers, National Black M.B.A. Association and the National Defense Industrial Association. She graduated magna cum laude from Lime- stone College in 2005, with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Three years later, she went on to earn double master’s degrees in business administration and public administration.


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atalie Walters was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in the Cayman Islands. At about age 10 she announced that she was going to be a lawyer. Young Natalie was a huge fan of Perry Mason—the legal drama television series. Her mother, however, thought she would become a doctor because of her daughter’s talent in math and science.


After Ms. Walters earned a law degree from Georgetown University, she worked in a large firm in Baltimore, Maryland. Later she joined the group’s contracts and construction litiga- tion office in the District to provide legal advice on multi- million-dollar bid protests before the United States Court of Federal Claims. “I enjoyed the work, but the hours were very, very long, “ she recalls. “And I had a three-year old daughter at the time.”


Since Ms. Walters joined the Boeing Law Department in 2002, she has held a variety of legal positions and found career-life balance. Currently, she supports Boeing Defense, Space & Security, a unit that combines weapons and aircraft capabilities, intelligence and security systems, communica- tions and large-scale integration. As a result of her expertise, Boeing won a major contract. She has influenced successful campaigns to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in new business. “Every day brings new and unique issues to investigate and solve,” says Ms. Walters. “I often feel like a corporate Perry Mason.”


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Ms. Walters is a dedicated Sunday School teacher at her lo- cal A.M.E. Church. She is actively involved with the Jamaica Awareness Association of California, which provides medical supplies to hospitals in the rural areas of Jamaica. She also as- sists with JAAC’s fund raising efforts that go towards sponsor- ing scholarships. After attending several Boeing “Bring your Child to Work Day” events, Natalie’s now 11-year-old daugh- ter announced last year that she wanted to design planes.


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