Construction Digital Magazine August 2021 | Page 18

Job Title : Business Development Manager Company : AFG Group
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Renee Parker

Job Title : Business Development Manager Company : AFG Group

Dedicated to clients and decorated volunteer

As an employee of AFG since 2013 , Renee provided both client development and project management support . She successfully expanded AFG ’ s presence in the Washington DC region , developing existing partnerships and introducing new opportunities to the firm . Most recently , Renee was tapped to lead the complex multi-year , multi-phased U . S . General Services Administration ( GSA ) Lease Management Project for the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) at the 6700B Rockledge Drive Facility in Rockville , Maryland .

Renee was a dedicated volunteer with the Society of American Military Engineers Northern Virginia Post , having served as the 2nd Vice President from 2000-2001 and Programs Director from 2014-2000 . In 2019 , Renee was the recipient of the Regional VP Award for Outstanding Service to SAME , and in 2017 , she received the Regional VP Coin for Notable Service to the Post .
Prior to joining AFG , Renee had a long career developing facility planning and space acquisition guidance with the U . S . Department of Justice ( DOJ ) and was awarded the Special Achievement Award for Sustained Superior
Performance of Duty , which was presented by Attorney General Janet Reno .
Renee is moving to Florida to be closer to her grandchildren and looking forward to continuing her volunteer work as a project manager building wells in the Dominican Republic with Water at Work Ministry and leading a community nutrition effort in Guatemala with Impacto Ministry .

“ Seeing as how AFG has tripled its revenue since she was brought on , I would say she has been incredibly successful in accomplishing that mission ”

CHERYL O ’ CONNOR , CEO , AFG
18 August 2021