Ms. Leslie Faircloth

Ms. Leslie Faircloth began her career as a Navy Contracting Intern in May 1997 supporting the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) after earning her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Central Florida. While earning her master’s degree in business administration in August 2000, she worked as a Contract Specialist on multiple R&D efforts in support of training and simulation.

She became a Contracting Officer & Team Lead for the US Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in January 2007 where she was responsible for overseeing her team’s efforts to award and administer many complex, multi-million dollar contract actions for Army training and simulation.

She also served as the Interim Associate Director for Small Business at PEOSTRI in 2007, standing up PEO STRI’s first generation Small Business Office and establishing PEO STRI’s first local policy baselines to govern its Small Business Program. Ms. Faircloth accepted her current position as Director, Office of Small Business Programs at NAWCTSD in 2015. She fulfills this role by serving as a resource and partner between NAWCTSD, its customers, Team Orlando Partners, the Small Business Administration, and Industry in the execution of the command’s Small Business Program.