Director, Business Operations
Small Business Specialist
87th Contracting Squadron
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Suzanne M. Edgar is Director, Business Operations (DBO) Installation Small Business Specialist, and Competition Advocate for the 87th Contracting Squadron, 87th Air Base Wing, Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is home to the 87th Air Base Wing, which provides installation management support for 3,933 facilities with an approximate value of
$9.3 billion in physical infrastructure spanning 42,000 acres across 22 miles in Burlington and Ocean Counties. More than 44,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, civilians and
their family members live and work on JB MDL representing the second largest employer in the state of New Jersey. As the Director, she works directly with the Squadron Commander managing a 57-
person squadron at the Department of Defense’s only Tri Service Joint Base. Responsibilities include managing the full range of acquisition processes; including planning and execution of over
$100M annually, managing a robust on-going contract portfolio of over $800M, for construction, services, and commodities supporting over 88 mission partners and 40 mission commanders.

Before assuming her current position, Ms. Edgar served as the Chief, Infrastructure and Acquisition Flight, 87th Contracting Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ supervising a staff of 15 military and civilian contracting specialists. She was responsible for more than $67M in base infrastructure and civil engineering services and construction contracts. Prior to her transfer to the 87th Contracting Squadron in 2009, she served as the Post Award Division Chief, for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) USAR Center, Fort Dix, NJ from 2001 to 2009, administering Army Reserve contracts with a national footprint, valued at approximately $500M, and supported the largest Power Projection Platform, in the United States Army Reserves. She had previously served with the 305th and 438th Contracting Squadrons, McGuire AFB, NJ respectively, beginning her career with the Air Force, as a contract specialist in 1986. She became a warranted Contracting Officer in 1989. Served as the Quality Assurance Program Coordinator in 1996, during this time she was also called upon to serve as the Acting DBO/Small Business Specialist and Plans and Programs Flight Chief when unexpected vacancies occurred. In 1998 she became a Team Leader for Large Service Contracts. In 2001 she accepted a position with the Army Reserve Contracting Center, Fort Dix NJ as a Contract Administrator.

Ms. Edgar served honorably with the United States Air Force Reserves, 514th AMW, McGuire AFB, NJ. Over the span of her 20 year career, she held various Air Force Specialties to include, Air Operations Technician, Personnel Specialist and Squadron/Group Career Advisor, she retired as an E-7 in 2005.