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b'Intelligence, NSA, and the Fort Meade CommunityIn this episode of The Outspoken Podcast, host Shana Cosgrove talks to Doreen Harwood, President of DEHarwod LLC, a small consulting business that provides acquisition support to large and small businesses within the Intelligence Community. The bulk of Doreen\\u2019s career was spent as a civilian serving the National Security Agency (NSA), in which she rose to become a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). In this episode, we talk about the ins and outs of Doreen\\u2019s time - her varying positions, what the technology was like, and being a working mom. She also offers great insight on building a high-performance team and earning trust from companies you may have yet to build a relationship with. As President of the Fort Meade Alliance (FMA), Doreen gives insight into how to lead a successful nonprofit that supports its community\\u2019s most pressing needs. Finally, we get to hear about Shana and Doreen\\u2019s first time meeting, Doreen\\u2019s favorite reads, and a surprising fact!QUOTES\\u201c[Life after high school for me] was all about living in the moment\\u2026 Still very tied to my high school group. And then, at the same time, meeting lots of new people\\u2026 Kind of the integration of all the new people and all the new happenings... It was all about learning and\\u2026 just soaking in everything that you could. And I had a really diverse set of friends and I loved every minute of it.\\u201d - Doreen Harwood [17:23]\\u201c...there are a standard set of reliable processes and procedures that guide everyone through, \\u2026there are certain tough decisions that have to be made and they need to be made based upon facts, \\u2026but then, on top of it all, it\\u2019s the ability of\\u2026 leaders to communicate and the common trust that they have that make it all work.\\u201d - Doreen Harwood [44:02]\\u201c...I said \\u2018I vouch for him\\u2019 So basically, \\u201cEven though you haven't spent twenty years with him, you\\u2019ve spent twenty years with me. Treat him the same. I trust him that way. I would recommend you trust him that way.\\u2019 And it actually worked. I don\\u2019t know if that works in every instance, but [it did] in this case\\u2026 Get somebody to vouch for ya\\u2019. I know it sounds kind of crazy.\\u201d- Doreen Harwood [45:33]\\xa0TIMESTAMPS\\xa0[00:04] Intro[01:52] Meet Dorene Harwood[04:50] Growing Up[08:22] After High School and FBI[11:35] Working After High School[14:44] Doreen\\u2019s Family[17:13] Marriage[18:42] NSA[21:43] Bachelors and Masters[23:48] Program Management[26:05] Maternity Leave and Moms at NSA[30:12] Getting into Program Management[33:35] Program Management to IT[35:51] Programming Class and Technology Back Then[37:28] Senior Ranks[41:10] Building a High-Performing Team[44:27] Building Trust at NSA[46:51] Doreen and Shana\\u2019s First Meeting[52:17] Fort Meade Alliance Board[59:54] Being Your Best Self[01:01:54] Doreen\\u2019s Favorite Book[01:04:07] Doreen\\u2019s Surprising Fact[01:05:32] Outro\\xa0RESOURCEShttps://www.thehersheycompany.com/en_us/home.html (The Hershey Company)https://www.army.mil/ (United States Army)https://www.att.com/ (AT&T)https://www.bwiairport.com/ (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058796/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt (Days of our Lives)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059978/ (Dark Shadows)https://www.oprah.com/app/the-oprah-winfrey-show.html (The Oprah Winfrey Show)https://www.wheeloffortune.com/ (Wheel of Fortune)https://www.jeopardy.com/ (Jeopardy!)https://www.fbi.gov/ (Federal Bureau of Investigation)https://www.nsa.gov/ (National Security Agency)http://www.clui.org/ludb/site/nsa-friendship-annex-0 (National Security Agency Friendship Annex (FANX))https://www.ndm.edu/ (Notre Dame of Maryland University)https://www.st.philip-neri.org/ (St. Philip-Neri)https://www.youngschool.com/ (The Young School\\xa0)https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Kunia_Regional_SIGINT_Operations_Center (Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center)...'