Education
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Georgetown University, M.A., 1986
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S., 1969
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Through daily contact with U.S. government requirements and procurement agencies, Col. John Garrett, USMC (retired) helps clients identify federal grants and contracting opportunities, for government projects in the United States and abroad. Domestically, Col. Garrett’s work focuses on programs and procurements in the homeland security arena; internationally, his efforts emphasize such areas as Iraq reconstruction and Afghanistan reconstruction. Once an opportunity is identified, Col. Garrett helps clients navigate the complex process of defining the government’s specific program requirements and then developing comprehensive capability statements that communicate that the client provides the best value and is best able to meet government requirements.
In nearly 30 years of developing relationships throughout the U.S. government and defense industry, Col. Garrett has developed strong networks with policy and decision makers in the U.S. Congress; the Departments of State, Defense and Energy; and the Department of Homeland Security. The access that comes with these relationships allows Col. Garrett to know in advance—and in detail—how best to meet the needs of each agency’s procurement programs.
Additionally, Col. Garrett assists clients in a variety of issues regarding export control and licensing, and enjoys unique access to key administrative professionals at the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and to the key players at other agencies, including the Departments of Defense, State, and Commerce. His involvement with the DDTC enables him to regularly facilitate and expedite clients’ export license applications for defense and security related articles and technologies. His association with policymakers allows him to successfully argue and prevail in removing presumptions of license denial for several countries to whom our clients now export millions of dollars in merchandise.
Col. Garrett also serves foreign sovereign governments and their embassies in the planning and implementation of political, security and economic strategies as well as programs with the U.S. government and with U.S. commercial business and investment entities.
In conjunction with Patton Boggs’ vast network of international contacts, Col. Garrett develops joint venture partnerships and other relationships in virtually all fields of commercial endeavor, to include security/defense, infrastructure, and logistics.
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