Mr. Shapleigh C. Drisko
Veteran’s Business Advocate
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
Department of State

Shapleigh C. Drisko is the Department’s Veteran’s Business Advocate and is the principal contracting officer responsible for the review and award of 8(a) contracts. Mr. Drisko serves as adjunct faculty at the Foreign Service Institute, regularly providing formal training to Departmental Officials in small business procurement. He also serves as an advisor to small businesses and conducts outreach and counseling on a national basis.

Prior to joining the Department of State, he was the senior field contract manager for the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program and was responsible for the oversight and award of
contracts valued in excess of $1.7 billion dollars annually. Before entering civil service, Mr. Drisko was a regular Army Officer. He has been decorated twice for his achievements as a military
procurement officer. He has had command and staff assignments both domestically and abroad. Mr. Drisko is a 1979 graduate of the University of Connecticut and as a certified contract manager.