UC Law announces new co-chairs for Women in Law alumnae group

Janetta Brewer is a government contracts compliance expert with a track record of shaping innovative solutions to complex acquisition challenges. Her commercial successes include shaping audit-readiness activities for a $2 billion global aerospace and defense client to secure reinstatement onto the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Qualified Parts List. She re-designed the corporate governance systems of a $10 billion global science and technology solutions client, maximizing the productivity and revenue potential of approximately 400 Contracts professionals.

Brewer previously enjoyed a rewarding career as a contracts professional within Department of Defense. Notable roles include her service as a senior staff member of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD/AT&L).  While there, she worked with the Executive Office of the President and Congressional staff to shape new acquisition regulations affecting 35,000 contracting professionals and $400 billion in annual spend. Prior to that, she executed the Procurement Performance Management Assessment Program (PPMAP) for the Office of Naval Research (ONR). In this role, she led audits of ONR’s acquisition programs valued at ~$1.7 billion. She was also appointed to the Department of the Navy PPMAP Council, a governance board that acts to ensure consistency, adequacy, and accountability of PPMAP processes across the Navy Enterprise.

Prior to that, Brewer developed procurement guidance for approximately 760 multi-functional professionals within DLA Energy and led compliance reviews of the agency’s acquisition programs valued at ~$15.2 billion. She was the Principal Contracting Officer for the Civil Works Program within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District. In that role, she led efforts to award emergency contracts to restore public infrastructure and construct critical public facilities following tornado devastation in Joplin, MO. She also developed a training program to equip Air National Guard soldiers with essential contracting skills to ensure mission success in Iraq.

Brewer is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, earning a Juris Doctor in 2006. She also earned a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a Master of Public Administration as a member of American University's Key Executive Leadership Program.