Sherry Jones-Quashie

Sherry Jones-Quashie has more than two decades of business management experience in both public and private sector. She is an advocate for small businesses championing companies into professional success. As a business strategist, Ms. Quashie’s goal is not only the pursuit of excellence, but the achievement of it. She is the founder and CEO of the Powerhouse Course Academy and Capitol Services USA. She recently retired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a Contracting Officer. As a Certified Contracting Officer, she handled the Government’s most complex acquisitions and procurements. In her capacity, she assisted agencies in the development of procurement specifications, statements of work, Performance Work Statements, the expediting of procurement transactions, as well as drafting Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFBs), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantities (IDIQ’s), Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) and Requests for Information (RFI). 

Throughout her career, Ms. Jones-Quashie has negotiated, awarded, monitored and constructed more than $1 billion in procurement spending in services, commercial, and construction services. She is an accomplished professional in the areas of entrepreneurship, capital markets, business planning, business management, and contract negotiation.

Throughout her career, Ms. Jones-Quashie has negotiated, awarded & monitored more than $1 billion in procurement spending in services, commercial, and construction services. She is an accomplished professional in the areas of entrepreneurship, capital markets, business planning, business management, and contract negotiation. Ms. Jones-Quashie is a graduate of the Jack Welch School of Business Strayer University with an Associate Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Business Administration Concentration in Project Management. Ms. Jones-Quashie is also a graduate of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Executive Minority Business Program and a graduate of Breakthrough Bible College. She has served in many capacities including Contracting Officer for the United States of America General Services Administration, Director & Contracting Officer for the District of Columbia Government with unlimited warrant authority. She is affiliated professionally as a member of the National Association of Professional Woman and National Contract Management Association. 

Ms. Quashie has written numerous Strategic Plans, Tactical Plans, Marketing Plans, Business Operating Plans, and Whitepapers. She is recognized as a Key Note Speaker and Expert in the field of Entrepreneurship and holds a NACI Security Clearance with the Department of Commerce. She is a published author of the No. 1 book "Cracking the Credit Code”