Leadership

Ms. Jameece Pinckney is the President and CEO of HyQuest Consulting Solutions. Ms. Pinckney, who founded HyQuest, has served as a senior-level executive in the government contracting industry for more than 16 years. She brings expertise gained in multiple leadership roles in contract management, finance and accounting, project control, procurement, risk management, business ethics, and compliance to her role. Ms. Pinckney formulates and leads the execution of the company’s strategy for delivering leading solutions to address our customers’ critical challenges.

She previously served as the Director of Contracts and Procurement for Pragmatics, Inc., a government contractor in Reston, Virginia, and held positions with organizations including HydroGeologic, Inc. and Halliburton/KBR and served as a consultant with Naval District Washington.

Ms. Pinckney has a Master’s Certificate in Government Contracting from George Washington University School of Business; a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law; and a master’s degree in administration and supervision and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, both from Tennessee State University. In 2019, she was accepted into and graduated from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Emerging Leaders Program. She is a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).

Ms. Pinckney spends much of her spare time in her role as Chairman of The OPHELIA Foundation, a nonprofit organization she founded in 2014. She is also involved with the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and is the sorority’s immediate past president.

Mr. Gil Pinckney is the Chief Operating Officer of HyQuest Consulting Solutions. Mr. Pinckney is a highly decorated U.S. Army veteran and brings more than 26 years of CONUS and OCONUS procurement and acquisition experience to HyQuest Consulting. His expansive portfolio includes successfully managing million-dollar subcontracts and procurement acquisitions as a procurement consultant in Africa, Germany, Iraq, and Kuwait.

As COO, Mr. Pinckney is responsible for the effective operational performance of the company’s government and commercial contracts. He provides oversight for the development, design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s high-quality products and services. Mr. Pinckney leverages the company’s performance excellence to increase growth and deliver optimum customer satisfaction. He is a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).

Mr. Pinckney serves as Vice Chairman of The OPHELIA Foundation.

Chief Financial Officer Bart Rowe brings more than 36 years of accounting and financial management experience to HyQuest.

Mr. Rowe is directly responsible for overseeing day-to-day financial operations to help guide internal decisions and maintain business efficiency. His natural ability to solve complex problems, along with his genuine dedication to helping others, is easily seen in both his quality of work and daily interactions with customers and employees.

CFO for multiple government contractors and technology integrators.

Mr. Rowe holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland.

Linda Alkire is the Director of Marketing and Communications for HyQuest. As a member of the HyQuest management team, Ms. Alkire is responsible for the company’s strategic marketing and communications plans, media relations, public relations and brand management, internal communications, executive communications, and social media. She is also responsible for the development and oversight of HyQuest’s philanthropic activities.

Ms. Alkire brings more than 30 years of marketing and communications experience, gained in multiple roles in privately held and public companies, nonprofit organizations, and as a consultant, to her role. Prior to HyQuest, Ms. Alkire served as the Marketing and Communications Manager for Pragmatics, Inc., a mid-tier government contractor in Reston, Virginia.

Ms. Alkire has a bachelor’s degree in English from California University of Pennsylvania.

Fawn Coleman is the Proposal Coordinator for HyQuest Consulting Solutions. In this role, she prepares responses for Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotes (RFQs), and Sources Sought and coordinates all of the company’s proposal process activities throughout the proposal life cycle.

As a member of the HyQuest management team, Ms. Coleman works strategically with senior leadership to develop bid and proposal strategies designed to increase win probabilities. She plays an integral role in positioning HyQuest to achieve its growth objectives by ensuring the development of compelling, compliant, and winning proposal responses for both government and commercial customers.

Prior to HyQuest, Ms. Coleman worked in a project management capacity as a client services manager for the American Diabetes Association. She brings agile project management skills and a solid track record of building strategic relationships integral to HyQuest’s commitment to making each customer’s vision its mission. She has also worked as a principal, team lead, and senior business process expert with CACI on a Voice of the Customer project for a Department of Defense entity.

Ms. Coleman is actively involved in the northern Virginia community and has served as a member of the board of directors for two foundations. She is a Founding Director of The OPHELIA Foundation.

She has a master’s degree in organization development from American University.

Patricia Ford serves as the HyQuest Consulting Facility Security Officer (FSO). She has more than 20 years of combined experience in the industrial security community as an FSO and as a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) industrial security agent.

Ms. Ford began her career in security working for the North Carolina Department of Corrections as an officer on North Carolina’s death row and has continued in the security field, supporting the U.S. Department of the Army, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the DCSA.

She currently advises client corporations on policies and procedures necessary to comply with government industrial security regulations. This includes supporting contracts involving classified activities and specialized services encompassing personnel, physical, program, and information systems security, operational security, document control, crisis management, international security, and security education and awareness training.

From 2013-2015, Ms. Ford served as the National Classification Management System National Capital Region Chapter chair. This is the largest chapter in the U.S., with more than 700 members.