Olga M. Acosta, Director, OALM
Before joining the NIH Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM), Ms. Acosta served as the Executive Officer of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), providing oversight of its administrative services, including human resources, budget management, info technology, acquisitions and contract management, training, travel, property, space, and facilities. She focused on leading change management efforts in alignment with a new NINR Strategic Plan while enhancing business processes and improving efficiencies and transparency. Prior to that role, Ms. Acosta led a Consolidated Operations Acquisition Center (COAC) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), where she provided direction and guidance to Institute Directors, Program Directors, Office Heads, Senior Institute Staff, and Scientific Directors, and a large team of acquisition professionals, regarding all phases of the acquisition cycle from planning to closeout, as well as all policies and business operations that affect the COAC's ability to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Ms. Acosta established a framework for fostering an innovative culture, while promoting a diverse workforce, supporting process improvements, customer needs and satisfaction, collaboration, agile approaches, and empowering staff to meet the NIH mission. Ms. Acosta earned her BA in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland-College Park and completed a Project Management Certification Program from Georgetown University, as well as holding a FAC-C Professional Certification.
E-mail address: [email protected], Phone: 301-435-4322, Fax: 301-402-2425
