190917-N-PO203-0109 QUANTICO, Va. (Sept. 17, 2019) Brenda Pickett, director of the Office of Small Business Programs at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), talks with visitors to the ONR exhibit at Modern Day Marine. ONR’s Office of Small Business Programs is a small business advocacy and advisory office responsible for ensuring that small business, small disadvantaged business, historically underutilized business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business and women-owned small business concerns, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs), participate in ONR's acquisition program both as prime contractors and as subcontractors. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)