Geri Juliano

Geri Juliano serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, where she plays a critical role in executing procurements that support the U.S. Forest Service’s mission of ecological stewardship and public safety. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on forestry support activities, infrastructure maintenance, and visitor services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and agency sustainability goals. Her work directly enables hazardous tree removal, trail rehabilitation, and sanitation operations across federal forest lands, requiring precise coordination with contractors to meet operational timelines and environmental standards. Juliano maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key vendors such as CLIVUS MULTRUM, INC, which provides specialized composting toilet systems for remote facilities, and VALLEY TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT, INC, a critical supplier of heavy machinery and maintenance equipment essential for forest operations. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with technical expertise in forestry-specific applications and reliable service delivery in rugged, remote environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term vendor performance over transactional procurement. A steadfast advocate for small business participation, Juliano consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with nearly 80% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. She also actively utilizes HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a deliberate strategy to stimulate economic development in underserved rural communities within the forest’s jurisdiction. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a robust commitment to socioeconomic goals and equitable access to federal opportunities. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for nearly a third of her portfolio, alongside specialized needs in janitorial services, civil engineering construction, and motor vehicle body manufacturing for custom equipment. This technical domain expertise enables her to effectively evaluate bids for complex, mission-critical services that require both environmental sensitivity and operational durability in challenging terrain.