Guadalupe Cisneros

Guadalupe Cisneros serves as Project Manager for the USDA Forest Service’s Olympic National Forest, where she leads the planning, execution, and oversight of critical infrastructure and resource management acquisitions. Her role is central to advancing the agency’s mission of ecological stewardship and public safety, overseeing procurements for trailhead facilities, restroom infrastructure, hazard tree removal, and road maintenance projects across rugged, ecologically sensitive terrain. She ensures compliance with federal contracting regulations while aligning acquisitions with the Forest Service’s sustainability and resilience goals, frequently managing complex, multi-year construction and specialty trade contracts that require coordination with environmental and engineering teams. Cisneros collaborates closely with a network of qualified specialty trade contractors and small businesses experienced in remote-site construction and forest service-specific challenges. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with proven expertise in hazardous environment work, native material handling, and ecological mitigation. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring contractors to demonstrate technical competence in low-impact construction methods and adherence to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. Cisneros demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over 60% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, and nearly 39% specifically reserved for HUBZone-certified firms. This reflects a deliberate strategy to stimulate economic development in underserved rural communities surrounding the Olympic Peninsula while ensuring access to contractors with local knowledge of terrain and environmental constraints. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), reflecting her leadership in maintaining access roads and trail infrastructure vital to public safety and forest management. She also routinely procures specialty trade services under 238990 and miscellaneous wood products under 321999, underscoring her technical expertise in sustainable forestry infrastructure, including culvert installation, boardwalk construction, and snag management systems tailored to temperate rainforest ecosystems.