Korinna Katharos

Korinna Katharos serves as a key procurement lead within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Management Services Division, responsible for securing real estate infrastructure to support USDA field operations across rural and underserved regions. Her role centers on managing lease acquisitions and facility-related contracts that enable the agency’s mission of delivering farm assistance, conservation programs, and disaster response services through a scalable physical footprint. She specializes in nonresidential leasing transactions under the 531120 NAICS code, ensuring that property arrangements align with operational needs for agricultural outreach, field offices, and conservation service centers. Her primary contractor relationships are with Greenwood Properties, L.L.P., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, both of which provide long-term real estate leasing and site development services critical to establishing and maintaining USDA’s physical presence. These partnerships are characterized by recurring, performance-based engagements focused on property acquisition, facility readiness, and infrastructure adaptation for federal use. Foreign Policy Research Institute Inc. is also engaged for specialized advisory services related to policy alignment and programmatic site planning, indicating a strategic emphasis on integrating operational needs with broader institutional objectives. Katharos’s contracting activity reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a focus on market-wide competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing capability, compliance, and cost-effectiveness over designated small business categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her technical domain expertise lies exclusively in the leasing and management of nonresidential buildings, with all procurement activity concentrated under NAICS 531120. She procures long-term real estate leases for office, storage, and operational facilities, ensuring that USDA’s infrastructure supports field-based agricultural programs with reliable, accessible, and compliant physical assets.