Michelle Reaves

Michelle Reaves serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality K-12 education to military-connected students worldwide. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisition actions focused on professional services, technology infrastructure, and operational support for globally dispersed school systems. Her work ensures that DoDEA’s educational environments are equipped with compliant, effective, and scalable solutions, from curriculum development tools to student support services and administrative systems. Reaves plays a central role in executing solicitations that align with federal acquisition regulations and DoDEA’s strategic priorities for academic excellence and equitable access. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including AMD International Technologies LLC, CoreTech Consulting Inc., Effective Communication Strategies LLC, Residential Enhancements, Inc., and FGI Solutions LLC. These partnerships span management consulting, IT infrastructure, translation services, and facility-related support, reflecting a pattern of engagement with specialized firms capable of delivering tailored solutions across complex, multi-site environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and vendor accountability to meet the unique logistical and cultural demands of DoDEA’s overseas and domestic installations. Reaves demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly 56% of her awards directed toward small business set-asides, including an equal split between total small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) preferences. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster vendor diversity and leverage the agility of small businesses in delivering responsive, mission-critical services. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize verified small business certifications under FAR Part 19. Her primary NAICS focus areas include administrative management consulting (541611), professional technical services (541990), and translation and interpretation services (541930), with notable activity in computing infrastructure (518210). These reflect a specialization in educational support services, operational efficiency tools, and language access solutions critical to serving a linguistically and culturally diverse student population.