Simone Terry

Simone Terry serves as a Contracting Officer within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing equitable housing access through strategic procurement of specialized professional services. She is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of acquisitions that support housing program integrity, regulatory compliance, and data-driven policy analysis. Her portfolio primarily consists of complex service contracts focused on environmental consulting services, ensuring that HUD’s initiatives in housing insecurity research, underwriting framework modernization, and administrative system upgrades are supported by technically proficient and compliant vendors. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to foster resilient, inclusive communities through evidence-based decision-making. Simone Terry cultivates collaborative relationships with a select network of qualified contractors specializing in environmental and housing-related advisory services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in environmental impact assessments, sustainable development planning, and housing policy analytics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous source selection, and long-term vendor accountability, fostering partnerships built on transparency and technical excellence rather than volume or volume-based incentives. A staunch advocate for socioeconomic equity in federal contracting, Simone Terry exclusively utilizes 8(a) competed set-asides for all her acquisitions, reflecting a deep institutional commitment to empowering disadvantaged business enterprises. Her consistent application of the 8(a) program ensures that small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals have equitable access to high-impact HUD contracts, reinforcing the agency’s broader goals of inclusive economic development and opportunity creation. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 541620—Environmental Consulting Services—where she secures specialized expertise in environmental site assessments, regulatory compliance reviews, and sustainability planning as they intersect with housing policy. She routinely procures services that evaluate environmental risks to housing stability, support green infrastructure integration in underserved communities, and align HUD programs with federal environmental mandates, demonstrating deep domain expertise at the intersection of housing, environmental science, and public policy.