Yolanda Velasco-Romero

Yolanda M. Romero serves as Commercial Sponsorship Liaison for FA4855, 27th Security Forces Squadron under the Department of the Air Force, where she facilitates commercial partnerships that enhance operational readiness and infrastructure resilience. Her role bridges public mission needs with private-sector innovation, managing acquisitions for non-traditional support services that sustain air base operations—including facility maintenance, communications infrastructure, and mission-critical environmental systems. She plays a pivotal role in aligning commercial sponsorship opportunities with DoD procurement frameworks, ensuring compliance while accelerating access to agile, non-traditional vendors capable of delivering rapid-response solutions. Romero maintains a strategic working relationship with ALTUS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC, a key contractor providing specialized technical and logistical support across facility modernization and communications systems. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaborative vendor engagement, fostering long-term partnerships with firms that offer scalable, integrated solutions in support of Air Force operational continuity. She routinely coordinates with contractors to align commercial offerings with military requirements, ensuring seamless integration of commercial best practices into defense acquisition workflows. Her contracting portfolio reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic programs, with nearly equal portions awarded under Total Small Business Set-Asides and open competition, alongside targeted 8(a) competed awards. This pattern demonstrates a deliberate strategy to broaden vendor participation while maintaining competitive rigor, actively cultivating relationships with small businesses capable of delivering niche technical services in support of Air Force infrastructure resilience. Romero’s primary NAICS focus includes 561730 (Landscaping Services), 561990 (All Other Support Services), and 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), reflecting her specialization in mission-enabling services such as environmental management, facility operations support, and precision instrumentation systems. She routinely procures technical equipment and services critical to HVAC, wastewater treatment, and secure communications infrastructure, demonstrating deep familiarity with the intersection of commercial innovation and military operational requirements.