Daniel Gardner, Ed.D.

Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB), Virginia Contracting Associate Officer (VCA)

United States

About

A public procurement practitioner holding certifications which demonstrate a comprehensive mastery of public procurement, I am responsible for performing essential functions within the procurement cycle for a local public entity water utility in Fairfax, VA.

Experience

  • Fairfax Water - Official (Full-time · 2 yrs 7 mos)
    • Procurement Specialist III
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      All contracts for Automotive, Fleet; Safety; Emergency Management and Security; Building Maintenance; Customer Service Water Meters, Meter Reading Equipment and Supplies; Fire Hydrants; Service Materials; Couplings, Clamps, Sleeves, Tubing; Locks; Maintenance; Paving.

    • Procurement Specialist II
      Dec 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

      All contracts for Automotive, Fleet; Safety; Emergency Management and Security; Building Maintenance; Customer Service Water Meters, Meter Reading Equipment and Supplies; Fire Hydrants; Service Materials; Couplings, Clamps, Sleeves, Tubing; Locks; Maintenance; Paving.

    • Procurement Specialist I
      Dec 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Owner at Gardner Events & Consulting
    May 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

    Daniel operates Gardner Events & Consulting, a trade name of Ebon Hawk LLC, dedicated to developing and operating sports tournaments for Virginia college & university sport clubs. Daniel partnered with the Virginia Recreational Sports Association to host the inaugural Virginia State Club Soccer Tournament at Virginia Tech in spring 2019 and runs the tournament annually in the spring. Gardner Events & Consulting is open to new sports event opportunities, as well as opportunities to leverage Daniel's program evaluation experience and research background with an Ed.D. to provide program evaluation, research and assessment consulting services.

  • Manager, Club Sports at The George Washington University
    Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 · 4 mos

  • William & Mary (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Assistant Director of Sports & Assessment
      Nov 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr

      Manage a sport club program of over 40 organizations while also contributing to intramural sports programming and leading assessment and evaluation of department programs and facilities while contributing to Division of Student Affairs assessment projects.

    • Assistant Director of Sport Clubs
      Jul 2017 - Nov 2022 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Assistant Director of Intramural Sports at George Washington University
    Jan 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos