ORAU Establishes Mentor Protege Relationship with National Resource Management, LLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Nov. 16, 2009
FY10-08

Andy Page, president and CEO of Oak Ridge Associated Universities and director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, shakes hands with National Resource Management, LLC's Co-owner Vonnie Oaks over the newly signed agreement for the two entities in the U.S. Department of Energy's Mentor-Protégé Program.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and National Resource Management, LLC, recently signed an agreement for a two-year supportive relationship as provided under the U.S. Department of Energy's Mentor-Protégé Program. Through this relationship, ORAU serves as a business mentor to National Resource Management, LLC, providing consultation on a variety of business practices and opportunities, promoting economic and technological growth and helping to enhance the company as a self-sustaining, viable business.

National Resource Management, LLC, is a woman-owned, 8(a)-certified, small disadvantaged business in Knoxville, Tenn., that has served as a contractor on multiple construction and engineering projects for ORAU and may continue to do so as ORAU's protégé.

The Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to encourage approved mentors to provide various forms of assistance to eligible protégé participants. The purpose of the ORAU mentor-protégé relationship is to enhance the capabilities of the protégés and to improve their ability to successfully compete for federal contracts.