Courtney Black is Principal in the Ernst & Young LLP Government Contract Services practice in the Dallas, TX office. Courtney has over 18 years of experience in government contracting with EY, advising clients on considerations spanning the government contracting lifecycle. She specializes in assisting clients in conducting business with the federal government, including determining compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, and contract-specific requirements. She also assists clients with developing cost accounting structures to optimize cost recovery, calculating indirect rates, preparing CASB disclosure statements, preparing incurred cost submissions, and documenting systems manuals along with policies and procedures. She provides technical advice to clients contracting with the General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies in the areas of proposal and equitable adjustment preparation, cost allocations and cost reporting. Courtney works across multiple industries including aerospace and defense, professional services, utilities, engineering and construction, healthcare and technology.

Jamie Brabston is a Senior Legal Consultant and Director with Redstone Government Consulting, Inc. (Redstone GCI), specializing in Labor and Employment Law, with an emphasis on government contract law and compliance. Prior to joining Redstone GCI, Jamie was Senior Counsel with Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C., a boutique labor and employment law firm based in Birmingham, AL. Jamie assists employers with compliance, problem prevention, the analysis of complex employment law and contract related issues, and in conducting investigations to address employee complaints.

In addition, Jamie advises federal government contractors with contract specific requirements such as affirmative action compliance, Service Contract Act issues, CoBEC, the Drug Free Workplace Act, record keeping, and in performing mock compliance assessments and other issues specific to employers working with the federal government. Jamie is a proficient trainer and speaker and is a primary instructor for Federal Publications Seminars course, “HR for Government Contractors.” Additionally, Jamie regularly conducts training and education for individual employers and their employees on non-discrimination and anti-harassment, as well as training sessions for executive and non-executive management on a wide variety of overall management leadership skills, and government contract specific topics. Jamie also specializes and advises clients on a wide range of employee benefits issues including ERISA welfare benefit plans, HIPAA, wellness plans, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, and other federal and state laws, including related reporting requirements. In addition, Jamie works with employers in responding to complaints filed with external agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor and the Department of Industrial Relations and provides litigation support as needed.

Lindy Kyzer is the director of content of ClearanceJobs.com, the largest career site for individuals with an active federal security clearance. ClearanceJobs has registered more than 1 million candidates with an active federal security clearance and has been helping government contractors find cleared talent since 2002. As senior editor Lindy covers the defense industry, intelligence community, government and contracting trends for the ClearanceJobs news site, newsletters and media partners. She also manages ClearanceJobs’ social media. Prior to working for ClearanceJobs, Lindy was a Department of Army employee at the Pentagon and the U.S. Army’s first social media manager (she credits teaching hundreds of Army senior leaders to Facebook and Tweet as one of her claims to fame).

Sajeev is a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP, leading the Forensics Government Contracts Services Practice in the Washington, DC area. With over three decades of experience in the industry, Sajeev has taken the lead on numerous high-profile government contract issues, including pricing, compliance, accounting, and financing. His expertise covers a wide range of areas, such as the False Claims Act, Truthful Cost or Pricing Data, Cost Accounting Standards, the Service Contract Act, Procurement Integrity, and the Anti-Kickback Act.

Heading a team of professionals nationwide, Sajeev guides clients through internal investigations, audits, mandatory disclosures, and directs forensic accounting analysis. He also prepares expert reports for matters involving alleged fraud, contractor claims, arbitrations, and government investigations, and has led several bid protest matters focusing on price reasonableness and cost realism.

Sajeev offers advisory services to clients across various sectors to enhance their understanding and compliance with government award regulations and statutory requirements. He specializes in designing and implementing business processes and internal controls to meet these standards, with deep expertise in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, and other federal procurement regulations and guidance.


Sajeev leads a team of professionals across the country in assisting clients with performing internal investigations, audits and mandatory disclosures and directing forensic accounting analysis and preparing expert reports in matters related to alleged fraud, contractor claims, arbitrations, and government investigations. In addition, he has lead several bid protest matters related to price reasonableness and cost realism.
Sajeev provides advisory services to the firm’s clients, across all sectors, to help improve their understanding and compliance with regulatory and statutory government award requirements. This includes designing and implementing business process and internal control enhancements to address these requirements.

Christine Williamson, CPA, PMP, is a Partner in CohnReznick’s Government Contracting Industry Practice which she led for 15 years. She provides financial and accounting consulting services that offer solutions to such complex issues as indirect rate structure development, executive compensation analysis, and mergers & acquisitions. Christine has a deep breadth of knowledge in GAAP, FAR, CAS, DCAA and DCMA. Additionally, she advises government contractors with their tax strategies and operational issues, including: financial statement reporting, disclosures, incurred cost submissions, proposals, forward pricing rates, and federal and state tax preparation.