Joe Stephenson is our newest Branch Chief in Portfolio Management
Mid-Atlantic PBS is pleased to announce Joe Stephenson as North Branch Chief of the Portfolio Management Division. Portfolio Management provides long-term planning to manage and optimize the performance of owned and leased assets for the benefit of our federal agency clients and American taxpayers. Employees in the North Branch manage PBS portfolio planning in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Stephenson previously served in the Project Delivery Division (PDD) as a project manager and project executive where he planned, executed and managed the delivery of projects meeting our Mid-Atlantic Region client agencies’ housing and space needs. Read more about Mikel Lord who has transitioned into the project executive role in PDD vacated by Stephenson.
In his new role as Branch Chief, Stephenson will provide strategic and tactical direction to portfolio management program areas, including capital investment and regional portfolio planning. Stephenson says about taking on the responsibilities of Branch Chief, “I’m excited to take on the responsibility of influencing our portfolio over the coming years as we respond to our customer agencies’ changing needs.”
In addition to his new Branch Chief role, Stephenson will continue to serve as PBS regional client executive for IRS, focusing on GSA’s continued relationship with this client agency.
Beginning his GSA career in 2009 as a leasing specialist, later as a lease contracting officer, Stephenson also spent time as a construction representative in the Philadelphia Field Office. He provided FEMA with disaster relief support following Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and deployed to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Stephenson graduated magna cum laude from Temple University, with a degree in business administration.
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