Rick Vrendenburg, USACE San Francisco District’s Small Business Deputy receives a coin from Nancy Barnes, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) – San Francisco Post’s program organizer at Coast Guard Island, Calif., Aug. 8, 2013. Vrendenburg, keynote speaker at the monthly event, advocated small businesses to inform the Corps about their classifications such as “Woman Owned” or “Disabled Veteran Owned” as a way to open the door for future opportunities.