A small firm with a federal sized résumé
Lewis River Services is based in Amboy, Washington — named for the river that runs through this valley — and built on a simple idea: the discipline that manages the government's biggest contracts works just as well for a Clark County small business.
The principal
Katrina Curtis, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
Katrina spent twenty-one years as a U.S. Air Force contracting officer — the career field that buys everything the Air Force needs — serving every phase of acquisition from planning through closeout. Her career record tells the rest.
She retired to the Lewis River valley and founded Lewis River Services — a woman owned, disabled veteran owned firm — to bring that experience home to the contractors, farms, shops, and self-employed professionals of Clark County.
Katrina owns the firm and has assembled a team of accounting, operations, and contracting professionals around it. Every engagement is principal led, with the team's depth behind it — so clients get senior judgment and real capacity, not a one-person bottleneck.
Career record
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2020 – 2022 · Retired as Lt Col
Deputy Director, ICBM Contracting — USAF Nuclear Weapons Center
Led a 70 person contracting office supporting a $136B ICBM portfolio, including Minuteman III and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, across 32 major acquisition programs.
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2017 – 2020
Squadron Commander — Travis Air Force Base, CA
Commanded 60+ contracting professionals executing over $150M per year supporting 14,300 personnel, heavy-lift air mobility operations, and the Air Force's largest hospital.
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2015 – 2017
Deputy Division Chief — Headquarters USAF, The Pentagon
Functional manager for the entire Air Force contracting career field; managed 2,300 contingency contracting officers deployed across 19 locations in 14 countries.
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2012 – 2015
Squadron Commander — F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY
Commanded 40+ contracting professionals executing over $60M per year in support of Global Strike Command's nuclear deterrence mission.
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2001 – 2012
Contracting Officer assignments worldwide
Pre- and post-award contracting across weapons systems, modifications and upgrades, foreign military sales, sustainment, operational services, and civil heavy and light construction.
How we work
Standards we brought home from the service
Straight dealing
Plain language scopes, honest recommendations, no surprise invoices.
On time, every time
In contracting, a missed deadline is a lost award. We track your dates.
Careful with your data
Federal information handling habits set the standard for your records.
Local by choice
Serving Clark County and Southwest Washington. A team of professionals, the same principal lead every time, low overhead on purpose.
Who we serve
Clark County small businesses and the trades
Our clients include contractors and subcontractors, farms and rural businesses, family LLCs, veteran owned businesses, and self-employed professionals across Clark County and Southwest Washington. If your business runs on your own two hands, we speak your language.