We asked you to nominate women who were guiding, mentoring, and driving the industry through their impactful leadership; driving technology and business transformation and modernization; and/or leading and embracing the change management required to initiate the next positive disruption that will truly change how Federal agencies support their mission.
The nominations we received, representing Government and Industry, described women who are visionary and relentless, passionate about driving change and steering strategy, dedicated in their leadership, their guidance and the mentoring they provide.
Nominated by their peers and selected by a diverse panel of judges, these women are Leading for Impact in Federal Technology & Consulting and were recognized on October 25, 2018 at the Women’s Memorial in Arlington.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Suzi Connor, Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services
Theresa Hancock, Director, My HealtheVet, Department of Veterans Affairs
Anjelica Dortch, Policy Analyst, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Beth Killoran, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services
Andrea Norris, Director, Center for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
Shannon Sartin, Executive Director, United States Digital Service, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Gita Uppal, Senior Health Advisor, Department of Veteran Affairs
Alicia Harkness, Partner, Guidehouse
Patty Horoho, CEO, Optum Serve
Cathy McGrane, Managing Partner, Scout Concepts
Rebecca Miller, Sector President, Health and Civilian Agencies, Salient CRGT
Genevieve Morris, Integral Health Strategies, Health IT Policy, Former Chief Health Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs and Principal Deputy National Coordinator, ONC, HHS
Anna Sever, Vice President, MAXIMUS
Vice Admiral Bono, Director, Defense Health Agency
Stacy Cummings, Program Executive Officer for the Defense Management Systems, Department of Defense
Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Lauren Thompson, Director, DoD/VA Interagency Program Office
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Deputy Undersecretary for Health, Discovery and Advancement, Department of Veterans Affairs
Julie Boughn, Director, Data and Systems Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Kathleen Frisbee, PhD, Executive Director, Connected Health, VHA Office of Connected Care
Amy Haseltine, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Services, Office of the Chief Information Office, Department of Health and Human Services
Jeneen Iwugo, Deputy Director, Quality Improvement and Innovation Group, Center for Critical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Jean Moody Williams, Deputy Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Dawn Halfaker, Chief Executive Officer, Halfaker and Associates
Michele Kang, Chief Executive Officer, Cognosante
Denise Antinori, Group Vice President Public Sector, Sapient Consulting
Lisa Wolff, President, Next Phase Solutions and Services, Inc.
Nicole Gardner, Vice President, Eminence Academy, Senior Advisor, Federal Healthcare, IBM Industry Academy Member, IBM Global Business Services
Maureen Coyle, Chief Executive Officer, Kforce Government Solutions
Congratulations to all of these most deserving women!