Congratulations to the 2021 G2Xchange Leading for Impact, Women in Leadership Award Winners!! You are all truly dynamic leaders who are driving #transformation, #modernization, and #makinganimpact within your organizations, agencies, and beyond!
Nominated by their peers, these awards recognize and celebrate women guiding, mentoring, and driving the industry through their impactful leadership; driving technology and business transformation and modernization; and/or driving efforts to initiate the next positive disruption that will truly change how Federal agencies support their mission.
The complete list of the award winners, selected from both Government and industry, is below. Congratulations to all!
- Simchah Suveyke Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer, US Department of Agriculture
- Cathy Carter, Director, Enterprise Systems Solutions Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Jessica Hagood, Chief Executive Officer, INODE INK CORPORATION
- Cara Rose, Division Director, Digital Services, Social Security Administration
- Shanika Palm, Chief Technology Officer, Visual Connections
- Kim Heermann-Do, Acting Interoperability Workstream Director, FEHRM Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs/OIT
- Sowmya Hariharan, CEO, OM Group
- Hannah Hunt, Chief Product and Innovation Officer, Army Software Factory
- Karen Jackson, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Sonja Jefferson-Brown, Deputy Director, Division of Plan Oversight and Accountability, Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Krista Kinnard, Chief, Emerging Technology, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Labor
- Courtney Modecki, Federal Healthcare Strategic Programs Executive, VMware
- Katherine Lugo, Director, IT Contracting Services Division, Department of State
- Martha Orr, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Quality, Performance, and Risk, Office of Information Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Nashira Nicholson, Vice President, Health Services, Aptive Resources
- Michelle Schreiber, MD, Deputy Director for Quality and Value, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Nancy Sieger, Chief Information Officer, Internal Revenue Service
- Debbie Opiekun, Chief Business Development Officer, Leidos
- Pamela Smith, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Renata Spinks, Assistant Director/Deputy CIO and Senior Information Security Officer, US Marine Corps
- Karen Painter, Director, Program Integrity Portfolio, GDIT
- Jennifer Rostami, Acting Executive Director – Centers of Excellence, General Services Administration
- Amanda Warfield, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, OptumServe
- COL Audra L. Taylor, Division Chief, Armed Services Blood Program
- Amy Gilliland, President, GDIT
- Mina Hsiang, Administrator, US Digital Service
- Melinda Pitchford, Director, Business Development and Capture Management, DSS Inc.
- Donna Roy, Strategic Advisor, National Security Sector, Guidehouse
- Melina Scotto, Federal Health CISO, GDIT
- Melissa Solito, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Cerner Government Services
- Sheena Burrell, Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Archives and Records Administration
- Kathy Taylor, Senior Vice President, Health IT Business Unit, DRT Strategies
- Bryana Tucci, AWS Marketplace — National Security, Amazon Web Services
- Mary Vogel, President, Ellumen
- Lauren Knausenberger, Chief Information Officer, United States Air Force
- Lisa Wetzel, Executive Vice President, eTelligent Group
- Suzanne Yuter, Director, National Security Segment, Guidehouse
- Karen Chan, Staff Vice President, Business Process Solutions, National Government Services
- Elizabeth McNamara, Deputy Director, Technology and Data Services, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
- Karen Myers, Senior Manager, Contracts Management, Institute for Defense Analyses
- Julie Bush, Head of Public Health, Palantir Technologies
- Kelly Moore, Deputy, Procurement Operations, US Department of Agriculture
- Natalie Carey, Senior Director, Public Sector, Appian
- Leslie Wagstaffe, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Consumer Support Group – Director, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Jennifer Folsom, Vice President, Growth, ICF Next
- Sarah Garnett, Partner, Guidehouse
- Florence Kasule, Director of Procurement, United States Digital Service, Executive Office of the President
- Vickie Gogo, Senior Partner, Multicultural Communications, ICF Next
- Pamela Graff, Chief Strategy Officer, Planned Systems International
- Meghan Hendery, Managing Director, KPMG
- Elaine Ho, Deputy Chief of Staff, Workforce, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Ioana Singureanu, Chief Innovation Officer, BookZurman
- Ann Dunkin, Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy
- Heidi Bernardo, Vice President Government Services, Philips
- Merissa Larson, Executive Director for Quality and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Ariana Cappuccino, Product Manager/Product Owner, CORMAC Corporation
- Joyce Hunter, Executive Director – Former Deputy CIO, Policy and Planning, USDA; Current Executive Director for the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
- Gina Casamassima, Executive Vice President, Operations, Apprio
- Holly H. Pavliscsak, Advanced Medical Technology Initiative (AMTI) Portfolio Manager, TATRC, USAMRDC, Army Futures Command
- Diana Ceban, Vice President, Health Account, Defense and Civilian Sector, SAIC
- Jane Zentmyer, Deputy Director for the Architecture and Transformation Division, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
- Melanie Dowczek, MS Power Platform Practice Lead, B3 Group
- Schuyler Moore, Senior Defense and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. House of Representatives
- Lisa Flynn, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Cerner Government Services
- Darnita Trower, Assistant Director, Modernization Tools and Technologies, Internal Revenue Service
- Dina Guerrero, Deputy Director, Health Information Technology, Sentar
- Tracey Morgan, Chief, Agile Center of Excellence, Metrics and Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Susanne Hake, Senior Vice President, Palantir Technologies
- Cora Tracy, Director, IT Capital Planning Group, Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Macon Hardy, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Unissant
- Sandra Oliver Schmidt, Deputy Director, Procurement Innovation Lab, Department of Homeland Security
- Katrina Tuisamatatele Hickam, Executive Vice President, Health Operations, SAIC
- Mia Jordan, Chief Information Officer, Federal Student Aid, Department of Education
- Nazzic Keene, Chief Executive Officer, SAIC
- COL Jennifer Krolikowski, Senior Materiel Leader, Space Command and Control, Cross Mission Ground and Communications Enterprise, United States Space Force
- Peta Messner, Director, Technology Solutions Provider (TSPi)
- Nicole Willis, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
- Monique Outerbridge, Associate Partner, IBM
Congratulations again to all of the winners!
