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IMPACT Women in Leadership Awards & Gala

October 8, 2026

3:30 pm

101 MGM National Ave, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

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SPONSORS

SPEAKERS

CHERYL L. MASON

WINNERS

Kimberly Brandt

COO
CMS

Bonnie Evangalista

Acquisition Director
Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low Intesity Conflict (ASW SO/LIC)

Tabisa Taliwaku Kalisa

Chief of Business Operations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Procurement

Jackie Lopez

President
Premier Enterprise Solutions, LLC

Leslie Beavers

Founder & CEO
LB Insights

Mary Affeldt

CEO
mPower, Inc.

Megan Barpoulis

Strategic Initiatives Manager
GDIT

Amna Ali-Rabbani

Senior AI Subject Matter Expert
IRS

Kris Blanchard

VP – Optum Serve Community Care Services Program Delivery
Optum Serve

Amy Bontrager

Director
Executive Office of the President, US Digital Service

Alexis Bonnell

Head of AI Adoption and Deployment for Government
OpenAI

Natalie Buda Smith

Director of Digital Strategy (AI and Innovation)
Library of Congress

Kedron Burnett

National Clinical Resource Hub Senior Primary Care Consultant
Department of Veterans Affairs – Veteran Healthcare Administration

Maria Brown Binns

Data Manager
CoventBridge Integrity Systems

Pam Carpenter

Business Development Manager
Adobe

Mary Carver

Director of Program Delivery
Easy Dynamics

Miji Chung

Sr. Operating Group President
Koniag Government Services

MIchelle Clark

Executive Director of Federal Alliances and Growth
Cornerstone OnDemand

Lisa Creason

Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
Precise Software Solutions

Alexis Dalton

VP of People Operations
Amivero

Marian Dawoud

Director of IT
Aretum

Angel Davis

Director of Capture and Business Development
LYME Technology Solutions

Barinder Dhillon

Operations Research Analyst
Defense Health Agency- DOD

Arielle Douglas

Executive Director
Prince George’s County Office of Procurement

Adrienne Dunlap

Senior Operating Group President
Koniag Government Services

Keia Eaves

Vice President of Digital Services
ServBeyond Solutions

Maria Gaboury

Strategic Partnership Executive
HIMSS National Capital Area Chapter

Aubrey Gainfort

Host & Founder
Breaking the Standard Podcast

Ann Gawalt

Associate Director of Administration, Executive Officer
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Aly Glick

President
Artemis ARC

Dr. Melissa Gliner

Senior Health Policy Analyst
Defense Health Agency

Nichole Gohman

Chief Operating Officer
Spry Methods, Inc.

Nandita Gududuri

President and Co-Founder
APV

Kendall Holbrook

CEO
Dev Technology Group, Inc.

Adrienne Holsey

Acting Director, Medicare Support Contracts Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Kate Hammen

Senior Advisor
Center for Medicare and Medicaid, Office of Information Technology

Paula Harper

Program Senior Director
GDIT – Federal Health Division

Betsey Hutton

Chief Growth Officer
Simple Technology Solutions

Ratima Kataria

Vice President, Health IT
ICF

Merissa Larson

Executive Director, Strategic Workforce Optimization and Manpower
Veteran Affairs Administration

Lykia Law

Director, People Strategy
Amivero

Patricia Lomax

Senior Vice President & Managing Director
Visual Connections, LLC

Louisa Lo

Senior Vice President
CGI Federal

Madalina Macrea

Pulmonary and Sleep Physician
Salem VAHCS and Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning

Renee Mcdonald

Chief of Staff
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information Technology

Rebecca McMinn

Chief People Officer
B&A

Mitzi Mead

CEO/President
Anakim Consulting Incorporated

Kim Miller

Principal
Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

Miroslava Mircheva

Contract Specialist
U.S. Department of War

Mahua Mitra

Chief, Enterprise Platform Services
National Institutes of Health

Dr. Nicole Oxley

CEO
Oxley Enterprises, Inc.

Maureen OPrey

Assistant Director for Customer Engagement
Comptroller of Maryland, ITSS

Melinda Pitchford

Chief Strategy Officer
Connected Logistics

April Rhodes

Lead Enterprise Operations
CGI Federal

Marrisa Rogers

Growth Operations, Health
Alpha Omega

Amanda Roberts

Chief Operating Officer
Optum Serve

Lisa Rosenthal

Vice President, Business Development
Optum Serve

Preeti Roy

Senior Manager – Agile Program Management
Publicis Sapient

Patricia Suh

VP Strategy
Optum Serve

Mary Schwarz

Senior Vice President
ICF

Maria Shams Ramsey

Consultant
Dynanet Corporation

Avantika Singh

Sr. Pricing Strategist
Systems Planning & Analysis Inc

Billie Smith

Registered Dietitan – Healthy Teaching Kitchen Coordinator
Department of Veterans Affairs West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System

Amanda Spencer-Warfield

VP, Program Integrity & Strategic Initiatives
Optum Serve

Ling Sukri

SVP of Health IT
Precise Software Solutions, Inc

Liz Tribelli

Chief Strategy Officer
B&A

Natasha Velez

CEO
NVS Strategic Solutions

Amanda Van-Hooser

Vice President of Operations
Steampunk

Paula Wagner

Director, Application Design and Delivery Office
U.S. Department of State

Anna Walls

Director of Future Operations
Optum Serve

Paula Williams

Supervisory IT Program Delivery Manager
Department of Treasury/IRS

Monica Winthrop

Sr. Vice President
CGI Federal

Brittany Kosa

Marketing & Brand Manager
Alpha Omega

Carla Briceno

President, CEO & Co-Founder
Bixal

Camille Lloyd

Executive Director/Portfolio Director
Gallup

Carey Zhuang

Health Insurance Specialist
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO)

Carla Singletary

Lead Systems Engineer
Planned Systems International

Carmen Drummond

Acting Deputy Director
Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Minority Veterans

Cathy Muha

Senior Director
Maximus

Charese Williams

IT Specialist (Information Security/Cloud Engineering)
Department of Homeland Security United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Chazara Clark-Smith

Senior Advisor AI Strategy & Governance
Internal Revenue Service

Chi Okonkwo

Enterprise Systems Office
NASA Headquarters

Christa Dahlem

Senior Vice President, Business Growth
Amentum

Cindi Bassford

Cyber Leader
Guidehouse

Courtney Marshall

Principal
Rainmakers Strategic Solutions LLC

Dana Boritz

Division Director in the Information Systems Group
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Danea Gaines

IT Acquisition Project Manager
FDA

Danielle Applegate

Vice President, Veterans Affairs
CGI Federal

Denise Rainey

President & CEO
Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

Dr. Denise St. Clair

Vice President, Health Policy & Interoperability
Global Alliant, Inc.

Diane Yarnell

Chief Administrative Officer
mPower, Inc.

Dr. Dora Hughes

CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Eileen Loftus

Sr. Director, Program Manager
Leidos

Eleanor Boyd

Digital Modernization Portfolio Lead
ICF

Elizabeth Ahrens

Senior Operations Executive
MetroStar

Elizabeth Snavely

Chief Operating Officer
SafeGuard Services LLC a Peraton Company

Erica Dobbs

Chief Executive Officer
Dobbs Defense Solutions

Erica Evans

Director of Operations
US Digital Service

Farah Pathan

Lead Program Analysis and IT Asset Management Lead
Office of the Secretary of War

Heather DeWar

Program Execution Manager
Leidos

Holly Pavliscsak

Deputy Director, USAISR Fort Gordon Office
USAISR

Isabel Rioja-Scott

Director of AI Workforce Enablement
Department of State

Jacinta Bouvay

Client Executive/Program Director
Peraton Corporation

Janet Cabeen

Executive Director of Networks and Contract Management (acting)
Department of Veterans Affairs-Veterans Community Care

Jeneen Iwugo

Acting Director and Deputy Administrator, Center for Program Integrity
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

Jennifer Hanks

CEO
MMC Government Solutions

Jennifer Ives

Founder/CEO
The JSI Group

Jennifer Johnson

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions & Senior Procurement Executive
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jennifer Mosier

Director of Proposal Operations
Ad Hoc LLC

Jennifer Nowell

Area Vice President, Federal Civilian
Elastic

Jennifer Phan

Director of Development and Support Division
National Institutes of Health

Jennifer Sheehan

Vice President, Veterans Affairs
Planned Systems International

Jennifer Snyder

User Engagement and Data Literacy
Defense Health Agency

Jenny Stone

Founder/CEO
Partner Forces

Jessica Springer

Business Consultant
CGI Federal

Joanie Barr

Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Koniag Government Services, LLC

Joanna Yoon

Health Statistician
OWHA/DHA

Jordan Parsons

CEO & Co-Founder
GovAllies

Jothi Dugar

Chief Information Security Officer
National Institutes of Health/Center for IT

Julia Cramer

Vice President, Public Sector Strategy and Growth
Dataminr

Julie Ferraro

Vice President of Maritime Networks
Sigma Defense Systems LLC

Julie Murphy

President
Sage Communications

Jyothi Bhargava

President and CEO
Swingtech Consulting

Kaleigh Homer

Director, Client Growth & Strategy
Ad Hoc LLC

Karla Smith-Jackson

Vice President of Contracts
BAE Systems, Inc. – Space and Mission Systems

Karlene Stecchi

Gov Tech Practice Leader
Sikich Federal

Kate Wetherby

Acting Group Director
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Kathryn JohnBull

President & CEO
DLH Corporation

Kathy Kchao

Sr. Director, BD & Capture
Precise Software Solutions, Inc.

Kelly Baltz

Chief Operating Officer
Bart & Associates, LLC (B&A)

Kim Hayes

COO
OST

Kimberly Oakman

Nationally Designated Telehealth Hub Senior Nurse Advisor
South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Krista Yager

VP, Health
Peraton

Lauren Pinkus

Associate Director
Guidehouse

Lauren Pittenger

VP Housing and Human Services
Abt Global

Lauren Sherry

SVP of Strategy
Visual Connections, LLC

Lauren Toth

Senior Director of Fraud Waste and Abuse Programs
Peraton

Lee Ann Crochunis

Director/Technology Account Lead
Guidehouse

Reshma Mahendra

Acting Director, Division of Violence Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Rima Eid

Founder and CEO
The Mosaic Mindset

Rochelle Overstreet

Associate Vice President
Humana Military

Roshni Ghosh, MD, MPH

Public Sector Industry Leader
RGP

Robin Collins

CIO
Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Samaria Crossdale

Vice President – Census Bureau
iTech AG

Sarah Crowell

Deputy Executive Officer
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

Sarah Moffat

Senior Advisor for Innovation and Change
NASA

Sarah Norcross

Vice President
ICF

Shakira McCants

CEO
MACMORE

Shasta Johnson

Senior Vice President, Federal Business Development
Signature Performance

Shauntia Bell

Acting Director, Enterprise Systems Solutions Group
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Sholainka Martyn

Senior Program Analyst
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Sia Floyd

President & CEO
Antean Technology

Sonya Arora

Director, Application Development
TSA

Sophia Donaldson

Executive Director
Publicis Sapient

Sophia Edwards

Founder/CEO
SharpEDG, LLC

Stephanie Fouts

Staff VP – Medicare Clinical Operations
Wellpoint Federal

Susie Rainey

Managing Director
Accenture Federal Services

Dr. Susan Gregurick

Associate Director for Data Science
National Institutes of Health

Tamar Segel

Client Relationship Executive
Steampunk

Tamara Miles

Principal Deputy Director
US Department of Energy, Office of Small Business Programs

Tami Hrivnak

VP Strategic Growth
Defense Unicorns

Tammy Czarnecki

Executive Vice President, Health Services
Aptive

Tammy Sanders

Program Director-Geriatrics Extended Care
South Texas Veterans Healthcare

Tara LeBlanc

Vice President, Civilian Mission Solutions
Entarian

Teresa Cavanaugh

Sr Account Executive
ServiceNow

Tiffany Bailey

Executive Vice President
Aretum

Tiffany Swygert

OIT Acting Deputy Director
Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)/ Office of Information Technology

Tina Langlais

Executive Officer
Department of Veteran Affairs

Tobi Pully

Federal Health Portfolio Executive, SVP of Operations
Visual Connections, LLC

Tonia Bleecher

Senior Vice President, Health Technology Division
ICF

Traci Walker

Executive Director
Executive Director

Tracy Mills

CEO / Founder
J29, Inc.

Vicki Hart

Strategic Lead: Science, Research and Development
DLH Corporation

Vini Ehsan

Founder & CEO
Arch Systems, LLC

Vivien Lee

Project Manager
Planned Systems International- Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International

Wendy Myers

President and Chief Solutions Officer
GovAllies

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