Congratulations to Claudine Beron for receiving the Women in Leadership Award. These awards celebrate the amazing women who are guiding, mentoring, and driving the Federal IT sector through their impactful leadership.
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.
Read the full announcement at FedHealthIT: Award Winners, Leading for Impact Women in Leadership Conference.
Congratulations to all award winners!
| Honoree | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Claudine Beron | Chief Executive Officer | Initiate Government Solutions |
| Pamela Powers | Acting Deputy Secretary | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| CAPT Donna Poulin | Chief, Enterprise Solutions Architecture, Business Analytics Division, DAD-IO (J6) | Defense Health Agency |
| COL Jenifer Meno | Deputy Assistant Director for Strategy, Plans and Functional Integration (J-5) | Defense Health Agency |
| Amanda Axsom | Chief Development Officer | Halfaker and Associates |
| Jennifer Bonner | Executive Director, Federal Civilian and Health Sector | Solutions By Design II, LLC |
| Daphna Shai | Program Manager | Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Cybersecurity Services Staff |
| Soraya Correa | Chief Procurement Officer | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Kerri Maloney | Principal | Deloitte Consulting, LLP |
| Bahar Niakan | Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Kameron Matthews, MD | Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services | Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Rhatia Mays | Cybersecurity Lead | TISTA Science and Technology Inc. |
| Cheryl Mason | Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Denise Rainey | President and CEO | Rainmakers Strategic Solutions LLC |
| Liz Porter | President, Leidos Health Group | Leidos |
| Stephanie Taylor | Director, IT Program Integration | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Jeanette Little | NETCCN Program Director and Lab Lead, TATRC's Digital Health Innovation Center (DHIC) | Telehealth & Advanced Technology Research Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command |
| Rachele Cooper | Chief Executive Officer | Aptive Resources |
| Michelle Gardner-Ince | Director, Women Veteran Small Business Initiatives | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) |
| Cindi Bassford | Partner | Guidehouse |
| Joy Day | Information Technology Specialist | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Clare Martorana | Chief Information Officer | U.S. Office of Personnel Management |