For over 35 years, FCW and now Nextgov/FCW has recognized those people in the federal government, industry and academia who have made an outstanding impact on the technology landscape in the last year. Rising from the ranks of a record number of nominations, this year’s 100 winners have demonstrated exceptional dedication and ingenuity in achieving the mission of public service through technology.
Selected by an all-volunteer, independent panel of judges comprised of senior leaders in government and industry, these winners represent action, accomplishment and truly getting things across the government technology landscape.
It is an honor to hear their stories of dedication and vision, which you will get to glimpse yourselves via the profiles we will publish in the Nextgov/FCW magazine and on Nextgov.com, as well as in person at our Evening of Honors on April 30 to celebrate the Fed 100 winners and Government Hall of Fame inductees.
For now, the list of names below represent some of the best and brightest our community has to offer. The titles and organizations listed reflect the roles these individuals held in 2025 when doing the work that earned this recognition — although some may have moved on to other positions or even retired since then.
Ron Ash
CEO
Accenture Federal Services
Scott Atchley
CTO
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Srinivas “Srini” Attili
Executive VP of Civilian Business Group
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Alisa Bearfield
Senior VP of Civilian Government
CGI Federal
Steven Brand
Deputy CIO for Resource Management
Department of Energy
Lesley Briante
Associate CIO of Digital Management
General Services Administration
Jordan Burris
VP and Head of Public Sector
Socure
Christopher (Chris) P. Butera
Acting Deputy Executive Assistant Director for the Cybersecurity Division
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Michael Butler
Chief Engineer of DODNet
Defense Information Systems Agency
Bridget Carper Arnone
Deputy CIO
Department of Energy
Julius Chang
Program Manager for the Grants.gov PMO
Department of Health and Human Services
Carl Coe
Chief of Staff
Department of Energy
Shila R. Cooch
Director and CIO
Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Information Management
Dr. Darren Death
Acting Deputy CIO, CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy CAIO
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Chandra Donelson
CDAO and Director of Data, AI, and Software for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data
U.S. Space Force
Danny J. DuBois
Senior Director of Public Sector Integrators and Channels
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Mike Duffy
Acting Federal CISO
OMB
Suri Durvasula
VP
Dell Technologies
Collin Estes
CIO
MRI Technologies
Bonnie Evangelista
Senior Advisor, Practitioner Workstream for the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
General Services Administration
Dr. Kelly Fletcher
CIO
Department of State
Ozie Foster
Data Director
Office of Personnel Management
Rep. Andrew Garbarino
Representative of New York’s 2nd Congressional District
House of Representatives
Dustin Goetz
CIO
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Tamara Greenspan
Senior VP of Government, Defense and Intelligence
Oracle
Lawrence Hale
Acting Assistant Commissioner, GSA Information Technology Category
General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service
Polly Hall
Executive Sponsor and Practitioner Workstream lead for the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
General Services Administration
Mauri Hampton
Technical Director, Cyber Security Office
National Reconnaissance Office
Keith Hardiman
Acting CIO
Department of the Air Force
Maria Harr
Branch Chief of Information Technology and Cybersecurity
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
Steven Hintze
Chief Data and Product Officer
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Dr. Kristen Honey
Chief Data Officer
Department of Health and Human Services
Joseph Hoyt
Acting CISO
General Services Administration
Erika Hozeski
Data Scientist, Food Safety Inspection Service, OPARM-DAIS
Department of Agriculture
Mike Hurt
Group VP of U.S. Public Sector
ServiceNow
David Jin
Deputy Director of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Jylinda Johnson
Senior VP of Federal and Civilian
GDIT
George Jungbluth
Director of Central Processing and Director of Dissemination
National Weather Service – NOAA
Dean Koester
VP of Public Sector
NVIDIA
Jeffrey Koses
Senior Procurement Executive
General Services Administration
Ann Lewis
Fellow
Federation of American Scientists
Erik Liederbach
Senior Operations Management Officer
Department of State
Rep. Ted W. Lieu
Representative of California’s 36th Congressional District
House of Representatives
Joel Lundy
Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Category Management for GSA Information Technology Category
General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service
Sunil Madhugiri
CTO
Customs and Border Protection
James Mahoney
Facility-Related Control Systems Program Manager
U.S. Marine Corps
Natesh Manikoth
CIO
Federal Aviation Administration
Lynn Martin
General Manager
Workday Government
Steven McAndrews
Deputy CIO
National Nuclear Security Administration
Michael McCalip
VP of Government Programs and Strategy
Carahsoft Technology Corp.
Antoine McCord
CIO
Department of Homeland Security
Sandra McIntyre
Program Manager for Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems
Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Meagan Metzger
CEO
Dcode
Bradley Miller
Acting CIO
Department of State
Katrina Mulligan
Head of National Security Partnerships
OpenAI
Marco Munoz
Director of USDANet/Enterprise Network Services
Department of Agriculture
Carlos Muñoz
Command Information Officer, NAVFAC
U.S. Navy
Patrick Newbold
CIO and Director of the Office of Information Technology
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Vu Nguyen
CISO and Director of Cybersecurity Services Staff
Department of Justice
James ‘Jimmy’ Norcross
Senior VP of Digital Solutions
CACI International Inc
Rasheedat Osei-Acheampong
VP, Senior Partner and Federal Cloud Transformation Leader
IBM
Leigh Palmer
VP of Technology Delivery and Operations
Google Public Sector
Julia Pan
Professional Staff Member for the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
U.S. Senate
Kaschit Pandya
CIO
Internal Revenue Service
Matheus Passos
CTO
Department of Commerce
Christina Peach
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Requirements and Capabilities Analysis
Transportation Security Administration
Dr. Toni Phillips
Executive Director of Deployment
Department of Veterans Affairs
Colonel (retired) Jesse Phillips
Director of Operations
United States Army Reserve Command
Pavan Pidugu
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Department of Transportation
Sean Plankey
Senior Assistant to the Secretary
U.S. Coast Guard
Derrick Pledger
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Maximus
Jessie Posilkin
Acting Executive Director of the Technology Modernization Fund
General Services Administration
Michael Post
CISO
Small Business Administration
Aprajita Rathore
Principal
Deloitte
Tarik Reyes
President, National Aerospace Solutions
Peraton
Ryan Riccucci
Senior Advisor for Lawn Enforcement Technology Integration
Customs and Border Protection
Amy Ritualo
Acting Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Department of State
Adarryl Roberts
CIO and Director of the Information Operations J-6
Defense Logistics Agency
Alton Robinson
Program Manager of the DOD Fire and Emergency Services Certification Program
Air Force Civil Engineer Center
Liliana Roman
Deputy Director of Enterprise Information Systems
U.S. Special Operations Command
Major Jonathan Roman
Chief of the Cyberspace Operations Division
U.S. Air Force
Matthew Albert-Lewis Rose
Head of Corporate and Government Affairs
Snowflake
Travis Rosiek
Public Sector CTO
Rubrik
Jaclyn Rubino
Executive Director of the One Big Beautiful Bill Principal Executive Office
Department of Homeland Security
Cathleen Rush
Deputy Director of the Office of ARSOF Autonomy
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting and Analysis Program Directorate
Customs and Border Protection
Drew Schnabel
President and General Manager of U.S. Government Solutions
Zscaler
Major General Christopher Schneider
Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management
U.S. Army
Alla Seiffert
Senior Manager of Regulated Industries and Public Sector Policy
Amazon Web Services
Brigadier General Michael Smith
Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Cyber
J-6 United States Indo-Pacific Command
Param Soni
CIO and Chief AI Officer
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Craig Stacey
Strategic Initiatives Technical Director
Argonne National Laboratory
Geoff Stevens
All Domain Common Platform Focus Lead Area – Platform, Kessel Run
U.S. Air Force
Nicolas Totten
Deputy CIO
Treasury Department
Zach Whitman
Chief AI Officer and Chief Data Scientist
General Services Administration
Lynn Williams
Professional Staff Member for the Committee on Armed Services
House of Representatives
Deborah Youmans
CIO and VP
MITRE
Michelle Zebrowski
Chief Data Officer
Customs and Border Protection
Adam Zeimet
Acting Deputy CISO for Operations
Department of Agriculture
Dawn Zimmer
CIO
Department of Energy