FedScoop 50 Awards 2025

GOLDEN GOV

The most prestigious FedScoop 50 category, the Golden Gov Award recognizes visionary leaders who have spent their careers implementing innovative ideas and driving transformation to deliver better mission outcomes and citizen services to the American public. These leaders have left an unforgettable mark not only within their agency, but also across the federal IT community and the nation.

Morgan
Adamski

Executive Director,

U.S. Cyber Command

Greg
Barbaccia

Federal CIO,

Executive Office of the President

Sonny
Bhagowalia

CIO,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Mike
Duffy

Acting Federal CISO,

Executive Office of the President

Brian
Epley

CIO & Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of Commerce

Dr. Kelly
Fletcher

CIO,

Dept. of State

La'Naia
Jones

CIO,

CIA

Cynthia
Kaiser

Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division,

FBI

Robert
King

CDO,

Dept. of Energy

Michael
Kratsios

Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,

Executive Office of the President

Pritha
Mehra

CIO,

U.S. Postal Service

Adele
Merritt

CIO,

National Institutes of Health

Drew
Myklegard

Deputy Federal CIO,

Executive Office of the President

Jane
Rathbun

CIO,

Dept. of Navy

Melinda
Rogers

CIO,

Dept. of Justice

David
Shive

CIO,

U.S. General Services Administration

Gen. Paul
Stanton

Director,

Defense Information Systems Agency

Gary
Washington

CIO,

Dept. of Agriculture

FEDERAL LEADERSHIP

The Federal Leadership Award recognizes established technology executives who are responsible for delivering new programs, strategies and technologies to deliver better outcomes for American citizens and help lower the cost of government while making it more innovative and agile.

Gil
Alterovitz

National AI Director, Office of Research & Development Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute,

Dept. of Veteran Affairs

Christopher
Alvares

Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of Agriculture

Timothy
Amerson

Acting CISO,

SSA

Charles
Armstrong

CIO,

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Jennifer
Atala

Sr. Director, AI, Cyber & Emerging Tech, Private Sector Office, Office of Partnership and Engagement,

Dept. of Homeland Security

Jeff
Bauerlein

CIO,

FBI

John
Beieler

Chief AI Officer,

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Donna
Bennett

CISO,

Dept. of State

Bo
Berlas

CISO,

U.S. General Services Administration

Stacy
Bostjanick

Chief Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity & Deputy CIO, Cybersecurity,

Dept. of Defense

Al
Bowden

Deputy CIO, Cyber Operations,

Dept. of State

Natalie
Buda Smith

Director, Digital Strategy,

Library of Congress

Alexei
Bulazel

Special Assistant to the President & Sr. Director, Cyber,

Executive Office of the President

Sylvia
Burns

CIO,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sheena
Burrell

Chief Innovation Officer,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mark
Chatelain

CIO,

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Anil "Neil"
Chaudhry

Sr. Advisor, AI,

Dept. of Transporation

Shila
Cooch

CIO, Office of Science,

Dept. of Energy

Luis
Coronado Jr.

CIO, Consular Affairs,

Dept. of State

Doug
Cossa

CIO,

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Bob
Costello

CIO,

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Kirsten
Dalboe

Chair, Federal CDO Council; CDO,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Darren
Death

CISO, CPO & Deputy Chief AI Officer,

U.S. Export-Import Bank

Buddy
Dees

Director of CMMC, OCIO,

Dept. of Defense

Mittal
Desai

CIO,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Meghan
Dierks

Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of Health and Human Services

Karen
Evans

Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity,

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Scott
Flanders

CIO & Chief AI Officer,

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Helena
Fu

Chief AI Officer and Director of the Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies,

Dept. of Energy

J. Matt
Gilkeson

CTO & CDO ,

Transportation Security Administration

Chris
Granger

Executive Director, IT Operations Directorate, OCIO,

Dept. of Homeland Security

Ryan
Higgins

CISO,

Dept. of Commerce

Allen
Hill

CIO,

Federal Communications Commission

Jamie
Holcombe

CIO,

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Kristen
Honey

CDO,

Dept. of Health and Human Services

Mike
Horton

Acting Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of Transportation

Matt
House

Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation,

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Ted
Kaouk

Chief Data & AI Officer & Director, Division of Data,

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Beth
Killoran

CIO,

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Krista
Kinnard

Deputy Chief AI Officer,

NASA

Christopher
Kraft

Deputy CTO, AI & Emerging Technology,

Dept. of Homeland Security

Gharun
Lacy

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber & Technology Security,

Dept. of State

Carrie
Lee

Chief Product Officer and DCIO, Product Delivery Service,

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Sunil
Madhugiri

CTO,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Tahira
Mammen

Chief, AI Security Center,

National Security Agency

Natesh
Manikoth

Deputy Assistant Administrator, IT & CIO,

Federal Aviation Administration

Steven
McAndrews

Deputy CIO,

National Nuclear Security Administration

Adam
McBride

ICAM/IdAM Manager,

Dept. of Health and Human Services

Antoine
McCord

CIO,

Dept. of Homeland Security

Bill
McElhaney

CIO,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Colleen
McQuown

National Director, SCOUTS Program Director, VHA,

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Manny
Medrano

Director, Office of Cyber Monitoring & Operations,

Dept. of State

Jason
Miller

Acting Deputy Director,

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Nand
Mulchandani

CTO,

CIA

Avery
Muse

Executive Director, Office of IT Operations,

Dept. of Health and Human Services

Patrick
Newbold

CIO,

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Vu
Nguyen

CISO,

Dept. of Justice

Vaughn
Noga

CIO,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Paula
Osborn

Deputy Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of State

Yemi
Oshinnaiye

CIO,

Transportation Security Administration

Jessica
Palatka

CHCO & Director of Human Resource Management,

Dept. of Commerce

Cherilyn
Pascoe

Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence,

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Pavan
Pidugu

CIO,

Dept. of Transporation

Eddie
Pool

Acting CIO,

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Nagesh
Rao

Acting Director, Industry & Innovation Services,

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Amy
Ritualo

Chief Data and AI Officer,

Dept. of State

Kristin
Ruiz

Deputy CIO,

Transportation Security Administration

David
Salvagnini

Chief Data and AI Officer,

NASA

Jeff
Seaton

CIO,

NASA

Gulam
Shakir

Acting CIO,

National Archives and Records Administration

Laura
Stanton

Deputy Commissioner, FAS,

U.S. General Services Administration

Justin
Ubert

Division Chief for Cybersecurity & Operations,

Dept. of Transporation

Lori
Wade

CDO,

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Pete
Waterman

Director, FedRAMP,

U.S. General Services Administration

Dr. Zach
Whitman

Chief Data Scientist & Chief AI Officer,

U.S. General Services Administration

James
Wolff

Associate Administrator, Information Management & CIO,

National Nuclear Security Administration

Charles
Worthington

CTO & Chief AI Officer,

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Michelle
Zebrowski

CDO,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Dawn
Zimmer

Principal Deputy CIO,

Dept. of Energy

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP

The Industry Leadership Award recognizes private sector executives who are valued partners to the federal IT community and lead large teams that help agencies transform government and use technology to achieve their missions.

Jason
Adolf

VP, Global Public Sector Vertical,

Appian

Paul
Aronhime

SVP, Federal Sector,

Keeper Security

Gary
Barlet

CTO, Public Sector,

Illumio

Shaun
Bierweiler

CRO,

Everfox

David
Birken

SVP, Digital Modernization & Experience,

ICF

Bill
Burnham

CTO, U.S. Public Sector,

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Amir
Capriles

CRO,

Granicus

Melissa
Carson

VP & GM,

Iron Mountain Government Solutions

Jennifer
Chronis

VP, Public Sector,

Broadcom

Gary
DePreta

SVP, U.S. Public Sector,

Cisco

Michelle
Faison-Oldham

National Director, Federal Civilian,

T-Mobile

Sean
Frazier

Federal CSO,

Okta

Kelli
Furrer

CRO & CMO,

Slingshot Aerospace

Amy
Gilliland

President,

GDIT

Gena
Gleason

Sr. Director, Federal Manufacturing Programs,

Intel Government Technologies

David
Graziano

VP, Federal Civilian,

Trellix

Maggie
Hallbach

SVP, Verizon Public Sector,

Verizon Enterprise

Richard
Hauf

Managing Director,

Christian
Hoff

Managing Director and General Manager, U.S. Federal Civilian Team,

Amazon Web Services

Steve
Hoffman

President,

Fortinet Federal

Molly
Just-Behr

Global Head, Public Sector,

Databricks

Daniel
Kroese

VP, Public Policy & Government Affairs,

Palo Alto Networks

Ryan
Macaleer

VP, Software, U.S. Federal Market,

IBM

Lynn
Martin

Group VP & GM, Government,

Workday

Brian "Stretch"
Meyer

Field CTO, Federal,

Axonius Federal Systems

Joel
Meyer

President, Public Sector,

Domino Data Lab

Kenice
Middleton

Managing Partner,

TWW Enterprises

Shubhi
Mishra

Founder & CEO,

Raft

Craig
Mueller

VP, Federal,

Varonis Systems

Joe
Nguyen

Director, Cybersecurity Infrastructure,

Lockheed Martin

Lumi
Noah

EVP, Delivery Excellence,

Groundswell

Kelly
Olson

GM, Public Sector,

Adobe

Leigh
Palmer

VP, Technology, Delivery & Operations, Public Sector,

Google Cloud

Kevin
Paschuck

EVP, North America Public Sector & Education,

Salesforce

Vimesh
Patel

Chief Technology Advisor, Federal,

World Wide Technology

Jason
Payne

CTO, Federal,

Microsoft Corporation

Christopher
Radich

VP, CTO Public Sector,

UiPath

Travis
Rosiek

Public Sector CTO,

Rubrik

Bill
Rowan

VP, Public Sector,

Splunk

Amanda
Satterwhite

Managing Director, Cyber Mission Enablement Lead,

Accenture Federal Services

Drew
Schnabel

President & GM, U.S. Government Solutions,

Zscaler

Matthew
Schneider

VP, U.S. Public Sector,

Cloudflare

Dean
Scontras

AVP, U.S. Public Sector,

Wiz

Mark
Serway

President, CEO,

Hitachi Vantara Federal

Christopher
Smith

VP & GM, North American Public Sector,

Red Hat

Chris
Soong

CIO, EVP,

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Christian
Terlecki

VP, Public Sector,

Armis Federal

Chris
Townsend

VP, Public Sector,

Elastic

Rishi
Vajpeyi

VP, Federal Civilian,

Qualtrics

Steve
Walters

SVP & GM, Public Sector,

ServiceNow

Nick
Woodruff

Chief Growth Officer,

Research Innovations Incorporated

INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates cutting-edge, innovative applications of technology that have disrupted traditional government operations and processes leading to an enhanced impact on mission and service delivery.

Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Project

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

StateChat

Dept. of State

LEAF - Light Electronic Action Framework

Dept. of Veteran Affairs

DHSChat

Dept. of Homeland Security

FedRAMP 20x

U.S. General Services Administration

GSAi

U.S. General Services Administration

HQC Post-Quantum Algorithm

National Institute of Standards and Technology

MOST INSPIRING UP & COMER

The Most Inspiring Up & Comer Award recognizes early-career executives whose exceptional achievements over the past year have put them on track to be next-generation leaders in the federal IT community.