Tuesday, April 8 | National Press Club, Washington, DC
Date Tuesday, April 8
Time 1:30 – 5pm EDT
Where National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
IGNITE 2025 Summit Agenda:
Where Innovation Meets Action
1:00-1:45 pm: Registration/Check-In
EVENT BEGINS AT 1:45 pm
- Fireside Chat: Igniting Transformation
- Panel 1: Reshaping the Digital Landscape: AI, Cyber, Data
- Panel 2: The Spark that Ignites: Drivers of Efficiency and Meaningful Outcomes
- IGNITE Honoree Recognition Networking Reception
Fireside Chat: Unstoppable Forces – Powerful Women Igniting Transformation
Witness an intimate, no-holds-barred conversation with trailblazing leaders sharing their personal journeys, game-changing strategies, and bold visions for the future of digital transformation.
Panel 1: The Change Agents – Executives Redefining Digital Transformation
Meet the powerhouses driving seismic shifts across government and industry. These executives aren’t just transforming operations—they’re rewriting the playbook for success in the digital age.
Panel 2: The Innovators – Reshaping the Digital Landscape
From AI to cybersecurity, these visionaries are harnessing the most advanced technologies to create solutions that are revolutionizing industries and reshaping how we work, connect, and lead.
Panel 3: The Spark That Ignites – Accelerating Innovation
Step into the fast lane with leaders who are turning big ideas into actionable strategies, breaking barriers, and setting a blazing pace for digital transformation across sectors.
Keynote Panelists
Alexis Bonnell
Chief Information Officer and Director of Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Chandra Donelson
CDAO & Director of Data, Artificial Intelligence and Software, United States Space Force
Naomi Escoffery
Director, Industry Engagement, Assistant Director, Support, Defense Health Agency
Susan Gregurick, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health
Shane McNamee, M.D.
Senior Advisor to the Chief Medical Information Officer, Health Solution Architecture, Department of Veterans Affairs
Vicki Michetti
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of Energy
Kris Saling
Director of Innovation, Army Talent Innovation Directorate, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, US Army
Nadia Smith
Acting Chief Digital Health Officer, Veterans Health Administration
Agenda
9:40 – 10:15 AM
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9:40 – 10:15 AM
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Sponsors
IGNITE 2024 Pinnacle Award Winner
Patricia Horoho
Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.), CEO, Optum Serve
2025 IGNITE Honorees
Masood Ahmed
VP & CTO Health, Leidos
Raghu Akkapeddi
CEO, Index Analytics LLC
Mani Allu
CEO, Centennial Technologies
Lauren Andry
SVP and Chief Health Information Officer, rockITdata
John Auerbach
Senior Vice President, Public Health, ICF
Milad Bahrami
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Health, Leidos
Mary Barnes
VA Account Executive, UiPath Inc.
Fiona Barshow
Vice President, Business Developement, Koniag Government Services
James Bates
Asst. Dep. Chief Information Officer, EHRM, Department of Veterans Affairs
Nitin Baviskar
President and CEO, Pn Automation, Inc.
Bev Beavers
CEO, ProclivIT
Ken Beecher
President, Ibility
Jennifer Bond
Sr. Manager, Growth & Client Engagement, VA Account, Accenture Federal Services
Alexis Bonnell
CIO/Director of Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Thomas Cantilina
Chief Health Informatics Officer, Leidos
Michael Caporusso
Senior Director, Transformation Solutions, KPMG
Mike Cardarelli
CEO, Blue Water Thinking
Kayley Cerney
RSM – VA, Splunk
Manoj Chaganti
COO, C-HIT
Suzanne Charleston
Senior Director Federal Healthcare and Beneficiary Markets, TransUnion
Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry
Chief Technology Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, FDA
Pratap Chilukuri
CTO, Health, SAIC
John Choe
Senior VP of Information Technology, Trilogy Federal
Sisley Chung
Manager, Publicis Sapient
Michelle Clark
Executive Director of Federal Alliances and Growth, Cornerstone OnDemand
David Collins
VP, CMS Enterprise Technology Solutions & Services, GDIT
Alan Constantian
Strategic Advisor, Planned Systems International
Rachele Cooper
CEO, Aptive
Lisa Corbett
Change Management Manager, N1 Modernization, Pantheon Data
Fatemeh Corlett
CGO, Excentium
Tim Cox
VP, Strategic Partnerships, GovCIO
Ben Cushing
Chief Architect, Health and Life Sciences, Red Hat
Linda Day
Program Manager, U.S. Space Force
Jessica Denman
Global Client Director, ServiceNow
Francisco Dominicci
President & CEO,
3500 Square
Chandra Donelson
CDAO & Director of Data, AI and Software, U.S. Space Force
Dr. Aaron J. Drew
Technical Director, Healthcare Environment & Logistics Management Product Line, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kathryn Elvey, Ph.D.
Senior Engineering Team Lead, Pantheon Data
Naomi Escoffery
Director, Industry Engagement/Assistant Director, Support, DHA
Winnie Faeder
Fed Business Analyst, Avature
Kathryn Feldmann
Senior Client Development Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Elena Fenton
Senior Vice President, ExpediteInfoTech, Inc.
Jennifer Folsom
Senior Partner, Growth, ICF
Keita Franklin
Chief of Behavioral Health, Leidos
Kathryn Freeland
President & CEO, A-TEK
Scott Fromm
Vice President, Healthcare Operations, Wellpoint
Maria Gaboury
Account Executive, InterSystems
Matthew Garvey
Account VP, SAIC
Roshni Ghosh
SVP, ReefPoint Group LLC
Greg Giddens
Partner, Potomac Ridge Consulting
Aly Glick
President and Founder, Artemis ARC
Bryce Golwalla
Senior Vice President , Tria Federal
Eric Gonzales
Vice President, Growth, HigherEchelon
Susan Gregurick, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Data Science/Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy, NIH
Anita Griner
Managing Director, Health, Accenture Federal Services
Dr. Sabari Gupta
Founder and CEO, Electrosoft
Jill Gyllensvaan
Partner Sales Manager, Fed Health, Science & Research, ServiceNow
Crystal Hair
CEO, A-TEK
Kelley Harar
Vice President, Military Health, Maximus
Macon Hardy
Sr. VP, Growth Strategy, Unissant
Katie Helwig
President & CEO, Mild Red, LLC
Robert Hickey, MD
SVP/COO, All In Solutions
Sharon Hinde-Grimm
CEO, Snowbird Agility
Raymond Holder
Managing Director, Digital Growth, Federal Technology, Maximus
Theresa Holder
CEO, Holder Strategy Group
Alexander Holston, M.D.
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, LMI
Brad Houston
Strategic Advisor,
Nova North, LLC
Julie Hoyte
Founder and CEO, HITS
Zhensen Huang
CEO, Precise Software Solutions, Inc.
Reginald Humphries
President and CEO,
H.I.T. Communications
Joey Hutchins
Founder & CEO, RightDirection Technology Solutions LLC
Luis Ibarra
CTO, Ping Wind
Nitin Jain
CGO/CTO, innoVet Health
Mark Junda
Deputy CTO, Health Portfolio, Department of Veterans Affairs
Dev Kalyan
CEO/Founder, 4th Sector
Atchut Kanthamani
Chief Strategy Officer, Tria Federal
Ratima Kataria
VP Strategy & Growth, Federal Health, ICF
Johnny Khan
CEO, AVILAMB Inc.
Chris Kim
Senior VP of Growth, BDR
Eddie Kirkland
Principal Data Scientist, ICF
Lauren Knausenberger
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, SAIC
Don Knieriem
VP/ Fed Health Division Chief Growth Officer, GDIT
Donald Kosiak
SVP/Chief Medical Officer, Leidos
Danielle Krakora
CEO, Ibility
Tony Kurta
VP Strategic Health and Civil Accounts, Leidos
Neil Lampton
President & COO, TIAG
Kinzie Lee
Public Health Engagement Lead, Leidos
Jodi Leo
Chief Delivery Officer, Nava PBC
Dan Levenson
President, Agile Six
Josh Lordemann
Health Solutions Chief Solution Architect, Leidos
Ryan Loving
Vice President, Business Development, LMI
Eric Lundblad
Dir., Fed Health & Law Enforcement, World Wide Technology
Sarah MacDawutey
Acting Director of Innovations, Department of Veterans Affairs
Christopher Malloy
AVP, Federal Health & Civilian, Appian
Elizabeth McNamara
Health IT Innovation Officer, Next Phase Solutions and Services
Shane McNamee, M.D.
Health Solution Architect, Digital Health Office, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Oki Mek
Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft
Dave Merrill
Business Area Vice President – CMS PLMS, GDIT
Tony Meyer
CGO, Oddball
Vicki Michetti
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of Energy
Kameke Mitchell
Director, Procurement Strategic Operations Division, Office of Procurement, NASA
Mitch Mitchell
Chief Growth Officer, Government Sector, Hippocratic AI
Aaron Moak
CEO, Pingwind
Jessica Morris
President and CEO, Pluribus Digital
Cathy Muha
Senior Director, Customer Experience Health, Maximus
Maria Kelly Murphy
Director, SAIC
Rachel Murphy
VP, Civilian Sales, Iron Bow
LaDonna Myers
Director, OUSD(P&R), Management Support Office, Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Management Support Office, Department of Defense
Kamal Narang
VP & General Manager, Federal Health Sector, GDIT
Rajan Natarajan
CEO, Global Alliant, Inc.
Lauren Neal
Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Rodney Neal
CRO, DSS, Inc.
Jeffrey Neill
Associate Executive Director, TAC, VA
Jeremy Newberry
Cyber Security Solutions Architech, Merlin Cyber
Nam Nguyen
COO, eSimplicity
Kristine Nixon
CEO, A1M Solutions
Eduardo Ortiz
CEO, Coforma
Christine Pacheco
Director, Fed Sales, Equinix
Michael Palmer
CXO and Associate CIO, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
Todd Pantezzi
Principal – Civilian Health, Credence Management Solutions, LLC
Jordan Parsons
VP FDA and NIH Accounts, ICF
Nathan Pope
Senior VP, VetsEZ
Kristin Porter
Partner, Guidehouse
Laura Prietula
Deputy Chief Information Officer, EHRM, Department of Veterans Affairs
Natalija Quinn
Account Partner, Salesforce
Susannah Reed
Public Sector Area Sales Manager, Gitlab
Alison Rosen
Chief Performance Officer, SeKON
Lisa Rosenthal
VP, Civil Health Client Executive, Optum Serve
Monica Rosser
Health Market Lead, Executive Managing Director, Maximus
Preeti Roy
Project Manager, Publicis Sapient
Joshua Rubin
Chief Growth Officer, Infotrend, Inc.
Kris Saling
Director of Innovation, Army Talent Innovation Directorate, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, U.S. Army
Ritesh Saxena
Account Executive, Salesforce
Bobby Saxon
Customer Advocate, Deloitte
Pamela Schoppert
Chief People Officer, Citizant, Inc.
Mary Schwarz
Managing Partner, Division Leader, ICF
Elizabeth Seamans
Director of Operations, Pantheon Data
Kevin Seeley
Vice President, Strategic Programs, Military Health, GDIT
Nathan Seth
CGO, TISTA Science and Technology
Michael Sheedy
Veteran Member, President, Andrew Morgan Consulting
Nicky Shipp
Managing Director, Joint Ventures, Sentar, Inc
Suzy Shirley
Vice President, Ipsos
Manjit Singh
President, Agilious LLC
Sara Singh
President, A Square Group (ASG)
Misty Smith
Senior Director, TISTA Science and Technology
Nadia Smith
Acting Chief Digital Health Officer, VHA
Kern Smith
VP, Global Solutions Engineering, Zimperium
Andrea Snader
Sector President, Health and DoD, Edgewater Federal Solutions
Vicki Sprouse
Program Director, TISTA Science and Technology
Heath Starr
Health Market Leader and Chief Innovation Officer, Civilian Business Group, SAIC
Karlene Stecchi
Executive Vice President, Tantus Technologies
Brent Stockman
Partner, VA, MHS and DHA, IBM
Eric Strauss
CGO, Canopy Health
Ned Struzziero
Vice President, Sprezzatura Management Consulting
Sumesh Sundareswaran
Vice President – HHS, GDIT
Kishore Suresh
Senior Director, GDIT
Holly Sydnor
COO, AWL Strategies
Ed Syms
CEO, Syms Strategic Group (SSG)
Ashique Tanveer
Account Director, REI Systems
Omari Teel
Vice President, Publicis Sapient
Matt Terl
CGO, EM Key Solutions, Inc
Rich Thielen
Sr. Sales Executive, NTT DATA Federal Services
Kim Thomas
CEO, Resolution Think
Sara Thomas
CEO, AWL Strategies
Lauren Thompson, Ph.D.
President and CEO,
Principal Innovation, LLC
Burton Tu
COO, BDR Solutions
Frank Tucker
CEO, MicroHealth, LLC
Mariela Unangst
Senior Director, Capture, DecisionPoint Corp.
Chris Van Berkel
Managing Director, Accenture Federal Services
Marisa Veseli
Sr. Director, Business Development, Peraton
Michael Vogel
Senior Client Executive, Credence Management Solutions, LLC
Leslie Wagstaffe
Director, Consumer Support Group, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, CMS
Ray Wedgeworth
Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Rachel Weisz
SBP, Public Sector, Merlin Cyber
Kathryn Wetherby
Acting Director, IT Marketplace, CMS
Rich Wilson
Director, Guidehouse
Jason Windsor
Vice President, Health IT & Chief Medical Information Officer, GDIT
Robert Wood
Founder and CEO,
Sidekick Security
Shannon Woodis
Sr. Director for Public Health , Leidos
Jacklyn Wynn
Vice President, Strategic Programs, Federal Health, GDIT
David Yang
Senior Vice President of Business Development, ICF
Johanna Yi
CEO, For People
Connie Zhong
Founder and CEO, Macannie
