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
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
Jessica Berrellez
Executive Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Andrea Brandon, MLS, MPA
Deputy Assistant Secretary, DAS Budget, Finance, and Grants and Acquisition, Department of Interior
Krista Kinnard
Digital Transformation, Culture and Communications Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration*
Suzi
Connor
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Ruth A. Youngs Lew
Program Executive Officer, PEO Digital & Enterprise Services, U.S. Department of the Navy
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
2024 IGNITE Award Winners
Ashleigh Axios
Chief Operating Officer, Coforma
Sanja Basaric
Director, CDAO Action Group Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office, DOD
Jessica Berrellez
Executive Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, FDA
Angela Billups
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs
Andrea L. Brandon
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Grants, and Acquisition, Department of the Interior
Karen Brazell
Vice President, VA Account Manager SAIC
Sara Byrd
Vice President, Pantheon Data
Diana Ceban
Vice President and Account Executive, Health SAIC
Christina Ceville
DoD Healthcare Treatment Facility Cyber Analyst, Sentar
Christine Cocrane
Senior Vice President, Management Advisory Services, LMI
Robin Collins
Chief Information Officer Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Suzi Connor
CIO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lee Ann Crochunis
Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology, CMS
Amy Dugan
Senior Manager, Agile Program Management, Publicis Sapient
Anna Ehrhardt
Chief Information Security Officer, Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, Leidos
Naomi Escoffery, PMP, ITL3
Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Director, Acquisitions and Sustainment, DHA
Renae Facundus
Director Interoperability and Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kathleen Featheringham
Vice President AI & Machine Learning, Maximus
Andrea Fletcher
Chief Digital Strategies Officer and Director, CMS
Dina Guerrero
DoD Healthcare Cyber Operations Lead, Sentar
Kimberly Hames
Health Engagement & Equity Strategist, Deloitte
Maria Harr, MBA, RHIA, CSM
Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centers for Clinical Standards and Quality, iQuality Improvement and Innovation Group, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Amy Haseltine
Assistant Commissioner for the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) Technology Transformation Services, GSA
Allison Hickey, The Honorable and Brig Gen (Ret.) USAF
Chief Executive Officer, All-In Solutions
Jane Hite-Syed
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, National Government Services
Kirsten Honey
Chief Data Scientist, HHS
Atalie Jacobs
Partner, Rios Partners
Stormy Kick
Data Scientist, Improvix Technologies, Inc.
Beth Killoran
Chief Information Officer, GAO
Krista Kinnard
Digital Transformation, Culture and Communications Lead, NASA
Lauren Knausenberger
Executive Vice President, SAIC
Colleen Kummet, Ph.D.
Program Director, Data Science Consultant, GDIT
Sachiko Kuwabara, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Operational Data and Analytics, HHS
Sonja LeMott
Director Office of Records, Administrative Systems, and eDiscovery, EPA
Naina Leo
President, Mosaic Technologies
Amanda Lienau, Ph.D.
Director of Open Innovation, Department of Veterans Affairs
Candice Ling
Senior Vice President, Federal Government Business Unit, Microsoft
Patricia Lomax
Director of Strategic Growth, TISTA Science and Technology
Chief Executive Officer, SoftDev
Jessica McCarthy
Managing Director, Procentrix
LaKeisha McClendon
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, FDA
Elizabeth McNamara
Associate Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships & Technology/Digital Transformation, FDA
Vicki Michetti
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Enterprise IT Policy and Governance, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy
MaryAnn Monroe
Vice President, Total Experience Solutions and Services, Maximus
Anita Monteiro
Group Director, Quality Improvement Innovation Group Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
Gwen Moorman
Sr. IT Specialist Technical Subject Matter Expert, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kelly Morrison
Senior Vice President HumanTouch, LLC
Karen Myers
Head of Contracts, Institute for Defense Analyses
April Nadeau
Senior Vice President, Sentar
Christina Nguyen
Data Analyst, Improvix Technologies, Inc.
Kimberly Nix
Program Director, TISTA Science and Technology
Margaret Oluaderounmu
Data Engineer, Improvix Technologies, Inc.
Wendy Opsahl, Ph.D.
Marketing Director, Aptive Resources
Sara Peri
Project Portfolio Manager, Procentrix
Jackie Pinkston
Chief Operating Officer, Golden Tech
Melinda Pitchford
Director Business Development, Eleven09
Dr. Laura Prietula
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office (EHRM IO), Department of Veterans Affairs,
COL Sharon Rosser, DSc, PA-C
Deputy Commander, TATRC
Melissa Shea
Enterprise Program Manager for DAD-Acquisition and Sustainment, DHA
Nicky Shipp
Director, Maritime Solutions, Sentar
Nancy Smith
Vice President Operations, Veterans Affairs, Oddball
Meggie Soliman
Director of Strategic Innovations, Applications, DSS, Inc.
Denise St. Clair, Ph.D.
Director, Health Policy and Interoperability, Global Alliant, Inc.
Lauren Thompson, Ph.D.
President, Principal Innovation, LLC
Pallavi Vade
System Engineer, Electronic Health Record Integration Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jennifer Welham
Senior Vice President, Health, People and Human Services, ICF
Joanna White
Associate Director Product Management, Publicis Sapient
Angela Wilson
Chief Executive Officer, SeKon
Gina Wolery
Chief Operating Officer, Index Analytics
Mary Womack
MHS Health Strategy Director, Leidos
Krista Yager
Chief Digital Officer, National Government Services
Ruth Youngs Lew
Program Executive Officer Digital, Department of the Navy
Dr. Kaeli Yuen
Program Executive Officer, Digital and Enterprise Services (PEO Digital), Office of the Chief Technology Officer, OIT, VA
Tahera Zamanzada
SVP, Digital Transformation, ICF
Adi Zolotov
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group