Announcing the 2021 Federal 100 Award winners

Every year, it's a tremendous privilege to be able to sift through all these stories. The pool of nominations shows the vast range of important work being done throughout the community, and there are always far more outstanding individuals than even a list of 100 can accomodate. That was certainly the case this time around.

You'll have the chance to learn more about each of this year's winners in the coming months -- via the profiles we will publish in FCW magazine and on FCW.com, and (we hope!) in person at the Aug. 27 Fed 100 gala. For now, though, you'll have to make do with the list of names, which you can find below.

Congratulations to each and every one of the 2021 Federal 100:

• Craig Abod
  President
  Carahsoft Technology Corp.
• Eric Adolphe
  CEO
  Forward Edge-AI
• Kevin Allen
  Program Manager, Enterprise Systems and Services (PMW 250)
  U.S. Navy
• Taka Ariga
  Chief Data Scientist and Innovation Lab Director
  Government Accountability Office
• Katie Arrington
  Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisition and Sustainment
  Department of Defense
• Alan Balutis
  Senior Director and Distinguished Fellow
  Cisco
• Ron Bewtra
  Chief Technology Officer
  Department of Justice
• Branko Bokan
  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  Department of Homeland Security
• Beth Cappello
  Deputy CIO
  Department of Homeland Security
• Nicole Carey
  Vice President, Strategic Communications and Integrated Marketing
  Dynamic Integrated Services
• Sandy Carter
  Vice President, Global Public Sector Partners and Programs
  Amazon Web Services
• Nicolas Chaillan
  Chief Software Officer
  Department of the Air Force
• Mignon Clyburn
  Principal
  MLC Strategies
• Darlene Coen
  Director of Strategy and Acquisition
  NASA
• Miranda A. Coleman
  Product Lead, Army Vantage, Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems
  Army PEO EIS
• Suzi Connor
  Chief Information Officer
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Shila Cooch
  Director of Federal IT Policy
  Office of Management and Budget
• Matthew T. Cornelius
  Executive Director
  Alliance for Digital Innovation
• Maj. Ryan Costantino
  Data Innovation Chief, Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solution program, Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
  Department of Defense
• Dr. Pamela Crawford
  Senior Advisor
  Social Security Advisory Board
• Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider
  Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations
  U.S. Space Force
• Portia Crowe, Ph.D
  Chief Data Officer, Network Cross-Functional Team
  Army Futures Command
• Emery Csulak
  Principal Deputy CIO
  Department of Energy
• Irving Dennis
  Chief Financial Officer
  Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Ed DeSeve
  Coordinator, Agile Government Center
  National Academy of Public Administration
• Anil Dewan
  Digital Service Expert and Product Manager, Defense Digital Service
  Department of Defense
• Frank Dimina
  Vice President, Americas & Public Sector
  Splunk
• Brian Drake
  Director of Artificial Intelligence, Future Capabilities and Innovation Office
  Defense Intelligence Agency
• Siobhan Dullea
  Chief Executive Officer
  MassChallenge
• Matt Eanes
  Director, Performance Accountability Council Program Management Office
  Office of Management and Budget
• Thomas (Pat) Flanders
  Defense Health Agency Deputy Assistant Director for Information Operations and Chief Information Officer (CIO)
  Defense Health Agency
• Emily Frye
  Director for Cyber Integration
  MITRE
• Rebecca Gevalt
  Managing Director
  Dcode
• Joe Gioeli
  Chief Information Officer and Assistant Commissioner for Information & Security Services, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  Department of Treasury
• Venice Goodwine
  Chief Information Security Officer
  Department of Agriculture
• Zach Graves
  Head of Policy
  Lincoln Network
• Roger Greenwell
  CIO & Risk Management Executive
  Defense Information Systems Agency
• James Gregory
  Director, Robotic Process Automation Program
  General Services Administration
• Todd Hager
  Vice President
  Macro Solutions
• Lt.Gen. Tim Haugh
  Commander, 16th Air Force
  U.S. Air Force
• Shawn Henry
  President, Services Division, and Chief Security Officer
  CrowdStrike
• Derek Herbert
  Deputy Director, Office of Transition and Economic Development
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Steven Hernandez
  Chief Information Security Officer
  Department of Education
• Casey Hurt
  Technical Director, Cloud Computing Program Office, Defense Information Systems Agency
  Department of Defense
• Matt Huston
  Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Platform One
  Department of the Air Force
• Pamela Isom
  Deputy Chief Information Officer for Architecture, Engineering, Technology & Innovation
  Department of Energy
• Nathan Jones
  Vice President, Federal
  Red Hat
• Wanda Jones Heath
  Principal Cyber Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer
  Department of the Air Force
• Dr. Meredith Josephs
  Chief Medical Informatics Officer, FEHRM Program Office
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Brandon Jubar
  Branch Chief, Quality Management, and Section 508 Program Manager
  Department of Labor
• Tina Kang
  Senior Director, Federal Civil
  Brillient Corporation
• Nazzic Keene
  Chief Executive Officer
  SAIC
• Kamran Khaliq
  Senior Cyber Advisor
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Donna Klecka
  Vice President & General Manager, IS&T Division
  ASRC Federal
• Frank Konieczny
  Chief Technology Officer
  U.S. Air Force
• Clair Koroma
  Bureaucracy Hacker, Defense Digital Service
  Department of Defense
• Christopher Krebs
  Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  Department of Homeland Security
• Rick Kryger
  Deputy Chief Information Officer
  Department of Labor
• Samuel Leitner
  Data Scientist, AI Program Manager
  Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
• Eric Markow
  Director, Web Applications PMO
  Internal Revenue Service
• Brad Medairy
  Executive Vice President
  Booz Allen Hamilton
• Travis Methvin
  Project Manager, Naval Commercial Cloud Services (NCCS)
  Naval Commercial Cloud Services, PMW 270
• Col. Robert Mikesh
  Information Technology Lead, Operation Warp Speed
  Department of Defense
• Christina Monaco
  Former Chief Ventures Officer
  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Mark F. Newsome
  Partner, U.S. Federal Healthcare
  IBM Global Business Services
• Laurence (Larry) Nichols III
  Digital Forensics Investigator/Cyber Security Engineer
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Andrea Norris
  Director, Center for Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer
  National Institutes of Health
• Col. Marc Packler
  Commander, Cyberspace Capabilities Center
  U.S. Air Force
• Victoria Yan Pillitteri
  Computer Scientist, FISMA Project Leader
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Laura Prietula
  Deputy Director, Veterans Experience Office, Multi-Channel Technologies Directorate
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• G. Nagesh Rao
  Chief Information Officer (Acting), Bureau of Industry and Security
  Department of Commerce
• Jim Richberg
  Public Sector Field CISO
  Fortinet Federal
• Geo Saba
  Chief of Staff
  Congressman Ro Khanna
• Mark Santaw
  Chief Information Officer/G-6, Criminal Investigation Command
  U.S. Army
• Gissa Sateri
  Director
  REI Systems, Inc.
• James Saunders
  Chief Information Security Officer
  Small Business Administration
• Andrew Schnabel
  Vice President
  Zscaler
• Cristy Scott
  Contracts Director
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Sonal Shah
  Executive Director
  Georgetown Beeck Center
• Robert Shea
  National Managing Principal, Public Policy
  Grant Thornton
• Nancy Sieger
  Chief Information Officer
  Internal Revenue Service
• Harrison Smith
  Deputy Chief Procurement Officer
  Internal Revenue Service
• Nicholas Speece
  Chief Federal Technologist
  Snowflake
• David Spirk
  Department of Defense, Chief Data Officer
  Department of Defense
• Robert Stein
  Senior Vice President, North America Public Sector
  Salesforce
• Elham Tabassi
  Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Theresa Terry
  Brach Chief, Contracting
  U.S. Air Force
• Michael Thieme
  Assistant Director for Decennial Census Programs, Systems and Contracts at the United States Census Bureau
  Census Bureau
• Kiersten Todt
  Managing Director
  Cyber Readiness Institute
• Nick Totten
  Associate Chief Information Officer
  Department of Treasury
• Zachary Trojak
  Area Vice President
  Medallia
• Ryan Vega
  Chief Officer, Healthcare Innovation and Learning
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Eileen Vidrine
  Chief Data Officer
  U.S. Air Force
• Rick Wagner
  President
  Microsoft Federal
• Trevor Wagner
  Testing & Sharing Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab
  Department of Homeland Security
• Stephen (Steve) Wallace
  Emerging Technology Director / Systems Innovation Scientist
  Defense Information Systems Agency
• Lt. Gen. Chris Weggeman
  Vice Commander Air Combat Command (Lead Command for Cyber)
  U.S. Air Force
• Lloyd (Colt) Whittal
  Chief Experience Officer
  Department of the Air Force
• Sharon Woods
  Executive Director, Cloud Computing Program Office
  Department of Defense
• Eliana Zavala
  Management Analyst, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
  Office of Management and Budget