Congratulations to the 2021 Rising Stars
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These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.
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Each year, the Rising Star Awards recognize individuals who are early in their federal IT careers yet already are having an outsized impact. The women and men listed below have been selected both for their accomplishments over the past year and for their leadership potential in this community.
These awards are part of our larger Government Innovation Awards program. A joint effort of FCW, GCN, Washington Technology and Defense Systems, these awards also recognize the companies supporting the government's transformation and the most innovative technology initiatives across the public sector. The 2021 Public Sector Innovation winners and Industry Innovators were announced today as well.
We'll be running full profiles of the 2021 Rising Stars in early November. Until then, here's a quick salute this year's winners — 10 individuals we're confident you'll be hearing about for years to come:
- Saxfield T. Chatmon
Electrical Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Department of the Navy - Nathan Cunningham
Policy Advisor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
Department of Labor - Salomeh Ghorbani
Lead Program Manager
General Services Administration - Matthew Heath
Information Security Specialist & Team Lead
Ace Info Solutions - Travis S. Kelley
CIO, Infrastructure & Operations Division
Defense Health Agency - Tanya Mathur
Manager, Enterprise Analytics
Tennessee Valley Authority - Logan Metcalf
Business Manager, FEDSIM
General Services Administration - Sasha Samochina
Group Manager, Data Visualization and Infusion
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Note: Ms. Samochina recently left JPL for a new organization. - Lissa Warner
Senior Security Specialist
CACI - Jessica Wong
Business Analyst
Office of Personnel Management
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