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Meet the 2024 Rising Stars

This year's cohort of Rising Stars has been selected for their accomplishments and impact over the past year and for their leadership potential.

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Congratulations to the 2021 Rising Stars

These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.

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Rising Star: Kelsey Werder Monaghan

Federal Account Manager, Department of Energy and NASA Dell Technologies

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Rising Star: Arvin Baroni

Senior Product Manager, Product Lifecycle Management, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Rising Star: Nicholas Shields

Research Analyst and Data Scientist, Department of the Air Force

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Rising Star: George Nicol

Program Specialist, Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement, NASA

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Rising Star: Katie Boeckl

Privacy Risk Strategist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Rising Star: Meikle Paschal Jr.

Robotic Process Automation Product Owner, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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Get to know the 2020 Rising Stars

FCW profiles 12 early-career phenoms who are driving change in government IT.

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Rising Star: Ashley Strickland

Growth and Communications Lead, CACI Agile Solution Factory, CACI International

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Rising Star: Douglas Smith

Project Manager, FEDSIM, General Services Administration

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Congratulations to the 2020 Rising Stars

These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.

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Get to know the 2019 Rising Stars

FCW profiles 21 early-career phenoms who are driving change in government IT.

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Rising Star: Dr. Leonie Heyworth

Director of Synchronous Telehealth, VHA Office of Connected Care/ Telehealth Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

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Rising Star: Michelle Johnson

Communications Manager and Senior Research Analyst, Section 809 Panel, Defense Acquisition University