Announcing the 2015 Federal 100

Hundreds of nominations were submitted, and our panel of judges debated for hours. The end result? A list of 100 women and men that should make even the most hardened skeptics optimistic about what's possible in federal IT.

It's a tremendous privilege to be able to sift through all these stories; the pool of nominations provides a great survey of the work being done throughout the community. Next month you'll have the chance to learn more about these individuals as well, via the profiles we will publish in the March 30 issue of FCW and on FCW.com, and you can meet them in person at the March 26 Fed 100 gala. For now, though, you'll have to make do with the list of names, which you can find below:

• Capt. Michael Abreu
  Program Manager, Naval Enterprise Networks Program Office
  U.S. Navy
• Robert Anderson
  Chief, Vision and Strategy, HQMC C4
  Department of the Navy
• Ken Asbury
  President and CEO
  CACI International
• Carrie Banahan
  Executive Director
  Office of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange
• Robert Barnes
  Public Sector Practice Director
  Coalfire Systems
• Laura Boehm
  Senior Cybersecurity Architect/Engineer
  Department of Defense
• Teresa Bozzelli
  President
  Sapient Government Services
• David A. Bray
  CIO
  Federal Communications Commission
• Courtney Bromley
  Vice President, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
  IBM
• Lauren Buschor
  CIO, U.S. Mint
  Department of the Treasury
• Sheila Campbell
  Director of Digital Integration
  Peace Corps
• Lt. Gen. Ed Cardon
  Commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command
  U.S. Army
• Chris Chilbert
  Deputy Executive Director, Enterprise Business Management Office
  Department of Homeland Security
• Eric Cho
  Counsel for Acquisition Policy
  House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• Beth Cobert
  Deputy Director for Management
  Office of Management and Budget
• Judy Cohen
  Vice President
  Aquilent
• Ray Coleman
  CIO, Natural Resources Conservation Service
  Department of Agriculture
• Rep. Gerry Connolly
  Congressman
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Kathy Conrad
  Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies
  General Services Administration
• Cheryl Cook
  CIO
  Department of Agriculture
• Kathleen Cowles
  Principal
  Deep Water Point
• Kevin Cox
  Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
  Department of Justice
• Brandee Daly
  Account Management Executive
  Amazon Web Services
• Laura Delaney
  Deputy Director, Network Security Deployment, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
  Department of Homeland Security
• Kathryn Edelman
  Director of Investigations, Governmental Affairs
  Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Laura Egerdal
  Director of Digital Strategy, Office of Public Affairs
  Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mark Elbert
  Director, Office of Web Management, U.S. Energy Information Administration
  Department of Energy
• Kay Ely
  Director, IT Schedule 70
  General Services Administration
• Robert Fortner
  Director, Technology Solutions Division, Transportation Security Administration
  Department of Homeland Security
• Helen Goff Foster
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, Transparency and Records
  Department of the Treasury
• Amanda Fredricksen
  Assistant Commissioner, Strategy Management, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Jim Ghiloni
  OASIS Program Executive Director and Acting Director of Acquisition Operations
  General Services Administration
• Greg Godbout
  Executive Director, 18F
  General Services Administration
• John Goodman
  Chief Operating Officer
  Accenture Federal Services
• Matt Grote
  Senior Professional Staff Member
  Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins
  Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
  Department of Defense
• Amy Herchek
  Program Manager, Texas Joint Crime Information Center
  Texas Department of Public Safety
• Rick Holgate
  Assistant Director and CIO, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  Department of Justice
• Hudson Hollister
  Executive Director
  Data Transparency Coalition
• John Hynes Jr.
  President and CEO
  TASC
• Joel Jacobs
  Vice President and CIO
  The MITRE Corp.
• Jay Johnson
  Division Chief, Analysis and Integration Division, Air Force Safety Center
  Department of the Air Force
• Jon Johnson
  Team Leader, Enterprise Mobility, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Carol Ann Jones
  Program Analyst, National Leadership Command Capabilities Management Office
  Department of Defense
• John Kahler
  Chief, Joint On-demand Interoperability Network, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
  Department of the Army
• Kay Kapoor
  President
  AT&T Government Solutions
• Chris Kearns
  Program Director, Global Services Management-Operations, Information Systems and Global Solutions
  Lockheed Martin
• Laura Knight
  Sea Warrior Program Manager, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems
  Department of the Navy
• Jolene Lauria-Sullens
  Deputy Assistant Attorney General/Controller
  Department of Justice
• Karen F. Lee
  Chief, Office of Federal Financial Management
  Office of Management and Budget
• Col. Robert Lyman
  Director of Communications and CIO, Air Mobility Command
  U.S. Air Force
• Colleen Makridis
  Deputy Division Chief, Communication Service Engineering
  National Reconnaissance Office
• Colleen Manaher
  Executive Director, Planning, Program Analysis and Evaluation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  Department of Homeland Security
• William (Bill) Marion II
  Chief Technical Officer, Space Command
  Department of the Air Force
• Eric Markland
  Director, Ashore Modernization and Integration, Navy Information Dominance Forces
  Department of the Navy
• Catherine Marschner
  Data Program Manager
  Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Alejandro Mayorkas
  Deputy Secretary
  Department of Homeland Security
• Lt. Cmdr. Thomas McAndrew
  Tactical Cyber Special Projects Lead, Office of Naval Research
  U.S. Navy
• Timothy McBride
  Director of Operations, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Department of Commerce
• Kimberly McCabe
  CEO
  ASI Government
• Thomas McCarty
  Director, Identity, Credential and Access Management Program Management Office
  Department of Homeland Security
• Luke McCormack
  CIO
  Department of Homeland Security
• Harlin McEwen
  Chairman, Communications and Technology Committee
  International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Kartik Mecheri
  Co-Founder and Chief Architect
  Karsun Solutions
• Jeff Mohan
  Executive Director, GSA Programs
  AT&T Government Solutions
• John Montel
  Acting Associate Deputy CIO
  Department of the Interior
• Frederick D. Moorefield Jr.
  Director, Spectrum Policy and Programs
  Department of Defense
• Rear Adm. Nancy Norton
  Director for Command, Control, Communications and Cyber, U.S. Pacific Command
  U.S. Navy
• Lt. Col. Michael Olmstead
  Product Manager, Joint Battle Command-Platform
  U.S. Army
• Andy Ozment
  Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity and Communications
  Department of Homeland Security
• Gaurav Pal
  Director, Strategic Programs
  Smartronix
• Larry Payne
  Area Vice President, U.S. Federal Sales
  Cisco
• Lt. Col. Mollie Pearson
  Product Manager, Power Projection Enablers, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems
  U.S. Army
• Venkatapathi (PV) Puvvada
  President (acting)
  Unisys Federal Systems
• Jeffrey Reczek
  Program Analyst
  Office of Management and Budget
• Robert Reichelman Jr.
  Chief, Technical Management Division, PM Mission Command
  Department of the Army
• Thomas Romeo
  President
  MAXIMUS Federal
• David Rubin
  Deputy Chief and Head of Mobility, Collaboration and Compliance Section
  Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Trevor Rudolph
  Chief, Office of E-Government and IT Cyber and National Security Unit
  Office of Management and Budget
• Tim Rund
  Shared Services Enterprise Strategy Consultant
  Microsoft
• Charles A. Santangelo
  Senior IT Policy Adviser, Office of the CIO
  Department of Homeland Security
• Thomas Sasala
  Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Army Information Technology Agency
  Department of the Army
• Ari Schwartz
  Senior Director for Cybersecurity, National Security Council
  Executive Office of the President
• Himanshu Singh
  Associate Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ann Arbor Health Care System
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Bryan Sivak
  Chief Technology Officer
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Laura Stanton
  Director of Common Acquisition Program Management
  General Services Administration
• Richard Struse
  Chief Advanced Technology Officer
  Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
• Tony Summerlin
  Senior Adviser
  Federal Communications Commission
• Tina Sung
  Vice President for Government Transformation
  Partnership for Public Service
• David Tillotson III
  Acting Deputy Chief Management Officer
  Department of Defense
• Danny Toler
  Deputy Director, Federal Network Resilience Division
  Department of Homeland Security
• Abe Usher
  Chief Technology Officer
  HumanGeo
• Steve VanRoekel
  Chief Innovation Officer
  U.S. Agency for International Development
• Kathy Warden
  Corporate Vice President, and President, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
  Northrop Grumman
• Col. C.P. Watkins
  Chief, Installation IT Infrastructure & Services
  U.S. Army
• Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler
  Deputy CIO for C4IIC
  Department of Defense
• Wayne Willcox
  Chief of Police
  Armstrong State University Police Department
• Doug Wolfe
  CIO
  Central Intelligence Agency
• Brig. Gen. Garrett S. Yee
  Commanding General, 335th Signal Command (Theater)(Provisional) CIS Director, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve
  U.S. Army
• Jeff Zients
  Advisor on HealthCare.gov Improvement
  Executive Office of the President / Department of Health and Human Services