The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) on Monday announced the launch of its 2014 Partners Program — a nine-month executive development program aimed at preparing government and industry leaders for their future roles at company officer levels and at the Senior Executive Service.
The program each year pairs 16 government professionals with 16 industry counterparts to encourage participants to collaborate and “walk in each others’ shoes” so as to cultivate leadership skills.
“ACT-IAC advocates for a closer alignment of the government and private sector in the federal IT community and the Partners Program embodies that mission,” said Kay Ely, 2014 Partners Program government chairwoman. “The differentiator of the program is that each government and industry participant is paired with their counterpart to engage in thoughtful dialogue and training throughout the year.”
The partners program participants are nominated by their respective government agency or company sponsors, and evaluated by a panel of senior government and industry executives on their individual professional leadership accomplishments and potential for future advancement within their organization.
ACT-IAC is headquartered in Fairfax, Va. and also has chapters in San Diego, Calif. and Denver, Colo.
“As the federal IT community begins to see more of the executive workforce move towards retirement, this 17th Partners Class will work together to develop critical skills to prepare for the assumption of leadership roles and responsibilities,” said Joe Dawson, 2014 Partners Program industry chairman. “With its unique education model, the partners program challenges participants to develop a true understanding of the leadership and decision-making skill sets needed at the SES and CXO level within government and industry.”
The 2014 Government Partners Program participants are:
Dawn Banks-Waller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Jennifer Browne, General Services Administration (GSA)
Danita Byrd, GSA
Maria Filios, GSA
Dave Heimann, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Lee Kelly, EPA
Mark Kieffer, U.S. Department of Treasury
Benjamin Kim, Executive Office of the President/Office of Administration
Michael Palmer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Lori Parker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hemanth Setty, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
Mary Ann Wangemann, University of Virginia
Barbara Whitelaw, DHS
Allison Willcox, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Victor Winnard, USDA
Judith Zawatsky, GSA
The 2014 Industry Partners Program participants are:
Jeffrey Bohling, General Dynamics Information Technology
Janet Clement, ASI Government
Rena Fagel, CenturyLink
Will Fortier, E3 Federal Solutions
Simon Godwin, Acentia
Stephen Goehler, Information Innovators, Inc.
Christopher Hegedus, Pragmatics, Inc.
Adesh Jain, Avaya Government Solutions
James Karlson, Unisys Federal
Kathryn Kienast, Booz Allen Hamilton
David McOmber, IBM
Brian Ross, Harris Corporation
Brian Sichi, Capgemini Government Solutions
Shannon Vanlandingham, Cisco Systems
Jennifer Yang, Battle Resource Management, Inc. (BRMi)
Brian Young, HP Enterprise Services
The 2014 Partners Program Leadership includes:
Kay Ely, GSA (Government Chair)
Jeff Wilkins, U.S. Department of Energy (Government Vice-Chair)
Jacqueline Butler, USDA (Government Vice-Chair)
Joe Dawson, XLA (Industry Chair)
Sundar Vaidyanathan, Karsun Solutions (Industry Vice-Chair)
Tammy Stevenson McChain, NTT DATA (Industry Vice-Chair)
The 2014 Partners Program Leadership includes:
Kay Ely, GSA (Government Chair)
Jeff Wilkins, U.S. Department of Energy (Government Vice-Chair)
Jacqueline Butler, USDA (Government Vice-Chair)
Joe Dawson, XLA (Industry Chair)
Sundar Vaidyanathan, Karsun Solutions (Industry Vice-Chair)
Tammy Stevenson McChain, NTT DATA (Industry Vice-Chair)
