The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) announced in October the successful completion of the 2014 Partners program by the 18th graduating class of future government and industry leaders at the 2014 Executive Leadership Conference (ELC) in Williamsburg, Va.
“The Partners program is a very unique leadership development experience for select rising leaders from both industry and government by the very nature of the collaboration, communication, and interaction required,” 2014 Partners program Industry Chair Joe Dawson said. “This year’s class of graduates was challenged on multiple levels throughout the program as they learned, shared and exercised mastery of leadership skills both expected and required of those serving government at the Senior Executive Service (SES) and company office levels.”
The ACT-IAC Partners program is the government IT community’s flagship executive development program for leaders in both government and industry. The program selectively pairs 16 government and 16 industry professionals for a nine-month period. The goal is to prepare these leaders for their roles at the SES and company officer levels. It also enables participants to walk in their counterparts’ shoes to explore a greater understanding of government and industry management roles and responsibilities.
The 2014 Government Partners program graduates are Dawn Banks-Waller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Warren Blankenship, General Services Administration; Jennifer Browne, General Services Administration; Danita Byrd, General Services Administration; Maria Filios, General Services Administration; Dave Heimann, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Lee Kelly, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Kieffer, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Ben Kim, Executive Office of the President; Michael Palmer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Lori Parker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Hemanth Setty, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board; Mary Ann Wangemann, University of Virginia; Barbara Whitelaw, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Allison Willcox, National Museum of African American History and Culture; and Victor Winnard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The 2014 Industry Partners program graduates are Jeffrey Bohling, General Dynamics Information Technology; Janet Clement, ASI Government; Rena Fagel, CenturyLink; Will Fortier, E3 Federal Solutions; Simon Godwin, Acentia LLC; Stephen Goehler, Information Innovators Inc.; Christopher Hegedus, Pragmatics Inc.; Adesh Jain, Camber Corporation; Jim Karlson, Unisys Federal; Kathryn Kienast, Booz Allen Hamilton; David McOmber, IBM; Brian Ross, Agilex; Brian Sichi, Capgemini Government Solutions; Shannon Vanlandingham, Cisco; Jennifer Yang, Battle Resource Management Inc.; and Brian Young, HP Enterprise Services.
After completion of the Partners’ program, alumni continue their development through the ACT-IAC Fellows program, a network of more than 700 government and industry executives.
ACT-IAC also announced that applications for the 2015 Partners Program are now open. The program requires candidates to submit an application and be nominated by their respective agency or company. Each application is reviewed by a panel of senior government and industry executives who evaluate candidates based on their professional leadership accomplishments and potential for future advancement.
