On September 28th Fairfax, Va.-based American Council for Technology (ACT) – Industry Advisory Council (IAC) announced its 2016 Voyagers Program “Rising Stars” class. The objective of the Voyagers Program is to prepare these “rising stars” for their future roles in industry and government.
There are 12 participants chosen for the government program as well as 12 for the private sector program. These participants are selected based on their technological expertise as well as leadership aspirations. Each individual is nominated by their company or agency sponsor.
2016 Voyagers Program Government participants are:
George Baden, General Services Administration
Drew Fagan, Department of the Interior
Cindy Gripper, Department of Health and Human Services
Brittany Hannah, General Services Administration
LaShayla Hopkins, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Evan Lee, Department of Homeland Security
Andrew Low, General Services Administration
Solomon Luke, Department of Homeland Security
Elvis Taylor, Department of Education
Nicole Thompson, Department of Health and Human Services
Christopher Wallace, Department of Homeland Security
Catrina Watkins, United States Department of Agriculture
2016 Voyagers Program Industry participants are:
Lindsey Averill, The Ambit Group
Solongo Erdenekhuyag, TrueTandem, LLC
Jeffry Graham, Hewlett Packard
Ali Kavianpour, VMware
Virginia Madigan, Chartis Consulting
Nasim Moghadam, CGI Federal
David Newport, Booz Allen Hamilton
Jenna O’Steen, Accenture Federal Services
Alex Porfirenko, E3 Federal Solutions
Joseph Portera, Sawdey Solution Services, Inc.
Kevin Riordan, CA, Technologies
Jessica Tavasti, Microsoft
Related: 24 to Graduate from ACT-IAC 2015 Voyagers Program at Management of Change Conference May 18th
