Lisa Slaughter
Senior Vice President, Maximus
For over three decades, Lisa Slaughter has been an accomplished leader in federal contracting. But nothing in her career could have prepared her for the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The pandemic was easily the most challenging time of my career, and I am extremely proud of our how team worked through it,” she said. “Not only did we care for our staff, but we in turn assisted our government clients with their needs to meet the full range of impacts from the pandemic.”
For Maximus, that began by working with agencies on COVID-19 testing results and contact tracing. In 2021, the company shifted to vaccine distribution and connecting people with information about vaccines to make better decisions.
“There was no roadmap for what we needed to accomplish,” Slaughter said. “As one example, we were asked to develop a COVID-19 response center that could field millions of calls per day, and we had to stand it up within a 45-day window. We had never worked on a project of that scale with that tight a timeframe, and we succeeded. I’m very proud of that.”
Why Watch
As Slaughter looks to 2022 and beyond, her focus is on how Maximus can further use technology and data to improve services for federal health agencies. The pandemic put a spotlight on how agencies can better serve the public and be prepared for whatever comes next.
“The future of federal health is predicated on the use of emerging technologies,” she said. “From broad IT modernization to implementing technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, there is really no limit on what we can accomplish in federal health moving forward.”