2023 Chief Officer Awards Winners Revealed

WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event took place at McLean’s luxurious Ritz Carlton, where 535 attendees came together for a memorable in-person luncheon.

Along with the government and industry winners, Sudhakar Kesavan, chairman of the board of directors at ABM Industries, Inc. and board member of Cadmus Group and Dexis Consulting Group, was honored with the 2023 Chief Officer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the career of a longtime, influential and impactful CEO who continues to share his perspective and expertise within and outside the GovCon industry. Notably, Kesavan served as ICF CEO for an impressive 21 years, making him a true industry stalwart.

WashingtonExec is also pleased to mention that Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell served as the emcee for this year’s awards ceremony, lending his distinguished presence to the event. Additionally, WashingtonExec extends its gratitude to the presenting sponsor, Deltek, for its generous support.

This year’s awards received a record level of interest and excitement. We look forward to next year!

Below are all the winners and the categories:

Private & Public Company

Chief Diversity Officer

Terri Hatcher, NTT DATA

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

Stephen Kovac, Zscaler

Public Company 

Chief Executive Officer

Anna Sever, Magellan Federal

Chief Financial Officer

Becky Harris, Hexagon US Federal

Chief Growth Officer

Sergio Ostria, ICF

Chief Human Resources Officer

Julie Van Leunen, Serco Inc.

Chief Information Officer

Chris Soong, HII Mission Technologies

Chief Information Security Officer

Garrett Smiley, Serco Inc.

Chief Legal Counsel

Jim Lee, Maxar Technologies

Chief Technology Officer

Ricardo Lorenzo, Parsons Corp.

Private Company: Annual Revenue <$100M

Chief Executive Officer

Rachele Cooper, Aptive Resources

Private Company: Annual Revenue >$100M & <$500M

Chief Executive Officer

Doug Wagoner, LMI

Private Company: Annual Revenue >$500M & <$1B

Chief Executive Officer

Dan Corbett, Valiant Integrated Services

Private Company: Annual Revenue >$1B

Chief Executive Officer

David Wajsgras, Intelsat

Private Company: Annual Revenue <$100M

Chief Financial Officer

Carter Wood, Buchanan & Edwards

Private Company: Annual Revenue >$100M

Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Pagano, Aeyon

Private Company: <$100M

Chief Growth Officer

Martha Mathers, OPEXUS

Private Company: >$100M  & <500M

Chief Growth Officer

Zhenia Klevitsky, Sev1Tech

Private Company: >$500M

Chief Growth Officer

Joseph Cubba, ManTech

Private Company

Chief Human Resources Officer

Shaveta Joshi, ASRC Federal

Chief Information Officer

Chas Shaffer, Guidehouse

Chief Legal Counsel

Melissa Taylormoore, Constellis

Chief Marketing Officer

Brad Mascho, Empower AI

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Joseph Norton, LMI

Public & Private Company

Chief Operating Officer

Eleanor Desai, Ad Hoc

Chief Security Officer

James Kennedy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Government

Chief Data Officer

Dr. Lindsey Saul, Defense Logistics Agency

Chief Information Officer

Kelly Fletcher, State Department

Chief Technology Officer

Heidi Shyu, Defense Department

Chief Information Security Officer

Rich Baich, CIA

Podcast Episodes

Givers of GovCon

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Chris Oliver, ID Technologies, A CACI Company