Sarah Lynn
General Counsel, Nightwing
2025 was a year of significant change for Nightwing, as the company completed its IT and support services transition and welcomed several new senior leaders.
“Looking back, I am most proud of how my legal and compliance team was able to provide both compliance counsel and project leadership as part of our IT and support services transitions, jumping in wherever needed to ensure that we were moving with speed and agility and providing the appropriate resources to our employees to help them navigate these changes,” Sarah Lynn said.
Nightwing CEO Bob Coleman said Lynn embodies the leadership and expertise needed to guide Nightwing through complex legal and compliance frameworks.
“Her dedication to fostering a culture of compliance and mission readiness strengthens our foundation for growth and sets a standard of excellence across our organization,” Coleman said.
Why Watch
In 2026, Lynn and her team are focused on further enhancing Nightwing’s internal compliance program from 1.0 to 2.0, focusing on effective and efficient processes to quickly identify and mitigate risk and enable business mission. They are also attentive to the ever-changing regulatory environment, constantly evaluating new or changing compliance requirements.
As a services company, Nightwing is always looking to improve operational efficiency, balancing the need to be competitively priced while maintaining the level of back-office infrastructure needed to support programs as they perform sensitive and important missions for the government, she said. Nightwing is also very focused on using AI to enable more effective and efficient service delivery, both for customers and within its own support functions.
“Nightwing does incredibly innovative, important and cool work, and my team’s mission is to do all we can to provide clear and practical risk guidance tailored to the unique missions of each of our programs,” Lynn said.
Fun fact: Though she has no scouting background of her own, Lynn helps lead her son’s and daughter’s Cub Scout pack. She’s found it a whole family activity that teaches the kids about community, friendship, citizenship and the outdoors — enough to overcome her own aversion to sleeping in a tent.