Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Everforth ECS’ Asad Akhtar
Asad Akhtar Vice President, Federal Health Practice, Everforth ECS As the lead for Everforth ECS’ Federal Health practice, Asad Akhtar continues to support growth and operations across the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Defense Health Agency. Akhtar’s biggest achievement has been expanding the reach and impact of
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: LMI’s Chrissy Cocrane
Chrissy Cocrane Senior Vice President, Health & Civilian Market, LMI Chrissy Cocrane’s biggest recent achievement is building upon the Qualified Health Plan Directory Pilot, developed by LMI in partnership with CMS in 2025, to support the agency’s National Provider Directory. Cocrane and her team successfully improved data accuracy by over 90% and reduced provider burden
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Ad Hoc’s Chris Wood
Chris Wood Chief Growth Officer, Ad Hoc, LLC Chris Wood’s biggest recent achievement is strategically positioning Ad Hoc as the government’s first AI-native delivery partner, moving the focus from generalized technology acquisition to measurable mission-aligned outcomes. Replacing traditional large teams with smaller, AI-enabled expert teams delivers mission-critical solutions up to four times faster while delivering
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Magellan Federal’s Elisa Kirkhorn
Elisa Kirkhorn Vice President of Strategy & Growth, Chief Growth Officer, Magellan Federal Over the past year, Elisa Kirkhorn helped build a more disciplined, mission-first growth engine for Magellan’s federal market, connecting strategy and execution to reliably scale services to support the customers and communities Magellan serves. “We’ve strengthened our ways of working and prioritized
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ Emilio González
Emilio González Vice President/Director, Digital Modernization (Federal Health), AMERICAN SYSTEMS Emilio González’s biggest recent achievement has been leading AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ digital modernization efforts in federal health, helping customers move from isolated IT projects to integrated, mission‑driven modernization roadmaps. Working with employee‑owners and partners, González and his team focused on modern architectures, secure cloud adoption and
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Acentra Health’s Ezmeralda Sager
Ezmeralda Sager Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Acentra Health Ezmeralda Sager’s biggest recent achievement will be seeing Acentra Health fully transform into the next phase of its journey. “A place where each of our leaders and employees is continually pushing the status quo to ask ‘why’ and ‘why not’ as we partner with our clients
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: AWS’ Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker Director of Federal Civilian Health, Science and Public Policy, Amazon Web Services Jamie Baker’s team played a central role in deploying the $1 billion AWS OneGov program, a landmark investment designed to help every federal civilian agency accelerate the migration and modernization of legacy enterprise applications. Across the Department of Health and Human
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: GovAllies’ Jordan Parsons
Jordan Parsons CEO & Co-Founder, GovAllies Jordan Parsons co-founded and scaled GovAllies into a trusted partner supporting federal agencies at a time of significant transformation. In a short period, GovAllies built a model that integrates strategy, delivery and emerging technology to help agencies modernize and improve mission outcomes. GovAllies also assembled a team deeply committed
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Maximus’ Kelley Harar
Kelley Harar Vice President, Military Health, Maximus Kelley Harar’s biggest recent achievement was building and scaling a more personalized, proactive approach to federal health ecosystems. Harar and her team are integrating interoperable data, AI and human oversight to deliver patient-centered experiences that meet the needs of service members, military families, veterans and caregivers wherever they
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Leidos’ Masood Ahmed
Masood Ahmed Vice President, Government Solutions, Health & Services Sector, Leidos Masood Ahmed’s biggest recent achievement was advancing integrated solutions that combine mission software, data science and scientific research to improve outcomes for government agencies. A key example is Leidos’ effort supporting Medicaid implementation in North Dakota, where Ahmed and his team launched a cloud-based
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Intel’s Mike Namvar
Mike Namvar Senior Director, Federal Healthcare, Intel Mike Namvar leads a portfolio exceeding $250 million, spanning endpoint, data center, cloud, AI and high-performance computing solutions. He’s responsible for ensuring the nation’s most critical health care systems serving the public, service members and veterans are powered by secure, high-performance technologies that enable better outcomes and mission
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Guidehouse’s Dr. Roman Salasznyk
Dr. Roman Salasznyk Partner, Federal Health, Guidehouse Dr. Roman Salasznyk’s greatest achievement this past year was working with integrated, multidisciplinary teams to deliver transformative solutions at scale across the payer, provider and public health enterprise. The approach empowered federal health clients to strengthen mission performance, modernize IT service delivery and support government health programs of
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: CGI’s Steven Sousa
Steven Sousa Senior Vice President, CGI Steven Sousa counts his key achievement of the past year as accelerating the federal health community’s move toward a truly connected data ecosystem, where information flows securely and intelligently to support faster, more informed decisions for the people these programs serve. In partnership with the Centers for Medicare and
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: SAIC’s Suresh Soundararajan
Suresh Soundararajan Leader, State and Local, Rural Health Transformation, SAIC Suresh Soundararajan’s recent achievements demonstrate a career defined by transformative impact and measurable health outcomes. His leadership at the Virginia Department of Health, where he modernized statewide public‑health operations, established real‑time data infrastructure, reduced newborn screening turnaround from 4–12 days to under 24 hours, and
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: ICF’s Tonia Bleecher
Tonia Bleecher Senior Vice President, Health Technology, ICF Last year, Tonia Bleecher’s team of health technology experts worked with partners at CMS to take a major step forward in modernizing how the agency oversees long-term care. Together, they launched a new survey capability through CMS’ Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System that supports nearly 15,000
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: JSI’s Susan Longley
Susan Longley Executive Vice President, JSI For Susan Longley, a significant accomplishment has been JSI’s expansion of services for key federal domestic health clients like HHS. As a trusted partner, JSI navigated recent transformative changes in health programs and clinical guidelines, implementing next-generation solutions focused on enhancing patient safety and quality improvement. By leveraging JSI’s
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Abt Global’s ZeAmma Brathwaite
ZeAmma Brathwaite Vice President of Health, Abt Global ZeAmma Brathwaite is leading and scaling healthcare portfolio initiatives that modernize federal health systems while improving mission delivery and patient outcomes. This includes advancing data-driven decision-making and operational efficiencies across complex government healthcare programs. In a time of huge government change, Brathwaite is seizing the moment, positioning
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026: Koniag Government Services’ Dr. William Toth
Dr. William “Liam” Toth Chief Medical Information Officer, Koniag Government Services, LLC Dr. Liam Toth recently helped position KGS as a stronger healthcare transformation partner by shaping clinical informatics capabilities around AI integration, Electronic Health Record modernization and data-driven operational improvement. He brought frontline physician and federal informatics leadership experience to support modernization efforts tied
Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026
The health care sector remains one of the most dynamic and impactful areas in government contracting. In 2025 and into 2026, companies continued to partner with the government to improve access, affordability and quality of care; address health disparities; and strengthen public health infrastructure. WashingtonExec’s Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2026 recognizes leaders
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