FORUM Innovation Awards & Dinner 2025

Date

June 23, 2025

Time

4:30 pm

Location

Carahsoft

Address

11493 Sunset Hills Road #Suite 100 Reston, VA 2019

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Join us as we celebrate the true
trailblazers in federal technology!

June 23, 2025

4:30 pm

Carahsoft

11493 Sunset Hills Road #Suite 100 Reston, VA 2019

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June 23, 2025

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Event Overview

Join us for an inspiring evening to celebrate groundbreaking achievements in public sector technology at the 11th annual FORUM Innovation Awards! This spirited event honors the programs that truly demonstrate game-changing innovation across the Health, Federal Civilian and Defense markets.

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IMPACT Speakers

Dr. Belinda Seto

Deputy Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy

NIH

Theresa Goudie

Board Chair

Reston Runway to the Cure

Katrina Brisbon

CEO

The Columbia Alliance

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions, HHS

Krista Yager

Vice President

Peraton

Solitaire Carroll

Former Director of Veteran Services Portfolio

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Jothi Dugar

CEO

The Chaos Guru

Lee Ann Crochunis

Deputy Dr. OIT

CMS

Ann Dunkin

CEO

Dunkin Global Advisors

Former CIO Dept of Energy

Ratima Kataria

VP Strategy and Growth, Federal Health

ICF

Danielle Applegate

Vice President

CGI Federal

Former National Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Women Veterans

Julie Vida

President

JRVida LLC

Zaneta Adams

CEO

Adams Strategic Consulting Group

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary IGA, Veterans Affairs

Michelle Gardner-Ince

Founder

All About The Business of Veteran Entrepreneurs (ABOVE)

Small Business Strategist & Champion

Thank You To Our Sponsors

Meet This Year's IMPACT Award Winners

Adrienne Holsey

Director, Division of Fee for Services Contracts

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Alexandra Junket

VP Marketing

Amivero

Alexis Bonnell

Ai Adoption & Deployment

OpenAI for Government

Alice Williams

Director of procurement/purchasing agent

Prince George’s County Government

Alicia Skolrood

Executive Director, Integrated External Networks, Integrated Veteran Care, Veterans Health Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Amy Corcoran

Business Development

Alpha Omega

Angela Wilson

EVP

Alpha Omega

Ann Dunkin

Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Distinguished External Fellow & CEO

Georgia Institute of Technology & Dunkin Global Advisors

Anna Steers-Smith

Senior Advisor for AI

NASA

Ashley Brush

Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence

MetroStar Systems

Audra Simons

Vice President of Software Engineering, Global Products

Everfox LLC

Barbara Jagadesan

Senior Program Manager

Leidos, Inc

CDR Dina Passman

Director, Disaster Telemedicine

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Carin Chapman

Director of Automation

Koniag Government Services

Chi Okonkwo

Director, Agency Financial Systems Office

NASA Headquarters

Chrissie Smit

AI Strategist

Koniag Government Services

Commander Sara Azimi-Bolourian

Chief Data Officer

HHS/Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

Connie Byler-Sarazin

Director of Business Development - GWACs and IDIQs

Aretum, LLC

Denise Rainey

President & CEO

Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

Dr. Angela Reddix

Founder, CEO, President

ARDX

Dr. Colleen McQuown, M.D., FACEP

SCOUTS Medical Director

US Dept of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Ericka Stoor-Burning

Division Chief of Medical Modeling, Simulation, Information and Visualization

DHA/ISR/TATRC

Dr. Evelyn Watkins-Bean

Associate Dean

Squadron Officer School (United States Air Force)

Dr. Jennifer Kasten

President

JBS International

Dr. Kimberly McClain

CEO

TMG Strategic Advisors

Dr. Lateefah Hughes

Vice President of Health Care Research

NORC at the University of Chicago

Dr. Mary Kate Yost-Daljev

Vice President of Services Delivery

J Michael Consulting

Dr. Nicole Oxley

CEO

Oxley Enterprises, Inc.

Eileen Loftus

Senior Director, Program Manager

Leidos

Em Allan

Director of Operations, Veteran Affairs

Oddball

Emily Hsu

Senior Director, Solution Strategy

Steampunk

Erin Horrell

Founder and CEO

EMH Government Solutions

Fania Carter

CEO

Sterile Services Co. (SSC)

Gena Gleason

Sr. Director, Foundry Segment General Manager, Intel Government Technologies Group

Intel Corporation

Hillary Fredrick

Director, Federal Marketing

Maximus

Jacklyn Wynn

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Federal Health

GDIT

Jennifer Sypolt

Program Analyst

Department of Veterans Affairs

Jennifer Thabet

Program Director, Small Business Programs Office

DARPA

Joan Bishop

Chief Growth Officer

QualX, LLC

Jordan Parsons

CEO

GovAllies

Jothi Dugar

CISO

NIH

Julie Vida

President

JRVida, LLC

Jyothi Bhargava

CEO

Swingtech

Kathryn Wetherby

Acting Group Director

HHS/CMS/CCIIO

Kelsey Lepp

Vice President of Operations

Savan

Kendra Casebolt

Contracting Officer

Department of Veterans Affairs

Keshia Cooper

Staff Vice President, Operations and Execution

National Government Services

Krista Yager

Vice President, Health

Peraton

Kristin Ruiz

Deputy CIO

TSA

Kym Ali MSN,RN

AI Consultant and Leadership Developer

Kym Ali Consulting

Laura Stash

Executive Vice President of Solutions Architecture

iTech AG

Lauren Sherry

Business Development, Director

BAH

Lee Ann Crochunis

Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Linda Ennis

Director, Solution Management (IT Clinical, IT Business Services)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Lindsey Tepp

Chief Strategy Officer

NuAxis Innovations

Lisa Shea Mundt

Co-Founder

The Pulse of GovCon

Lizz Stutler

Division Director, Tech Solutions

Lantana Consulting Group

Maria Gaboury

Strategic Partnership Executive & President HIMSS National Capital Area chapter

InterSystems Corporation

Mary Bati

Acting Deputy CIO CA/CST

Department of State

Mary Carole Stiffler

Vice President - Director of Strategy and CMS Business

GDIT

MaryAnn Monroe

VP, CX Accelerator

Maximus

Melinda Pitchford

Chief Strategy Officer

Connected Logistics/Canopy Health

Melissa Casburn

VP of Design

Coforma

Mia Jordan

Global GTM Executive

Salesforce

Michelle Rossi

VP, Corporate Infrastructure and Operations

ITegrity, Inc

Natalie Carey

Deputy Director

Unqork Government

Olivia Trivisani Bowker

Founder & CEO

Amivero

Patricia Lomax

EVP

Visual Connections

Paula Sakun

EVP of Operations

RDTS LLc

Rachel Heckel

Chief Executive Officer

STI Federal

Rebecca Ubert

Contracting Officer

Department of Veterans Affairs

Rosanna Shepard

Division of Consumer Services- Deputy Director

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services- Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

Saishree Shetty

Sr. Dir. Growth and Client Success

Centennial Technologies

Sandy Mestre

Business Development Consultant

Anakim Consulting

Sarah Moffat

Innovation & Change Lead

NASA

Shakira McCants

CEO

MacMore

Shelly Butler

Program Director

GDIT

Stephanie Boyd

Deputy Director - Division of Information Systems

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Stephanie Wilson

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

NetImpact Strategies

Susan Bathgate

Program Manager

All In Solutions, LLC.

Tabisa Taliwaku Kalisa

Chief of Business Operations

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Procurement

Tamaira Heyward

Director, Enterprise Testing

Planned Systems International (PSI)

Tara Laymon

Senior Vice President

Leidos

Tiffany Bailey

Executive Vice President Growth and Operations

Aretum

Tiffany McNeill

Executive Director

U.S,. Environmental Protection Agency

Tomika Anderson Greene

CEO and Founder

Manifest Greatness Media

Tonia Bleecher

Senior Vice President

ICF

Traci Padgett

Capability Lead

Optum Serve

Tracy Mills

CEO/Founder

J29, Inc.

Victoria Bowens

Director, Harassment Response and Prevention

Department of Defense

Zaneta Adams

Family Court Referee/Magistrate

Former VA Senior leader/Current Muskegon County Court Referee/Magistrate

Zhuchun "Emily" Qiu

Deputy Portfolio Director

Department of Veterans Affairs

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