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Category 2:

Delivering Excellence in Digital Services

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To explore the stories behind the winners, click on their name, program or agency.

U.S. Department of Education​

Federal Student Aid

Wendy Bhagat​

Director, Product Marketing & Delivery Group

U.S. General Services Administration​

Technology Transformation Services

Public Experience Portfolio

Erin Strenio

Program Manager

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John Yuda

Senior Policy Analyst

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Samira Sadat

Software Engineer

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Kelsey Thomas

Content Strategist

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Laura Godfrey

Language Lead

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services​

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Digital Services

Aryeh Jacobsohn

Deputy Director

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eMedicare Initiative

Mary Wallace

Deputy Director, Office of Communications

 

Frances Harmatuk

Director Call Center Operations Group

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Erin Pressley

Director Creative Services Group

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Chris Koepke

Director Strategic Marketing Group

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Laura Salerno

Deputy Director Strategic Marketing Group

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Jon Booth

Director Web and Emerging Technologies Group

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Rachael Horvath

Deputy Director Web and Emerging Technologies Group 

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Matt Raschka

Technical Advisor, Web and Emerging Technologies Group  

Chuck Nethery

Technical Advisor, Web and Emerging Technologies Group

Nate Mudd

Director, Division of Web Development

 

Allyssa Allen

User Experience Specialist, Division of Web Experience 

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Raven Nary

Team Leader, Division of Content Development

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Megan Kennedy

Technical Advisor, Division of Training, Quality, and Content 

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Mike Pison

Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Call Center Operations 

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Clarese Astrin

Director, Division of Research

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Mark Krawczyk

Director, Division of Digital Marketing

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Aditi Jhaveri

Email Communications, Division of Digital Marketing

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Holly Baier

 Strategic Marketing Group

Office of Pharmaceutical Quality:

Andre Raw

Structured Review Product Owner

 

Larisa Wu

Drug Substance Implementation Lead

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Steven Kozlowski

KASA Steering Committee Lead

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Lawrence Yu

KASA Steering Committee Lead

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Stelios Tsinontides

KASA Steering Committee Lead

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Susan Rosencrance

KASA Steering Committee Lead

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Peter Capella

Drug Product Implementation Lead

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Charles Robertson

Application SME

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Rakhi Shah

Manufacturing Implementation Lead

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Bhagwant Rege

Biopharmaceutics Implementation Lead

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Daniel Obrzut

Manufacturing SME


Zhouxi (Josie) Wang  Manufacturing SME


Jingbo Xiao

Manufacturing SME


Paresma Patel

Drug Substance SME


David Green

Drug Substance SME


Erin Skoda

Drug Substance SME


Micael Guillot

Drug Product SME


Ryan Nguyen

Drug Product SME 


Brock Roughton

Drug Product SME

Kimberly Raines  Biopharmaceutics SME


Anitha Govada,   Biopharmaceutics SME


Xiang (Shane) Yu

Application SME


Rongzuo Xu

Application SME

Office of Strategic Programs:

Sophia Yu

Business Informatics Lead

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Sunitha Mathews

Business Informatics Lead

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Ethan Chen

Business Informatics Lead

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Ranjit Thomas

Project Management Officer - Budget

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Archana Narayanaswamy

Product Manager

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Sara Wu

Technical Delivery Manager

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Sorin  Nastea

Enterprise Architect

 

Roger Lam

Budget Support Lead

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Susanne Lenk

Business Informatics SME

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Stephanie Dai

Business Informatics SME

 

Rohan Chatterjee

Data Analyst and Data Delivery

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Michelle Garrett

End to End Test SME


Laura Lourenco

UI/UX SME


Sarma Lolla

Data Delivery SME


Sabujima  Das

Technical SME


Jiankun Huang

 Implementation Technical SME

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Mahmoud Abuelroos

Budget Support

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Ashwin Suthrave

Lead Architect


Humaa Kazmi

Functional SME


Bhavyadeep Suhalka

 Business Architect


Charu Saklecha

COTS Specialist


Venkata Kukatla

COTS Specialist


Kyle Berger

COTS Specialist 


Praveen Dadivela

COTS Specialist


Neil Parmar

COTS Specialist 


Anaga Laxmi Nimmagdda

Sr. Test Engineer


Xeniya Fesenko

Sr. Test Engineer


Ingrid Nkenlifack-Maague  Business Process Analyst


Daniel Horowitz

Business Process Analyst

 

Global Substance Registration System:
Tyler Peryea

Drug Substance Technical SME


Frank Switzer

Drug Substance Registration Application SME


Marlene Kim

Drug Substance Registration Application SME

Melissa Northern

Branch Chief

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Benjamin Peters

Project Manager

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Jay Eberly

System Owner

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Diana Ketterman

Business Analyst

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Ashe Rodriguez

Business Analyst

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Dawn Dinius

Content Manager

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Evan Cox

Tester

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Rick White

Tester

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Anne Helzer

ISSO

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Kim Hannah

System Owner

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 Margie Moore

Project Manager

Patrick Laughner

Project Manager

 

Eugene Canupp

Section Chief

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Al Brown

ISSO

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Kelly Dellinger

End User Support

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Sharon Ritenour

End User Support

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Kayla Poe

Business Analyst

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Melissa Ruth

End User Support

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Brent Hockman

End User Support

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Kevin Poole

End User Support

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John Mazzola

End User Support

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Mark Fuchs

End User Support

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Kristy Gaines

Business Analyst

Tamisha Hurley-Shinholt

Program Analyst

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Niki French

Branch Manager

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Nicshan Floyd

Deputy Director for Customer Experience

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Tracey Hall

Operation Manager- Disability & Multicultural Branch

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Stephanie Cao

Equal Opportunity Specialist

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Marie Trottier

Outreach and Engagement Program Manager

Nathalie Williams

Public Affairs Strategist

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Andy Kim

Web & Apps Manager

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Claudia Larin

Media Communication Specialist

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Nathan Tickel

Senior Experience Strategist

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Radhika Raichura

Senior Experience Strategist / Customer Experience Lead

U.S. Department of Labor

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Lesley Sheffield

Branch Chief for Relationship Management

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Akanksha Sharma

Director of Digital Transformation

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 Michael Gross

Director of Division of User Experience

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Ramki Sockalingam
IT Project Manager, Digital Transformation

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Direct File Pilot and Modernizations of Where’s My Refund

Jim Keith

Director, Customer Service Domain

Darnita Trower

Director of Emerging Programs & Initiatives

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Wanda Brown

Project Director, Taxpayer Services Division Inflation Reduction Act Implementation

 

Devon Titus Peter

Sub Portfolio Lead

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Diego Rubin de Celis

Assistant Director Digitalization

 

Gilbert Charo

Sr. Manager, IT Digitalization Program Oversight

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Jessica Daise

Sr. Project Manager

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Leigh Johnson

Sr. Technical Advisor

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Gerald Johnson

Sr. Technical Advisor

Christian Chase

Front Line Manager

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Myra Fullerton

Program Support Lead

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Kelly Gravely

Sr. Project Lead

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Josh Winkler

Sub-Portfolio Lead

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Vera Lewis

Sub-Portfolio Lead

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Sharon Storti

Front Line Manager

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Scott C. McHenry

Sub-Portfolio Lead

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Benjamin B. McIntyre

Sr. Manager Front Office Acquisitions

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Sherry Mueller

Program Manager

Office of Online Services (OLS)

Where's My Refund Toolset Team

Tom Hsieh

Acting Director, IRS.gov

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Codi Higley

Technical Advisor, JOC

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Scott Willoughby

Senior Tax Analyst

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Toks Oriola

Product Development Specialist

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Ranard Richburg

Product Manager

Alexandra Budz

Digital User Experience Analyst

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Fumi Tamaki

Chief Taxpayer Experience Officer

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Sayandeb Ghosh

Supervisory, IT Specialist

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Darren Peck 

WMR Modernization Lead

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Janaki Mandava

IT Specialist

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Senior Web Strategist

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Kathy Tuite

Web Strategist

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Catherine Parker

Digital Project Manager

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Dawn Fitzelle

Web Strategist

 

Shannon Lancaster

Web Producer

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Shanee McFadden

Senior Web Producer

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Cheli Rios

Senior, Web Strategist

 

Hector Soto Torres

Web Producer

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Claude Steinberg

Web Producer

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Annie Power

Web Strategist

 

Bob Greiner

Senior Web Strategist

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Kira Prin

Product Development Specialist

(Product Manager)

 

Kathryn Hopper

Senior Web Strategist

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Connie Butler

Web Strategist

 

Amanda Reilly

Web Strategist

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Kim Manzi

Web Strategist

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Hannah Hope

Web Producer

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Dane Schlea

Management And Program Analyst

 

 Amy Schneidau

Supervisory Web Specialist

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Anne Corcoran

Senior Web Producer

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Barry Summerlin

 Product Development Specialist

(Product Manager)

 

Quynh Pham

Web Strategist

Sam Chapman

Digital User Experience Analyst

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Daniel Robinson

Digital User Experience Researcher

 

Hai Vuong

User Experience Designer

 

Nikki Trucco

User Experience Designer

 

Claire Trainer

Supervisory Web Specialist

 

L'Tanya Chew

Supervisory Web Specialist

 

Angela Render

Supervisory Digital Services

 

Karin Rice

Suvy Public Affairs Specialist

Manager

 

Tim Hobson

Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

 

Mark Hanson

Lead Public Affairs Specialist

 

Cesanne Greathouse

Public Affairs Specialist

 

Al Berger

Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist

 

Michele Lassaux-Harlan

Lead Public Affairs Specialist

 

 Jennifer Breuchaud

Public Affairs Specialist

 

Allison Macguire

Lead Public Affairs Specialist 

 

Sarah Price

Supervisory User Experience &

Design

 

Brandon Szabo

Supervisory User Experience & Design

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Stephen Chovanec

Supervisory User Experience & Design

 

Patrick Prugh

Supervisory User Experience &

Design

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Erin Mitchell

Supervisory User Experience & Design

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Walter Kirkland

Supervisory Digital Services Manager

Applications Development

Eric Markow​

IRS IT Director, Corporate Data

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs​

Veterans Health Administration

Kevin Galpin, M.D.,​

Executive Director of Telehealth Services

​Office of Connected care
VHA Digital Health Office

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Dr. Neil Evans​

Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care

Acting Program Executive Director of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

External Affairs

Office of Access and Information Services

Vashon M. Citizen

Chief, Digital Services Division

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Katie McGuire

EXA/OAIS

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Drew Geary

EXA/OAIS 

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Lauren Lipchak

EXA/OAIS

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Jocelene Aquino

EXA/OAIS

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Deirdre Gilligan

EXA/OAIS

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Kenya Steinke

EXA/OAIS

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Zheng Chen

EXA/OAIS

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Jessica Membreno

USCIS EXA/OAIS

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Jose Paitan

EXA/OAIS

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Maher Said

EXA/OAIS

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Morgan Miller

EXA/OAIS

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Sandraliz May

EXA/OAIS

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Darling Rosado

EXA/OAIS

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Jessica Lantigua

EXA/OAIS

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Luisanna Hoepelman

 EXA/OAIS

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Roxanne Simon

EXA/OAIS

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Anyelina Morale

 EXA/OAIS

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Ambioris Moengro

 EXA/OAIS

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Kheila Moore

 EXA/OAIS

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Jonathan Shimunov

 EXA/OAIS

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Oscar Burgos

EXA/OAIS

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Luis Anaya-Hernandez

 EXA/OAIS

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Claudia Benitez-Sanchez EXA/OAIS

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Janette Padilla

EXA/OAIS

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Maria Jauregui

EXA/OAIS

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Antonio Ochoa

EXA/OAIS

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Armando Bernal

EXA/OAIS

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Jose G. Rivera

 EXA/OAIS

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Lucia Perez

EXA/OAIS

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Mary Jane Madrigal

 EXA/OAIS

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Gina Quezada

EXA/OAIS

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Christian Morales

EXA/OAIS

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Jean Sevilla

EXA/OAIS

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Dorina Meihls

EXA/OAIS

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Dave Carpenter

EXA/OAIS

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Alma Chin

EXA/OAIS

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Victoria Umoru

EXA/OPA

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Brandon Hairston

EXA/OPA

Janette Gonzalez

EXA/OAIS

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Rolando De Santiago

EXA/OAIS

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Janna Evans

EXA/OAIS

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Olivia Quinn Andrus

EXA/OAIS

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Leah M. Stewart

EXA/OAIS

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Rebecca Robinson

EXA/OAIS

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Victor Fernandez

EXA/OAIS

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Meeka Smith

EXA/OAIS

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Susana Bolanos

EXA/OAIS

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Mary Herrmann

EXA/OAIS

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Bret Gregg

EXA/OAIS

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Kerstin Jager

EXA/OAIS

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Wendy S. DeLapp

OIT

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Paula A. Sperry

OIT

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Prabha Rajendran

OIT

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Shawn A. Benjamin

OIT

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Sandra D. Harrell

OIT

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Kristal Lightning

OIT

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Patrick Horan

OIT

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Erika Botts

OIT

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Steve Skordinski

OIT

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Tammie Milligan

OIT

 

Abigail Sanford

IRIS

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Mark Jeanmaire

IRIS

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Bianca Fitzpatrick

EXA

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JeNeil Teel

EXA

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Michelle Murrish

EXA

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Eric L. Cohen

EXA

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Durrell Scott

EXA

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Reno West

EXA

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Jason Marr

EXA

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Pierre Williams

EXA

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Richard A (Ricky) Collins SCOPS

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Evan Hughes

SCOPS

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Adijatu C. Abiose

OCC

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Ramona McGee

OCC

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Ebony Turner

EXA/OCPE

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Natasha Kirk

EXA/OCPE

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Alex Echevarria

EXA/OPA

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