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Category 4:

Using Innovative Technologies to Deliver Simple, Seamless, and Secure Services

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Farm Production and Conservation

Leadership

 Richard Fordyce

Under Secretary of FPAC


Jared Hagert

Deputy Administrator, Farm Service Agency

 Steve Peterson

Senior Advisor to USEC, FPAC
 

Bill Beam

Administrator, FSA

 Jamie White
Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator

for Farm Programs


Mike Walter

Director, SND


Mary Catherine Cromley

Kim Graham

Acting Assistant Administrator


Caleb Gilead


Brenda Carlson


Cassie Neusch

Evelyn Whitesides

Brandon Soldner
Amanda Brosch
Lani Martin
Lenior Simmons
Julie Pena
John Blankenship
Aren Dameron
Erin Gallahan
John Ingle
Alison Lenz
Jeremy Nalder

Tina Nemec
Todd Pfeifer
Sylvia Redd
Jeanne Schmidt
Kerry Sefton
Tracey Smith
Steve Stark
Barry TerHark
Gordon Washburn
Lisa Berry
Andrea Naughton Insley

Safety Net Division Team

Michael Walter
Jennifer Fiser
Jamie Garriott
Tyler Gilkey

Additional Groups

Entire FSA Safety Net Division and Program Delivery Division
FPAC Business Center (Information Solutions Division, Economic and Policy Analysis Division)

Mark Willis

Supervisory Physical Scientist

Monica Youngman

NWS Chief Scientist

Matt Davis

Physical Scientist

Jeremy Schulz
IT Specialist

Mike Churma
Meteorologist

Don Barto
Software Developer

Allison Northrop
Physical Scientist

Angela Smith
Contract Specialist

Management Analyst

Nate Smith
IT Specialist

Derek Deroche
Mutual Aid Coordinator

Kelly Allen
Sector 4 Operations Center
Meteorologist in Charge

Gina Selig
Project Manager

Conor McSherry
Team Lead

Abdelaal Ali
Software Developer

Micah Young
Junior Software Developer

Ashleigh Pulsifer
Software Developer

Shawn Webber
Senior Software Developer

Adina Anton
Project Manager

Mitch Marsden
Team Lead

Abiy Woldetsadik
Software Developer

Ben Rayden
Junior Software Developer

Alex Nguyen
Software Developer

Jessica Schauer
Business Analyst

Ruchir Narayan
Business Process SME

Amrish Jain
Technical SME

U.S. Department of Education

Federal Student Aid (FSA)

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Abraham Marinez

Branch Chief, Product Management Division and Artificial Intelligence

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Coast Guard

Maria Harr

Chief Information Technology, Cybersecurity

and Digital Workplace

Lindsay Abbott

Office Chief

Technical Readiness Transformation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Office of Information and Technology (OIT)

Adina Pantella

Executive Director of Passenger Systems Program Directorate​

Office of Information Technology

Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate

Nael Samha

Executive Director


Bradley Birch

Deputy Executive Director


Mario Medina

Deputy Executive Director


Han Yi

Director


Chris Havrilla

Director


Matt Kim

Director


Jon Dostal

Director


Cole Thompson

Director


Jessica Kopel

Director

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

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Andrea Cannon

Supervisory Tax Analyst


Ishmael P. Alejo

Director, Taxpayer Services


Samantha R. Cairns Management and Program Analyst, Information Technology


Benjamin D. Crosby

Information Technology Specialist (Policy & Planning), Information Technology


Shaneak T. Dazza

Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC), Information Technology


Mark W. Dearing

Program Manager, Taxpayer Services


Mark A. Gautreaux Supervisory Program Analyst (Project Manager), SB/SE Deputy Commissioner Examination


William S. (Scott) Hargis

Management and Program Analyst, Privacy, Governmental Liaison & Disclosure


Curtis P. Hohn
Supervisory Contact Representative, Enterprise Case Management Office


Daniel W. Horan III Management and Program Analyst, Taxpayer Services

John J. Mackus Jr.

 Management and Program Analyst, Information Technology


Edwin A. Patten

Supervisory Tax Analyst, Taxpayer Services


Elizabeth Ortiz

Tax Analyst, Taxpayer Services


Sunil K. Pala

Information Technology Specialist (Policy & Planning), Information Technology


Joseph A. Rodgers

Project Manager, Large Business and International (LB&I)


Titus E. Thomas

IT Specialist (Systems Analysis and Applications Software), Information Technology


Nicholas R. Udy

Management & Program Analyst, Taxpayer Experience Office


Sindhu Vengattery Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis), Information Technology


Scott R. Willoughby

Senior Tax Analyst, Taxpayer Services

U.S. Department of War

U.S. Department of the Navy

Justin Fanelli

Chief Technology Officer

Industry

Chicago Transit Authority

Kevin Ryan

Vice President, Security

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

Veteran Affairs Program

Shelly Butler

Program Director

Microsoft

Heidi Kobylski

Vice President of Federal Civilian

Socure

Jordan Burris

Head of Public Sector

WINTrio LLC

Musharaf U. Rashid

President

Douglas Honeycutt

Solutions Architect

Nicholas Carpenter

Sr. Developer

Srinivasan Titte

Sr. Developer

Thy Dong

Sr. Developer

Raghu Gadiraju

Solutions Architect (Contractor)

Kudira Emuh

Technical Analyst and SME (Contractor)

Ken Jacobi

Sr. Developer (Contractor)

Tuan Dao

Sr. Developer (Contractor)

Cliff Gobble

Sr. Developer (Contractor)

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