John Vollmer has led Amentum since its rebranding and launch following the AECOM Management Services business acquisition by Lindsay Goldberg and American Securities in a $2.4 billion deal that closed in January 2020. Vollmer first became a Wash100 inductee in 2015 when he was serving as chief operating officer of the government services contractor now known as Amentum.
Carey Smith serves as president and CEO of Parsons. She joined the company in 2016 as president of its federal group and elevated to the chief operating officer role in 2018. Smith received her third Wash100 Award in 2021 for her vision and leadership to drive innovative solutions for Parsons’ government customers.
Steven Bilby is president of Cherokee Federal and head of diversified businesses for Cherokee Nation Businesses. He provides strategic leadership to 28 companies that employ more than 2,000 individuals. With Bilby at the helm, Cherokee Federal has booked nearly $6 billion in contracts over the past six years.
Al Pisani is president of Mission Essential, a New Albany, Ohio-based provider of intelligence, information operations, cybersecurity, language and cultural advisory support and other services to clients in defense and intelligence communities. He previously worked at Serco Inc. as senior vice president for corporate development and held a more-than-two-decade career at TASC.
Nazzic Keene serves as CEO and a board member of Science Applications International Corp. She assumed the chief executive role in August 2019. Under her leadership, SAIC made strategic acquisitions, including the $1.2B cash purchase of Unisys Federal in March 2020, to further grow its presence in the government services market. Keene received her fourth Wash100 recognition in 2021.
Jerry McGinn serves as executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business. He spearheads the university's central hub for research, education and training and collaboration on GovCon challenges. Executive Mosaic recognized his leadership and insight into the critical issues impacting the GovCon industry and the defense industrial base by granting his first Wash100 Award in 2021.
Lou Von Thaer has been helping Battelle expand its research and development efforts focused on national security, health, life science and environmental subject areas since he assumed the president and CEO positions in 2017. He leads the nonprofit's R&D programs and relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and these actions were recognized with a Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic in 2021, his sixth overall.
Craig Abod oversees Carahsoft Technology as it offers asset management products and information technology services to the U.S. military. As company president, he helps deliver IT platforms to customers and expand opportunities in the federal marketplace. In 2021, Abod received his seventh Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for his efforts to lead Carahsoft's growth and drive cloud and capabilities through major partnerships.
Robert Silverman, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, is focused on complementing the company's organic investments with technology platforms acquired through its inorganic investment efforts. He was selected to receive the Wash100 Award in 2021 for his work across agencies and the role he plays in Booz Allen's M&A strategy.
Tony Frazier is executive vice president and general manager of the public sector Earth intelligence business at Maxar Technologies, where he oversees efforts to bring space technology to critical government missions. He sits on the board of Iridium Communications and has been selected five times to Executive Mosaic's annual Wash100 list.
Terry Ryan assumed the CEO role at Constellis in January 2021 after his tenure as the company's lead director. The two-decade industry veteran succeeded Tim Reardon in the chief executive post and was also named as executive chairman of the Virginia-based risk management services provider. Ryan was first inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 in 2014 when he was chief executive at the VT Group.
Andy Green is an executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries and president of the company's technical solutions segment. Under his leadership, HII Technical Solutions absorbed Alion Science & Technology after the military shipbuilder closed its largest-ever acquisition deal in August 2021. Green was inducted into the 2018, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Wash100.
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