Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall is director for command, control, communications and computers/cyber and chief information officer, Joint Staff, J6. He previously served as deputy principal cyber adviser/senior military adviser for cyber policy; director of C4, Headquarters Marine Corps, CIO of the Marine Corps; and chief of the Joint Cyberspace Center within U.S. Central Command. Crall is an aviation command and control officer and a two-time Wash100 Award winner.
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert Sharp is director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Prior to becoming NGA director, he served as commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence and director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office. He also served as director for intelligence, J2, U.S. Special Operations Command and commanded the Joint Intelligence Center for U.S. Central Command from 2010 to 2012. Sharp is a two-time Wash100 Award winner.
Stacy Cummings most recently performed the duties of undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense. She previously served as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and program executive officer for defense healthcare management systems. Cummings, a 2021 Wash100 awardee, held senior roles at the Department of Transportation and Department of the Navy. She currently serves as general manager of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency.
Pierre Chao is a founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors. He is also a co-founder and advisor emeritus of Enlightenment Capital. Prior to co-founding RSAdvisors, he was a senior fellow and director of defense-industrial initiatives at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Chao, a three-time Wash100 awardee, served as a senior aerospace and defense analyst with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Smith Barney and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Gina Haspel is former director of the CIA. She joined the CIA in 1985 and held roles of increasing responsibility, including deputy director of the agency and acting director and associate deputy director for operations in the Clandestine Service. Haspel, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, is a member of the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc. and a senior national security adviser at Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding.
Terence Emmert is acting director of defense research and engineering for advanced capabilities. He also serves as principal deputy director of defense R&E for advanced capabilities. He held the role of deputy assistant secretary of defense (material readiness). He served in the U.S. Navy and was introduced to the acquisition process while serving in the branch’s operational test agency. Emmert, a Wash100 awardee, previously worked at IBM and Dell EMC.
David Spirk is chief data officer at the Department of Defense. In this role, he oversees data management and DOD’s transition to a data-centric culture. He held the same role at U.S. Special Operations Command. Spirk, a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, previously served as a U.S. Marine Corps intelligence specialist in Afghanistan, associate director at USSOCOM’s intelligence directorate and deputy director of intelligence at U.S. Central Command.
Tim Reardon is former CEO of Constellis. Prior to Constellis, he served as president of defense and intelligence segment at Leidos. He spent more than a decade at Lockheed Martin and held several leadership positions, including president of information systems and global solutions business and head of defense and intelligence. Reardon, a four-time Wash100 awardee, currently sits on the boards of publicly listed companies, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations.
Katie Arrington is former chief information security officer at the office of defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner. As CISO, she led efforts to establish a common cybersecurity standard within the Department of Defense’s acquisition efforts. Before DOD, she served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. Her industry career included time at Booz Allen Hamilton, Centuria and Dispersive Networks.
U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this role, he also serves as principal military adviser to the president, secretary of defense and the National Security Council. Milley, a four-time Wash100 awardee, is former chief of staff of the Army. He has held leadership roles across the service branch over the last four decades, including head of Army Forces Command.
U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone is commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service. He previously served as head of Army Cyber Command and commander of the Cyber National Mission Force at USCYBERCOM. Nakasone, a six-time Wash100 Award winner, held senior intelligence officer roles and served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a staff officer.
David Goldfein is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as the branch’s 21st chief of staff. His 37-year military career included time as USAF vice chief of staff and director of the Joint Staff. Goldfein, a two-time Wash100 awardee, is a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He is also a senior adviser at Blackstone and an advisory board member at Anduril Industries.
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