2009 Leadership Awards Recipients
Award Recipients
AFFIRM Leadership Awards - 2009
Presented at the
Annual Awards Luncheon and Installation of Officers
July 23, 2009
Willard InterContinental Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Executive Leadership in Information Resources Management
Presented for outstanding executive leadership in government–wide Information Resources Management. The AFFIRM Executive Leadership Award has been presented annually since 1979 and is the highest and most prestigious AFFIRM award.
Mike Howell
Deputy Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office of the President
Executive Leadership Award for Industry
Presented for superior leadership in business and technology while successfully coordinating challenges for the improvement and implementation of government-wide information technology resources.
Philip Bond
President
TechAmerica
Leadership Award in Acquisition and Procurement
Presented for excellence in government information services for acquisition and procurement improvement and effectiveness.
Robert Foster
Program Executive Officer for Information Operations
Defense Logistics Agency
Leadership Award for Service to the Citizen
Presented for excellence in management information technology for improved services to the citizen.
Co-Managers
Leilani Martinez
Laura Godfrey
Co-Managers
GobiernoUSA.gov
Citizen Services and Communications
General Services Administration
Leadership Award for Service to the Country
Presented for excellence in government information services improvement or effectiveness on a national level by leveraging information for mission accomplishment
RADM Michael Brown, USN
Acting Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Commutations
Department of Homeland Security
Leadership Award for Innovative Applications
Presented for superior leadership in innovative government business applications or systems.
Emma Antunes
Web Manager
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA
Leadership in Service to the Government IT Community
Presented as a special recognition award for extraordinary service and improvement supporting Information Technology for human resources.
President Obama's
TIGR (Technology, Innovation and Government Reform)
Government Transition Team
Blair Levin, Managing Director of Stifel Nicolaus Research Team
who served as Chief of Staff for the overall TIGR effort;
Dan Chenok, Senior VP and general manager of Pragmatics Inc., who led the TIGR-Government team;
Beth Noveck, professor of law at New York Law School;
Andrew McLaughlin, head of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs for Google.
Vivek Kundra, then CTO of the DC Government
Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Technology for Virginia
Bruce McConnell, independent consultant
Irving Wldavsky-Berger of IBM
Leadership in Service Excellence
Presented for excellence and superior leadership in customer service to a specific community of customers which exemplifies service.
Hari Bezwada
Program Executive Office (PEO)
Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
Department of the Army
Special Leadership Categories for 2009:
Leadership In Health Information Technology
Vish Sankaran
Director
Federal Health Architecture
HHS
Leadership in Presidential Transition
Ed O'Hara
Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services
Federal Acquisition Service
GSA
Leadership in Technology Innovation
Presented for excellence in innovative technology
Robert Ingwalson
Chief Information Security Officer
Department of Education
Leadership In Cyber Security
Douglas Maugham
Program Manager
Department of Homeland Security
