ACT-IAC Selects 24 "Rising Stars" for 6th Voyagers Class

Online, September 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - FAIRFAX, Va. - The American Council for Technology (ACT) - Industry Advisory Council (IAC) today announced the selection of 24 "Rising Stars" to its 2011 Voyagers Program. The Voyagers Program is a highly competitive leadership development program for mid-level professionals that pairs government and industry professionals together over a nine-month program, preparing them for future leadership roles within their agency or business.

Identified as future leaders in the government technology community, applicants must be nominated by their agency or company. The Voyager Program applications describe the nominee's experience, leadership savvy, and future aspirations. A panel of Government and industry senior executives reviews and scores each applicant prior to selecting the final Voyager class. The 2011 application year was the second straight record setting year for the number of nominations received.

2011 Voyager Program Government participants are:

· Sarah Ames, Department of the Interior
· Darren Death, Library of Congress
· Ashley Dunklebarger, GSA, FAS
· Jason Gillis, NASA
· Jonathan Hasse, Department of Homeland Security
· Dana Henderson, Department of State
· Bridget O'Connor, Office of Personnel Management
· Jessica Pacos, Department of Energy
· Roberto Rosales, GSA, OCIO
· Donald Staren-Doby, USDA-FNS
· Moneke Stevens, Department of Health and Human Services
· Julie Trencher, Department of the Treasury

2011 Voyagers Program Industry participants are:

· Joanna Avery, Deloitte Consulting
· Brian Baker, Ambit Group
· Peter Choi, Apptis, Inc.
· Colleen Connelly, CCSi
· Mike Deutsch, Aquilent
· Marcus Fedeli, Beacon Associates, Inc.
· Justin Fleshman, Project Performance Corporation
· Pawla Ghaleb, ICF International
· Kendall Holbrook, Dev Technology Group
· Victor Koo, Pragmatics, Inc.
· Jason Nichols, Lockheed Martin
· Mari Oh, Blackstone Technology Group

Rory Schultz, United States Department of Agriculture and Marty Cummings of Daon are this year's Voyagers Program Co-Chairs. 2011 Vice-Chairs are Shelly Matte, Department of State; Chris Hamm, General Services Administration; Kimberly Pack, InfoReliance; and Jeremy Rissi, Project Performance Corporation.

Upon graduation the graduates will become members of the distinguished ACT-IAC Fellows Program (Alumni of both the Voyagers and Partners Programs). ACT-IAC Fellows, representing some of the brightest minds within the Government technology community, are committed to life-long leadership development, trusted collaboration, and working together to solve government's biggest IT challenges.

For more information on the Voyagers and Partners Programs, please visit:
http://www.actgov.org/EDUCATION/VOYAGERS/Pages/default.aspx

About ACT-IAC - Advancing Government Through Education, Collaboration and Action

ACT-IAC is recognized as the premier government IT community's public-private partnership and is an example of how government and industry work together. We are a non-profit educational organization created to advance government in serving the public through the effective application of IT resources. Our education, training, programming and collaboration opportunities enhance and advance the government IT profession. ACT-IAC's objective, vendor and technology-neutral, and ethical forum allows government and industry to collaborate and improve government through technology.

Learn more about our organization and how to become a member at www.actgov.org or call (703) 208-4800

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