
List compiled by Jackie Gilbert
This reports highlights some of the leaders from DHA, HHS, CMS and VA who have taken new roles of late. These moves provide insight into which companies and agencies may be poised for growth (and which may not).
Former NITAAC Leader, Michelle Street, moves over to HHS as Deputy Director
Julian Malinak, former advisor for CMS, founds Canvas Medical
DHA Announces Daniel Lee as New Chief of Staff
Susan Goodrich joins Tantus Technologies – will lead PMO efforts
Doug Young joins NewWave Telecom & Technologies as EVP
Mike Raymond joins Octo Consulting Group as Chief Strategy Officer
HHS appoints Beth Killoran as New CIO
Health Analytics SME, Joe Pringle, jumps to CARTO as Partner Manager
DNC/ASRC adds Mary Shaffran as VP of Federal Health
Transitioning MHS Deputy CIO, Tom Hardy, will be in demand
HHS Acquisition Exec, Stephen Yuter, joins Red Team Consulting as Director of Capture Strategy
Kevin Switaj takes on new role as Director of Proposal Development for Buchanan & Edwards
Former MHS Chief of Innovation, Steve Steffensen, takes on new role with academia
HHS Innovation Lead, Read Holman, joins White House as Policy Advisor
Megan Warren to serve with VA as Relationship Manager in Veterans Experience Office
Stuart Rabinowitz takes on role as Director of Federal Health at IMS Health
VA announces Steve Schliesman will lead VA’s Interagency Program Office
DHA promotes Capt. Gayle D. Shaffer to Liaison Officer for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Roopangi Kadakia assumes Chief Information Security Officer position at VA
Former UMMC Director, John J. Kornak, to bolster Ellumen’s Telehealth efforts
NIH IT Exec, Milad Bahrami recruited to lead HHS Growth at Pegasystems
Monty Nanton to serve as Division Manager for Federal Healthcare IT at NES Associates
HHS recruits HRSA Branch Chief, Don DiTullo, to serve as Conferencing Center Manager
Anthem adds Anna Sever as new Federal VP
Sara Wear to now support Transformation Initiatives & Future Concepts Team at VA
Christina VanMetre takes on new role leading Major IT Programs at VA
Former HHS Director Business Integration & COE, Megan Sikora, moves to GSA
David Conlon removes interim tag – promoted to Technical Director at CMS
3M HIS adds former Army Medical Department CIO, Dr. Hon Pak, to serve as CMO
VA TeleHealth SME, Diane Yeo, resigns – on the hunt for a new role
DHA HIT Group adds COL Mark Gray as Chief for Portfolio Management
Kamal Hossain joins Planned Systems International as VP of Health Solutions
C-HIT adds Ram Kovilvenni as Chief Innovation Officer
NITAAC Program Director Rob Coen is moving on to GSA
Industry Veteran, Todd Van Haaren join HP Enterprise Services to help lead growth efforts at VA
CMS CIO, Dave Nelson, moves on – to serve as Nuclear Regulatory Commission CIO
Former MHS Executive, David Gilbertson, hangs out his own shingle
Former Acting CIO for Indian Health Service (IHS) and EHR SME, Howard Hays, goes independent
VETS.gov Digital Services Lead, Rick Lee, moves over to the White House
DeSalvo to step down from top position at ONC, Vindell Washington takes over
Solutions by Design II adds former CMS Exec, Douglas Brown as VP of Healthcare Programs
NITAAC Program Manager, Cameron Hernandez, moves over to HHS
NIH appoints Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., to lead the National Library of Medicine
Tiphanie Forst joins Cerner as Strategic Development Executive for Federal Market
Former ICF VP, Randy Rutledge, Ph.D., joins VA OI&T Office of Intake and Analysis of Alternatives
Former Director, Policy, Systems and Program Support at FDA, Thai Tri, moves over to GSA
SeKON Appoints Terry Yarbrough to Director of Health Programs
DHA adds Kevin Seeley as new Chief of Infrastructure and Operations
Former HHS CIO, Frank Baitman, takes on new advisory roles
HHS OIG adds Evan Lee as new Chief Technology Officer
VA Industry Veteran, Richard Tucker, take on new role as Vice President at Sierra7
CMS SPARC prime, eGlobalTech adds Industry Veteran Peter Warren to lead Growth
DHA Health IT Directorate adds Nathan Green as Chief of Deployment & Transition
DHA recruits Jefferson McMillan to support National Intrepid Center of Excellence
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