TRAILBLAZERS 2023

Andrea Bright

Assistant Commissioner Andrea Bright has been keeping the fires lit in the Office of Human...

Andrew Moore

Former Google AI cloud director Andrew Moore was recently appointed the first-ever CENTCOM Advisor on...

Ann Phillips

At the end of July, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that the first nine ships...

Beth Puchek

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Chief Data Officer for Beth Puchek is blazing her trail...

Bill Weinberg

As the Transportation Security Administration's Assistant Administrator for Contracting and Procurement and Head of Contracting...

Brian de Vallance

Brian de Vallance has already been recognized by the Department of Homeland Security for “exceptionally...

Carl J. DeBernard

Carl J. DeBernard, the Director of Enterprise Information Technology in the Acquisition Division at the Transportation...

Charles Simon

All the promises of artificial intelligence don’t come without potential security threats, especially with the...

Corey Hinderstein

In May, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration successfully removed two U.S.-origin radioactive...

Damian Kostiuk

Damian Kostiuk lights up when he talks about data. And his brand of data evangelism...

Dana Chisnell

Dana Chisnell’s trailblazing did not just start in government. She is a pioneer and thought...

Darby LaJoye

The 82nd Airborne of the U.S. Army earned the nickname “All American” because of its...

David Blair

David Blair has been steadfastly working to ensure the security AND integrity of the nation’s...

David Crane

Critical infrastructure faces mounting physical and cyber threats and it takes innovative ideas and leaders...

Diane Sabatino

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) is constantly under fire. Tasked...

Diane Sahakian

On LinkedIn Diane Sahakian just calls herself a “Senior Executive” with U.S. Customs & Border...

Dimitri Kusnezov

In April, the Department of Homeland Security established an Artificial Intelligence Task Force to essentially...

Dr. Herb Wolfe

Herb Wolfe is the acting chief medical officer and director for the Department of Homeland...

Dr. Paul Friedrichs

The White House announced in July that a new permanent office in the Executive Office...

Eric Goldstein

This year’s release of an updated and comprehensive National Cybersecurity Strategy reflected a burning need...

Graham Kent

ALERT Wildfire, a consortium of universities (University of Nevada, Reno, University of California San Diego,...

Greg Hinds

At a Counter-Terrorism Week event June 23 at the United Nations, six new publications were...

Harry Coker, Jr.

With the monumental task of executing and refining the National Cybersecurity Strategy on the line,...

Ian Saunders

With burning concerns about trade security and supply chain security worldwide, a Commerce and CBP...

J. Matt Gilkeson

At the forefront of the innovation that allows you to breeze through the security checkpoints...

Jaclyn Rubino

Jaclyn Rubino serves as the Executive Director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Strategic...

Jason Lim

Jason Lim leads the strategic transformation at the Transportation Security Administration. The Identity Management Capability...

Katrina Berger

The scourge of fentanyl addiction lit a fire under the Department of Homeland Security to...

Keith Goll

Keith Goll is currently the Acting Assistant Administrator for Requirements and Capabilities Analysis at TSA....

Lauren Beyer

A longtime aviation leader in the public and private sectors, Lauren Beyer is building and...

Lori Wade

The Intelligence Community released a new data strategy in July that aims to respond to...

Marc Zimmermann

Marc Zimmermann, a Unit Chief at Homeland Security Investigations and the former Deputy Director at...

Mark Bailey

The hottest advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning come with risks and potential unintended...

Mark Tanner

This FBI veteran advocates for smartly applied artificial intelligence and machine learning tools that act...

Matthew G. Olsen

This has been a trailblazing year at the Department of Justice with new initiatives to...

Melissa Hyatt

Melissa Hyatt, former chief of the Baltimore County Police Department, was recently named the U.S....

Mike Downing

Artificial intelligence can target and degrade entire networks used by criminal groups, such as sites...

Mike Emerson

With climate change altering and opening up the Arctic region, the U.S. Coast Guard has...

Patricia McGurk-Daniel

Working with partners to forge a unified front against the transnational criminal organizations that operate...

Paul Courtney

Transforming how the federal government does anything is hard. And that’s an understatement. Transforming, changing,...

Robyn Towles

Robyn Towles has been achieving mission across DHS since 2008 – when she applied and...

Ryan Scudder

A great leader rises to the needs of their workforce to both achieve mission and...

Sarah Todd

“Cyber” has become a buzzword that encompasses everything. How “cybersecurity” actually manifests itself in practice...

Thomas Mosier

Grid security in the face of numerous natural and manmade threats, especially for communities that...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jason Seales

“A threat to one of our networks is a threat to all, and it takes...

USCG Rear Admiral John Mauger

When OceanGate's Titan submersible went missing this summer during a dive to the Titanic wreck,...

USCG Rear Admiral Mark J. Fedor

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mark J. Fedor is furthering partnerships and operations denying transnational...

USMC Gen. Michael E. Langley

African Union Chairman Azali Assoumani warned the UN Security Council earlier this year that terrorism...

William Braniff

As extremist movements hope to recruit former battle-trained military members, this counterterrorism leader has promoted...

Yemi Oshinnaiye

Yemi Oshinnaiye was appointed Chief Information Officer for the Transportation Security Administration in May 2022....