TRAILBLAZERS 2022

Asha George

Long before COVID-19 introduced lockdowns and social distancing to Americans’ everyday lexicon, the Bipartisan Commission...

Bob Costello

We don’t know if CIO Bob Costello is referred to as Johnny Storm or the...

Caitlyn Conley

There's fire in the sky and then there's fire FROM the sky -- and that's...

Chief J. Thomas Manger

The Jan. 6 attack left the Capitol Police force with physical and psychological wounds, low...

Christopher Wray

Through an era of frenetic administration turnover and acting department heads, FBI Director Christopher Wray...

Connie LaRossa

To spread like wildfire is usually a bad thing. For Connie, sharing (or spreading) information...

Daryle Hernandez

If America had a “Smokey Bear” of preventing attacks on federal facilities, Daryle Hernandez would...

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

At a time when the terror landscape is smoldering and notably evolving, Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross...

Donna S. Bennett

Running toward the identity management fire, Donna S. Bennett has mastered one of the hottest...

Drenan Dudley

Assistant National Cyber Director for Budget Review and Assessment Drenan Dudley’s track record of leadership...

Eliot Higgins

From geolocating the site of an ISIS execution video to forensically exposing Russia’s secret network...

Elizabeth Cappello

Beginning her federal service as a U.S. Marine and now with over 30 years of...

Elizabeth Neumann

Former DHS counterterrorism chief Elizabeth Neumann told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...

Eric Hysen

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Or if you’re Eric...

Eric Leckey

In the 1961 film “The Day the Earth Caught Fire,” the U.S. and USSR tested...

Eric Schmidt

Such is National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Chairman Eric Schmidt’s long list of achievements,...

General Paul M. Nakasone

Many seek to stay out of the line of fire – others step into it....

Gina Ligon

Gina Ligon is the chief at a 5-alarm fire -- she's coordinating response efforts and...

Heather Adkins

Asked once how she would explain her job at a dinner party, Google’s Vice President...

Jessica Nye

Oscar Wilde said, “What fire does not destroy, it hardens.” And you could say that...

Joe Tyler

Wildfires ripped through more than 7 million acres across the country last year, with California’s...

Kelli Ann Burriesci

Department of Homeland Security Deputy Under Secretary for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans...

Kevin Metcalf

If you believe that what matters most is how you walk through fire, Kevin Metcalf...

L. Scott Parker

As access to unmanned systems grows, the threat potential to vulnerable soft targets and critical...

Lee Kair

No matter which version of “Fire in the Sky” you prefer -- Ozzy Osbourne’s, Nitty...

Lester Ingol

Deputy Chief Procurement Officer Lester Ingol is the calm before, during and after the firestorm....

Lori Moore-Merrell

U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell is fueled not just by a mission to improve the...

Louis J. Milione

When honored with the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in 2012, Louis Milione...

Manny Cancel

The heat of this summer has been a burning reminder of how much we rely...

Marci Andino

With election season heating up, local and state offices around the country look for help...

Marcus Coleman

Marcus Coleman was sworn in as the new director of the DHS Center for Faith-Based...

Martine Materasso

In a target-rich environment like New York City, the heat is always on the New...

Matthew Graviss

The comedian Steven Wright asks, “If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?”...

Melinda Rogers

We may not have started the fire, but Melinda Rogers is here to put it...

Michael Brown

Some fan the flames, others find the source. For Michael Brown, finding the source --...

Michael Hardin

There's fire in the sky and then there's fire FROM the sky -- and that's...

Michael Masters

Michael Masters and his Secure Community Network have been revolutionary in demonstrating how a targeted...

Morgan Adamski

Morgan Adamski is the chief of NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center and is responsible for leading...

Nathaniel Fick

The State Department blazed a new trail into cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy with...

Patricia Cogswell

Patricia Cogswell is the fire that burns brighter than the fires around her. For 24...

Paul Abbate

When talking about the FBI’s new cyber strategy last year, Deputy Director Paul Abbate said...

Polly Hall

Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer Polly Hall at the Department of Homeland Security...

Rachelle Henderson

The heat is on all echelons of the IT enterprise divisions of federal government agencies...

RADM Christopher Bartz

For a service that puts out fires across the world, there may not be a...

Rob Silvers

As chairman of the Cyber Safety Review Board at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security, DHS...

Sanjeev ‘Sonny’ Bhagowalia

OK, we didn’t pick “Sonny” because his name denotes the sun!  Although we’ll argue he’s...

Stacey Fitzmaurice

They say that if you play with fire you’re going to get burned. Stacey Fitzmaurice...

Steve Karoly

No one needs to light a fire under Steve Karoly. His fervor for protecting the...

Sunil Madhugiri

Fire molds glass, just as Sunil Madhugiri, CTO of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office...

Tammy Meckley

Associate Director Tammy Meckley at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Immigration Records and Identity Services...