Executive Moves

Richard Gilbrech, a more than three-decade NASA veteran, will retire from government service and step down from his post as director of the space agency's Stennis Space Center on Jan....

Mara Karlin, who is currently performing the duties of deputy under secretary of defense for policy, will leave the Department of Defense next week for academia. Sasha Baker, acting under...

Sonny Hashmi, a previous Wash100 Award winner, will step down from his role as commissioner of the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service on Dec. 29. Tom Howder, deputy commissioner...

Lt. Gen. Heath Collins has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next director of the Missile Defense Agency. He will oversee MDA's global mission to develop and...

André Mendes is stepping down as chief information officer for the Department of Commerce on Dec. 31 after 14 years of service in the federal government. In a LinkedIn post...

Vyshnavi Suntharalingam, formerly vice chair of the Department of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, has been appointed chief technology and engineering officer at the Department of Defense's Office of...

Sterling Thomas, a research scientist with decades of experience across the government, industry and academia, has taken on the chief scientist role at the Government Accountability Office. In his new...

Information technology company V3Gate has revealed its plans to reorganize its leadership team next year. Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Chris Hagerman, a retired Navy SEAL and government contracting industry veteran, will assume the...

Douglas Schmidt, a computer scientist with decades of experience in government, industry and academia, has been nominated to be the director of operational test and evaluation at the Department of...

Andrew Mara, most recently executive vice president at the Center for Naval Analyses, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as head of its national security analysis department,...