Executive Moves

Mary Davie, director of the General Services Administration’s program management office for human resources shared services, will step down from her role to assume a leadership position at NASA, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.

Mona Siddiqui, chief data officer for the Department of Health and Human Services, is stepping down from her role after three years of service within the HHS Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Sylvia Burns, deputy chief information officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. since September 2018, has succeeded Howard Whyte as the agency's CIO and chief privacy officer.

The Department of Homeland Security has named emergency management veteran Pete Gaynor administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

EverWatch has announced that J.D. Kuhn will join the management team as chief financial officer (CFO) to support company growth and manage financial operations, the company reported on Wednesday.

Charlie McQuillan, formerly a senior vice president of CACI, has been named executive vice president of Federal Health for Octo Consulting to support existing customers and grow the company’s health portfolio, Octo announced on Tuesday. 

Villanova University has announced the appointment of Kelly Doney as Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective Feb. 3, 2019, the university reported on Monday. 

John Stopher, former principal assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for space policy, has joined the Prague Security Studies Institute as a senior fellow in the space security program to assist space security, the institute announced on Friday.

The Office of Management and Budget plans to appoint Maria Roat, chief information officer of the Small Business Administration since October 2016, as deputy federal CIO, Nextgov reported Thursday.

Bechtel has named Jeff Sipes head of the new Corporate Strategy and Business Development, the company announced on Wednesday.