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Federal Human Capital Collaborative
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Strategic Advisors to Government Executives (SAGE)
Spread across six communities of practice—chief acquisition officers, chief financial officers, chief human capital officers, chief information officers, chief operating officers and chiefs of staff—SAGEs lend their expertise to help senior leaders navigate the complex federal environment and the political, management, legal and fiduciary demands of their positions.
Criteria for SAGE Induction
To become a SAGE, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a former federal government employee, and have:
- A demonstrated commitment to public service, including previous experience in a C-suite – or equivalent level – federal role;
- An ability to be nonpartisan, open-minded and willing to advise current federal leaders on a variety of topics;
- A commitment to advancing the mission of the Partnership ahead of personal business or conflicts of interest while completing SAGE engagements; and
- A relevant professional background that supports the Partnership’s mission and priorities and contributes to the diversity of experiences and skills represented by the SAGE community.
“The Partnership works across administrations to help senior executives and political appointees navigate the demands of government, providing support to the leaders of our most important democratic institution.”
– Karen Evans, chief information officer of the Department of Homeland Security, 2020-2021
Co-Chairs
SAGE co-chairs are integral to the success of our program. Each of these talented executives lead one of our six SAGE communities and ensure that we are coordinating effectively across them. The co-chairs also collaborate with the Partnership to set the strategic direction for the program, recruit new members and engage existing SAGEs in our efforts to support federal leaders.
The SAGE Community has:
130 SAGEs
33 political appointees across seven administrations
77 career senior executives
Representation from over 40 different federal agencies
20-30 average years of government service
300 hours contributed to the program annually
Active SAGE Members
Al Burman
Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy – Office of Management and Budget
Kay Ely
Former Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration – General Services Administration
Ronald C. Flom
Former Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Housing & Urban Development
Claire Grady
Former Under Secretary for Management – Department of Homeland Security
Ruby Harvey
Former Executive Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Veterans Affairs – Department of Veterans Affairs
Kymm McCabe
Former Deputy Director, Office of Business Transformation – Department of the Army
Kevin Youel Page
Former Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Servic – General Services Administration
Stan Soloway
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Acquisition Reform, Defense Reform Initiative – Department of Defense
Jim Williams
Former Commissioner, Acting Administrator, Federal Acquisition Service – General Services Administration
Robert Burton
Former Acting Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy – Office of Management and Budget
Michael Fishetti
Former Director, Acquisition Management and Support – Department of Defense
Greg Giddens
Former Chief Acquisition Officer – Department of Veterans Affairs
Dave Grant
Former Chief Procurement Officer – Federal Emergency Management Agency
Luke McCormack
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Keith Nakasone
Former Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition Management, U.S. General Services Administration
Anne Rung
Former U.S. Chief Acquisition Officer – Executive Office of the President
Pat Tamburrino
Former Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness / Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Defense
Michael Wooten
Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy – Office of Management and Budget
Don Bice
Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration – Department of Agriculture
Norman Dong
Former Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service – General Services Administration | Former Chief Financial Officer – Federal Emergency Management Agency
Troy Edgar
Former Chief Financial Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Vincette Goerl
Former Chief Financial Officer – Department of Agriculture
Scott Quehl
Former Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration – Department of Commerce
Robert Shea
Former Associate Director for Administration and Government Performance – Office of Management and Budget
Maureen Wylie
Former Chief Financial Officer – Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Doug Criscitello
Former Chief Financial Officer – Department of Housing and Urban Development
Brodi Fontenot
Former Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer – Department of the Treasury
Roger Kodat
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary – Department of the Treasury
Dave Mader
Former Controller and Acting Deputy Director for Management – Office of Management and Budget
Tony Scardino
Former Chief Financial Officer – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Mark Weatherly
Former Deputy Associate Director of Housing, Treasury and Commerce – Office of Management and Budget
Napoleon Avery
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Small Business Administration
Jeri Buchholz
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Roger Campbell
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – National Reconnaissance Office
Rebecca Contreras
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of the Treasury
Mark Doboga
Former Director of Plans and Integration, and Director, Air Force Personnel Operations Agency, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, United States Air Force; Deputy Associate Director, Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel Management – U.S. Air Force
Chuck Grimes
Former Chief Operating Officer, – Office of Personnel Management
Jody Hudson
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Energy
Gail Lovelace
Former Assistant Administrator and Chief People Officer – General Services Administration
William Milton
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Agriculture
Jeff Pon
Former Director – Office of Personnel Management
John Sepulveda
Former Assistant Secretary of Human Resources – Department of Veterans Affairs
Daniel Sitterly
Former Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security and Preparedness –Department of Veterans Affairs
Pat Tamburrino
Former Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness / Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Defense
Reginald Wells
Former Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources – Social Security Administration
Bev Babers
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget, (Department of the Treasury) and Chief Human Capital Officer (IRS) – Internal Revenue Service
Angie Bailey
Former Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
Scott Cameron
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Performance, Accountability and HR – Department of Interior
Miriam Cohen
Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Daniel Ginsberg
Former Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs – U.S. Air Force
Cynthia Heckmann
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Government Accountability Office
Karlease Kelly
Former Chief Learning Officer and Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Agriculture – Department of Agriculture
Christine Major
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Health and Human Services
Kathryn Medina
Former Executive Director, Chief Human Capital Officers Council – Office of Personnel Management
Jeff Neal
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Ron Sanders
Former Chief Human Capital Officer – Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Lynn Simpson
Former Executive Director, Total Force Management, United States Pacific Fleet, Department of the Navy – Department of the Navy
Felí Sola-Carter
Former Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer – Social Security Administration
Joanne Tornow
Former Chief Human Capital Officer and Head of the Office of Information and Resource Management– National Science Foundation
Jon Alboum
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Agriculture
Alan Balutis
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Commerce
Michael Carleton
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Health and Human Services and General Services Administration
Casey Coleman
Former Chief Information Officer – General Services Administration
Linda Cureton
Former Chief Information Officer – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mark Forman
Former Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology – Office of Management and Budget
John Gilligan
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Energy and U.S. Air Force
Sonny Hashmi
Former Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration
Joe Klimavicz
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief Information Officer – Department of Justice
John Marshall
Former Assistant Administrator for Management and Chief Information Officer – United States Agency for International Development
Dave McClure
Former Associate Administrator, Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies – General Services Administration
Ed Meagher
Former Deputy Chief Information Officer – Department of the Interior
Dan Mintz
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Transportation
Dave Powner
Former Director of IT Management Issues – Government Accountability Office
Kristin Seaver
Former Chief Information Officer – United States Postal Service
Henry Sienkiewicz
Former Chief Information Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency – Department of Defense
Pete Tseronis
Former Chief Technology Officer – Department of Energy
Renee Wynn
Former Chief Information Officer – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Roger Baker
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert Brese
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Energy
Dan Chenok
Former Branch Chief for Information Policy and Technology – Office of Management and Budget
Steve Cooper
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce and Department of Homeland Security – Department of Commerce
Karen Evans
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Stephen Galvan
Former Deputy Administrator, Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff and Chief Information Officer – Small Business Administration
Margie Graves
Former Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer – Office of Management and Budget
Ira Hobbs
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of the Treasury
Peter Levin
Former Chief Technology Officer – Department of Veterans Affairs
Rajive Mathur
Former Chief Information Officer and Deputy Comissioner for Systems – Social Security Administration
Luke McCormack
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Essye Miller
Former Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer – Department of Defense
Gloria Parker
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Housing and Urban Development
Anne Reed
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Agriculture
Richard Spires
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Dave Wennergren
Former Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer – Department of Defense
Jerry Williams
Former Chief Information Officer – Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bruce Andrews
Former Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff – Department of Commerce
Rafael Borras
Former Under Secretary for Management – Department of Homeland Security
Wynn Coggins
Former Acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce
Chris Cummiskey
Former Acting Under Secretary Management and Chief Acquisition Officer – Department of Homeland Security
Chip Fulghum
Former Deputy Under Secretary for Management – Department of Homeland Security
Krysta Harden
Former Deputy Secretary – Department of Agriculture
Pat Kennedy
Former Undersecretary of State for Management – Department of State
Beth McGrath
Former Deputy Chief Management Officer – Department of Defense
Bob Perciasepe
Former Deputy Administrator – Environmental Protection Agency
Nancy Potok
Former Chief Statistician – Office of Management and Budget
Dan Tangherlini
Former Administrator – General Services Administration
Sherri Berger
Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michell Clark
Former Assistant Secretary of Management – Department of Education
Patty Cogswell
Former Deputy Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security – Department of Homeland Security
Michèle Flournoy
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy – Department of Defense
Chuck Grimes
Former Chief Operating Officer, – Office of Personnel Management
Ned Holland
Former Assistant Secretary for Administration – Department of Health and Human Services
Jenni Main
Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Krista Paquin
Former Deputy Associate Administrator – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Porcari
Former Deputy Secretary – Department of Transportation
Margaret Weichert
Former Deputy Director – Office of Management and Budget
Bruce Andrews
Former Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff – Department of Commerce
Sherri Berger
Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joan DeBoer
Former Chief of Staff – Department of Transportation
Gwen Keyes
Former Chief of Staff – Environmental Protection Agency
Emma Vadehra
Former Chief of Staff – Department of Education
Jeremy Bash
Former Chief of Staff – Central Intelligence Agency & Department of Defense
Claire Buchan Parker
Former Chief of Staff – Department of Commerce
Mike French
Former Chief of Staff – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rexon Ryu
Former Chief of Staff – Department of Defense
SAGE Emeriti
The Partnership has appreciated the support of many exceptional former political and career executives from across government who have dedicated their time and expertise as a member of our SAGE community. We thank each of them for their contributions, which have been instrumental in helping us achieve our impact.
Tony Cicco
Formerly with the Government Accountability Office
Mary Ellen Beach
Formerly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Michael Dominguez
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Pat Healy
Formerly with the Department of Agriculture
Kathleen Hirning
Formerly with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Lee Holcomb
Formerly with the Department of Homeland Security
Marvin Langston
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Norm Lorentz
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Dan Matthews
Formerly with the Department of Transportation
Bob Hale
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Frank Baitman
Formerly with the Department of Health and Human Services
James Taylor
Formerly with the Department of Labor
John Sindelar
Formerly with the General Services Administration
Richard Ginman
Formerly with the Department of Defense
W. Todd Grams
Formerly with the Internal Revenue Service
Nani Coloretti
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Steve Kelman
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Melinda Darby
Formerly with the Department of Defense
L. Reynolds Cahoon
Formerly with the National Archives and Records Administration
Pat Schambach
Formerly with the Transportation Security Administration
Howard Osborne
Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Gale Rossides
Formerly with the Transportation Security Administration
Kathleen Turco
Formerly with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Lisa Schlosser
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Frontis Wiggins
Formerly with the Department of State
Sallyanne Harper
Formerly with the Government Accountability Office
George Molaski
Formerly with the Department of Transportation
Kimberly Nelson
Formerly with the Environmental Protection Agency
Charlie Williams
Formerly with the Department of Defense
David Cohen
Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael Donley
Director of Administration and Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
Gina Grosso
Assistant Secretary, Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security and Preparedness, Department of Veterans Affairs
Laurel Blatchford
Chief Implementation Officer, Inflation Reduction Act, Department of the Treasury
Ventris Gibson
Director of the U.S. Mint, Department of the Treasury
Jeff Steinhoff
Formerly with the Government Accountability Office
Hal Steinberg
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Joseph Kull
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Vance Hitch
Formerly with the Department of Justice
Alan Wade
Formerly with the Central Intelligence Agency
Diann McCoy
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Karen Wilson
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Molly O’Neill
Formerly with the Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Howell
Formerly with the Office of Management and Budget
Danny Werfel
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
Pamela Powers
Formerly with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Myra Howze Shiplett
Formerly with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Charlie Bolden
Formerly with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shoshana Lew
Formerly with the Department of Transportation
Christine Rider
Formerly with the Small Business Administration
Jon Holladay
Senior Advisor, Department of Agriculture
Lee Lofthus
Department of Justice