Team Showcase

Ms. Love Rutledge, currently serves as the Chief of Staff for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Readiness. Outside of work hours, she hosts the FedUpward Podcast (fedupwardcoaching.com/podcast) and coaches federal employees. Previous positions in the Joint Staff focused on global force management, readiness and budgetary issues. Ms. Rutledge also served in a …

Ms. Kay Ely is a senior acquisition and business leader with over 35 years of public and private sector experience in diverse technical areas at the enterprise level. For close to 20 years of her government career, she was a member of Senior Executive Service (SES) and is a current member of the Senior Executives …

Rhonda C. Shaffer is currently a Federal Senior Executive. Since January 2021, Rhonda has been serving at the Department of Transportation as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Budget Officer with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) overseeing billions of federal funds in support of our Nation’s infrastructure. Rhonda has also served in federal leadership …

Patricia is senior leader at the General Services Administration (GSA) with a long career in acquisition, program management, strategic planning, and managing major program operations. At present, Patricia leads the Office of Information Technology Services within GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service. As the Director, she oversees a major governmentwide acquisition program, its business operations; develops strategies …

Raquel is a Director in Guidehouse’s Digital Solutions business, and helps lead the firm’s IT Strategy and Transformation services She has led technology strategy and modernization projects across federal and commercial sectors, including helping government agencies develop AI strategies, implement governance structures to manage AI adoption, and to meet the requirements of the Federal Executive …

Pam is the Chief of Staff for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions Project Management Office. Pam demonstrates her strategic expertise and dedication to transformative projects. Her influence extends to the US Office of Personnel Management, where she is detailed and spearheads the creation of a Federal Enterprise Level Virtual …

Mika Cross is a transformational workplace and award-winning government expert. With more than 20 years in public service and industry, she works with government agencies, leaders, and the workforce to help them adapt to the changing needs and demands of the modern work environment. She is driven by a vision of fostering a culture of …

Jill Marlowe is the agency’s Digital Transformation Officer, and leads the agency to conceive, architect, and accelerate enterprise digital solutions that transform NASA’s work, workforce and workplace to achieve bolder missions faster and more affordably than ever before. In this role, she defines and evolves NASA’s digital transformation vision, strategy, and policies to accelerate NASA’s …

Kimberly Nevels serves as HUD’s Chief Diversity Officer sitting in the Office of the Chief Human Capital Office, where she and her team are working on spreading the principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) throughout HUD. Prior to joining OCHCO, Kim was with the Office of Field Policy & Management where she served …

Ms. Cheryl Thornton-Cameron is the Executive Director (SES) for the Office of Acquisition/SCRM Operations. She previously served as Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Acquisition in the Information Technology Category of Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Ms. Thornton-Cameron oversees a contract portfolio of GSA’s premier IT contract vehicles through which federal, state, local, tribal and territorial agencies …