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AFCEA DC Announces Executive Board for 2021-2022 Newly Elected Leadership Brings Extensive, Diverse Public and Private Sector Experience

Washington, D.C., August 03, 2021—Today, AFCEA Washington, DC (AFCEA DC) announced its newly elected executive board for 2021-2022. Board members were carefully selected to uphold AFCEA values and to meet mission requirements through advancing information technology, communications and electronics capabilities. Jimmie Adkins, Vice President of Sales at Hitachi Vantara Federal, will serve as President for the 2021- 2022 term. He will be supported by Nick Nilan, Director of Product Development, Verizon, who will serve as Executive Vice President; and Jessica Hersey, Vice President, Capture Operations & Excellence, Leidos, who will serve as Senior Vice President. AFCEA DC has a rich history of innovative programming that enables collaboration between military, government, industry, and academia, aligning technology and strategy to meet mission requirements. The Chapter largely focuses on the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, as well as homeland security and defense and veteran health related offices. AFCEA DC continues to establish its legacy as a premier provider of programming and information to our members and the defense community at large. “As president, I look forward to working with our outstanding and diverse team of leaders, board members, and committees, that will help establish educational content that directly addresses the emerging trends and technologies driving today’s military. We also look forward to supporting local students within the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.” In addition to the new members of the Board, the chapter has added a new committee and executive role for the 2021-2022 program year. Thelma Barker, Director, Federal Sales at Comcast Business, will serve as the chapter’s first Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sitting on the chapter’s Executive leadership Committee. The goal of this committee is to increase diversity across all of the chapter's panels, events, board, and members.

Executive Leadership Team includes:

Becci DeFrank Vice President of Programs Oracle Kevin Griffith Vice President of Chapter Operations Snowflake James Hanson Vice President of Communications Government Executive Valarie Singer Vice President of STEM Splunk Larry Frazier Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Cisco Systems Thelma Barker Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Comcast Business Chitra Sivanandam Secretary RGI Corp Kevin Berce Treasurer Nvidia Christina Mapa President-Emerging Leaders Red Hat

Board of Directors include: Rhett Butler Class of 2022 Ironbow Technologies Tim Cothern Class of 2022 UiPath Joe Cubba Class of 2022 ManTech John Jumento Class of 2022 Informatica Kirk Kern Class of 2022 NetApp Jeffrey Phelan Class of 2022 Rubrik Andrew Plofchan Class of 2022 HCD Technology / Endoxa Corp Thom Skinner Class of 2022 NETSCOUT John Zeese Class of 2022 Accenture Iram Ali Class of 2023 AWS Cornelius Brown Class of 2023 Verizon Jon Check Class of 2023 Raytheon Technologies Greg Clifton Class of 2023 Intel Tim Hannon Class of 2023 Tech Data Eric Oaks Class of 2023 Lumen Lance Spencer Class of 2023 AT&T Greg Bourdelais Class of 2024 Juniper Chris Collura Class of 2024 CommScope Ro Dhanda Class of 2024 H20.AI Annie John Class of 2024 OpenText Lisa Hand Class of 2024 BAE Systems Danielle Manson Class of 2024 Tyto Athene Victoria Sutch Class of 2024 Microsoft Bo Swanson Class of 2023 Dell Technologies Daniel Thomas Class of 2024 Hitachi Vantara Federal

About AFCEA DC AFCEA DC is the Washington, DC-based chapter of AFCEA International. Established in 1946, AFCEA is a membership-based, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing knowledge through the exploration of issues relevant to its members in information technology, communications and electronics for the defense, homeland security, and intelligence communities. For over 75 years, the association has provided an environment for military, government, and industry communities to collaborate so that technology and strategy support the needs of those who serve. The association has 32,060 individual members, 140 chapters and 1,679 corporate members. The Washington, DC Chapter largely focuses on the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, military health related agencies, and issues of national security. For more information, visit dc.afceachapters.org. ###