NextGen Board Members

Meet your 2021 NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit Board members:


Arianne Gallagher, Esq., PMP, Director- Office of Presidential Fellowships-OPM’s Center for Leadership Development


  Mary Abbajay, Author, Keynote Speaker, Consultant, Facilitator


  Ray McCollum, MSPM, CPCM, Senior Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of State


  Sandra Auchter, Senior Executive, U.S. Government


Melissa Kepler, Coach, Consultant, Facilitator


Stephan Matthews, Correspondence Management Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


Doris Sartor, Course Director, Maxwell Air Force Base


Jason Briefel, Interim President, Senior Executives Association


Julie Saad, Human Capital Consultant, Office of Human Capital and Training, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


  Kathrene Hansen Kin, Executive Director, Federal Executive Board


Jack Malgeri, Senior Advisor to the Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


Brian Whittaker, Director of Design and Development, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau


 David Aten, Director, Integrated Talent Management Implementation, U.S. Department of the Treasury


Kelly Sewell, Human Capital Communications Specialist, Department of the Interior’s Office of Human Capital


Sheila Archambault Helke, President, Young Government Leaders


Traci DiMartini, Chief Human Capital Officer, General Services Administration


Frieda K. Edgette, Award-Winning Leadership Coach, Strategist & Convener


Dr. Jamie Crews, Senior Manager, Organizational Development, County of Orange


Sanjay Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Small Business Administration


Lester Godsey, Chief Information Officer, Maricopa County


Seema Sewell, Assistant Chief Information Security Officer, Maricopa County


Bill Zielinski, Chief Information Officer, City of Dallas


Alex Tremble, Chief Culture Officer, American Conservation Experience


 Love Rutledge (She/Her), Executive Coach, Host of the FedUpward Podcast, Chief of Staff for Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Readiness


Tessie Davenport, Defense Department


  Emily Jarvis, Director, NextGen


  Leah Anderson, Marketing Director, NextGen


  Doug Mashkuri, Vice President and General Manager, GovLoop


  Maddie Willis, Events Coordinator, GovLoop