The Strategic Advisors to Government Executives network is comprised of more than 120 former political and career executives who continue their commitment to public service by supporting current government leaders. By sharing their extensive experience and expertise, SAGEs help senior executives create and manage a more effective and efficient government.
Contact
Interested in connecting with a SAGE? Please contact Kelly Shih at kshih@ourpublicservice.org for more information.
Spread across five communities of practice—Chief Acquisition Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Human Capital Officers, Chief Information Officers and Chief Operating Officers—SAGEs have deep expertise in many critical areas. They lend their knowledge and insights to help senior leaders navigate the complex federal environment and the political, management, legal and fiduciary demands of their positions.
Co-Chairs
SAGE co-chairs are integral to the success of our program. These talented executives each lead one of our five 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.

Jim Williams
Chief Acquisition Officer SAGE Co-Chair
Jim Williams has over 38 plus years of successful public and private sector experience, over 18 at the federal senior executive level, leading major program and acquisition organizations. He also had leadership roles in government nonprofits, including serving as co-chair for the Partnership for Public Service’s Strategic Advisors to Government Executives community, ACT-IAC Industry Chair, and Strategic Advisor to the Government Services and Technology Coalition.
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Brodi Fontenot
Chief Financial Officer SAGE Co-Chair
Brodi Fontenot is a recognized expert in federal management, federal process improvement, and using performance and budget data to improve agency processes for better results. He was previously a top management official at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Fontenot also served as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, where he oversaw and helped guide legislative development of federal spending.

Ventris Gibson
Chief Human Capital Officer SAGE Co-Chair
Ventris Gibson was appointed as the District of Columbia’s Director of the Department of Human Resources by Mayor Muriel Bowser on August 3, 2015. Ms. Gibson provides leadership for the development, execution and management of the District’s human resources program that serves 35,500 employees and 650,000 residents.

John Gilligan
Chief Information Officer SAGE Co-Chair
John M. Gilligan is executive chairman of the Center for Internet Security, a nonprofit cyber security company. He is also co-chair of the AFCEA Cyber Committee and president of the Gilligan Group, Inc., a cyber and IT consulting firm.

Beth McGrath
Chief Operating Officer SAGE Co-Chair
Elizabeth (Beth) McGrath is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Federal practice. Ms. McGrath has broad, multi-disciplined, strategic and operational management experience acquired from more than 25 years successful performance in the federal government, while in positions up to the undersecretary level of the Department of Defense.
NUMBER OF SAGES
120
NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES ACROSS FOUR ADMINISTRATIONS
33
NUMBER OF CAREER SENIOR EXECUTIVES
77
NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
35
AVERAGE YEARS OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
20-30
AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY
500
SAGE Roadmaps
The SAGE network has produced roadmap reports for our CAO, CFO, CHCO and CIO communities. These resources support federal leaders who may be serving in these positions or collaborating with them. They outline strategic and operational responsibilities for the roles, challenges that executives may be addressing, resources that are available to help, and stakeholders who can support them.
Active SAGE Members
CAO SAGEs
Jim Williams, Co-Chair
Former Commissioner, Acting Administrator, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
Allan Burman
Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Rob Burton
Former Acting Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Michael Fischetti
Former Director, Acquisition Management and Support, Department of Defense
Gregory Giddens
Former Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of Veteran Affairs
Richard Ginman
Former Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP), Department of Defense
David Grant
Former Chief Procurement Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Steve Kelman
Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Kymm McCabe
Former Deputy Director, Office of Business Transformation, Department of the Army
Luke McCormack
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Diann McCoy
Former Component Acquisition Executive, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense
Kevin Youel Page
Former Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
Anne Rung
Former U.S. Chief Acquisition Officer, Executive Office of the President
Mary Lynn Scott
Former Director, Division of Contracts, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Stan Soloway
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Acquisition Reform, Defense Reform Initiative, Department of Defense
Pat Tamburrino
Former Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense
Karen Wilson
Former Member of the Board of Visitors, Department of Defense
CFO SAGEs
Brodi Fontenot, Co-Chair
Former Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury
Doug Criscitello
Former Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vincent Dennis
Former Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer, National Reconnaissance Office
Vincette Goerl
Former Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
W. Todd Grams
Former Chief of Staff, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, Internal Revenue Service
Bob Hale
Former Undersecretary of Defense and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense
Sallyanne Harper
Former Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Jon Holladay
Former Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture
Roger Kodat
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury
Joseph Kull
Former Deputy Controller for Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget
Shoshana Lew
Former Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation
Dave Mader
Former Controller and Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
Howard Osborne
Former Associate Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency
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
Hal Steinberg
Former Deputy Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget
James Taylor
Former Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor
Kathleen Turco
Former Chief Financial Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Mark Weatherly
Former Deputy Associate Director of Housing, Treasury and Commerce, Office of Management and Budget
CHCO SAGEs
Ventris Gibson, Co-Chair
Former Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
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
Michael Cushing
Former Senior Vice President for Resource and Information Management, Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Melinda Darby
Former Executive Director, The Wounded, Ill, and Injured Senior Oversight Committee, Department of Defense
Daniel Ginsberg
Former Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, U.S. Air Force
Chuck Grimes
Former Chief Operating Officer, Office of Personnel Management
Michael Hager
Former Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, Department of Veterans Affairs Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management
Cynthia Heckmann
Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Government Accountability Office
Jody Hudson
Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Energy
Gail Lovelace
Former Assistant Administrator and Chief People Officer, General Services Administration
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
William Milton
Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Agriculture
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
John Sepulveda
Former Assistant Secretary of Human Resources, Department of Veterans Affairs
Myra Shiplett
Former Director, Center for Human Resources Management, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Felícita Solá-Carter
Former Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, Social Security Administration
Pat Tamburrino
Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Defense
Reginald Wells
Former Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources, Social Security Administration
CIO SAGEs
John Gilligan, Co-Chair
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy and U.S. Air Force
Jonathan Alboum
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture
Frank Baitman
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Health and Human Services
Roger Baker
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Alan Balutis
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce
Robert Brese
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy
Paul Brubaker
Former Director of Planning and Performance Management, Department of Defense
Dick Burk
Former Associate Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development
L. Reynolds Cahoon
Former Chief Information Officer, National Archives and Records Administration
Scott Charbo
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Dan Chenok
Former Branch Chief for Information Policy and Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Casey Coleman
Former Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration
Linda Cureton
Former Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Karen Evans
Former Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Mark Forman
Former Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Stephen Galvan
Former Deputy Administrator, Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff and Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration
Sonny Hashmi
Former Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration
Robert Haycock
Former Chief Information Officer and Chief Architect, National Business Center, Department of the Interior
Vance Hitch
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Justice
Ira Hobbs
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of the Treasury
Michael Howell
Former Deputy Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Peter Levin
Former Chief Technology Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
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
Luke McCormack
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Edward Meagher
Former Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of the Interior
Dan Mintz
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation
Molly O’Neill
Former Chief Information Officer, Environmental Protection Agency
Gloria Parker
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development
David Powner
Former Director of IT Management Issues, Government Accountability Office
Anne Reed
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture
Christine Rider
Former Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration
Patrick Schambach
Former Chief Information Officer, Transportation Security Administration
Lisa Schlosser
Former Federal Deputy Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget
Henry Sienkiewicz
Former Chief Information Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense
John Sindelar
Former Associate Administrator at the Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration
Richard Spires
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
W. Hord Tipton
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of the Interior
Peter Tseronis
Former Chief Technology Officer, Department of Energy
Alan Wade
Former Chief Information Officer, Central Intelligence Agency
Dave Wennergren
Former Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense
Frontis Wiggins
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of State
Jerry Williams
Former Chief Information Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development
COO SAGEs
Beth McGrath, Co-Chair
Former Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Former Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rafael Borras
Former Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security
Michell Clark
Former Assistant Secretary of Management, Department of Education
David Cohen
Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Nani Coloretti
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chris Cummiskey
Former Acting Under Secretary Management and Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Michael Donley
Former Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force
Michéle Flournoy
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense
Chuck Grimes
Former Chief Operating Officer, Office of Personnel Management
Krysta Harden
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Ned Holland
Former Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Patrick Kennedy
Former Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State
Krista Paquin
Former Deputy Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bob Perciasepe
Former Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
John Porcari
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation
Gale Rossides
Former Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Transportation Security Administration
Dan Tangherlini
Former Administrator, General Services Administration
Danny Werfel
Former Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
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
Ronald Flom
Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Housing & Urban Development
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
George Molaski
Formerly with the Department of Transportation
Kimberly Nelson
Formerly with the Environmental Protection Agency
Charlie Williams
Formerly with the Department of Defense
Staff
Members from the Partnership staff will work with you to ensure that your experience goes smoothly.

Tina Sung Vice-President

Kelly Shih Associate Manager
Interested in becoming a SAGE? Admission to this network is by invitation only. Please contact Kelly Shih at kshih@ourpublicservice.org if you have any questions.