Meet the Center for Government Contracting Team
Meet our leadership, staff, and advisory board members.
Center Leadership and Staff
Center directors and fellows are experts in government contracting with work experience in government and business.
Center Advisory Board
Led by Chairman John Hillen, chief executive officer of Everwatch Solutions, members of the Advisory Board are C-suite business leaders and senior liaisons to federal government agencies. This group:
- Serves as ideators for and leaders of the first-in-the-nation university Center for Government Contracting.
- Builds the Center as a nexus for addressing the business, policy, and regulatory issues in the $500+ billion government contracting community.
Chief Operating Officer, ICF
James serves as the chief operating officer for ICF, where he leads business operations and transformation across various corporate functions and initiatives.SVP, C&I Relationship Manager, EagleBank
Eric Pietras has over 35 years of experience providing full spectrum financing and ancillary banking services to federal government contractors of all sizes.Senior VP, Information Solutions, Deltek
Kevin Plexico is Senior Vice President for Information Solutions at Deltek, overseeing research, analysis and specification creation for customers in the Government Contracting and Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industries.Chief Executive Officer, Interactive Government
Currently serving as the owner and CEO of IGH, Michael has over 14 years of experience in providing full service professional solutions to federal agencies.Vice President and Treasurer, Strategic Business Unit Controller, CGI Federal, Inc.
Cynthia Sereno, Vice President, serves as Treasurer and Strategic Business Unit Controller for CGI Federal, a wholly owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group, Inc.Chief Executive Officer, 22nd Century Technologies
Mr. Anil Sharma is a serial entrepreneur, a technocrat-business leader, an angel investor, and a philanthropist with a successful career in building and supporting multiple innovative companies.Chief Executive Officer, ALQIMI
ALQIMI is a group of curious, hungry, experienced and mission-oriented people. ALQIMI gets excited by challenges. Founded in 1997 by experienced IT professionals from IBM and the US DoD, ALQIMI prides itself on staying on the front edge of the technology curve and applying that knowledge to the most pressing government and commercial problems.Vice President, Business Development Strategy and Operations, Lockheed Martin
Tim Shephard is a 28-year international Commercial Aerospace & Defense Business Development executive.Independent Board Director and Advisor
Sumeet Shrivastava is an accomplished executive and proven business leader with more than two decades of experience in the government IT industry.Vice President of Business Strategy & Operations, Unanet
Kevin Singh leads corporate programs at Unanet with a focus on strategy development, special projects, and strategic initiatives. He has 15 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A, capital raising, market analysis, and business case development.