Artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in government is advancing rapidly yet still facing operational, governance and other challenges. It’s time to honor the Federal innovators who are guiding agency acquisition, integration, governance, and security of this groundbreaking technology.

MeriTalk is excited to open nominations for the AI Honors Awards, which will recognize those in government who are helping agencies realize the transformative power of AI on agency missions through experimentation, adoption, management, and partnership.

Are you championing AI in your organization, or do you want to recognize a colleague? Please submit a nomination today. We will recognize the winners at Innovation Intersection held at Planet Word on October 3, 2024.

The nomination period is now closed.

Government

Christopher Alvares
Department of Agriculture
Austin Bazydlo
National Institutes of Health
Luis Betancourt
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Alexis Bonnell
Air Force Research Laboratory
Erika Botts
Department of Homeland Security
Michael Boyce
Department of Homeland Security
Amanda Bullock
Air Force Research Laboratory
David Carroll
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Ntina Cooper
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Ivo Djoubrailov
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Erickson
U.S. Coast Guard
Bryan Fossi
U.S. Navy
Lynne Graves
Department of the Air Force
Jonathan Hart
Department of State
Samantha Hubner
Office of Management and Budget
Nathan Manzotti
General Services Administration
Kathryn Marchesini
Department of Health and Human Services
Anderson Monken
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ola Olude-Afolabi
Department of Commerce
Udaya Patnaik
General Services Administration
John (Erik) Peterson
Department of State
Brian Post
Sandia National Labratories
Collen Roller
Air Force Research Laboratory
Kim Sablon
Department of Defense
Alicia Scott
Department of the Navy
Vinay Singh
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Samuel Stehle
Department of State
Mario Stylianou
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Jonathan White
U.S. Coast Guard 
Alan Zavala
Social Security Administration
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Industry

Michael Adams
Carahsoft
Brian Bird
Voyatek
Greg Forrest
Lockheed Martin
Corey Hulen
Mattermost
Zak Kidd
AskHumans
Aparma Kumar
World Wide Technology
Martin Lucero
Bright Star
Pete Luongo
ServiceNow
Jay Meil
SAIC
Felipe Millon
OpenAI
Allen Scales
Torch Technologies, Inc.
Jim Smid
Palo Alto Networks
Neal Soni
Prepared 911
Eric Velte
ASRC Federal

 

 

Nominations
Jun 21 – Jul 26, 5pm EDT

Award Ceremony
October 3, 2024
Innovation Intersection
Planet Word
925 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Criteria
The awards recognize winners in the following categories:
Government
Industry
Award nominees must work in the Federal IT industry and exhibit strong leadership in AI innovation in the field.
Questions