COMMITTEES   |   Awards Committee

About the Committee

The Awards Committee administers NASCIO's annual "Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Information Technology." It is charged with examining the on-going policies and procedures associated with the awards program; as well as calling for, reviewing, and judging award nominations. The Awards Committee also oversees the solicitation of nominations for the National Technology Champion Award and NASCIO's Meritorious Service Award, and makes selection recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Committee Roster

Co-Chair: Brenda L Decker, State of Nebraska

Co-Chair: Jerry Fralick, State of North Carolina

Tim Brett, INPUT John Bunn, Microsoft Corporation Orrin Butterfield, State of Minnesota Pam Carr, Cisco Systems Inc Fred Duball, HP Christian Fuellgraf, Grant Thornton LLP Anne Gregory, Intel Corp Jerry Hair, Deloitte Consulting LLP Viann Hardy, MAXIMUS Inc Michael N Hogarth, ESI International Dirk Huggett, State of North Dakota Karla Hulett, Accenture Gregory Jackson, CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc Mike Maxwell, Symantec Corporation Sean McSpaden, State of Oregon Kathy Moore, State of West Virginia Michael Moore, EquaTerra

Patricia O'Donnell, JPMorgan Chase Alana Owen, State of Oklahoma Andris Ozols, State of Michigan Holli Ploog, Unisys John Punzak, Red Hat Matt Queen, Northrop Grumman Christy Quinlan, State of California Stacy Roland, Verizon Business Emily Hines Seibert, Commonwealth of Virginia Mary K Silva, State of Maine Rico Singleton, State of New York Ayanna Smith, District of Columbia Brett Stott, NIC Leah Sweet, State of Arizona Paul Taylor, Government Technology Robert D Woolley, State of Utah