The 2009 Rising Star award winners announced

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This year's 28 winners reflect the breadth and depth of young talent in the federal information technology community.

The 1105 Government Information Group is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Rising Star awards.

Now in its fourth year, the awards program honors up-and-coming employees in the public and private sectors who have made an early — and substantive — mark in the government information technology community.

Supervisors or co-workers nominate individuals for the awards, and a distinguished panel of judges chooses the winners.

This year’s judges selected 28 individuals from more than 160 nominations. The winners will be spotlighted next month in the print and online editions of Federal Computer Week, Government Computer News and Washington Technology. The winners will also be recognized at the GCN Awards Gala on Oct. 22. Look for an invitation to that event in the weeks ahead.

Here is the list of winners. If you see an error, send an e-mail message to risingstar@1105media.com or leave a comment below. Although we won’t post the comments, we will correct any mistakes.

To read about last year's winners, click here.

The 2009 Rising Star award winners

Maj. Samuel Abbott-McCune
U.S. Military Academy

John Araujo
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Christina Bapst
Homeland Security Department

Kristine Beck
Vangent

Maj. Heather W. Blackwell
Air Force

Louis Carrion
General Dynamics

Alma Cole
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

John Collier
Ball Aerospace and Technologies

Don Gunnell
Navy Department

Jeremy Ryan Hiers
Army Department

Anthony Hoang
Homeland Security Department

Marwan M. Jamal
National Defense University

Goldy Kamali
FedScoop

Lt. Joseph John Kattar
Air Force

Jason Khan
Touchstone Consulting Group

Zhenia Klevitsky
SE Solutions

Robert Lech
Citizant

Ephraim S. Lo
Serco

Elizabeth Sherry Maloney
Palladian Partners

Vanessa Leigh Manchester
Iris Partners

Ryan McCullough
Govplace

Mary Beth Murphy
Internal Revenue Service

Steven Posnack
Health and Human Services Department

Richard J. Renomeron
Turner Consulting Group

Joseph Arthur Rhodes
Army Department

Harold R. Schliesske
Army Department

Emily Scott
IBM

Genen Soo-Hoo
New York Police Department

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