Winners

2008
Non-Managerial IT Security Professional:
Pam Rusk, CISSP, Information Systems Security Manager, Office of Regions and Center Operations (ARC), Federal Aviation Administration

Senior Non-IT Security Manager:
Michael Williams, Executive Director, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer / Director, Information Technology Customer Service Organization, Defense Contract Management Agency

Senior IT Security Manager:
Adair Martinez, CISSP, PMP, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Protection and Risk Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

Federal Contractor IT Security Professional:
Steven Busch, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services

2007
Non-Managerial IT Security Professional:
Cheri L. Gatland-Lightner, Project Manager, Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Senior Non-IT Security Manager:
John F. "Jack" Stoute, Acting Chief Information Officer & Director, Business Technology Optimization, Program Support Center, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Senior IT Security Manager:
George R. Bieber, Division Chief, Human Resources and Training, Department of Defense, Defense-wide Information Assurance Program (DIAP), ASD Networks and Information Integration/DoD CIO

2006
Non-Managerial IT Security Professional:
Terri Cinnamon, Supervisor, Training and Communications Division Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Cyber and Information Security

Senior Non-IT Security Manager:
Stephen Warren, Chief Information Officer Federal Trade Commission

Senior IT Security Manager:
Edward Roback, Associate Chief Information Officer for Cyber Security at the Department of the Treasury

• Special Recognition Award:
  Thomas P. Madden, Chief Information Security Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Tonya Manning, Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Labor

Hear the Federal News Radio interview with Mr. Roback and Mr. Warren.

2005
Stephen M. Gates, a staff specialist for Naval Warfare and Net-Centric Systems for the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), US Department of Defense (DoD), received the 2nd annual GISLA.

2004
Sandra Smith, the lead for Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Workforce Management for the Department of the Navy's Chief Information Officer (CIO), received the first annual GISLA.  

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