CDAO Government
2026 Speakers
Adarryl Roberts
Chief Information Officer
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Justin Marsico
Chief Data Officer and Assistant Commissioner
US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Richard Patterson
Chief Data and AI Officer, Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Justin Carder
Chief Digital & AI Officer
DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY
Meghan Barrett Welch
Chief Data Officer
MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Natalie Evans Harris
State Chief Data Officer
STATE OF MARYLAND
Andrew Patricio
Principal, Data and Analytics
UNIDOSUS
Patrick McLoughlin
Executive Director, MD THINK
STATE OF MARYLAND
Dr. ClarLynda Williams-DeVane, PhD
Chief Deputy Secretary
NC DHHS
Kyle Morton
COO
EDM COUNCIL
Colonel Gabriel Arrington
Chief, International Affairs
US AETC
Anil Chaudhry
Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Subject to Approval)
Christy Monaco
Chief Operating Officer
OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM
Charlie Haggart, PhD
Chief Data Steward
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Rob King
3x CDAO
Prachi Mondaiyka
Chief AI Strategy Officer
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Dr Mike Horton
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, US Department of Transportation
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Lauren Maffeo
Senior AI/ML Program Manager
STATE OF MARYLAND
Bhaskar Sharma
Chief, Data Management Division
ATF
Victoria Da Poian
Lead Data Scientist, Tyto Athene
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Craig Lawrence, PhD
Deputy Executive Director, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Jing Liu, PhD
Executive Director
MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR DATA AND AI IN SOCIETY
Senior Representative
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES WHAT WORKS CITIES