Project Description

Katrina Tuisamatatele Hickam
Deputy Executive Vice President, Health Operations
Katrina Tuisamatatele Hickam serves as Halfaker’s Health Portfolio Director, responsible for supporting the successful execution of all projects across the Health division. She brings more than 25 years’ experience in Federal and Private sector markets with a focus on applying IT and lean process engineering to improve decision making and deliver intuitive and powerful products/solutions.
Katrina’s experience includes 12 years’ tenure at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where she held multiple leadership positions. Most recently, she served as the Director of the Health Portfolio, in which role she led and managed the IT planning and execution of more than 140 projects and 350 healthcare products, and managed budgets in excess of $450M. Her strategic leadership improved program development, increased operational excellence, and positioned the VA to expand its programming to reach more Veterans, their families, and their caregivers.
Prior to her role as Health Portfolio Director, Katrina served as the Community Care Portfolio Manager, in which role she led all IT planning efforts of over forty projects across multiple portfolios, ensuring the continuous improvement of the Veteran experience.
Katrina holds a Bachelor’s degree in IT and Psychology, from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Executive Leadership
Dawn Halfaker
President and Chief Executive OfficerNicole Francisco2020-11-10T16:25:04-05:00Dawn Halfaker
President and Chief Executive OfficerKen Georgi
Chief Operating OfficerNicole Francisco2020-11-10T16:23:31-05:00Ken Georgi
Chief Operating OfficerMichael King
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security OfficerNicole Francisco2020-11-10T16:23:43-05:00Michael King
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security OfficerRonald LeClere
Chief Financial OfficerNicole Francisco2020-11-10T16:23:58-05:00Ronald LeClere
Chief Financial OfficerJerry Ambrosh
Chief Growth OfficerNicole Francisco2020-11-10T16:24:14-05:00Jerry Ambrosh
Chief Growth OfficerAmanda Axsom
Chief Development OfficerNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:47:45-05:00Amanda Axsom
Chief Development OfficerAndrew Denniston
Executive Vice President, StrategyNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:47:30-05:00Andrew Denniston
Executive Vice President, StrategyDiana Leadbetter
Executive Vice President, Human ResourcesNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:47:15-05:00Diana Leadbetter
Executive Vice President, Human ResourcesJody Naleppa
Executive Vice President, Contracts and ProcurementNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:47:05-05:00Jody Naleppa
Executive Vice President, Contracts and ProcurementYoony Doh
Executive Vice President, Civil OperationsNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:46:33-05:00Yoony Doh
Executive Vice President, Civil OperationsJessica Denman
Executive Vice President, Health OperationsNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:46:20-05:00Jessica Denman
Executive Vice President, Health OperationsJoseph Freet
Executive Vice President, Defense and Intel OperationsNicole Francisco2021-01-15T09:45:54-05:00Joseph Freet
Executive Vice President, Defense and Intel Operations