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Laura Besong

Departmental Records and Information Management Officer
U.S. Department of Labor

Laura Besong is the Departmental Records and Information Management Officer for the U.S. Department of Labor. She previously served as the Agency Records Officer for the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and began her Federal career at the U.S. Department of Education in its Records and Document Management Division. Ms. Besong brings broad, multi-faceted experience directing large-scale records management audits, overseeing enterprise-wide electronic management system acquisitions, facilitating briefings for political appointees and senior officials and developing/issuing records management policies and directives.

Walter Bohorfoush

Director, Departmental Records Management Office
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation (DOT)

Walter Bohorfoush – was not born in the United States. He was born here in Washington, DC at Providence Hospital the same day John F. Kennedy was elected POTUS. He earned his B.S. Degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland in 1982 and his M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1989. He has spent his entire professional career in Information Technology. Walter started in true private industry that included work as a Beltway Bandit prior to going over to the dark side and becoming a Federal employee on July 1st, 1991. His work for Uncle Sam has included time served at the Internal Revenue Service, the National Archives and Records Administration and the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to joining NHTSA on April 1st, 2006. As the Director of the Office of Systems Integration at NHTSA, Mr. Bohorfoush leads the I/T Project Management Office and the Agency Records Management Program. In November of 2014, he was asked to become the Director for the Department’s Records Management Office and the Departmental Records Officer. In that capacity, he supports over 60,000 federal employees with the records management and electronic (digital) records management requirements. He supports the Records Officers in each of the Operating Administrations with their day-to-day duties and serves as the co-chair of the Federal Records Officers Network (FRON). Per NARA, Walter is also a Certified Federal Records Manager.

Lisa Haralampus

Director of Records
Management Policy and Outreach
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Lisa Haralampus is the Director of the Records Management Policy and Outreach program in the Office of the Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The program develops and issues records management policies and guidance to federal agencies. These policies and guidance relate to records management standards, technology and processes. She is also responsible for overseeing how NARA tracks, implements and manages the Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18) issued in 2012 by OMB and NARA. Ms. Haralampus has over 24 years’ experience in federal government records and information programs working at NARA and the U.S. Department of State. She has experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide information management policies and training. She also has experience developing and operating multi-million-dollar IT systems to maintain and provide access to electronic archives. Ms. Haralampus has a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLS) from the Catholic University of America and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Edward Horton

Senior Advisor and past Chief Administrative Officer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Edward Horton is the NOAA Senior Advisor for Construction and Contracting. He served previously as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Chief Administrative Officer for seven years where his portfolio included NOAA records management. In his current capacity, he is leading the effort to transition the NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office paper contract files to a digital format, as well as clean up a multi-site backlog of paper files. His prior experience includes positions in both military and civilian segments with the US Central Command, the Army Staff and the Army’s Installation Management Command. He is a graduate of the US Military Academy, and holds Master’s degrees from the University of Montana and Troy University and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

John Mancini

Former President, AIIM and
President, Content Results, LLC

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. Mr. Mancini is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77.

Amanda Pomicter

Records Officer
National Institute of Health (NIH)

Amanda Pomicter is the Records Officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has more than 18 years of experience as an information professional, serving in a variety of roles at the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ms. Pomicter received her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and maintains certifications as an Information Governance Professional (IGP) and a Certified Records Manager, Federal Specialist (CRM/FED).

Christina Sills

Agency Records Officer
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)

Christina Sills is the Agency Records Officer for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). She began her Federal career over 10 years ago as part of a team establishing electronic records management at the Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center. Ms. Sills’ prior experience as a Navy Nuclear Operator instilled the principles of Questioning Attitude and Integrated Systems which influence her approach to records management program modernization and improvement efforts.

Her experience has focused on planning and implementing Records and Information Management modernization initiatives serving a variety of roles and interfacing with various information professionals, including Chief Information Officers, Information Technology professionals, Information Security Officers, Cyber Security professionals, Freedom of Information Act Officers, Privacy Officers and Agency Executives. She champions Information Governance that integrates records management, data management, work/information flow, information security and information access requirements into solutions that leverage technology, information flow design and business process engineering to ensure they are practical and fit into the normal course of business.

More recently, Ms. Sills has become the Acting Senior Agency Official for Records Management for her agency and is expanding her skills to include the development of long-term strategic plans to create lasting change and improvements in Information.

Scott Swidersky

Vice President of Intelligent Information Management,
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. and
President, Quality Associates Inc.

As a member of the Konica Minolta executive team, Scott Swidersky is involved in the overall management and direction of the organization. Among his managerial responsibilities, he serves as Vice President of Intelligent Information Management (IIM), Konica Minolta Business Solutions and is President of Quality Associates (QAI). With more than 20 years of experience in the document management field, Mr. Swidersky holds a deep understanding of compliance requirements and integrated solutions. Under his leadership, QAI is today recognized as a full-service systems integrator and value-added reseller (VAR) with a proven track record supporting organizations that require innovative document management and IIM solutions. Additionally, Mr. Swidersky played a key role in forming the QAI subsidiary, DocPoint Solutions, which provides a full range of consultative services, support and IIM software. Like its parent company, QAI, DocPoint is a certified GSA Federal Supply Service (FSS) contract holder. Mr. Swidersky holds a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville University and is an active member of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM).