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IMPACT Podcast Series
IMPACT is FORUM’s signature podcast highlighting the women whose leadership, expertise, and vision are shaping the future of government, technology, and the federal contracting community. Each episode features in-depth, authentic conversations with executives, trailblazers, innovators, and rising leaders who are driving meaningful progress across the public and private sectors.
The podcast explores a wide range of topics essential to modern leadership: building inclusive workplaces, navigating career advancement, leading through change, supporting mission outcomes, and fostering collaboration between government and industry. Guests share real-world experiences, lessons learned, and actionable insights that empower listeners to lead with confidence and drive impact within their organizations.
IMPACT offers more than professional stories—it provides a platform for thoughtful dialogue on mentorship, opportunity, innovation, and the challenges and successes women encounter at every level of the GovCon and federal technology ecosystem. Whether you are an emerging professional, a seasoned executive, or someone passionate about leadership and community, the podcast delivers inspiration and practical guidance you can apply immediately.
About the Host:
Mary Ann Brown hosts IMPACT and brings deep experience supporting government–industry collaboration. As Senior Director of Operations at FORUM, she helps create strategic events, leadership initiatives, and platforms that elevate voices across the federal community and advance meaningful conversations about leadership and mission success.
Subscribe to IMPACT to hear the stories and perspectives of the women shaping the federal landscape—and to be inspired by the leadership driving change across government and industry.
IMPACT Podcast Series
Leading The Way in a Complex Industry with Kyra Stewart
Today on the IMPACT podcast we speak with Kyra Stewart. Kyra leads complex, innovative transformation initiatives for government-wide programs and large agencies all while having a passion for her career and her team. Check out our talk with Kyra Stewart.
Kyra M. Stewart
Program Manager, the government wide IT Vendor Management Office
Ms. Stewart is a federal professional with demonstrated experience leading complex, innovative transformation initiatives for government-wide programs and large agencies resulting in measurable improvements and dynamic outcomes in IT acquisition. She has specialized experience developing solutions for organizational challenges by facilitating collaboration and establishing partnerships with government and industry senior leaders and enterprise-level groups. Kyra has led federal grants programs, served as an organizational ombudsperson, and performed economic analyses. She’s a former White House Leadership Development fellow, a UVA alumna, and graduate of American University’s Key MPA program. Ms. Stewart currently serves as the Program Manager for the government-wide IT Vendor Management Office.
IT Vendor Management Office
In October 2020, at the direction of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and with the support of the Chief Acquisition, Chief Information, and Chief Information Security Officers, the ITVMO was established within the Governmentwide Category Management Framework to help solve challenges agencies face when buying commodity IT. At that time, the lack of a unified, governmentwide IT acquisitions approach meant agencies experienced different prices for the same products and services, performed redundant acquisition efforts, and used different terms and conditions. As a collaborative effort between OMB and General Services Administration (GSA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Defense (DOD), the ITVMO improves how the government buys common IT goods and services by leveraging govwide data to raise agency awareness of best pricing and best practices that enable their use of optimal IT contracting strategies.
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