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Lacretia Pickett is director of finance and contracts at WhirlWind Technologies and a seasoned leader with over a decade of financial experience in the government consulting industry. In her role, Ms. Pickett oversees and manages the Finance and Contracts department, which includes planning, developing and implementing policies, procedures and objectives of the contracts administration and finance functions.

Before joining WhirlWind in 2016, Ms. Pickett held various finance and contracting roles. Most  recently, she served as the finance manager at Spartan Business & Technology, where she was responsible for managing the P&L. Ms. Pickett brings deep experience in driving transformational change in a rapidly growing organization.

Ms. Pickett holds a Master of Arts in procurement and acquisitions management from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Auburn University at Montgomery. She is certified in government contracting.

As Vice President of Operations, Carol Washington drives WhirlWind’s daily business operations to meet objectives for growth, profitability and sustainability.

Before joining WhirlWind Technologies in 2020, Ms. Washington held positions leading large multidisciplinary solution teams through transformation initiatives and was also responsible for developing and leading a large government Enterprise Program Management Office supporting 22 contracts and 200 projects.

Ms. Washington holds a Master of Science in administrative sciences, management information systems from the George Washington University. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in business, computer information systems from Notre Dame of Maryland University. Ms. Washington is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), ITIL v3, ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, CMMI Professional, and CMMI v2.0 Associate.

Mark Fields is an Information Technology (IT) leader with over 25 years of professional experience. He is a change agent who designs and implements IT Enterprise Infrastructure, cyber security, and cloud system architecture. 

Mark leads the Client Delivery organization and maintains the corporate technology infrastructure. He also ensures that client deliverables create the highest NPS score for WhirlWind.

Prior to joining WhirlWind in 2016, Mr. Fields held several leadership roles delivering offerings that modernized and enabled government agency operations at the Department of Energy and the TSA. He was also instrumental in driving company growth at UUNET/MCI. 

Mr. Fields holds a BSc in Computer Information Technology, and a MSc in Information Systems Technology from the George Washington University. He maintains the following professional certifications – PMP, and CISSP. Mr. Fields also proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years as an avionics navigation systems technician. 

Rhonda Dobbins is executive vice president at WhirlWind Technologies. She leads financial operations and business development in support of the CEO’s vision of domestic and international growth. She is also responsible for all aspects of corporate social responsibility and other ESG initiatives.

Before joining WhirlWind in 2016, Ms. Dobbins held senior management positions at PWC, IBM and Booz Allen Hamilton, where she provided support for large federal agencies. Ms. Dobbins has also owned and operated a management consulting and professional services firm, RDG Business Consulting Group.

Ms. Dobbins holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Morgan State University. She is PMP certified and a LeanSixSigma Black Belt.