Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Mark Gerencser, chairman of the University of Maryland University College’s board of directors, with his third Wash100 Award on Friday.
Executive Mosaic recognizes Gerencser for his leadership and supporting UMUC Ventures through non-academic initiatives like AccelerEd. We are honored to present the most coveted award in government contracting to Mark Gerencser of UMUC Ventures.
Gerencser has been leading the UMUC Ventures board since 2016. Before taking on his leadership role, Gerencser served as chairman of UMUC’s board of visitors for seven years. Prior to serving UMUC, Gerencser spent 31 years with Booz Allen Hamilton in a variety of leadership roles. He drove 5-fold growth for the company from $1 billion to $6 billion, engaged in business monetization and defined corporate structure, governance and ethics policies for the company.
In addition to UMUC Ventures, Gerencser also has served as the executive chairman for Cyber Spa since 2013. He’s been a member of the board of directors for Alion Science and Technology since Jan. 2016 and the Business Executives for National Security since 2007. Previously, Gerencser served as a member of the Orion Business Innovation, Sotera Defense Solutions, National Security Agency, Multi-Flex Pipe Systems and ALTA IT Services board of directors.
The Wash100 award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the most influential executives in the GovCon industry as selected by the Executive Mosaic team in tandem with online nominations from the GovCon community. Representing the best of the private and public sector, the winners demonstrate superior leadership, innovation, reliability, achievement and vision.
Visit the Wash100 site to learn about the other 99 winners of the 2019 Wash100 Award. On the site, you can submit your 10 votes for the GovCon executives of consequence that you believe will have the most significant impact in 2019.
