Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Sudhakar Kesavan, chairman and chief executive officer of ICF, with his second Wash100 Award on Tuesday.
Executive Mosaic recognizes Kesavan for leading the company to great financial success and multiple contract awards in 2018. We are honored to present the most coveted award in government contracting to Sudhakar Kesavan of ICF.
Kesavan joined ICF as an associate in 1983. He was named president of ICF Consulting Group in 1996 and became the chairman and CEO in 1999. Kesavan has also led the expansion of ICF’s geographic footprint globally. To date, the firm has established offices across the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium and India.
In addition, Kesavan serves as a board member emeritus for the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Rainforest Alliance. He support IIMPAT, a non-profit organization focusing on primary education for young girls from economically and socially challenging areas of India. He is also a member of the board of directors of ABM Industries and the board of trustees for Inova Health Systems.
Kesavan earned his bachelor of technology in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a post graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a master of science in Technology and Policy Program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.