Our Leadership

Mile Corrigan serves as president and CEO of Noblis where she sets the corporate business strategy and overall science and technology priorities for solving complex problems that benefit the public and advance federal government missions. In this capacity, she directs and oversees research programs, business and technology investments, and cultivates strategic partnerships that fuel the company’s innovation pipeline.

Corrigan previously served as the company’s executive vice president (EVP), overseeing the strategic direction of its overall scientific, technical, financial and administrative activities. While serving as EVP, she launched Noblis Ventures, which she operationalized as CEO in 2023, to enable the firm to invest in early stage, deep-tech startups that accelerate dual-use technology to the federal government in the areas of autonomy, robotics, quantum computing, immersive technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning and biodefense.

Corrigan has a distinguished record of delivering strong financial results and innovative outcomes for federal missions. In her prior role as senior vice president for Noblis’ federal civilian portfolio, she led market strategies for large-scale federal programs exceeding $1B in annual awards. As a technologist and innovative business leader, she delivered over $700M in advanced technology solutions for complex lifecycle programs in IT, healthcare, transportation, telecommunications and aerospace missions.

Corrigan has served on numerous industry panels and published a broad range of technical papers in peer-reviewed journals and symposia including digital information technology, cross-platform computing, user experience, interoperability of autonomous systems and AI. She has received professional recognitions in the government and technology sectors, including Women in Technology awards for her business leadership and recognition for her technical innovations in Green Information Technology.

Corrigan earned a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University with Beta Gamma Sigma honors and a bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Information Technology from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. She currently serves as a Board Member for the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Tech College of Engineering.

As Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Sladic is responsible for all of the financial, operating, and administrative activities within the corporation. He also serves as the trustee of the Noblis pension plan.

Mr. Sladic has 29 years of experience in government contracting and financial systems where he has worked across various financial areas to ensure Noblis long-term fiscal stability. Since joining Noblis in 1996, he has held multiple positions in the finance organization and has adapted to the growing complexities within government compliance. He has played a pivotal role in each of the merger and acquisitions executed over the years by Noblis.

As general counsel, secretary, and chief ethics and compliance officer, Mrs. McGinley is responsible for all legal matters, ethics matters, and corporate secretary duties within Noblis. This includes corporate governance, corporate transactions, tax compliance, intellectual property, litigation management, employment issues, and real estate.

Mrs. McGinley joined Noblis in 2012 as deputy general counsel and deputy compliance officer. In this role, she also helped manage and oversee the Noblis ethics and compliance programs including conducting training and investigations.

Prior to working at Noblis, Mrs. McGinley was associate general counsel for the U.S. operations of one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense contractors, where she was responsible for all U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity in addition to managing legal issues related to employment and employee benefits, real estate, and government and commercial contracting.

Mrs. McGinley worked for several national and international law firms in the private practice of corporate law prior to going in-house.

Mrs. McGinley received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and graduated magna cum laude from the Honors College of the University of South Carolina with a degree in international studies and economics. She is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars.

In her role as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, Ms. Drake leads the Noblis human resources and organizational development organizations which includes responsibility for talent recruitment, the total rewards system, professional and organizational development, and employee engagement.

Ms. Drake is a trusted advisor and strategic leader with significant experience in the government contracting industry and more than 20 years of experience in innovative approaches in all areas of human resources including recruitment, training, compensation and recognition, employee relations, benefits, communications, organizational development, international deployment, affirmative action/compliance, policies and procedures, acquisition/diversification and HRIS/analytics.

Prior to Noblis, Ms. Drake was the vice president for human resources and talent acquisition at ManTech, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Sotera Defense Solutions, and vice president/human resources business services director at Leidos.

Ms. Drake earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mary Baldwin College and a master’s degree in administration/human resource management from Marymount University. She is a SHRM, senior certified professional.

Matt Salter is vice president and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) for Noblis, a leading provider of science, technology and strategy services to the federal government. In this role, he leads the company’s corporate growth strategy across the defense, intelligence and civilian markets and drives the enterprise integration and execution of organic and inorganic growth, ventures, marketing and communications, business development operations and business intelligence services to achieve strategic growth goals. With a focus on strengthening and maintaining the corporate growth culture, Salter also ensures that the company has the business development capacity, capabilities and knowledge to compete and win.

In his previous role, Salter served as vice president of Business Development for the company and its Federal Civil sector where he led the development and execution of account-level growth in aerospace, transportation, citizen services and healthcare domains. Across the civilian portfolio, Salter developed and managed a cross functional team of business developers, capture managers, solution architects, proposal content developers and writers to achieve mission area and account pipeline actionability metrics, win rates and revenue targets.

Throughout his tenure at Noblis, Salter has applied discipline and rigor to Noblis’ business development lifecycle while mentoring next-generation account and business development leaders. He brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and 15 years in the GovCon marketplace serving an extensive portfolio and customer missions.

Salter earned a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University and serves on the Food for Others Board.

As Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Barnett leads the strategy, direction, and management of Noblis’ technology, labs, patent portfolio and innovation programs. Notably, he serves as sponsor of the Noblis Centers of Excellence, Noblis’ cross-company Centers that bring experts together from across missions, domains, and backgrounds, and the Noblis Sponsored Research (NSR) program, Noblis’ yearly investment in client-centered research and development challenges.

Barnett has decades of experience advising, leading, and transforming organizations in the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Federal Civilian Agencies, and the private sector. In addition to a wealth of experience in technology strategy, Barnett also brings a strong background in cyber security operations, security architecture, and National Security policy to his role at Noblis.

Prior to joining Noblis, Barnett held a number of leadership positions in the defense, intelligence, and federal civilian markets. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Intelligence and Homeland Security Division at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT).

Mr. Barnett has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia, a Masters of Science in Information Technology from George Washington University, and a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Ohio University.

Mark Lay is vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Noblis, a non-profit science and technology organization that serves the federal government. In this role, he sets and leads all areas of Noblis’ information technology strategy and implementation to maintain a secure and resilient infrastructure and deliver innovative services that evolve and scale with the company and customer missions.

Prior to this role, Lay served as Noblis’ deputy CIO and Solution Delivery Organization lead. During his 19-year tenure with the company, he has held several leadership roles and directed multiple transformational initiatives, including integrating multiple complex systems, earning FedRAMP authorization for Noblis’ platform- and cyber-as-a-service solution and accelerating value-driven technology solutions to customers. He is a two-time recipient of the company’s President’s Award for outstanding contributions to the corporate mission.

Before Noblis, Lay held technology leadership positions at AMS and Aspen Systems. He has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors and a strong focus on mentoring future leaders. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and currently serves as a Board Member for the Fairfax County Government, Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee.

As the vice president for Business Operations and a member of Noblis’ Executive Council, Ms. Oliver is responsible for contracts, procurement, pricing and project control for Noblis and its subsidiaries.

Prior to this role, Ms. Oliver served as Noblis’ corporate director for contracts and procurement for two years. During her time with Noblis, she has demonstrated the ability to lead and has significantly contributed to the company’s overall growth. She led critical efforts in the company’s acquisition and integration of Noblis MSD (formerly McKean Defense). Ms. Oliver also has experience across the business operations spectrum, including finance, project control, pricing and acquisitions.

Ms. Oliver has 25 years of experience in federal contracts and procurement management. Prior to joining Noblis, she was director of corporate contracts at Booz Allen Hamilton where she managed the Enterprise & Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts team, Contract and Procurement Systems team and Organizational Conflicts of Interest and Regulatory Change Management team.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park.

In his role as Vice President of Noblis’ Defense Mission Area and President of Noblis MSD, Glenn Hickok leads the overall strategy, program execution and growth for the company’s U.S. Department of Defense portfolio which comprises the Navy, Air Force, Army, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense and other similar organizations.

A proven executive in national security, Hickok has extensive experience leveraging technology to improve mission effectiveness across government entities in areas such as counterterrorism, border security, human trafficking and major crime. He has more than 25 years of experience working in or with governments, including ten years of military service as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy and on the Chief of Naval Operations staff in the Pentagon.

Before joining Noblis, Hickok served as president North America for MSAB, a publicly held global leader in mobile forensic software.

Hickok earned a master’s degree in International Security from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego.

As vice president of Noblis’ Federal Civilian Solutions (FCS) Mission Area, Lisa Gardner leads the strategy, program execution and growth of the federal civilian government portfolio. She brings more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing strategic growth plans, winning large contracts, managing large and diverse teams and driving account operations and financial results.

Previously, Lisa led Business Development for Noblis’ Federal Civilian Solutions mission area. Before joining Noblis, she served as director, Health and Human Services (HHS) Business Development and Strategy at Leidos; vice president, Health IT at Technatomy and vice president, Health and Scientific IT at Engility (now SAIC).

Lisa has vast experience working with federal agencies, with domain expertise from leading teams and driving growth within the U.S. Department of HHS, Veteran’s Affairs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In these programs, she collaborated with scientific, IT, management and strategy team members on high-performance computing, agile software development, enterprise program management and scientific-driven IT solutions to provide mission outcomes for government customers.

Lisa holds a Master of Science in Management of Information Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Commerce both from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. She is a certified Project Management Professional and Fellow on the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. She was named on Washington Exec’s Healthcare Execs to Watch in 2023 list and recognized by the Potomac Officers Club in 2021 as one of five health care executives making a difference in the health IT sector.

Mr. Jacques serves as the Vice President of Noblis’ Intelligence and Law Enforcement Mission Area, responsible for the overall direction of the company’s mission in the intelligence, national security and law enforcement sectors of government. Mr. Jacques has over 20 years of experience leading transformational initiatives ranging from technology modernization to organizational performance and growth strategies. Mr. Jacques specializes in operational aspects of business optimization to include strategy development, change management, technology transformation, organizational process improvement, contract and program management and human capital strategies.

Prior to joining Noblis, Mr. Jacques was a Director of Intel Capture for Belcan and a Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, leading the Consulting practice across several Intelligence Community agencies. Over the course of his career, several programs either led or supported by Mr. Jacques have been recognized for excellence in delivery through organizational/agency and Director of National Intelligence excellence awards.

He holds a Masters in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Mary Washington. In addition, Mr. Jacques has several certifications to include certified Project Management Professional, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scrum Master and ITIL Foundation for IT Service Management.

Jordin Cohen, Ph.D., serves as the Vice President of Noblis’ Homeland Security Mission Area. He brings an extensive background with civil service, consulting, and analytical experience in the federal sector, focused on the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. He has over 30 years of experience in academia, government, and the professional services industry, supporting strategic issues including homeland defense, counterterrorism, and cyber security. His experience includes the areas of cyber security, national security policy, homeland security policy, critical infrastructure analysis and protection, business administration including financial management, communication, business policy, and strategic management.

Prior to joining Noblis, Dr. Cohen was a Director in Deloitte & Touche’s Technology Risk Practice and Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton Analytics and Security Mission Area. He was an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy and Scholar-in-Residence at American University’s School of International Service and served the Defense Department and Intelligence Community in several strategic positions.

Dr. Cohen is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations including the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the DoD Special Activity Award, and a DHS Letter of Commendation, as well as a Doctoral Dissertation Grant from the National Science Foundation. He was also a non-resident Senior Fellow at George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security.

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Arts in International Affairs from American University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Oberlin College.

As president of Noblis ESI, Mr. Harrison is responsible for the general manage­ment and strategic direction of Noblis ESI’s overall technical, financial, and administra­tive activities. He has a proven performance record in challenging industry, operational, program management, and engineering posi­tions.

Mr. Harrison has extensive experience in lead­ing organizations and developing innova­tive solutions to some of the most complex national security challenges in Command, Control, Communications, and Computers and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnais­sance. His present work focuses on delivering National Technical Means to the last tactical mile.

Mr. Harrison is a retired United States Naval Officer with 25 years of ser­vice where he worked exclusively within the intelligence community serving at Naval Intelligence Units as well as National Intelligence Agencies.  He joined Noblis ESI in 2008 and most recently served as the Company Vice President and Program Manager on their largest contract.

Mr. Harrison has a Master of Science in Space Systems Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science in Management from the University of Maryland, University College.

Mile Corrigan serves as president and CEO of Noblis where she sets the corporate business strategy and overall science and technology priorities for solving complex problems that benefit the public and advance federal government missions. In this capacity, she directs and oversees research programs, business and technology investments, and cultivates strategic partnerships that fuel the company’s innovation pipeline.

Corrigan previously served as the company’s executive vice president (EVP), overseeing the strategic direction of its overall scientific, technical, financial and administrative activities. While serving as EVP, she launched Noblis Ventures, which she operationalized as CEO in 2023, to enable the firm to invest in early stage, deep-tech startups that accelerate dual-use technology to the federal government in the areas of autonomy, robotics, quantum computing, immersive technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning and biodefense.

Corrigan has a distinguished record of delivering strong financial results and innovative outcomes for federal missions. In her prior role as senior vice president for Noblis’ federal civilian portfolio, she led market strategies for large-scale federal programs exceeding $1B in annual awards. As a technologist and innovative business leader, she delivered over $700M in advanced technology solutions for complex lifecycle programs in IT, healthcare, transportation, telecommunications and aerospace missions.

Corrigan has served on numerous industry panels and published a broad range of technical papers in peer-reviewed journals and symposia including digital information technology, cross-platform computing, user experience, interoperability of autonomous systems and AI. She has received professional recognitions in the government and technology sectors, including Women in Technology awards for her business leadership and recognition for her technical innovations in Green Information Technology.

Corrigan earned a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University with Beta Gamma Sigma honors and a bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Information Technology from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. She currently serves as a Board Member for the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Tech College of Engineering.