Janice R. Nall

Janice R. Nall, Director of the Division of eHealth Marketing at the National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS, is responsible for leading CDC’s communication technology efforts. Janice joined CDC/NCHM in 2005 and manages www.cdc.gov and CDC’s other e-health and new media initiatives.

Formerly Manager of the Usability Solutions Group at the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Electronic Government and Technology, Janice was responsible for increasing the usability of U. S. Government websites and other communication technologies by providing policy, guidance, tools, resources, and training to federal Web developers and communicators. Janice joined GSA in 2003 and led the development of a cross-Agency usability program that included the Usability University program (now known as Web Manager University), the U-Group E-newsletter, and various usability tools, resources, and publications.

In March 2003, Janice was honored as one of Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 – the top executives from government, industry, and academia who had the greatest impact on the government information systems community in 2002. In 2001, Janice received the NIH Director’s Merit Award for “extraordinary leadership in the field of communication technologies.”

Prior to working with GSA, Janice served as Chief of the Communication Technologies Branch (CTB) for the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She was responsible for usability, accessibility, emerging technologies, graphic design, and other user interface issues for NCI’s communication technology products and services. During her 8 years at NCI, Janice led the development of several new usability initiatives including the Usability.gov Web site, the Research-based Web Design and Usability Guidelines, the Communication Technologies Research Center (CTRC), the Usability Seminar Series and Training Program, and various other tools, resources, and publications.

Lena Trudeau

Lena Trudeau serves as Vice President at the National Academy of Public Administration. In this capacity, she leads the National Academy's service delivery organization, supervises the conception and execution of strategic initiatives, opens new lines of business and drives organizational change. She is currently engaged in work with the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, General Services Administration and the Department of Energy.

In addition, Lena is a founder of the Collaboration Project, an independent forum of leaders committed to leveraging web 2.0 and the benefits of collaborative technology to solve government's complex problems. In that role, she has led online interactive stakeholder dialogues for organizations including the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Management and Budget, the CIO Council, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, and the White House.

Lena brings over 15 years of consulting and management experience to the National Academy, leading multi-million dollar engagements for clients in the public, private and non-profit sectors. She received a Masters of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Social Science in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Ottawa.