GWDC Sponsors
The GWDC is proud to have the following organizations sponsor the chapter and its events and activities.
If your organizations is interested in learning more about the GWDC sponsorship program, please contact us or visit the Sponsorship Program page to view the prospectus and other sponsorship information.

University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Platinum Sponsor
Developing global citizens who can transform commerce and society.
Visit https://www.commerce.virginia.edu/ for more information.

Cyera
Gold Sponsor
Cyera gives organizations true Data Reality, taking the guesswork out of cloud data security. Now security teams have a complete, current and correct picture of their Data Reality – across all clouds and datastores. Running out of band and without agents, Cyera instantly provides companies a strong baseline for all security, risk management and compliance efforts. And ensures the entire organization operates with the same policies and guardrails.
Visit https://www.cyera.com/ for more information.
Kearney & Company
Gold Sponsor
Founded in 1985, Kearney is the premier CPA firm focused on the Government, providing services across the financial management spectrum. Kearney has helped the Federal Government improve its financial operations’ overall effectiveness and efficiency; increase its level of accountability and compliance with laws, regulations, and guidance; and protect its funds from fraud, waste, and abuse. We understand the Federal Government’s need for efficiency and transparency.
Visit https://www.kearneyco.com/ for more information.
Sikich
Gold Sponsor
Sikich has approximately 2,000 team members and operates across North America, EMEA and APAC. Our approach is strategically and thoughtfully designed to help our clients, teams and communities accelerate success. Sikich draws on a diverse portfolio of technology solutions to deliver transformative digital strategies. From corporations and not-for-profits to state and local governments and federal agencies, Sikich clients utilize a broad spectrum of services and products to help them improve performance and achieve long-term, strategic goals.
Our professionals have performed extensive IT, cybersecurity, and privacy engagements across Federal environments. As a full-service provider to Federal government agencies, our professionals have performed financial management advisory and assurance services, such as:
- Assisting the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector in enhancing its cybersecurity posture within the multi-tier supply chain to ensure compliance with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements.
- Conducting CFO Act engagements on behalf of more than three dozen federal CFOs and Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) in the Executive and Legislative Branches.
- Conducting FISMA audits, IT and cybersecurity performance audits, evaluations of access controls, configuration and change management, systems development life cycle including audits of Agile and Waterfall implementations, disaster recovery and contingency planning, and overall governance and security frameworks.
- Supporting agencies adhere to the processes outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800 series and conducting Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) activities.
Visit https://www.sikich.com/ for more information.
KPMG
Gold Sponsor
KPMG is a global professional services firm that offers a wide range of services to clients across various industries, including the Federal government sector. With a focus on audit and advisory work for Federal government clients, KPMG provides specialized services to help ensure transparency, accountability, and efficiency in government operations, ultimately helping to drive better outcomes for citizens.
For Federal government clients, KPMG conducts audits to assess the financial performance, internal controls, and compliance with laws and regulations, in accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other relevant financial management laws and requirements. These audits help ensure the integrity of financial information and promote transparency in government financial reporting. In addition to financial audits, KPMG offers a range of additional services such as technology assurance, privacy assurance, performance audits, grants management, and environmental, social, governance assurance.
Our Federal Advisory team brings leading practices and recommendations to government entities wherever they are in their efforts to reach high performance in financial management. Our Advisory professionals also provide a broad array of services to help the government enterprise or program or function establish sustainable improvement to performance, operations and quality of service. These include: supply chain transformation, technology modernization, finance transformation, health & sustainability, human resource
For more information, please visit https://www.kpmg.com/us/federal.



