Jo Ann Bjornson is the Senior Vice President, Human Resources for the Health Group of Leidos.  In this capacity, she leads a team of HR professionals responsible for setting and executing on the talent strategies for a business with an annual revenue base of approximately $2.5 billion and 9,300 employees worldwide. The Health Group of Leidos is a leading provider of healthcare solutions for federal agencies and select non-federal customers across the healthcare ecosystem. Customers include the Defense Health Agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the Social Security Administration.

Over her 20+ year career, Jo Ann has held roles of increasing responsibility in recruiting, compensation and as an HR business partner across a variety of different market areas to include Defense, Intelligence, Federal Civilian, Health and Commercial.

Jo Ann holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s in HR Management from Marymount University, an executive MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and has held numerous HR certifications. She currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Council of Washington Executive and is a sitting member of the Workforce and Education Executive Committee with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. She is a past president and board member of the Northern Virginia chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (NOVA SHRM) and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Marymount University.