The Ignite Class of 2026 began in October 2025.

• Pinky Advani, Ballston Business Improvement District
• Lucas Alexander, Arlington County Government, Department of Management & Finance
• Monte Ali, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
• Gwyneth Alteneder, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
• Josue J. Bastidas, Columbia Pike Partnership
• DJ Batchelor, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
• Leigh-Ann Carter Sinclair, Arlington Free Clinic
• Heidi Cleric, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
• Rebecca Cuba, CRi (Community Residences Inc)
• Julee Doyle, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Destiny Hall, Aspire Afterschool Learning
• Jared Husketh, National Capital Treatment and Recovery
• Derek Judd, Strategic Engineering Solutions
• Chloe Koenen, The Craddock Group
• Leah Martinez, Arlington County Fire Department
• Aubrey Mason, CRi (Community Residences Inc)
• Jenna McAllister, Washington Workplace
• Saira A. Mehmood, formerly with National Institutes of Health
• Sierra Moraven, Lexipol
• Claire Morris, Read Early And Daily (R.E.A.D.)
• Peter Nachtwey, The Craddock Group, LLC.
• Thuy-Linh Nguyen, Arlington County Office of the Commissioner of Revenue
• Jasmine Oates, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
• Margaret Phalen, Arlington Public Library
• Yonatan Pineda, Dominion Energy
• Cassandra Ransome, Animal Welfare League of Arlington
• Olivia Scheuer, NASA
• Ana Schneider Jerez, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
• Dawn Smith, Arlington Public Schools
• Chrissy Wallace, Psychotherapist
• Jessica T. Washington, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C.
• Samuel Whippo, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
• Percilla Wills, Flaherty Family Foundation
• Calla Zane, Logistics Management Institute (LMI)