AFCEA International - The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

Congratulations to our 2008 Award Winners!

General James M. Rockwell AFCEAN of the Year

David Wennergren

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology and

DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer

Admiral Jon L. Boyes Medal for Distinguished Service to AFCEA

Frank Richardson

CSC

Excellence in Information Technology

BG Nickolas Justice, USA

Command, Control and Communications Tactical

Meritorious Award for Excellence in Information Technology

Capt Christien Hughes, USAF

27 Intelligence Support Squadron

Sharon Mackey

U.S. Army RDECOM, CERDEC Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate

Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering

Dr. Stephen Russell

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Meritorious Award for Engineering

Col Guillermo Ferraris, Argentine Army

C4ISR Systems

Gayle Grant

U.S. Army, CERDEC Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate

Distinguished Service to the Intelligence Community

VADM John M. McConnell, USN (Ret.)

Director of National Intelligence

Meritorious Service to the Intelligence Community

Robert Gourley

Crucial Point, LLC

Richard Schaeffer, Jr.

NSA Information Assurance Directorate

Leadership Award

Brian Cooper

Praxis Engineering

IIkka Jappinen

Finnish Defence Forces Technical Research Centre

Col Patricia Harrington, USAF (Ret.)

Scientific Research Corporation

Lt Col Robert Lyman, USAF

96th Communications Squadron

Kevin Hoey

General Dynamics IT

Norman Nelson

CSC

Chairman's Superior Performance

Maj Gen Georges D’hollander, BE AR

NATO HQ C3 Staff

Robert Guerra

Guerra, Kiviat Inc.

Charisse Stokes

Telos Corporation

Lt Gen Ulrich Wolf, GE AR

NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency

Medal of Merit

Frances Duntz Electronic Systems Center	Dr. Stephen Quilici Harris Corporation

Lt Gen Pietro Finocchio, ITAF TELEDIFE	Susie Sablan BAE Systems

Nancy Hearrell Kratos	Martha Soles U.S. Strategic Command – JTF GNO

Thomas Jaycox ESP Corporation

Meritorious Service Award

Frances Duntz Electronic Systems Center	Maj William Hibbard, USAF USSTRATCOM/J964

Mary Barranti HQ U.S. Army Reserve Command	Alvie Johnson CherryRoad Technologies

Col Carl Block, USAF 5th Combat Communications Group	MSgt Keith Jordan, USAF 10 IS/SCOO

Tresa Chastain Booz Allen Hamilton	Richard Moore Air Combat Command

Witold Cieslewski AFCEA Polish Chapter	Maryann Pucilowski AFCEA Ft. Monmouth Chapter

Col Norris Connelly, USAF (Ret.) AFCEA Northern Virginia Chapter	Charles Rich Leviton Voice & Data

Cheryl Davidson Harris Corporation	Claude Roche EADS

Jan Fitz 950 ELSG/KG, AFMC	SMSgt Glen Saxon, USAF 435 Communications Squadron

Michael Fitz 951 ELSG, AFMC	Bill Stewart IBM

Bill Galvin FCI Inc.	Patricia Teschke Harris Corporation

Thomas Gucwa Air Force Research Laboratory	David Waite SAIC

1st Lt Stacie Hartert, USAF 55th Communications Squadron	Joseph Yavorsky Harris Corporation

H. Wayne Henry HQ U.S. European Command

Distinguished Service to Education

Sue Hoffman

Booz Allen Hamilton

AFCEA Northern Virginia Chapter

National High School Science Fair Award

Nathan Monroe

Junior, Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, FL

Nominated by Jacksonville Chapter

“Harnessing Solar Energy, Year 4: Increasing the Efficiency of a Hybrid Polymer

Photovoltaic Cell with the Addition of Zinc Oxide Nanofibers in Varying Lengths”

National High School Science Fair First Honorable Mention

Nicholas Christensen

Junior, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka, AL

Nominated by Montgomery Chapter

“Do You 'ear Wha' I 'ear? Redigitizing Voice Signals Into Lower

Frequencies to Revolutionize Hearing Assistance Technology”

2008 Award for Use of IT in Education

Argentina Chapter

Northern Virginia Chapter

Sparky Baird Award

Vinh Nguyen

“Current Trends in Intelligence Outsourcing Affect Workforce Stability”