2025 Distinguished Young Professional Award Winners
Sarah Barker, Chiron Technology Services, Central Maryland Chapter
MSgt Evan S. Bartholmey, USAF, 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (ISRW) Tidewater Chapter
SMSgt Brandi Baumgartner, USAF, 747th Communication Squadron, Hawaii Chapter
Gerald A. Brisley III, Start to End Networks, Northern Virginia Chapter
Nemo Buschmann, Bitkom, Bonn e.V. Chapter
Emma Cook, RSA Security, Northern Virginia Chapter
MSgt Nicho Chung, USAF, 690th Cyberspace Control Squadron, Alamo Chapter
William Crum, Spectro Cloud, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Michelle Dreimann, Palo Alto, Washington DC Chapter
Rick Gonzales, TEKsystems, Alamo Chapter
Austin Hall, TEKsystems, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Matthew Hargenrader, SilverEdge Government Solutions, Northern Virginia Chapter
Andrew Hernandez, Dell, Northern Virginia Chapter
David Hopkins, Old Dominion University, Hampton Roads Chapter
SrA Joaquin Inungaray, USAF, 693rd Intelligence Support Squadron, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Jamar King, Thompson Hine, LLP, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Matthias Klaus, Capgemini, Bonn e.V. Chapter
Colleen Law, CGI Federal, Bethesda Chapter
Kyla Lee, Deloitte, Hawaii Chapter
Alex Longoria-Mendoza, NTI, Alamo Chapter
SSgt Ciara Champion, USAF, 225th Air Defense Squadron, Pacific Northwest Chapter
Matthew Ludwig, Department of Army, Belvoir Chapter
Robert Markey, XSITE LLC, San Diego Chapter
Alexandra Manson, Kwaan Bear Technology, Washington DC Chapter
Daniel Miller, eSimplicity, Washington DC Chapter
Capt Mason Milsap, USMC, Marine Forces Pacific G6, Hawaii Chapter
Anahid Ounigian, XSITE LLC, San Diego Chapter
Elizabeth Phillips, Clarity Business Solutions, Central Maryland Chapter
Elana Rivkin, Amazon, Washington DC Chapter
Colby Shomaker, M9 Solutions, Northern Virginia Chapter
Jonathan Silverman, Leidos, Washington DC Chapter
Michael Snyder, Comcast Government Services, Washington DC Chapter
2024 Distinguished Young Professionals Award Winners
Jenny Acot, Aetos, LLC, Belvoir Chapter
Shaleen Braley, Oracle Government Defense and Intelligence, Washington DC Chapter
Fernando Browning, United States Air Force Research Lab, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Carl Chaisson, United One Communications, Central Florida Chapter
Molly Christie, Unstructured.io, Kansas City Chapter
LT Kailey Cornick, USN, Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Hampton Roads Chapter
Nicole Decker, Abacus Solutions Group, Alamo Chapter
Chelsey Dolan, Echelon Services, LLC, Hampton Roads Chapter
Connor DuBois, Pointer Technologies, Central Maryland Chapter
Carlos Embury, Ignite IT, Belvoir Chapter
Andria Gagnon, Banyan Networks, Hawaii Chapter
TSgt Cody Goodin, USSF, 37th Tactical Intelligence Squadron, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Justus Groth, IBM, Bonn e.V. Chapter
Patrick Henson, SJ Technologies, Atlanta Chapter
Yves Jasper Janssen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bonn e.V. Chapter
Matt Klein, MITRE, Northern Virginia Chapter
TSgt Paul Leavens, USAF, 693 ISRG, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Ryan Mahoney, TrustedQA, Northern Virginia Chapter
Ellie Majure, Cisco Systems, Washington D.C. Chapter
Polly Mineva, Metronome, Northern Virginia Chapter
Christopher Nguyen, VivSoft, Alamo Chapter
Anthony Olmo, Gnostech, San Diego Chapter
Michaela Onuferova, Microsoft, Czech Chapter
Kathryn Reitenbach, EverWatch Corporation, Central Maryland Chapter
Stephanie Shangraw, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC),
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Emily Sims, Trinity IT, LLC, Philadelphia Chapter
MSgt Allen Tep, USAF, United States Air Force, Hawaii Chapter
Gideon Youn, GCyber, Belvoir Chapter
2024 Emerging Leader of the Year
Ryan Mahoney, TrustedQA, Nothern Virginia Chapter
2023 Distinguished Young Professionals Award Winners
Trisha Averill, Hawaii Chapter
Chloe Bauer, Greater Omaha Chapter
Michael Baumann, Philadelphia Chapter
Senior Airman Precious Bissah, USAF Middle Georgia Chapter
Nick Bucher, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Kevin Connors, Belvoir Chapter
Lynn Demirbas, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Jacob Dustan, South Carolina Low County Chapter
Kim Eldridge, Northern Virginia Chapter
Andrew Funk, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Master Sgt Anthony Galardy, USAF, Stuttgart Chapter
Bryan Guinn, Alamo Chapter
Alexandra Helwig, Belvoir Chapter
Anna Lena Hohmann, Bonn E.V. Chapter
Nils Merkle, Bonn E.V. Chapter
Carla Montrose, Pacific Northwest Chapter
Melissa Murray, Northern Virginia Chapter
Aitzaz Nathaniel, Aberdeen Chapter
Courtney Nichols, Greater Omaha Chapter
Joel Nordstrom, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Lorenzo Paluzzi, Washington, D.C. Chapter
Zeib Parvez, Hampton Roads Chapter
Senior Airman Ryan Peatrowsky, USAF, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Daniel Quintana, Central Florida Chapter
Tech Sgt. Stephanie Tolver, USAF, Tidewater Chapter
DiRienzo Vincent, Hawaii Chapter
Jaclyn Wilson, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Parker Woods, Alamo Chapter
Sarah Kwak Yi, Central Maryland Chapter
2022 Distinguished Young Professionals Award Winners
Makana Anicas, Government Acquisitions, Inc., Hawaii Chapter
Christopher Bennett, TEKsystems, Alamo Chapter
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bizor, USA, Los Angeles Strategic Officer Recruiting Detachment, Los Angeles Chapter
Emily Gwozdz, 32 North Solutions, Inc., San Diego Chapter
Blake Harvey, Red Team Consulting, Northern Virginia Chapter
Callie Hewitt, Affigent LLC, Los Angeles Chapter
Daniel Holland, Arete Solutions, Central Florida Chapter
Stephanie Hutch, Makai LLC, Hawaii Chapter
Alec Longarzo, eSimplicity, Northern Virginia Chapter
Elizabeth Moon, B Technology, Inc., Belvoir Chapter
Eddie Quinn, TAP Engineering, Central Maryland Chapter
Victoria Scriba, Chiron Technology Service, Inc., Central Maryland Chapter
Master Sergeant Zachary Stanley, USAF, 531st Intelligence Squadron, Alamo Chapter
Alexandria Swope, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Matthew Umphlet, Old Dominion University, Hampton Roads Chapter
Christian Weber, Capgemini Deutschland GmbH, Bonn Chapter
2022 Emerging Leader of the Year
Stephanie Hutch, Makai LLC, Hawaii Chapter
2021 Distinguished Young Professionals Award Winners
Clinton Austin, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Vaibhav Baskar, Alamo Chapter
Anneli Connell, Northern Virginia Chapter
2020 Distinguished Young AFCEAN (DYA) Award Winners
Lenin Barrionuevo, Rappi, South America Region
Ria Bluitt, USAF Texas Region
SrA Evelyn Davis, USAF, Heartland Region
Christopher Gaube, BWI GmbH, Central Europe Region
Ryan Granato, CACI, National Capital Region
Kristine Huang, ABS Group, National Capital Region
Anya Kasischke, Trusted Systems, National Capital Region
David Knopp, Reflexive Concepts, Maryland Region
Robert LeDuc, Western Maricopa Education Center, Southern California Region
Maggie Malpass, Sentar, Carolinas Region
Marissa McCoy, The MITRE Corporation, New England-Upstate New York Region
Bryant Noel, Fearless, Mid-South Region
Lt Kieran O'Brien, USAF, AFLCMC, New England-Upstate New York Region
Christine Park, Alion Science and Technology Corp/Air Force Reserves, Texas Region
SFC Victor E. Perez, USA, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Pacific Region
SrA Jaedon Resto, USAF, 55th Strategic Communications Squadron, GP-Rocky Mountain Region
Oswaldo Rivas, Insperity, Florida Region
Jon Stresing, NVIDIA/MD Army National Guard, Maryland Region
Adrianna Templeton-Jones, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Mid-West Region
Shaelyn Washburn, Federal Resources Supply Company, Southern California Region
Capt Krystina Watkins, USAF, 32d Weapons Squadron, Western Region
Brooke White, Old Dominion University, Virginia Region
2020 Distinguished Young AFCEAN Honorees
Allie Darling, Apex Systems, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Brooke Eiser, One Diversified, Aberdeen Chapter
A1C Ian Hooey, USAF, AFLCMC HIO/BESPIN, Montgomery Chapter
MSgt Thomas Mendez, USAF, 352d COS/USCYBERCOM, Hawaii Chapter