2024 Medal of Merit Winners
Lt Col Todd J. Caskey, USAF | ArkLaTex Chapter
Becci Defrank | Washington, D.C. Chapter
Kathy Devereaux | Lexington-Concord Chapter
Alan Frost | Middle Georgia Chapter
BG Eric Gladman, SCNG (Ret.) | Greater Augusta Chapter
Dr. Hilary Johnson-Lutz | Tidewater Chapter
COL Mollie Pearson, USA (Ret.) | Belvoir Chapter
Commander Fernando Pinheiro Da Silva | Portugal Chapter
COL Charles Dean Smith, USA (Ret.) | Pacific Northwest Chapter
Col David Stookey, USAF (Ret.) | Pacific Northwest Chapter
LTC Daniel Swacina, USA (Ret.) | Atlanta Chapter
2023 Medal of Merit Winners
Col. Friedrich W. Benz (Ret.), Bonn Chapter
Hillary Boyce, Hampton Roads Chapter
Russ Fellers, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Daniel Gillis, Middle Georgia Chapter
Col. Christian Hartrott (Ret), Bonn Chapter
Rich Janoso, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Chuck Kelleher, Augusta Fort-Gordon Chapter
Michelle Larkin, Northern Virginia Chapter
Dan Matthews, Los Angeles Chapter
Victor Perez, USA (Ret), Hawaii Chapter
Barbara Schleben, ArkLaTex Chapter
Joe Sciabica, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Jeff Thompson, Rockbridge-Shenandoah Chapter
Dr. Vincenzo Vitiello, Rome Chapter
Todd Weingeroff, Kaiserslautern Chapter
2021 Medal of Merit Winners
Col Scott Beidleman, USAF (Ret)
Millennium Engineering and Integration
Los Angeles Chapter
Lt Col Sanford S. Ching, USAFR (Ret)
USINDOPACOM
Hawaii Chapter
Kathleen Cowles
Deep Water Point
Bethesda Chapter
Julie Goetz
TEKSystems
Atlanta Chapter
Petr Hruza
University of Defence, Brno
Czech Chapter
Alisha Kelly
Trace Systems, Inc.
Northern Virginia Chapter
Lt Col Karen Lopez-Rolirad, USAF (Ret)
Bexar County Military and Veterans Services Center
Alamo Chapter
Lloyd McCoy
immixGroup
Northern Virginia Chapter
Larry Minnick
Centurum, Inc.
Hampton Roads Chapter
Phil Parker
Forescout Technologies, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Paul Reimers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
North Carolina Chapter
Eric P. Strauss
Connected Logistics
Belvoir Chapter
Josef Strelec
Czech Chapter
Yvonne Vermillion
Segue Technologies
Dayton-Wright Chapter
2020 Medal of Merit Winners
Mary Ann Carlson
COLSA International
Lexington-Concord Chapter
SMSgt William Ceglar, USAF
DISA Global Field Command
Wasatch Chapter
Linda Drake
BAE Systems – Electronic Systems
Northern Virginia Chapter
Kenneth Hirlinger
General Dynamics Information Technology
Tidewater Chapter
Col Jenniffer Minks, USAF (Ret)
Joint Staff J6
Hampton Roads Chapter
Linda Newton
Hawaii Chapter
Maj Gilberto Perez, USAF
505th Communications Squadron
Emerald Coast Chapter
Bill Robinson
Frontier Technology Inc.
Alamo Chapter
Linda Tanzo-Alvarado
Sentek Global
San Diego Chapter
Amy E. Tuschen
eScience and Technology Solutions, Inc.
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
2019 Medal of Merit Winners
Top row left to right: Walter Lewis, CDR Neil Bourassa, USN (Ret), Marilyn Moysey, CAPT Bill Krayer, USN (Ret), David J. Kovach (Rick Liprey), Adrianna Templeton-Jones; bottom row left to right: Col Rod Pohlmann, USAF (Ret), Larry D. Davidoff, Lt Col Michael "Lane" Gilchrist, Jr., USAF, Lt Col Vanessa Johnson, USAF (Ret), Maj Katherine Stowe, USAF
Jeff Bloom
Waimanalo Blooms
Hawaii Chapter
CDR Neil Bourassa, USN (Ret)
Avineon, Inc..
Hampton Roads Chapter
Larry D. Davidoff
The Boeing Company
Los Angeles Chapter
David Dodds
Integrated Computer Solutions Inc.
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Lt Col Michael "Lane" Gilchrist, Jr., USAF (Ret)
Alpha Omega Group, LLC
Los Angeles Chapter
Brenda Howard
Raytheon Corporation
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Lt Col Vanessa Johnson, USAF (Ret)
Rocky Mountain Chapter
MGen Jan Kase
Military Office, President of the Czech Republic
Czech Chapter
David J. Kovach
Telos Corporation
Alamo AFCEA
CAPT Bill Krayer, USN (Ret)
1010 Technology LLC
Northern Virginia Chapter
MGen (Ret) Miguel Leitao
AFCEA Portugal
Walter Lewis
Exeter Government Services
South Florida Chapter
Marilyn Moysey
Systek Technologies Inc.
Belvoir Chapter
Col Rod Pohlmann,USAF (Ret)
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Col Antonio R. António
Portuguese Army
Portugal Chapter
Maj Katherine Stowe, USAF
USAF Life Cycle Management Center
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Adrianna Templeton-Jones
Bering Straits Native Corporation
Dayton-Wright Chapter
2018 Medal of Merit Winners
Top row left to right: John McLaughlin, Ron Moore, Kathy Swacina, James Evans, Brian Knott, Bill Dunahoo; bottom row left to right: Palmer Sims, Brad Barker, Bob Wright, Dan Braun, Frank Arlotta, Marco Zompetti
Frank Arlotta
RF Products Inc.
New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania Region
Brad Barker
Array Information Technology
Bethesda Chapter
LTC Daniel G. Braun, USA (Ret)
Pocono Mountains Chapter
Mark Christensen
Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc.
Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
William S. Dunahoo, Jr.
Praxis Engineering
Central Maryland Chapter
James Evans
Iron Bow Technologies
Belvoir Chapter
Joy Hess
WakelightTechnologies, Inc.
Hawaii Chapter
Brian Knott
Array Information Technology
Montgomery Chapter
COL John E. McLaughlin, USA (Ret)
Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
Ronald Moore
Alamo Chapter
Joachim Moersdorf
Conet Solutions GmbH
Bonn e.V. Chapter
Lt Col William Page III, USAF (Ret)
Engility
Los Angeles Chapter
Palmer Sims
Hampton Roads Chapter
COL Kathy Swacina, USA (Ret)
Chameleon Integrated Services
Atlanta Chapter
Col Robert Wright, USAF (Ret)
Deloitte
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Marco Zompetti
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HBS
Lexington-Concord Chapter
2017 Medal of Merit Winners
From left to right: Brian Cooper, Richard Lipsey, Chi-Lai Poon, Randy Ramos, David Scarbalis
Brian Cooper
BrainTrust
Central Maryland Chapter
RAdm Mario Durao, PRT N (Ret)
Portugal Chapter
Yolande Fong
Hawaii Chapter
Richard A. Lipsey
LMI
Alamo Chapter
Lynne M. Mills
633d Airman and Family Readiness Center
Tidewater Chapter
Janel Nelson
SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Greater Omaha Chapter
Chi-Lai Poon
Array Information Technology
Northern Virginia Chapter
Randy Ramos
Global Business Solutions Inc.
Pensacola Chapter
David Scarbalis
CA Technologies
Northern Virginia Chapter
Steve Staso
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Los Angeles Chapter
Chris Yorke
Plan B Consultants
London Chapter
2016 Medal of Merit Winners
From left to right: Ryan Cox, Shannon Hagy, David Hart, Eric Sloan, Jay Storms
SMSgt Kelly Bales, USAF
Alamo Chapter
Kimberly M. Burr
US Army Cyber Center of Excellence
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Horace Carney
Janus Research Group
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Ryan Cox
CACI, Inc.
Northern Virginia Chapter
Adam Feingold
TASC, an Engility Company
Los Angeles Chapter
Karin Grace
M2 Technology
Alamo Chapter
Shannon Hagy
Bart & Associates, Inc.
Bethesda Chapter
David Hart
Segue Technologies, Inc.
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Mark R. Sinclair
Margin Consults, Inc.
Hampton Road Chapter
Eric Sloan
1 Sync Technologies
Montgomery Chapter
LtCol Jay P. Storms, USMC (Ret)
Smartronix, Inc.
Quantico-Potomac Chapter
2015 Medal of Merit Winners
Cheryl Brown
Montgomery Chapter
Lt Col Laura R. Pope, USAF (Ret)
Los Angeles Chapter
Tim Ceteras
Rockwell Collins
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Dr. Josef Pozar
Police Academy of the Czech Republic
Czech Chapter
CWO4 Clifton Jenkins, USN (Ret)
Hawaii Chapter
Col Chad D. Raduege, USAF
690th Cyberspace Operations Group
Alamo Chapter
Sam Jones
SAP National Security Services
Northern Virginia Chapter
Thomas Ryan
CACI
Northern Virginia Chapter
James Lee
ITG Inc.
Hampton Roads Chapter
Linda M. Skinner
JJR Solutions
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Lt Gen Eduardo Mateus
Portuguese Army
Portugal Chapter
Johnnie Young
Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta
Atlanta Chapter
Col Philip Platt, USAF (Ret)
Rocky Mountain Chapter
2014 Medal of Merit Winners
Robert Wes Bond
USAFE/A6
Kaiserslautern Chapter
Prof. Paul Svasta
University Politehnica, Bucharest
Bucharesti Chapter
Jane Ferreira
Hawaii CTS
Hawaii Chapter
Thomas Wells
Dayton Aerospace, Inc.
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Dr. Ing. Marcel Harakal
Slovak Armed Forces Academy
Slovak Chapter
Robert White
Rocky Mountain Chapter
SMSgt Keith R. Jordan, USAF
Alamo Chapter
Bill Wright
Marine Corps University
Quantico-Potomac Chapter
CAPT Mario Simoes Marques, PRT (N)
Portuguese Navy
Portugal Chapter
Michelle Youngers
Raytheon Cyber Products Company
Northern Virginia Chapter
Paul Patton
CACI
Northern Virginia Chapter
Harold Youra
Alliance Solutions
Bethesda Chapter
Joyce Sidopoulos
JFS Solutions, LLC
Lexington-Concord Chapter
2013 Medal of Merit Winners
Irene Biddy
Oasis Systems
Lexington-Concord Chapter
James Kohlmann
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Eduardo Branco
Portugal Chapter
David Landry
Atlanta Chapter
Robert Damen
Raytheon
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Jaroslav Pejcoch
T-SOFT a.s.
Czech Chapter
John Hardt
General Dynamics Information Technology
Montgomery Chapter
Miki Sinisi
ManTech International
Northern Virginia Chapter
Tim Harschutz
Fleet Cyber Command
Hampton Roads Chapter
Richard Wegmann
DCI
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Maj Andrew Heo, USAF
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Col Paul Welch, USAF
688th Information Operations Wing
Alamo Chapter
Jeffrey Katz
Lexington-Concord Chapter
2012 Medal of Merit Winners
Mitch Abel
AFCEA Atlanta
Bill Jones
DSA, Inc.
Louis Bianco
DISA Oklahoma City
Cory Lindo
Hewlett Packard
Brig Gen Bruce Bohn, USAF (Ret.)
Bohn Consulting Services, LLC
Jean McLeish
Steria
Dr. James Cunningham
JA Cunningham Consulting, LLC
Keith Snook
Booz Allen Hamilton
CDR Chris Cusano, USN (Ret.)
Next Tier Concepts Inc.
Patricia Teschke
The MITRE Corporation
Greg Gorman
GigaTrust
Larry Watlington
Global Cyberspace Integration Center
Gayle Grant
U.S. Army RDECOM, Communications-Electronics Research, Development & Engineering Center
2011 Medal of Merit Winners
Paulo Amaral
Portugal Chapter
Patrick Dagle
ESC/HSSS
Chuck Giasson
LGS Bell Labs Innovations
Patrick Kelly
Donna Russell
AT&T
Floyd Sherrod
DISA
Charles Strimpler
Sabre Systems
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
The University of Texas at Dallas
Joseph Yavorsky
7th Signal Command (Theater)
Col Ronald Zich, USMC
U.S. Marine Corps
2010 Medal of Merit Winners
Brenda Colton
Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command
Norris Connelly
NCI Information Systems, Inc.
Steve Gaudreau
Smartronix, Inc.
Jim Loiselle
Accenture
Randy Martin
82nd Communications Support Squadron
Olan Waldrop
Apptis
Air Commodore Bruce Wynn, RAF (Ret.)
Consultant
2009 Medal of Merit Winners
Alvie Johnson
DataPath Inc.
Karl Kabanek
PESystems
VADM Emil Lyutskanov, Bulgarian Navy
1st Deputy Chief of General Staff
Bulgarian Armed Forces
Steve Makrinos
CACI
Lynn Moad
Wright-Patterson AFB
2008 Medal of Merit Winners
Frances Duntz
Electronic Systems Center
Lt Gen Pietro Finocchio, ITAF
TELEDIFE
Nancy Hearrell
Kratos
Thomas Jaycox
ESP Corporation
Dr. Stephen Quilici
Harris Corporation
Susie Sablan
BAE Systems
Martha Soles
U.S. Strategic Command - JTF GNO