2024 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Beth Armistead | Hampton Roads Chapter
José Alberto Jesus Borges | Portugal Chapter
Stephen Buck | Northern Virginia Chapter
Coree Chandler | Lexington-Concord Chapter
Sean Dyer | Tidewater Chapter
Adrian Felts | Central Virginia Chapter
Rosemarie Floyd | Northern Virginia Chapter
Maj Courtney Gallagher, USAF | Hawaii Chapter
Rebecca Garcia | Northern Virginia Chapter
Linnea Gavrilis | North Carolina Chapter
Dr. Lucia Di Giambattista | Rome Chapter
F. Nazir Hill | Atlanta Chapter
Caitlin Johnson | Hampton Roads Chapter
Dr. Melissa Y. Johnson | Greater Augusta Chapter
Franz-Bernd Mollers | Bonn E. V. Chapter
Melissa Murray | Northern Virginia Chapter
LTC August Muller IV, USA (Ret.) | Belvoir Chapter
Ana Garcia Olson | San Diego Chapter
Christina Purkapile | Greater Augusta Chapter
Scott Stevens | Greater Omaha Chapter
R. Carl Shofner | Dayton-Wright Chapter
Matthew Umphlet | Hampton Roads Chapter
2023 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Makansas Anicas, Hawaii Chapter
Jay Anson, South Florida Chapter
Brendan Burke, Belvoir Chapter
Angela Dupont, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Krystin Fakalata, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Alison Gonzalez, Northern Virginia Chapter
Patrick Hamilton, Lexington-Concord Chapter
James Hanson, Washington DC Chapter
Rob Hile, Central Florida Chapter
David Klink, Central Maryland Chapter
Capt. Adam Levandowski, USAF, Palmetto Chapter
D'Joane McCorkle, Atlanta Chapter
Tracey Michael, Central Maryland Chapter
Carl Mills, San Diego Chapter
MSgt. August Richards, USAF, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Shanna Staten, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Stacy Vaughn, Atlanta Chapter
Col. Todd Wiest, USAF, (Ret), Los Angeles Chapter
Valerie Wilder, Tidewater Chapter
Debra Zides, Lexington-Conord Chapter
2022 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Tija Brown
Chief Patrick L. Crawford, USN (Ret)
Shawn A. Cressman
Amelia Fisher
BRIG GEN Aldo Giannatiempo (Ret)
Ryan Granato
Stephanie Hutch
Daniel Koci
Brandon Kohkler
Col. David J. Kovach, USAF (Ret)
MSgt. Ervin B. Lawson, USMC (Ret)
Magdalena LoGrande
LCDR ReShondra McKee, USN (Ret)
Col. Mollie Pearson, USA (Ret)
Brandi Pickett
Blake Snell
Col. Cleophus Thomas Jr,. USA (Ret)
Maurice Wheeler
Lee Ann Zelesnikar
2021 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Dr. Marco Braccioli, Independent Senior Advisor, Rome Chapter
Maj Charles E. Brice, Jr., USA (Ret), Alamo Chapter
Martin Edwards, TriCIS, Ltd, London Chapter
Nick Farinacci, Beacon Hill Technologies, Los Angeles Chapter
Alan Frost, Northrop Grumman, Middle Georgia Chapter
BG Eric Gladman, SCNG (Ret), SANS Institute, Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Col Zbynek Hubalek, Army of Czech Republic, Czech Chapter
Rich Janoso, Jacobs Engineering, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Hilary Johnson-Lutz, University of Maryland Global Campus, Tidewater Chapter
Kristyn Jones, KPMG, Northern Virginia Chapter
Christine Lanning, Integrated Security Technologies, Inc., Hawaii Chapter
Michelle Larkin, SOL Engineering, Northern Virginia Chapter
Gordon MacMillan, Cyberspace Capabilities Center, Scott St. Louis Area Chapter
Col Kyna McCall-Paster, USAF (Ret), ARRAY Information Technology, Montgomery Chapter
CDR Stephen Mills, USN (Ret), Royal Caribbean Group=, Hampton Roads Chapter
Col Sean Murphy, USAF, USSTRATCOM, Greater Omaha Chapter
Thomas Perry, VG Systems. Belvoir Chapter
Jeremy Rockett, Govini, Quantico-Potomac Chapter
Lt Col Jason W. Simmons, USAF, HQ USAFE-AFAFRICA A6C, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Lisa Smiley, Walker and Associates, North Carolina Chapter
Dan Swacina, Atlanta Chapter
Carrie Taylor, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Dayton-Wright Chapter
MSgt Szu-Moy K. Toves, USAF (Ret), Alamo Chapter
Jack Turner, XSite, LLC, San Diego Chapter
Bethany Whitehead, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Toni Woolridge, P4 Works, Inc., Belvoir Chapter
2020 Meritorious Service Award Winners
MSgt Kelly Anderson, USAF, 729th Air Control Squadron, Wasatch Chapter
Brian Baker, Splunk. Bethesda Chapter
Dr. Jaroslav Burcik, Czech Technical University at Prague. Czech Chapter
Col Robert Burris, USAF (Ret), Alamo Chapter
Pam Carpenter, Adobe, Bethesda Chapter
Sean Caulfield, Caulfield Consulting, Northern Virginia Chapter
Susan Caulfield, Caulfield Consulting, Northern Virginia Chapter
COL Sylvester Cotton, USA (Ret), CALBRIE System, Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Col Russ Fellers, USAF (Ret), SAIC, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Steve Frazier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hampton Roads Chapter
John Garrity, Brixey & Meyer, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Daniel B. Gillis, 78th Communications Directorate, USAF, Middle Georgia Chapter
Ian Humpherson. Total IA Ltd, UK West Chapter
Carol Joyner, Five Star Wireless, Inc., Emerald Coast Chapter
Matthew Kasberg, Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Dr. Bernard Lichvar, Greater Omaha Chapter
Jennifer Lively, USAF HQ ACC/A5CM, Tidewater Chapter
James V. Longi, III. AT&T, Quantico-Potomac Chapter
Col Sean Rucker, USAF (Ret), Alpha Omega Group, LLC, Los Angeles Chapter
Cmdr Fernando Silva, PRT (N), Portuguese Navy, Portugal Chapter
Dr. Mary L. Smith. Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii Chapter
Jeremy Spund, ICF, South Florida Chapter
Gretchen Stewart, Intel Corporation, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Eng Luisa Teixeira, Portuguese Tax and Customs Administration, Portugal Chapter
Todd Weingeroff, Motorola Solutions, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Paul Wertz, AT&T. Atlanta Chapter
2019 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Top from left: Joshua Copeland, Sheena Freeman, Alisha Kelly, Joe Haulton, Lloyd McCoy, Larry Minnick
Bottom from left: Lt Col Karen L. Rolirad, USAF (Ret), Kelly Wenner, Ivan M. Johnson, Patrick Marr, Lt Col Phil Parker
Lt Col Raymond H. Chester, Jr., USAF, USSTRATCOM. Greater Omaha Chapter
Joshua Copeland, General Dynamics Information Technology, ArkLaTex Chapter
Matthew John Darnell, Integrated ComTel, AFCEA Hawaii
Sheena Freeman, Automation Anywhere, Belvoir Chapter
Joe Haulton, Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
Ivan M. Johnson, Novel Applications of Vital Information Inc., Belvoir Chapter
Kevin Kaufman, Verizon, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Alisha Kelly, Trace Systems, Inc., Northern Virginia Chapter
Patrick Marr, United States Air Force, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Daniel Mathews, ENSCO, Los Angeles Chapter
Lloyd McCoy, immixGroup, Northern Virginia Chapter
Larry Minnick, Centurum, Inc., Hampton Roads Chapter
Lt Col Phil Parker, USAF (Ret), DataPath, Inc., Rocky Mountain Chapter
Lt Col Karen L. Rolirad, USAF (Ret), Military and Veteran Services Center, Bexar County, Texas, Alamo AFCEA
Vincenzo Vitiello, WICODE Srl, Rome Chapter
Kelly Wenner, Adobe Inc., Northern Virginia Chapter
2018 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Top from left: Jeff Thompson, Kenneth Edmundson, Eric Strauss, Jim Crawford, Doug Vanderlip, Lt Col Callistus Elbourne, USAF, Debbie Miller, Michael Plantenga
Bottom from left: Linda Tanzo Alvarado, MSgt Amanda Bradley, USAF, Emily Rausch, Yvonne Vermillion, Kimberly Cranson, TSgt Anne King, USAF
Linda Tanzo Alvarado, San Diego Chapter
Col Scott Beidleman, USAF (Ret), Millennium Engineering and Integration Company, Los Angeles Chapter
Michael Bowen, Praxis Engineering, Aberdeen Chapter
MSgt Amanda Bradley, USAF, AFIMSC, Detachment 4, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Kimberly Cranson. MIKEL, Inc., Lexington-Concord Chapter
James M. Crawford, Palmetto Chapter
Kenneth E. Edmundson, CDO Technologies, Inc.. Montgomery Chapter
Lt Col Callistus R. Elbourne, USAF, U.S. Pacific Command, Hawaii Chapter
Serdar Erkoca, BUPAT LTD, Turkiye Chapter
Harold Haney, Greater Omaha Chapter
Sqn Ldr Darren Jones, Royal Air Force, London Chapter
TSgt Anne King, USAF, 55th Strategic Communications Squadron, Greater Omaha Chapter
MCPO Jose Macedo, PRTN, Portugal Chapter
Col Shane Matherne, USAF, Air Force Reserve Command, Middle Georgia Chapter
Debbie Miller, Celestar Corporation, Tampa-St Petersburg Chapter
Dr. Mario Nardi, Leonardo S.p.A., Rome Chapter
Linda Newton, Rome Chapter
Michael Plantenga, Northrup Grumman, Los Angeles Chapter
Emily Rausch, Diligent Consulting, Alamo Chapter
SMSgt Barbara Schleben, USAF (Ret), Air Force Nuclear C3 Center, ArkLaTex Chapter
Eric P. Strauss, Connected Logistics, Belvoir Chapter
Jeff Thompson, AT&T Global Business Public Sector Solutions, Belvoir Chapter
LCDR Douglas Vanderlip, USNR, Navy Reserves, Hampton Roads Chapter
Yvonne Vermillion, Vermillion Enterprise Solutions, LLC, Dayton-Wright Chapter
2017 Meritorious Service Award Winners
CAPT Alaattin Zafer Betoner (Ret)
AZB Danismanlik Savunma
Turkiye Chapter
CDR Neil Bourassa, USN (Ret)
Avineon, Inc.
Alamo Chapter
Sanford S. Ching
State of Hawaii Department of Education
Hawaii Chapter
David Dodds
Integrated Computer Solutions
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Linda Drake
BAE Systems, Inc.
Northern Virginia Chapter
William Foote
DTSI
Alamo Chapter
Lt Col Lane Gilchrist, USAF (Ret)
Alpha Omega Group
Los Angeles Chapter
Tamara Greenspan
Oracle
Northern Virginia Chapter
Jennifer Havermann
Raytheon
Central Maryland Chapter
David Hiltz
BAE Systems, Inc.
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Col Dean Hullings, USAF (Ret)
ForeScout Technologies
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Betsey Hutton
ICF Olson
Bethesda Chapter
CAPT Bill Krayer, USN (Ret)
ThunderCat Technology
Northern Virginia Chapter
Fiorella Lamberti
Leonardo Company
Rome Chapter
Lt Col Srikant Mantravadi, USAF (Ret)
Leidos
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Capt Tan Nguyen, USMC
USSTRATCOM/J6
Greater Omaha Chapter
Tommy C. Pope
Sumaria Systems, Inc.
Montgomery Chapter
Jaap Van der Lelie
KPN Critical Communications
The Hague Chapter
Maj Andrea M. Walthour, USAF
94th Communications Squadron
Atlanta Chapter
MSgt Carlton J. Young, USAF
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Montgomery Chapter
2016 Meritorious Service Award Winners
MGySgt Arthur Allen III, USMC
III Marine Expeditionary Force G-6
Thomas L. Allen
Alamo Chapter
Y.Suat Bengur
ASELSAN A.A.
Turkiye Chapter
Jessye Chancey-Higginbotham
Software Engineering Services
Greater Omaha Chapter
Dr. Mauro Cigarini
SELEX Integrated Systems/Finmeccanica S.p.A.
Rome Chapter
Brian C. Coffey
CACI, Inc.
Augusta-Fort Gordon Chapter
Brandt Cosgrove
Venatore LLC
Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
Mario de Lucia
Aerospace and Defence Consultancy
Rome Chapter
Kathy Devereaux
S4 Inc.
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Marla Dial
Alamo Chapter
James Evans
Iron Bow Technologies
Belvoir Chapter
Eng. Pedro Carrilho Filipe
CEIIA
Portugal Chapter
Thomas Galligan
DataPath
Atlanta Chapter
Kasie Gates
USAF Life Cycle Management Center
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Martin L. Harbolt
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Fort Knox Gold Vault Chapter
Linda Herrell
Aerospace Corporation
Los Angeles Chapter
Luke Hill
Fort Knox Network Enterprise Center
Fort Knox Gold Vault Chapter
Christian Hoehner
Data Coalition
Bethesda Chapter
Lt Col Vanessa S. Johnson, USAF (Ret)
Forescout Technologies
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Naina Leo
Octo Consulting Group
Bethesda Chapter
Wendy Maurer
LRH Group
Quantico-Potomac Chapter
Marilyn Moysey
Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.
Belvoir Chapter
James A. Muller
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hawaii Chapter
Lt Col William E. Page, III, USAF (Ret)
TASC, an Engility Company
Los Angeles Chapter
Major Abraham P. Redoble, Jr. USAF
USSTRATCOM/J65
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Col Jenniffer Romero, USAF
Joint Staff J7
Hampton Roads Chapter
Jennifer Stacey
Lockheed Martin
Central Maryland Chapter
SMSgt Neil Stewart, USAF
AFLCMC/HIB
Montgomery Chapter
Adrianna Templeton
Bering Straits Native Corporation
Dayton-Wright Chapter
Rhea Tobin
San Diego Chapter
Alexa Tsui
Northern Virginia Chapter
2015 Meritorious Service Award Winners
Valerie Arris
US Coast Guard
Southern New England Chapter
Rick Lipsey
Lipsey Cyber Consulting, LLC
Alamo Chapter
MSgt Gregory Buthorne, USAF
55th Communications Squadron
Greater Omaha Chapter
Leslie McIndoe
Hewlett-Packard
Washington DC Chapter
SMSgt Matthew Console, USAF
1st Combat Communications Squadron
Kaiserslautern Chapter
SMSgt Lynne Mills, USAF (Ret)
Tidewater Chapter
Treci Dimas
CSC
Hampton Roads Chapter
Kameke Mitchell
Montgomery Chapter
Carlo Falessi
Rome Chapter
Gineen Platt
US Air Force Academy
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Andi Fehl
Octo Consulting Group
Belvoir Chapter
Randy Ramos
Global Business Solutions, Inc.
Pensacola Chapter
Yolande B. Fong
Hawaii Chapter
David Scarbalis
CA Technologies
Northern Virginia Chapter
Julie Goetz
TEK Systems
Atlanta Chapter
Zafer K. Selcuk
Aselsan Inc.
Turkiye Chapter
Gresford Gray
Resources Global Professionals
Northern Virginia Chapter
Major Katherine Stowe, USAF
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Julie Harris
Deloitte Services LP
Dayton-Wright Chapter
COL Kathleen J. Swacina, USA (Ret)
Tiber Creek Consulting
Atlanta Chapter
Petr Hruza
University of Defence, Czech Republic
Czech Chapter
Dr. Josef Vesely
Ministry of Interior, Czech Republic
Czech Chapter
Rich Leino
Smartronix
Quantico-Potomac Chapter
Paul Wilbur
Subsidium, Inc.
South Caroina Low Country Chapter
Walter Lewis
Exeter Information Technology Services
South Florida Chapter
2014 Meritorious Service Award Winners
MSgt Nicole Alley, USAF
10th Intelligence Squadron
Tidewater Chapter
Frederick W. Mooney
Verizon
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Cathy Burtless
Interior Showplace Ltd
Hawaii Chapter
Brian Murphy
ReliaQuest
Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
Mark Christensen
Crystal Clear Technologies
Tampa-St. Petersburg Chapter
Erdinc Oguz
ASELSAN A.S.
Turkiye Chapter
Col. Eng. Mihail-Liviu Cosereanu
ACTTM
Bucharesti Chapter
Rod Pohlmann
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Col Aldo Giannatiempo, IAF
Rome Chapter
ChiLai Poon
Array Information Technology
Northern Virginia Chapter
Diane James-Poole
Engility
Lexington-Concord Chapter
Palmer Sims
Teradata
Hampton Roads Chapter
Jay Kanavos
The MITRE Corporation
Lexington-Concord Chapter
John Skudlarek
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Northern Virginia Chapter
Dr. Ing. Milan Kny
Police Academy
Czech Chapter
Jay Storms
Smartronix, Inc.
Quantico-Potomac Chapter
Ladislav Kollarik
Corinex Group
Slovak Chapter
Reginald Vaughn
TTI, Inc.
Belvoir Chapter
Ares Koumis
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Sharon White
The Home Front Cares
Rocky Mountain Chapter