Emerging Leadership Award
The Emerging Leadership Award is given for exceptional service to AFCEA at the local chapter level and/or AFCEA International level. This award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated continuous leadership in Emerging Leader activities since winning the Distinguished Young AFCEAN (DYA) or Distinguished Young Professional (DYP) Award. Nominees for this award are evaluated through September of the current year.
The Emerging Leadership nomination will be graded on the following:
- How the nominee has grown in their development as a leader in the local Emerging Leader community
- Leadership roles the nominee has taken in the local AFCEAN community at-large—outside of the Emerging Leader community
- Contributions the nominee made to the Emerging Leader community at the HQ International level
- Mentoring provided by the nominee during the award year
- How the nominee has distinguished themselves as a professional in their community
Criteria:
- Must be a current AFCEA member
- Must be forty (40) years of age or under as of December 31 of the current year
- Must be a previous Distinguished Young AFCEAN or Distinguished Young Professional winner -- awarded a minimum of two years ago
- Cannot have previously won this Emerging Leadership Award
- Individual cannot nominate themselves
- Must be actively mentoring and involved with the Emerging Leaders
- Must have demonstrated continuous leadership in Emerging Leader activities since winning the DYA/DYP award
- Nomination must be endorsed by the nominee's AFCEA Regional Vice President
Nominate a candidate
2020 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
Tija Brown, Datum Software, Montgomery Chapter
Krystin Fakalata, Macalogic, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Dave Fries, Praxis Engineering Technologies, Central Maryland Chapter
John Garrity, Brixey & Meyer, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Therese Holland, Razorfish, Bethesda Chapter
Brandon Lester, SRC Technologies, Hawaii Chapter
Sarah Loerzel, U.S. Air Force, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Valerie Warnock, Geocent, South Carolina Low Country Chapter
2019 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
Patrick Hamilton, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Alisha Kelly, Trace Systems Inc., Northern Virginia Chapter
Laura Marion, Aperture Federal, South Carolina Low Country Chapter
Dr. Daniel Sowders, Broadleaf, Aberdeen Chapter
2018 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
From left: Jeremy Spund, Kristin Smith, Cody Mruk, Jeremy Martin, Capt Jamila Evans, USAF, SSgt Ashley Gentry, USAF, TSgt Amy Kern, USAF, and Capt Mark A. Lebedzinski, USAF
Dr. Lucia Di Giambattista, Agenzia per i'Italia Digitale, Rome Chapter
Capt Jamila Evans, USAF, DISA-Pacific, Hawaii Chapter
SSgt Ashley Gentry, USAF, 1st Air and Space Communications Operations Squadron, Kaiserslautern Chapter
TSgt Amy Kern, USAF, 603rd Air Communications Squadron, Kaiserslautern Chapter
Capt Mark A. Lebedzinski, USAF, Air Force Special Operations Command, Emerald Coast Chapter
Jeremy Martin, Shield Consulting, Central Maryland Chapter
Cody Mruk, NIC Federal, LLC, Bethesda Chapter
Kristin Smith, Crowne Plaza Charleston, South Carolina Low Country Chapter
Jeremy Spund, ICF, South Florida Chapter
2017 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
From left: Brent Ahlers, John Foster, Kendra Iozzo, Ryan Rene Rosado, Matthew Deutsch
Brent Ahlers, Gartner, Dayton-Wright Chapter
Matthew Deutsch, U.S. Air Force, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Nicholas Farinacci, TEKsystems, Los Angeles Chapter
John Foster, Fearless Solutions, Central Maryland Chapter
Kendra Iozzo, Tensley Consulting, Inc., Central Maryland Chapter
Kristina Kelly, Blackstone Federal, Bethesda Chapter
Ryan Rene Rosado, Ernst & Young, Alamo Chapter
Alexa Tsui, Technik, Inc., Northern Virginia Chapter
2016 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
From left: Adam Vencill, Chi-Lai Poon, Ashley Becker, Kimberly Cranson
Ing. Lubomir Almer, University of Defence, Czech Chapter
Ashley Becker, Ernst & Young, New York Founders Chapter
Kimberly Cranson, MIKEL, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Chi-Lai Poon, Array Information Technology, Northern Virginia Chapter
Brittany Trocher, Polaris Alpha, Aberdeen Chapter
Adam Vencill, AFLCMC, Montgomery Chapter
2015 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
From left to right: Tim Jahnigen, Sebastian Leinhos, Andrea Loper, Matthew Carroll, MSgt Paul Vinson, USAF
Matthew Carroll, Accenture, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Tim Jahnigen, T2S Solutions, Aberdeen Chapter
Sebastian Leinhos, qedcon GmbH, Bonn E.V. Chapter
Andrea Loper, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Chapter
Mari Spyker, Blackstone Technology Group, Bethesda Chapter
MSgt Paul Vinson, USAF, United States Air Force, Kaiserslautern Chapter
2014 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
Nik Acheson (not pictured)
Elenchus Technologies
Central Maryland Chapter
SMSgt Douglas Brock, USAF
Warrior Preparation Center
Kaiserslautern Chapter
Tamar Mintz
Highlight Technologies
Bethesda Chapter
Stephan Nadeau
Lexington-Concord Chapter
MSgt Neil Stewart, USAF
AFLCMC, Business Enterprise Systems
Montgomery Chapter
Major Joseph Watson, USAF
United States Air Force
Hawaii Chapter
2013 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2012 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2011 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2010 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2009 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2008 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
2007 Emerging Leadership Award Winners
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