WEST 2025 Winners

Congratulations to the winners!
Winners of the 2024 Emerging Leaders Award and Women's Appreciation Award were recognized during WEST 2025 January 28-30 in San Diego for achievements in 2024. All event attendees are invited to join for drinks and light refreshments. No additional registration is required.

2024 Emerging Leader Award Winners

Distinguished Young Professional

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


Emerging Leadership

Christopher Bennett, NTI, Alamo Chapter
Blake Harvey, Red Team Consulting, Northern Virginia Chapter
Stephanie Hutch, Makai LLC, Hawaii Chapter
Alec Longarzo, Aperio Global, LLC, Northern Virginia Chapter
Victoria Scriba, RealmOne, Central Maryland Chapter
Alexandria Swope, AFLCMC, Lexington-Concord Chapter
Matthew Umphlet, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Hampton-Roads Chapter

 

Emerging Leader Chapter of the Year

Kaiserslautern Chapter - Large
Hawaii Chapter - Very Large
Northern Virginia Chapter - Mega

 

Model Emerging Leader

Alamo Chapter
Belvoir Chapter
Bethesda Chapter
Bonn e.V. Chapter
Central Maryland Chapter
Dayton - Wright Chapter
Hampton - Roads Chapter
Hawaii Chapter
Lexington - Concord Chapter
New York - Founders Chapter
Northern Virginia Chapter
Rocky Mountain Chapter
San Diego Chapter

 

2024 Women's Appreciation Award Winners


Joni Ahlers, ManTech, Dayton-Wright Chapter
LtCol Clarissa Blair, USMC, United States Fleet Forces Command, Hampton Roads Chapter
Becci DeFrank, NVIDIA, Washington D.C. Chapter
MAJ Zori Drew, USA, 1-2SBCT, 7ID, ICORPS, Fort Knox Gold Vault Chapter
Amy Fadida, A.M. Fadida Consulting, Bethesda Chapter
Lyndsey Hoe, Dev Technology Group, Inc, Belvoir Chapter
Alisha Kelly, Trace Systems, Washington D.C. Chapter
Dr. Jennifer Miller, Defense Health Agency, Northern Virginia Chapter
Stephanie Miller, B Technology, LLC, Alamo Chapter
Dr. Diana Orozco, BreakPoint Labs, Alamo Chapter