CAPT. RAVEN CORNELIUS


COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Acquisition Center


TITLE: Contract specialist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 3.5


DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in contracting


EDUCATION: MBA in finance, Columbia Southern Univer- sity; B.A. in liberal arts, Hays State University; A.A. in management, Portland Community College


AWARDS: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Accom- modation Medal (3), Army Achievement Medal (2), National Defense Service Medal,


Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraqi Cam- paign Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Ser- vice Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Ribbon (4), NATO International Security Assis- tance Force Medal, Expeditionary Contracting Command Contingency Contracting Officer Award, 413th Contracting Support Brigade Officer of the Year


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apt. Raven Cornelius is good at saving the Army money. During a 2014 deployment to Regional Contracting Center – East at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, when she


served as joint team lead and contingency contracting officer for the U.S. Central Command – Joint Teater Support Contracting Command (C-JTSCC), she termi- nated and settled more than two dozen contracts valued at $20 million, and closed nearly a dozen more Defense Contract Management Agency and C-JTSCC contracts worth $14 million.


She’s now lead contract specialist for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), man- aging contract actions from procurement to post-award


Army AL&T Magazine January-March 2017


for $7.6 billion in global intelligence support services contracts. Her work supports INSCOM, the U.S. intel- ligence community, combatant commands and Army service component commands worldwide. “My role is to ensure that requirements needed to shape the mission are available to the warfighter,” she said. “Combat effec- tiveness is essential in the Army, and the work I do is an essential piece of the puzzle that enables mission success.”


Cornelius credited a handful of mentors with her career success, and she noted that those mentors “pushed me to be the voice of the warfighter and impact the military for positive change. A contract creates positive change to both the mission and the warfighter by allowing them to focus on their job.”


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