by Kristine Faria
Congratulations to the sixty-one Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) members who recently completed the Inspiring and Developing Excellence in Acquisition Leaders (IDEAL) program.
IDEAL is a leadership development program for AAW civilians at GS-12 or GS-13 (or broadband equivalent) with identified leadership and supervisory potential. The program is targeted to future acquisition leaders seeking to prepare themselves before assuming formal supervisory and leadership roles.
Over a period of six months, the students met for three one-week sessions that included classroom instruction, guest speaker engagements and a field trip. Between sessions, students returned to their workplaces to practice newly acquired skills. Graduates were from cohorts in Washington, D.C., and Warren, Michigan, and represented a range of acquisition career fields: life cycle logistics, program management, contracting, engineering, business – financial management, test and evaluation, and information technology.
IDEAL students from the Washington, D.C. cohort pose with Brendan Burke (back row, center), deputy program executive officer for Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), after a guest speaker engagement. (Photo courtesy of Tara Clements, Program Executive Office for EIS)
The application period for the FY20 session of IDEAL has closed; however, applications for the FY21 will be accepted starting next June. For more information, go to https://asc.army.mil/web/career-development/programs/inspiring-and-developing-excellence-in-acquisition-leaders-ideal/.
The IDEAL FY19 graduates are:
Brian Arthur, Life Cycle Logistics, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM)
Erika Bachmann-Zawaideh, Program Management, Program Executive Office (PEO) for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (CS&CSS)
Eddie Baker, Business- Financial Management, PEO for Aviation
Michael Baker, Engineering, U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC)
Kheng Be, Program Management, PEO CS&CSS
Travis Bloss, Engineering, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
Rachel Capaldi, Contracting, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Dawn Carie, Contracting, PEO CS&CSS
Jennifer Carroll, Program Management, AFC
Jonathan Catalano, Contracting, Army Contracting Command (ACC)
Indu Chauhan, Business-Financial Management, PEO Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
Chaz Cunningham, Contracting, ACC
Tanasha Dalton, Business-Financial Management, Chief of Staff of the Army-G8
Stephanie Davis, Contracting, Defense Intelligence Agency
Remo Dela Cruz, Contracting, ACC
Jody Denney, Life Cycle Logistics, AMCOM
Evan Derrow, Engineering, AFC
Tom Douglas Jr., Engineering, PEO CS&CSS
Marie Drager, Contracting, ACC
Jermaine Dunham, Contracting, ACC
Marigrace Gaglio, Business-Financial Management, PEO CS&CSS
Nicholas Garon, Program Management, PEO CS&CSS
Michelle Gregory, Program Management, PEO CS&CSS
Monica Griffin, Engineering, AFC
Heather Gruenewald, Program Management, PEO CS&CSS
Chad Haering, Engineering, AFC
Lacey Harrison, Business-Financial Management, PEO Missiles and Space (M&S)
Jennifer Hayden, Contracting, U.S. Army Medical Command
Joscelyn Hopkins, Business-Financial Management, PEO CS&CSS
Robert Ignozzi, Life Cycle Logistics, TACOM
Keelan Jennings, Engineering, AFC
Yolanda Johnson, Life Cycle Logistics, TACOM
Shtjefan Juncaj, Engineering, AFC
John Kelly, Program Management, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
Travis Kennamore, Test and Evaluation, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
Matthew Kleinberg, Program Management, PEO Ground Combat Systems
Amy Larson, Contracting, ACC
Kevin Lennan, Program Management, PEO EIS
Solina Mao, Information Technology, PEO EIS
Brittany McCray, Information Technology, AMCOM
Robin Miller, Life Cycle Logistics, AMCOM
Perla Moncayo, Life Cycle Logistics, TACOM
Carl Polcyn, Life Cycle Logistics, PEO CS&CSS
Natale Pulizzi, Program Management, TACOM
Cassandra Reilly, Engineering, AFC
Ryan Ridderikhoff, Contracting, PEO CS&CSS
Timothy Roseberry, Life Cycle Logistics, PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors
Angela Sarinelli, Contracting, Joint PEO Armaments and Ammunition
Victoria Sarkisian, Contracting, PEO CS&CSS
Terrence Shepherd, Life Cycle Logistics, TACOM
Racheal Smiljkovich, Contracting, PEO CS&CSS
Michael Son, Contracting, ACC
Keith Stilwell, Program Management, PEO Aviation
Nancy Sykes, Contracting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ernest Vivian, Life Cycle Logistics, PEO CS&CSS
Andrew Vlaeminck, Business-Financial Management, PEO CS&CSS
John Weir, Contracting, PEO M&S
Brandon Williams, Engineering, AFC
Leslie Wilson-Smith, Life Cycle Logistics, TACOM
Hanna Yaldo, Engineering, AFC
Courtney Young, Program Management, Joint PEO Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense
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