by Kelly Terry
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 28, 2021)—Twenty applicants were selected to attend the 2021-2022 cohort of Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship (DAU-SSCF). Those selected were the best qualified based on experience and potential for continued outstanding service to the Army. Applicants represent eight of the acquisition career fields as well as Army program executive offices and other major Army commands.
The DAU-SSCF program is a 10-month educational senior leadership development opportunity sponsored by the Army Director of Acquisition Career Management (DACM). The purpose of the SSCF is to provide leadership and acquisition training to prepare senior-level civilians for leadership roles such as product and project manager, program executive officer and other key acquisition leadership positions. Participants will complete six core focus areas: executive leadership and mentoring, the program manager’s course, national security module, senior leader speaker’s program, completion of a strategy research project and master’s degree coursework.
Those selected will attend the SSCF in Huntsville, Alabama; Picatinny, New Jersey; and the newly established virtual cohort.
Join the Army DACM in congratulating the 2021-2022 SSCF cohort class on their selection:
Yolanda Alexander, Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation & Missile Center
Frank Altamura, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A)
Gary Barber, JPEO A&A
Wayne Beutler III, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Stephen Bielamowicz, JPEO A&A
Regina Bublitz, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)
William English, PEO for Missiles and Space
Benjamin Harris, JPEO A&A
Lisa Hirschler, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command
Matthew Horning, Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team
Sharon Laverty, PEO for Enterprise Information Systems
Willie Lindsay Jr., U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence
Jose Mabesa Jr., DEVCOM GVSC
Robert Monto, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office
Vanessa Pittman, U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command
Nakia Redmon, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command
Kelly Tisch, PEO for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical
Christopher Upton, PEO for Combat Support and Combat Service Support
John Walden, PEO IEW&S
Paige Walker, DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center
For information on the SSCF program, to include timelines for the next intake, go to https://asc.army.mil/web/career-development/programs/defense-acquisition-university-senior-service-college/
For additional questions, please contact the DAU-SSCF Program Manager, Kelly Terry, (571) 329-2053, kelly.l.terry2.civ@mail.mil.
