Major General Major General Maria Falca

Major General
Maria Falca-Dodson
Peter W. Rodino, Jr.,
Citizen’s Award®
“Maria has worked tirelessly to improve systems that are often cited for their inflexibility and bureaucratic structure rather than for their humanity. She truly and aptly ill
illustrates the guidelines for the Peter W. h
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Rodino, Jr. Citizen’s Award.”
~Judy Donlen, RN, DNSc, JD
Executive Director
Executive
Director
Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative
Panama Medivac, 1993
177th Fighter Wing – F16
Best Advice
Best Advice
Anything we do in life is always about the people. We can have the best and most intensive education a
can have the best and most intensive education, a myriad of life’s experiences and all the resources in the world. But if you don’tt have the hearts and the world. But if you don
have the hearts and
minds of the folks who report to you and work with you, you will never be a leader.
~Aldo Baldi, MD (Col, NJANG)
Former medical Commander & mentor Major General Falca-Dodson with
Colonel Aldo Baldi
Baldi, MD
Commander of the Troops – Governor’s Military Review
Sea Girt, New Jersey 2007
Departure of the 50th IBCT, NJ Army National Guard
For 1 Year Tour in Iraq, 2008
Assumption of Command
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Maria with Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno
Favorite Quote
“What
What lies behind you and what lies in front of lies behind you and what lies in front of
you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you ”
you.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
R l h W ld E
Maria with her husband Dr. Buck Dodson,
father Son Nick & Frank Maske,
father,
Maske 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia 2009