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Joint Women’s
Leadership Symposium
JUNE 11 - 12, 2015
san diego, CA SeaLeader.org
progress and possibilities:
embrace our
future
A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD
It is my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome you to the 28th
Annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium! Whether this is your
first or your 28th time at this symposium, we are delighted that you
are here with us today. The Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium
seeks to recognize, respect, and celebrate the strengths, unique
talents, and competitive advantage that women bring to the Armed
Forces. We’ve developed an incredible agenda centered on our
theme, “Progress and Possibilities: Embrace our Future Now!” There
is never a greater time to be serving with the amazing and incredible
opportunities that exist within today’s service. This is also a chance
to have your voice heard, and interact with the senior leadership and
your fellow service members and attendees to make your viewpoint
known. Together we achieve success, with an enduring commitment
to improve upon the policies, opportunities, and livelihoods for each
and every one in attendance.
We hope these next two days strengthen your commitment to
serve, and that you are inspired and motivated by the other service
members you will have the chance to meet, interact, and engage
with in conversation. Please use this opportunity to meet someone
new and introduce yourself to over the course of the Symposium.
Table of Contents
Joint Sessions
p. 2
Army
p. 6
Navy
p. 8
Air Force
p. 10
Coast Guard
p. 12
SSLA Information
p. 17
@SeaServiceLead
#JWLS2015
Established in 1978, the Sea Service Leadership Association is the
only organization in the United States dedicated to providing
professional development through networking, education and
mentorship of women in the maritime services, the United States
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The Joint Women’s Leadership
Symposium welcomes all five service branches and the
National Guard. We remain dedicated to enhancing your professional development,
providing mentorship opportunities and leadership growth. Thank
you for attending, and for your dedicated professionalism and
service. We look forward to seeing you at next year’s Symposium!
Sincerely,
Cari B. Thomas
Rear Admiral, US Coast Guard
Chair of the Board, Sea Service Leadership Association
Progress and Possibilities: Embrace Our Future Now!
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Pacific Foyer
0600 - 0900
Symposium Registration & Check-In
Pacific Foyer
0600 - 0825
Meet & Greet — Presented by AAFMAA
Pacific Ballroom 0825-0830
Opening Ceremony — National Anthem, Lieutenant Commander Dana Chapin
Color Guard, Naval Medical Center San Diego
0830-0835
Opening Remarks — Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas, USCG, SSLA Chair of the Board of Directors
0835-0900
“Progress & Possibilities” Spotlight — Vice Admiral William Moran
0900-0920
Recruiting the Next Generation of Women Leaders
Stephanie Miller, Director, Military Accession Policy
0920-0945
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of The New York Times best sellers Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Pacific Foyer
0945-1010
Service Branch Break — Get out of your comfort zone - introduce yourself to three other service members in attendance that you don’t know.
1010-1145
Professional Development Track Sessions
Harborside Room Effective Leadership: The “Self Developed” Leader
Dr. Holly Orozco, Dr.P.H., Dean, College of Health Sciences and College of Education Vice Provost
for Institutional Effectiveness, Trident University International
West Coast Ballroom
Leadership Super Power
Lieutenant Colonel DeDe S. Halfhill, Department of Defense National Security Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
East Coast Ballroom Inspiring Leaders: a model for inspiring yourself and others every day
Allison Holzer, Co-founder, Chief Innovation Officer, InspireCorps
Sandra Spataro, Co-founder, Chief Excellence Officer, InspireCorps
Porthole Mapping Your Financial Future
Sarah Sealey, Wealth Manager, USAA
Pacific Ballrom 1200-1315
Joint Leadership Awards Luncheon
1340-1400
Kristen Kavanaugh, President, Trident Analytical Solutions
1400-1525
Female Leaders Panel
Moderator: Captain Martha LaGuardia, USCG, Author & Coast Guard First District Emergency Preparedness Liason
Army: Brigadier General Tammy Smith
Marines: Sergeant Major, Wounded Warrior Battalion (West) Jennifer Simmons
Navy: Fleet Master Chief JoAnn Marie Ortloff
Air Force: Lieutenant Colonel DeDe S. Halfhill
Coast Guard: Lieutenant Commander Charlotte Pittman
National Guard: Colonel Laura L. Yeager
Pacific Foyer
1525-1545
Community Break — Get out of your comfort zone - introduce yourself to three other service members in your community or designator.
Pacific Ballroom 1545-1600
“Progress & Possibilities” Spotlight — Vice Admiral Thomas S. Rowden
1600-1610
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul F. Zukunft
1610-1620
Tanya Biank, Author behind Lifetime TV’s “Army Wives” and “Undaunted: The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military.”
1620-1625
Closing Remarks — Lieutenant Commander Rosie Goscinski, USN, SSLA President
Pacific Foyer
1625-1730
Mentorship Meet Up — Presented by USAA
Tanya Biank
Lieutenant Colonel DeDe S. Halfhill
Tanya Biank is the author
behind Lifetime TV’s “Army
Wives” and “Undaunted: The
Real Story of America’s
Servicewomen in Today’s
Military.” Tanya’s work has
appeared in numerous
publications, including The
New York Times and The Wall
Street Journal. She has been a guest on Good Morning
America, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, ABC News, and NPR.
Her latest book, “Undaunted” is a Penguin Book Club
Selection of the Month and is on the 2014 Air Force
Chief of Staff’s Recommended Reading List.
As an Army brat, Tanya calls many places
home. She is a Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Penn
State, where she received a degree in journalism and
was a member of the University Scholars Program. She
was honored by Penn State’s College of Communications as its Outstanding Alumni for 2009. Tanya lives
with her family at Fort Meade, Md.
Lieutenant Colonel DeDe S.
Halfhill is a Department of
Defense National Security
Fellow with the Institute for
the Study of Diplomacy,
Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C. She has
spent the last year researching
leadership development,
creating and teaching a graduate-level course on
Women in Leadership in National Security and Foreign
Policy, and is nearing completion of certification as an
Executive Leadership coach.
Colonel Halfhill was commissioned in 1996
as a graduate of Reserve Officer Training Corps at the
University of Iowa. Her career includes tours with the
Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds; as Strategic Communication Advisor to the Chief
of Staff of the United States Air Force; as a Department
of Defense Legislative Fellow in the office of Senator
Evan Bayh; and as the deputy director of public affairs
for U.S. Pacific Command. She completed two tours to
Iraq. The first in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as
the public affairs advisor to the Commanding General,
Multi-National Forces, Iraq. Her second in support of
Operation NEW DAWN as the Commander, 332nd Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, Joint Base Balad,
the Air Force’s largest deployed support and personnel
squadron consisting of more than 1,300 members
responsible for the daily sustainment operations in
support of more than 25,000 base personnel.
Lieutenant Commander Rosie Goscinski
Rosie was commissioned upon
graduation from the United
States Naval Academy in 2001
with a B.S. in Political Science.
Rosie earned her MBA in DOD
Financial Management from
the Naval Postgraduate’s
School and is a graduate of the
Joint Professional Military
Education program.
Rosie has served in key leadership positions
at sea and ashore. She served in USS JOHN YOUNG
(DD-973) as the Communications Officer while deployed
in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Western Pacific and the Middle East. She was the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer for USS OLDENDORF (DD-972),
deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She
served in several amphibious ships: USS TARAWA (LHA1) as the Assistant Damage Control Officer, USS FORT
MCHENRY (LSD-43), as the Operations Officer, as well
as 5th fleet with the 22nd MEU, and deployed to Haiti.
She also served as Operations Officer, AMPHIBIOUS
SQUADRON 8, in USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7), where she led
operations for 7 amphibious ships.
Ashore, she served on two major staffs
in DC: Chief of Naval Personnel’s Financial Management Division, as the US Naval Academy’s and ROTC’s
Financial Manager. As the Surface Warfare Readiness
Analyst for OPNAV N81, she led two Littoral Combat
Ship studies that added 10 additional personnel to the
crew. She was selected as a Navy Legislative Defense
Fellow, serving on the personal staff of Senator Mazie K.
Hirono, D-Hawaii, who was a member of both the Senate
Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee. She
is a qualified Surface Warfare Officer, and screened
for Command Afloat in December 2014. She currently
serves as the Chief of Senate Affairs to General Breedlove, EUCOM Commander in the pentagon.
Rosie is married to Mr. Caleb Fitzgerald, a
civilian aerospace engineer.
Allison Holzer
As Co-Founder and Chief
Innovation Officer of
InspireCorps, Allison leverages
her passions for positive
psychology, performance
coaching, and emotional
intelligence to help individuals
flourish as whole leaders.
Allison’s expertise in learning
and instructional design is the engine that drives
InspireCorps’ innovative approaches to fulfilling our
promise of sustainable inspiration. As a certified coach
and facilitator, she cultivates inspiration, confidence,
and enhanced leadership and performance capabilities
in her clients. With over a decade of experience, she is a
thought leader in the fields of emotional intelligence
and positive psychology, and regularly publishes in
these fields. In addition, Allison co-founded one of the
first evidence-based positive psychology websites
(www.pursuit-of-happiness.org) and worked as a senior
consultant for the Yale Emotional Intelligence Center.
Allison holds a B.A. in Psychological and Brain Sciences
from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts in
Teaching.
Kristen Kavanaugh
In 1998, Kristen Kavanaugh
chose the path less traveled
and accepted an appointment
to the U.S. Naval Academy. As
she embarked on her military
journey, she made a
commitment to service that
became the cornerstone of her
life’s work. At the Academy,
Kristen learned to live by the Navy’s core values: honor,
courage and commitment. Like many college-aged
Americans, she also learned a great deal about herself.
Two years into her commitment, her professional and
personal development critically intersected when she
realized that she was a lesbian serving under the
military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy which
prevented LGBT service members from serving openly.
Despite the moral dilemma of remaining honorable while
hiding a major component of her identity, Kristen kept
her oath and served as a Comptroller in the Marine
Corps for five years, including one tour in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Currently, as President of
Trident Analytical Solutions, Kristen draws upon her
military and personal experience to inspire and lead a
national government contracting firm. Kristen holds a
Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of
Southern California. She serves on Truman National
Security Project’s Defense Council and Service
Women’s Action Network’s Military Advisory Council.
Captain Martha La Guardia
Captain Martha La Guardia is a
journalist, author, professional
speaker with public relations
and military experience, and
serves in the U.S. Coast Guard
as a Captain in the reserves.
During her career in the both
the U.S. Coast Guard and as a
PR flack in Manhattan, she
appeared on national television and was interviewed by
top tier newspapers around the country about Coast
Guard rescues and missions, and public relations client,
IBM.
Her first book, “So Others May Live: Coast
Guard Rescue Swimmers Saving Lives, Defying Death”
(The Lyons Press, 2006 and 2008) won four awards. She
authored, “Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring
Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the
Military” (University of Nebraska Press) in 2012 and
that same year, with Trish Marx, published a tribute to
the power and presence of our national flag, “My Name
Is Old Glory”, (The Lyons Press).
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a
senior fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations and the
author of the New York Times
bestseller, “Ashley’s War: The
Untold Story of a Team of
Women Soldiers on the Special
Ops Battlefield” (2015); as well
as the New York Times bestseller, “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana” (2011), about a
young entrepreneur who supported her community
under the Taliban.
Lemmon graduated summa cum laude from
the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in
journalism. She received an MBA from Harvard, as well
as the 2006 Dean’s Award for her work on women’s
entrepreneurship. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in
Spain and a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany.
She speaks Spanish, German and French, and is conversant in Dari. She serves on the boards of Mercy Corps
and the International Center for Research on Women,
and is a member of The Bretton Woods Committee.
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Stephanie P. Miller
A member of the Senior
Executive Service, Ms. Miller is
the Director of Military
Accession Policy, responsible
for Department of Defense
(DoD) policies and programs
for recruitment and accession
of officer and enlisted
personnel. Previously, Ms.
Miller served as a Special Assistant to Secretaries of
Defense Chuck Hagel and Ashton Carter, with oversight
of Military and Civilian Personnel Policy, Readiness,
Health Affairs, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response,
and DoD/VA cooperation. Her career includes leadership
as the DoD Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Management; Deputy Director of Navy Diversity and
Women’s Policy; and as a Legislative Fellow in the
United States Senate. From 2006 to 2009, Ms. Miller
served as Director, Navy Task Force Life/Work (TFLW).
Her work on TFLW, to include expanding post-partum
operational deferment to 12 months and Congressional
approval of the Career Intermission Program, Paternity
Leave, and Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability earned her
the Families & Work Institute’s Work/Life Legacy Award
and the Working Mother Media Work/Life Excellence
Award. Ms. Miller also served as a Navy Surface Warfare
Officer on USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52) and with
DESTROYER SQUADRON 28 embarked on USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON (CVN 73). She has a degree in English
Literature from Villanova University and a graduate
degree in Human Resources Development from George
Washington University. Ms. Miller’s contributions to the
Department were recognized with the Medal for
Distinguished Civilian Service in 2015. She is married
to Colby Miller and has three children; Anne Marie,
Charlotte, and Paul David.
Brigadier General Michael Meese
Brigadier General Michael
Meese (U.S. Army, Retired),
Ph.D., is the Chief Operating
Officer of the American Armed
Forces Mutual Aid Association
(AAFMAA), a 136 year-old
non-profit that assists the
American Armed Forces
community with insurance,
financial planning, survivor assistance, and other
benefits.
He served 32 years in the Army, concluding
his career as Professor and Head of the Social Sciences
Department at West Point. His service includes five
major deployments to combat zones, totaling over
31 months as a senior policy advisor for Commanding
Generals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has written extensively on national
security and economics including the books, “American National Security and the Armed Forces Guide to
Personal Financial Planning”. He is a graduate of the
National War College, U.S. Military Academy, and holds
a Ph.D., MPA and an M.A. from Princeton University. He
and his wife, Ramona, live in Reston, Virginia and have
three adult children and one grandson.
Vice Admiral William Moran
Vice Adm. Bill Moran, a native
of New York, graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree
from the United States Naval
Academy in 1981 and a
master’s degree from the
National War College in 2006.
He assumed duties as the
Navy’s 57th Chief of Naval
Personnel, Aug. 2, 2013. Serving concurrently as the
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Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower,
Personnel, Training and Education) (N1), he is
responsible for the planning and programming of all
manpower, personnel, training and education resources
for the U.S. Navy. His responsibilities include overseeing
Navy Recruiting Command, Navy Personnel Command,
and Naval Education and Training Command.
A P-3 pilot with operational tours spanning
both coasts, he commanded Patrol Squadron 46, Patrol
and Reconnaissance Wing 2, and served extensively as
an instructor pilot in multiple operational tours and two
tours with Patrol Squadron 30.
Ashore, he served as assistant Washington
placement officer and assistant flag officer detailer in
the Bureau of Naval Personnel; executive assistant to
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; deputy director,
Navy staff; and executive assistant to the Chief of
Naval Operations.
As a flag officer, he served as commander,
Patrol and Reconnaissance Group and director, Air Warfare (N98) on the staff of the chief of naval operations.
He is entitled to wear the Defense Superior
Service Medal, Legion of Merit (five awards), and other
various personal, unit and service awards.
Fleet Master Chief JoAnn Marie Ortloff
Fleet Master Chief (AW/SW)
JoAnn Marie Ortloff joined the
Navy November 10, 1982. Early tours as an Air Traffic
Controller included Naval
Outlying Landing Field, San
Nicholas Island, California,
Naval Air Station Point
Mugu, California, Fleet Area
and Control Surveillance Facility, Hawaii, Naval Outlying
Landing Field San Clemente Island, California, Naval
Air Station Lemoore, California, Naval Base Coronado
and USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN 74.)
A graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy,
Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course,
KEYSTONE Senior Enlisted Leadership Course and the
Executive Medical Department Enlisted Course. Master
Chief Ortloff was awarded the Captain Joy Bright
Hancock Leadership Award in 2000. Personal awards
include: Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (2
awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
(3 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(4 awards), Good Conduct Medal (7 awards), Humanitarian Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer
Service Medal and various campaign/service ribbons.
Dr. Holly Orozco
Dr. Holly Orozco currently
serves Trident University as
the Vice Provost for
Institutional Effectiveness and
Dean of the College of Health
Sciences and the College of
Education. She provides
leadership and oversight for
academic and institutional
assessment activities that both impact and influence
the strategic planning for the University, and is
responsible for the faculty oversight and curriculum for
the undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral degree
programs within the College of Health Sciences and the
College of Education. She has over 10 years of
progressive leadership experience within institutions of
higher education.
Dr. Orozco believes every person has the
potential to be a leader and each person has the ability
to influence positive change within their respective
community and organization. In addition to her professional work experiences, she champions the initiatives
of her children’s schools and her church.
Lieutenant Commander Charlotte Pittman
LCDR Pittman enlisted in the
Coast Guard Reserve in 1995
while attending college in New
York. She graduated from the
State University of New York
Maritime College in 1998 with
a Bachelor of Science in
Meteorology & Oceanography,
a Third Mate Unlimited license
in the Merchant Marine, and a Direct Commission as an
Ensign in the United States Coast Guard. Her first job
was on the Administrative and Coordination Staff for
the Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security
and Environmental Protection at U. S. Coast Guard
Headquarters in Washington, DC. She received a Master
of Science in Organizational Dynamics from the
University of Pennsylvania and reported back to U. S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, where she worked in the
Leadership and Professional Development office,
program managing the U. S. Coast Guard Academy and
Leadership Development Center. In 2014, the Mid-Grade
Officer Career Transition Course team received the
International Society for Performance Improvement’s
Award of Excellence for Outstanding Intervention. LCDR
Pittman is currently assigned as the Assistant Logistics
Officer at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, California
where she flies the MH-60T helicopter. She has served
in both the Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon
response operations and has over 2800 military flight
hours.
Vice Admiral Thomas S. Rowden
A native of Washington, D.C.
and a 1982 graduate of the
United States Naval Academy,
Vice Admiral Thomas Rowden
has served in a diverse range
of sea and shore assignments.
Rowden’s assignments include
duty in cruisers, destroyers
and aircraft carriers in both
the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. During these tours, he
deployed to the Arabian Gulf, Western Pacific, Sea of
Japan, South China Sea, East China Sea, Philippine Sea,
Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Black Sea, and Gulf of
Guinea/West Africa areas of operation.
He has also served on the Joint Staff as
an action officer in the Defense and Space Operations
Division (J38); on the chief of naval operations staff
as the theater missile and air defense branch head for
the director, Navy Missile Defense (N71), and as the
executive assistant to the director of Surface Warfare
(N76). He completed a tour as Surface Warfare Officer
(nuclear) assignment officer at the Bureau of Naval
Personnel Command, and served as commanding officer
of Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport,
Rhode Island, where he oversaw the training of every
officer en route to duty on ships at sea.
His current assignment is Commander Naval
Surface Forces/Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Rowden’s decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal and other personal, unit and campaign awards.
Sarah Sealey
Sarah Sealey serves as a
Wealth Manager in USAA’s San
Diego and Oceanside offices.
She has spent over 20 years in
the financial services industry
and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER™ (CFP) practitioner
and holds the Certified Wealth
Strategist (CWS) designation.
Additionally, she holds the FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65
licenses, and holds a Life and Health Insurance license
in California.
Sarah is part of a team a team that helps
USAA members define and meet their financial and life
goals. She specializes in assisting high net worth Members and their families to build customized plans that
create, grow, protect, and preserve their assets. She is
honored to continue USAA’s heritage of service, loyalty,
honesty, and integrity with her Members.
Sarah was born overseas into an Air Force
family and has been a loyal USAA member for over 20
years. She married into the Navy in 2003 and she and
her husband settled in the rural north county area of
San Diego. They keep busy remodeling an Adobe home
and tending their newly planted vineyard.
content design and assessment to drive transformational business solutions. A professor of Management
at Northern Kentucky University, she draws on research
in organizational behavior and positive psychology to
teach classes in leadership, teamwork, personal
development and general management to undergraduate, MBA, and executive students. Sandra Spataro holds
a B.A. and an M.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to
publishing research on diversity, organizational culture,
status, power and influence, she has co-authored a
book with Keith Yamashita entitled, “Unstuck: A Tool for
Yourself, Your Team, and Your World”. Before pursuing an
academic career, Sandy held numerous management
positions at Oracle Corporation.
Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas
Sergeant Major Jennifer L. Simmons
Jennifer L. Simmons enlisted in
the Marine Corps December
1987 and completed recruit
training at Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parris Island,
South Carolina. She assumed
the duties as the Battalion
Sergeant Major of 1st Radio
Battalion at Camp Pendleton,
California from August 2011 to October 2012. Sergeant
Major Simmons was subsequently reassigned as the
Battalion Sergeant Major at Support Battalion, Recruit
Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego, California. Her current duty station is at Wounded
Warrior Battalion West.
Sergeant Major Simmons is a native of Snow
Hill, North Carolina. She is married to Master Sergeant
Barry F. Simmons (Retired, USMC) of Macon, Georgia.
Brigadier General Tammy Smith
On 1 March 2014, Brigadier
General Tammy Smith assumed
duties as the United States
Army Reserve Deputy Chief of
Staff. In this role, she is
responsible to synchronize the
planning activities of 31
functional Directorates
supporting both the
Department of the Army Staff and Forces Command
(FORSCOM). The Army Reserve is a Federal all-volunteer
force with an end strength objective of 205,000
Soldiers.
Brigadier General Smith’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze
Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medals (two oak leaf
clusters), Army Commendation Medals (four oak leaf
clusters), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Combat
Action Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Parachute Rigger Badge, and the Army Staff Badge.
While proud to be identified as a Citizen-Soldier, the majority of Brigadier General Smith’s work
history has been as an Active Component officer and
member of the Active/Guard and Reserve Program.
She and her wife Tracey Hepner are active in volunteer
military family support events in the Washington, DC
and Northern Virginia area.
Sandra Spataro, Ph.D.
As a professor, executive
coach, leader in industry, and
entrepreneur, Dr. Spataro’s
career reflects her commitment to bettering organizations and leaders by
translating and applying her
knowledge and research to
practical applications and
strategies. As Co-Founder and Chief Excellence Officer
at InspireCorps, Sandy leads the dual functions of
Throughout her 30 year Coast
Guard career, Rear Admiral
Thomas has been both a leader
and mentor to hundreds of
women and men both in the
military and community. She
has had command both afloat
and ashore, as well as worked
in policy, budget development
and human resource management jobs. Rear Admiral
Thomas has negotiated international agreements, and
represented the United States in a wide spectrum of
diplomatic forums, in the Western Hemisphere, Europe
and the Pacific. In addition to her undergraduate degree
in Civil Engineering from the Coast Guard Academy, Rear
Admiral Thomas earned a Masters of Arts in National
Security and Strategic Studies, and a Master of Science
in Educational Leadership.
During recent tours of duty, Rear Admiral
Thomas chose three watch words that remain guiding
principles today, “Commitment, Courage, Character.”
Cari was a Girl Scout troop leader, served on the USCG
Academy Alumni Association Board of Directors, and
was privileged to promote the first woman to Chief Warrant Officer, Material Maintenance Specialty (MAT). She
is currently the Chair, Board of Directors of the Sea
Services Leadership Association, an organization dedicated to providing professional development of women
through networking, education, and mentorship. Rear
Admiral Thomas has spoken to the Honolulu Chapters of
the Professional Women’s Network and Organization of
Women Leaders, and lectured at the Asia Pacific Center
for Strategic Studies on Women, Peace and Security.
Her hobbies include cycling, snorkeling, reading Nicholas
Sparks novels, and taking ukelele lessons. Cari has been
married for nearly 28 years and is a mother to her 26
year old daughter and son-in-law.
married to LTC (Ret) Curtis Yeager, and has 4 boys:
Robert, Benjamin, Steven, and Scott.
Admiral Paul F. Zukunft
Admiral Paul Zukunft assumed
the duties of the 25th
Commandant of the U.S. Coast
Guard on May 30, 2014. He
leads the largest component
of the Department of
Homeland Security, composed
of 88,000 personnel including
active duty, reserve, civilian,
and volunteer Auxiliarists.
Prior to this, Admiral Zukunft served as
Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, where he was operational commander for all U.S. Coast Guard missions
in an area encompassing more than 74 million square
miles and provided mission support to the Department
of Defense and Combatant Commanders.
His personal awards include both the
Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard
Distinguished Service Medals, Defense Superior Service
Medal, three Legions of Merit and five Meritorious
Service Medals with “O” device among others.
Colonel Laura L. Yeager
Colonel Laura Yeager was
commissioned in 1986 and
began service as an
Aeromedical Evacuation Pilot
in 1989. Since then, she has
served as Battalion S-3, 49th
Combat Aviation Brigade Equal
Opportunity Advisor and
Adjutant, 40th Aviation Brigade
Executive Officer, and Chief of Operations, Training and
Standardization Branch in the State Aviation Office,
commanded 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment,
served as Deputy Commander of the 40th Combat
Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Iraq, and commanded the 40th
CAB. Colonel Yeager earned her Bachelor’s Degree in
Psychology from the University of California at Irvine
and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from
Chapman University College. She also earned a Master
Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War
College. Colonel Yeager now serves as the Chief of Staff
for the California Military Department Joint Staff. She is
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ARMY
Friday, June 12, 2015
Lawn
0600-0645
Morning Yoga
LTJG Sarah E Colmenero, LTJG Kristen Bradley, and LTJG Katherine Ward
County of San Diego Recreational Park directly across the street from the hotel
Pacific D
0700-0800
Planning Now for your Financial Future
BG Michael J. Meese, USA, Ret., PhD
Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, AAFMAA
Pacific C
0800-0810 Opening Remarks
Ms. Seema E. Salter, Deputy, ODASA DL
0815-0900
Keynote Address
LTG Mary Legere, DCS G2
0900-0920
DACOWTS Update, Initiatives and Concerns
Colonel Betty Yarbrough, Military Director, DACOWITS
0920-0945
Break
0945-1045
Soldier 2020
Mr. David Brinkley, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff G3/5/7, HQ TRADOC
1100-1200
e-Mentoring - AcademyWomen ©
Ms. Stephanie Goebel, President & CEO
1200-1330 Lunch Break (on your own)
1330-1400
SHARP Prevention and Response, Army’s Update
Ms. Monique Ferrell, Director, Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention Office, Army G1
1400-1430
Remarks on Leadership
MG Gwendolyn Bingham, TACOM Commander
1430-1600
Panel Discussion
Work, Life Balance – Career Choices
BG Tammy Smith, US Army Reserve Deputy Chief of Staff
LTC Kay L. Emerson, ODASA DL
LTC Jack Emerson, Product Manager, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
CW5 Janice L. Fontanez
SGM Tracey E. Anbiya, OASA IEE
SGM Tamara Gregory, OASA MRA
1600-1645
Question and Answer Session
Sergeant Major Tracey Anbiya
Mr. David Brinkley
Ms. Monique Ferrell
Sergeant Major Tracey E.
Anbiya is from Chesapeake,
Virginia. She entered the Army
in 1984 as a Personnel
Administration Specialist.
Sergeant Major Anbiya’s first
assignment was the Battalion
SIDPERS Clerk, Fort Hood, TX.
Her follow on assignments
include: Company Clerk, C CO, 498th Medical Battalion,
Garlstedt, Germany; Drill Sergeant, A CO, 2/13th Infantry Battalion, Fort Jackson, SC; Personnel NCO, Berlin
Brigade; Personnel Sergeant 2/1 Aviation Battalion,
Katterbach, Germany; Chief NCO and Brigade Adjutant
for the 26th Area Support Group, Heidelberg, Germany;
the Commandant for the Secretary of the General Staff
and First Sergeant for Headquarters Company, United
States Army Europe and Seventh Army; Command
Sergeant Major for Headquarters Battalion, Fort Belvoir,
VA and Installation Command Sergeant Major for Fort
Belvoir. Previously she was the Command Sergeant
Major, IMCOM Europe Region, Heidelberg, Germany.
She also served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the
Assistant Chief of Staff of Installation Management
(ACSIM). Her current assignment is the first Senior
Enlisted Advisor for the Assistant Secretary Army for
Installations Energy and Environment (ASA IE&E).
Sergeant Major Anbiya’s military education
includes: Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual
Training, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic
and Advanced NCO Courses, Drill Sergeant Course,
Master Fitness Course, NBC Officer Course, Instructor Training Course, First Sergeants Course, Command
Sergeants Major Designee Course, Garrison Command
Sergeants Major Course, and the Army’s Force Management Course.
Mr. David Brinkley was
selected for the Senior
Executive Service in April
2013. He is currently assigned
to Headquarters, U.S. Army
Training and Doctrine
Command as the Assistant
Deputy Chief of Staff,
G-3/5/7. Mr. Brinkley provides
leadership to over 100 Soldiers, Department of the
Army Civilians, and contractors in seven organizations,
and manages an operating budget in excess of $29M.
Mr. Brinkley’s responsibilities include: leading the command’s operations, mobilization and readiness activities
that include integrating and synchronizing operations
across the Training and Doctrine Command; strategic
and operational planning for the Command that ensures
the command is organizationally adaptive and responsive to critical Army-focus areas driven by political and
operational requirements; preparing, publishing, and
distributing command orders, contingency operations
plans, readiness reports, and taskings; managing
the command’s force protection mission to include
anti-terrorism, law enforcement, and physical security;
developing long-range future training and leader education documents/concepts (to 2025) based on projected
operational environment, and learning science to guide
near-term investments in science and technology,
experimentation, pilot programs, and learning strategies
to support a precision Learning System.
Ms. Ferrell was appointed to
the Senior Executive Service
on 20 November 2011. She is
currently serving as the
Director of the Army’s Sexual
Harassment/Assault Response
and Prevention (SHARP) Office.
In this capacity, she
establishes effective
strategies, develops plans, and formulates policies for
continued improvement of SHARP programs. She works
with Army and DOD Senior Leaders to develop and
execute short-term strategies and associated metrics
and long-term initiatives to satisfy changing needs in a
dynamic, evolving environment. Prior to this assignment
she served for 29 years in the U.S. Army Audit Agency
where she reached the position of Deputy Auditor
General. As Deputy Auditor General for Manpower,
Reserve Affairs and Training Audits, Ms. Ferrell was the
principal advisor to the Auditor General on all matters
pertaining to Agency programs for auditing the Army’s
major functional areas of human capital, force
protection, force structure, and training. She also
previously directed Army-wide audit coverage of
high-risk areas that focused on theater deployment and
sustainment functions (combat logistics planning,
mobilization and demobilization logistics, theater and
inter-theater transportation, storage and disposal, and
combat service support activities), LOGCAP, and
contingency contracting and contractors on the
battlefield.
Major General Gwen Bingham
Major General Gwen Bingham
assumed command of the US
Army TACOM Life Cycle
Management Command on 25
June 2014. She was promoted
to Major General on 2 Nov
2013.
Major General Bingham is a
native of Troy, Alabama. She
graduated with a marketing degree and as an Army
ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in 1981. She was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. She holds
Masters Degrees from Central Michigan University and
the National Defense University.
Major General Bingham has served in a
myriad of staff and leadership positions throughout
her career from Platoon Leader to Two Star Commander. She has deployed in support of Operations Iraqi
Freedom and Enduring Freedom, and has served in assignments both in CONUS and overseas. Major General
Bingham is the recipient of numerous military awards
including the Distinguished Service Medal; Defense
Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf
Clusters); Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak
Leaf Cluster); Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak
Leaf Clusters); Joint Service Commendation Medal;
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster);
Army Achievement Medal and numerous campaign and
service medals.She was presented the 2013 Strong
Men and Women in Virginia History award; 2013 Wise
Woman Award; named “2013 Mover and Shaker” in Las
Cruces, New Mexico; presented the El Paso Chapter,
Links, Incorporated “2014 Star Award”; the Southwest
Women’s Law Center 2014 Celebrating Women’s
Stories award; Women of Color STEM Awards in 2013
& 2014, and the “2014 Rock of the Year Award” for her
community and civic contributions.
LTC Charles “Jack” Emerson
Chief Warrant Officer Five Janice L. Fontanez
Lieutenant Colonel Charles
“Jack” Emerson graduated
from the United States Military
Academy with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering. Commissioned a
second lieutenant in the Field
Artillery in 1989, LTC Emerson
applied for and was accepted
into the Acquisition Corps in 1996. He has served in
positions of increasing responsibility as an Acquisition
Corps officer in the United States and in Afghanistan.
He currently serves as a Project Manager assigned to
the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. LTC
Emerson is a Bronze Star and Honorable Order of St.
Barbara recipient.
LTC Kay “Linda” Emerson
LTC Kay “Linda” Emerson
graduated from the United
States Military Academy with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Geography in 1990. Commissioned as an Adjutant Generals
Corps officer, LTC Emerson
also has served as a
comptroller. She currently
serves as the Chief of Army Equal Opportunity (EO)
Policy. LTC Emerson’s highest award is the Defense
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. She is
an Honorable Order of St. Barbara and Molly Pitcher
recipient. LTC Linda Emerson is married to LTC Jack
Emerson; together they have five children, a son, C.J.,
and four daughters: Maddie, Rose, Cory, and Faith.
CW5 Janice L. Fontanez
provides leadership, guidance,
mentorship, technical input,
and direction on information
systems, networks, cyber
operations, governance and
policies to senior leaders,
Warrant Officers, and
non-commissioned officers in
the ARNG. CW5 Fontanez enlisted in the United States
Army Reserve in Athens, Georgia in 1975. She later
joined the District of Columbia ARNG in 1978. CW5
Fontanez served in the enlisted ranks rising to rank of
Sergeant First Class. In 1989, she attended Warrant
Officer Candidate School at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
CW5 Fontanez’ duty assignments included System
Programmer/Analyst, Telecommunication Manager, and
Information Management Branch Chief, Guard
Knowledge Online (GKO) Webmaster, ARNG Enterprise
Chief Computer Network Defense (CND), and Senior
Signal Warrant Officer Advisor, ARNG at Signal Center of
Excellence Fort Gordon, Georgia. Her Bachelor of Arts
degree is in Business Management.
Stefanie Goebel
Stefanie is currently the
Director of AcademyWomen’s
eMentor Leadership Program.
The eMentor Leadership
Program is an award-winning
online mentoring and
networking program that
serves various military
affiliated groups of participants to include all veterans and military spouses.
Stefanie was in the first class of women to graduate
from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980. She served in the
U.S. Navy for 13 years as a General Unrestricted Line
Officer (1100). Stefanie has over 15 years experience
developing and implementing leadership and mentoring
programs for both government and nonprofit
organizations.
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NAVY
Lawn
0600-0645
Morning Yoga
0700-0800
Planning Now for your Financial Future — BG Michael J. Meese, USA, Ret., PhD
Pacific D
0800-0850 Breakout Session 1
A Pallet for Success: Enlisted Speed Mentoring
Pacific AB
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael Stevens
Senior Enlisted from the San Diego Area
Women in STEM
West Coast Ballroom
Mr. Jim Rohr
Captain Gisele Bonitz
East Coast Ballroom Grassroots Leadership
Command Master Chief Kathy Hansen, USN (Ret)
0855-0945 Breakout Session 2
Work-Life Balance Panel
Pacific AB
Moderator Electronics Technician First Class Jodi Geibel
Panelists Captain Jennifer Eaves
Commander Jennifer Ellinger
Commander Miriam Smythe
Lieutenant Commander Jessica Morera
Commander Cindy Keating
Spouse Forum Panel
East Coast Ballroom
Moderator Fleet Master Chief JoAnn Ortloff, USN
Panelists Mr. Rich Ortloff, (Retired Fed Firefighter 12 years ago, Mil spouse for 31 years)
Chief Master at Arms Martin Dudley, USN (Ret)
Command Master Chief Paul Fennel
Ms. Barbara Jeanine, USNR (Ret)
Command Master Chief Kathy Hansen, USN (Ret)
West Coast Ballroom Servant Leadership
Force Master Chief Jon Port
PortholeEmbracing Your Role as a Leader
Fleet Master Chief April Beldo
Morning Break
0945-1005 1010-1100 Breakout Session 3
Work-Life Balance Panel
Pacific AB
Spouse Forum Panel
East Coast Ballroom
West Coast Ballroom Servant Leadership
PortholeServing Survivors
Commander Teresa Elders 1100-1220 Lunch Break
Pacific AB
1220-1320 Progress and Possibilities in the Navy
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael Stevens
Pacific Foyer
1320-1330 Afternoon Break
Pacific AB
1330-1445 Senior Leadership Panel
Moderator Commander Jennifer Ellinger
Panelists Vice Admiral Nanette DeRenzi
Vice Admiral Jan Tighe
Rear Admiral Elaine Wagner
1445-1500 Afternoon Break
Pacific AB
1500-1600 “Ask your CNP!” An Interactive Discussion
1600 Closing Remarks
Electronics Technician First Class Jodi Geibel
Fleet Master Chief April Beldo
Commander Teresa Elders
Master Chief Petty Officer Kathleen A. Hansen
FLTCM Beldo enlisted in the
Navy in 1983. Command
Master Chief tours include USS
Bulkeley (DDG 84), Recruit
Training Command, Great
Lakes, Ill, Naval Service Training
Command (NSTC), Great Lakes,
Ill, and USS Carl Vinson (CVN
70). She served as Force
Master Chief for Naval Education and Training Command
prior to her current assignment as the Manpower,
Personnel, Training, and Education (MPT&E) FLTCM.
Commander Teresa Elders, a
native of San Antonio, Texas,
graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy (1996), and the Royal
Military College of Canada
(1998). CDR Elders has earned
various awards including the
2005 Navy League of the U.S.
Stephen Decatur Award for
Operational Competence.
Captain Gisele Bonitz
CAPT Bonitz assumed her
current position as the Space
and Naval Warfare Systems
CenterPacific Executive
Officer July 2014. SSC Pacific
consists of 4700 civilian and
military personnel and over
2000 contractor support
personnel. She is a member of
the Navy’s Information Dominance Corps, Information
Professional Community, the Space Cadre, and the
Defense Department Acquisition Corps.
Commander Ellinger graduated
Academy in 1993 and went on
to become a Surface Warfare
Officer. Tours include USS
Shasta (AE 33), USS Benfold
(DDG 65), USS Decatur (DDG
73), Destroyer Squadron Seven
(CDS 7), and USS Barry (DDG
52) as the Executive Officer. She is a recipient of the
Arleigh Burke Leadership Award and the Knachel
Leadership Award. She also completed tours as the
Executive Officer and subsequently Commanding
Officer aboard USS Kidd (DDG 100).
Master Chief Petty Officer
Kathleen A. Hansen, a native of
Midland, Michigan, entered the
United States Navy in August
1979. After attending recruit
training at Recruit Training
Command Orlando, Florida. Of
note, Master Chief Hansen
designed and cast a bell for the
Chief Petty Officer rank Centennial Anniversary that
was dedicated to, and is displayed at, the Navy
Memorial. She was also directly involved in the
groundbreaking and dedication of the Women’s
Memorial, both located in Washington, D.C. In 2005,
Master Chief Hansen was named one of San Diego’s top
ten “Cool Women,” a Girl Scout Leadership Award.
December 2013 Graduated from the Art Institute of San
Diego with a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality. Master
Chief Hansen’s personal military decorations include:
Legion of Merit (two awards); Meritorious Service Medal
(two awards); Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Medal (four awards); Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards); and numerous campaign and
service awards.
Vice Admiral Nanette M. “Nan” DeRenzi
Command Master Chief Paul Fennel
VADM Nanette M. DeRenzi is
the 42nd Judge Advocate
General (JAG) of the Navy. As
the JAG, DeRenzi is the
principal military legal counsel
to the secretary of the Navy
and Chief of Naval Operations,
and is the DoD Representative
for Ocean Policy Affairs. She
also leads the 2,300 attorneys, enlisted legalmen, and
civilian employees of the worldwide Navy JAG Corps
community.
Senior Chief Fennell was born
and raised in Westmoreland,
Jamaica. He moved to the
United States in August of
1997 and lived in Miami, FL. He
enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 1998 and attended
Recruit Training in Great Lakes,
IL. Upon completion of Recruit
Training, he attended Construction Mechanic “A” school
in Port Hueneme, California. His past duty stations were
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE, Port
Hueneme, CA; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit
THREE in San Diego, CA; Fleet and Industrial Supply
Center (FISC) Yokosuka, Japan; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven, Gulfport, MS; Amphibious
Construction Battalion ONE and he is currently serving
as the CESE department Leading Chief Petty Officer at
EODESU ONE, Coronado, CA. Senior Chief Fennell is
married to the Chief Latasha Fennell (formally Motley)
of Memphis, TN and they have one son, Trenton (12).
Chief Master at Arms Martin Dudley, USN (Ret)
MAC(EXW/SW/AW)(Ret)
Martin Dudley is a service
disabled combat veteran who
served in the US Navy for 22
years on land and sea. His
lovely bride is CMDCM(SW/
AW) Medea Dudley and have
three rambunctious young
children together. After his
retirement in 2012, Marty has taken care of the children
for one deployment while Medea was gone onboard the
USS GREEN BAY. Currently, Marty is a student with
National University and, also the General Manager and
Commercial Diver with WV Construction Company, a
service-disabled veteran owned small business.
Commander Jennifer K. Eaves
Captain Eaves enlisted in the
Navy in 1981, serving as a
yeoman (flag writer). She was
promoted to Chief Petty
Officer in 1989 and commissioned in 1992. She served as
Executive Officer, Fleet
Intelligence Training Center,
San Diego, followed by a tour
with Expeditionary Strike Group Five, Bahrain. She then
served as OIC, Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence
Plot, and reported to the Naval Mine and Antisubmarine
Warfare Command in August 2014.
Commander Jennifer Ellinger
Electronics Technician First Class Jodi Geibel
ET1 Geibel joined the Navy in
2000. Her tours include NAS
Key West, FL, USS San Antonio
(LPD-17), Joint Base McGuire/
Dix/Lakehurst, NJ, Recruit
Training Command, Great
Lakes, IL, and Assault Craft
Unit Five, Camp Pendleton, Ca
where she currently serves as
an LCAC Navigator. She has been recognized as the
2008 JB MDL Junior Sailor of the Year, 2012 RTC
Instructor of the Year and the 2012 National Association of Professional Women’s “Woman of the Year.” She
also serves as the Sea Service Leadership Association
Secretary.
Barbara Jeanine, USNR
Barbara Jeanine is originally
from Klamath Falls Oregon. She joined the Navy in 1985
and remained on active duty till
1995. Barbara got out of the
service to pursue her degree
and in 1999 received her BFA
from Pacific Northwest College
of Art. She had a seven year
break in service then joined the reserves in 2001 after
the attacks on September 11th. While in the Reserves
Barbara was mobilized twice, 2002 - 2003 to Sigonella
Sicily then again in 2009-2010 to Joint Base Balad Iraq
where she was part of the Joint Base Balad Customs
unit. She retired in 2012 with 21 years of service.
Barbara Jeanine and her life partner Kathy Hansen will
celebrate 17 years together on 21 June 2015. Together
they own and operate Industrial Grind Coffee and IG
Bakery in San Diego, California.
Commander Cindy P. Keating
Commander Keating is a native of Locust Valley, NY. In
1994, she graduated from the Naval Academy Preparatory School and in 1998 from the U.S. Naval Academy
with a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography and a
commission as a Surface Warfare Officer. Commander Keating graduated from the Naval War College in
February 2012 where she earned a degree in National
Security and Strategic Studies while participating in an
advanced research group studying Integrated Air and
Missile Defense. She is currently serving as Information Warfare Officer at Naval Mine and Anti Submarine
Warfare Command.
Vice Adm. Bill Moran, a native
of New York, graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree
Academy in 1981 and a
master’s degree from the
National War College in 2006.
He assumed duties as the
Navy’s 57th Chief of Naval
Personnel, Aug. 2, 2013. Serving concurrently as the
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower,
Personnel, Training and Education) (N1), he is
responsible for the planning and programming of all
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air force
Lawn
0600-0645
Morning Yoga
0700-0800
Planning Now for your Financial Future
Pacific D
BG Michael J. Meese, USA, Ret., PhD
Embarcadero
0800 – 0815 Attendee Arrival; Administrative Notes
0815 – 0830 Opening
Welcome Remarks and Icebreaker
0830 – 0915
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
“Leaders Who Serve”-- Senior Leader Perspective’s / Q&A
Keynote Speaker: Maj Gen Stayce D. Harris
0915 – 0930 “Learning from the Past: Letters to My Younger Self”
Topic: Why do I serve? What would I tell my younger self about careers, relationships, money,
forgiveness, etc.?
0930 – 0945
Break
0945 – 1030 “Things to Know During & After We Serve”
Guest speaker: CMSgt (ret.) Denise M. Jelinski-Hall
1030 – 1215
“The Desire to Serve” – Women’s Development & Retention Small Groups
(Each led by a facilitator, who will outbrief the large group after 1hr discussion)
Breakout Group 1 (Civilian)
Breakout Group 2 (FGO)
Breakout Group 3 (CGO)
Breakout Group 4 (SNCO)
Breakout Group 5 (NCO)
Breakout Group 6 (Airman)
Topics for Discussion:
Why do I serve?
How can the Air Force better develop women? (Ex. training, mentorship, etc.)
How can the Air Force improve retention rates for women?
1215 – 1315 Lunch
1315 – 1345
Team Building Exercise: “The Power of Flight”
1345– 1415
“AF Vector” Presentation
New AF web-based tool for mentoring & development
1415 – 1445
Personnel Management Perspective: “Women’s Issues”
Topics: Deployment Deferment, Maternity Leave, Diversity & Inclusion, etc.
Foyer
1445 – 1455
Break
1455 – 1550
Video Introduction
Unsung Hero: The Story of America’s Female Patriots
1550 – 1600
Closing Remarks
Surveys/Feedback
Capt Denisha L. Darcus
Capt Denisha L. Darcus is
currently the Chief, Diversity
Retention Policy, Diversity and
Inclusion Division, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Manpower
and Personnel, Headquarters
U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
She is responsible for the
development of policies that
improve the quality of life and decrease attrition of
highly qualified, diverse talent across the Total Force.
Capt Darcus also leads efforts to create programs that
promote an inclusive environment and eliminate barriers
to retention Air Force-wide.
Maj. Gen. Stayce D. Harris
Maj Gen Stayce D. Harris is
Commander, 22nd Air Force, Air
Force Reserve Command,
Dobbins Air Reserve Base,
Georgia. Twenty-Second Air
Force has command
supervision of the Reserve’s
air mobility operations and
other vital mission sets to
include undergraduate pilot training, flight test
operations and a highly mobile civil engineering
response force. With more than 15,000 Reservists and
105 unit-equipped aircraft, 22nd Air Force contributes
daily to the Air Force’s worldwide operational mission.
Reserve aircrews within 22nd Air Force fly a variety of
missions to include aerial spraying, fire suppression,
hurricane hunters to troop transport utilizing the C-130
Hercules.
General Harris received a commission in the
Air Force through the University of Southern California’s
Air Force ROTC program. She served on active duty until
joining the Air Force Reserve in 1991. Her staff assignments include serving as a mobility force planner for
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations and
as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. She has commanded an airlift squadron, an expeditionary operations
group and an air refueling wing. In her civilian occupation, she is a commercial airline pilot flying routes to
Asia and Europe.
CMSgt Denise M. Jelinski-Hall
CMSgt Denise M. Jelinski-Hall
finished her distinguished
career serving as the Senior
Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau. In
this position, her responsibilities included advising the
Chief of the National Guard
Bureau on all enlisted matters
affecting training and utilization, health of the force,
and enlisted professional development of the over
427,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in the 50
states, 3 territories and the District of Columbia.
Additionally, CMSgt Jelinski-Hall was heavily involved in
all matters that affected the families of National Guard
soldiers and airmen. While assigned to the Pentagon,
she served on numerous executive level committees
representing the National Guard Enlisted Corps.
Chief Jelinski-Hall has the distinction of
having achieved the highest position ever held by an enlisted female in the history of the United States Armed
Forces, all branches and components.
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COAST GUARD
0600-0645
Lawn
Morning Yoga
0700-0800
Pacific D
Planning Now for your Financial Future — BG Michael J. Meese, USA, Ret., PhD
Harborside Rm 0800-0805 Welcoming Remarks
CDR Gina L. Freeman, Gender Policy Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion
0805-0820 Introductory Remarks
CAPT Jonathan S. Spaner, Sector Commander San Diego
0820-0845
Keynote Speaker
ADM Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant of the Coast Guard
0845-0900
Break
0900-1030
Leadership Panel
Moderator
SCPO Mary A. Cunningham, Enlisted Policy Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion
PanelistsCDR Dawn Prebula
LT Kristin Driscoll
LTJG Katie Spira
ASTC Ty Aweau
GMC Crystal Martens
DV1 Geraldine Cabrera
1030-1045
Break
1045-1145
OPM/EPM Presentation
CWO4 Amy Cerino/CWO2 Tracy Randall
1145-1200
“Progress & Possibilities” Spotlight
CAPT Melissa Bert, D7 Chief of Staff
1200-1205
Group Picture
1205-1330
Working Lunch (Hotel Restaurant and Cash Sandwich Bar)
Table Topics:
1. “Women in Command”
2. “Sexual Assault Awareness”
3. “Member to Member”
4. “Parenting in the Coast Guard”
5. “Navigating Your Career”
1330-1345
Break
1345-1400
“Progress & Possibilities” Spotlight
CMC Dawn Stephens, D11 Gold Badge
1400-1500
Key Note Speaker
SPAR, Ms. Vivian McRae
1500-1505
Closing Remarks
LT Susan Arbeiter, Assistant Gender Policy Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion
LT Susan L. Arbeiter
LT Susan L. Arbeiter graduated
from the Massachusetts
Maritime Academy in 2007
with a Bachelor of Science in
Marine Transportation and a
Coast Guard Third Mate
Unlimited Oceans License.
Upon graduation, she was
commissioned as an Ensign in
the US Coast Guard through the Direct Commission
Officer Maritime Graduate Program. LT Arbeiter’s
awards include the Coast Guard Commendation Medal
with Operational Distinguishing Device, three Coast
Guard Unit Commendation Ribbons with Operational
Distinguishing Device, and the Coast Guard Permanent
Marine Safety Professional Pin, along with other various
unit and team awards. LT Arbeiter is married to LTJG
Scott Arbeiter, USCG, and they have two children, Emma
(3) and Clara (6 mo.)
Chief Aviation Survival Technician Aweau
Chief Aviation Survival
Technician (ASTC) Aweau
currently serves as the
Aviation Survival Technician
Shop Chief at Sector San
Diego (SSD). He enlisted in the
Coast Guard in January of
1999 and was stationed on
the Coast Guard Cutter
MIDGET from March of 1999 until March of 2000. He
graduated AST School in October 2000 and returned to
AIRSTA Astoria to perform his duties as a new rescue
swimmer. In the summer of 2004, he departed Astoria
en route AIRSTA Barbers Point, Hawaii, where he
remained until July of 2011. Afterwards he departed to
AIRSTA Los Angeles, CA where he short-toured, due to
advancement to Chief. In the summer of 2014, ASCT
Aweau was sent to SSD, CA where he has the pristine
duty of being the AST Shop Chief.
Captain Melissa Bert
Captain Melissa Bert is
currently the Chief of Staff of
the Seventh District, which
spans the Southeastern
United States and the
Caribbean. Just prior, she
headed the Coast Guard’s
Maritime and International Law
Office at Headquarters,
advising our Director of Operations on the range of
maritime operational issues and international
obligations. She commanded Coast Guard Sector
Juneau, Alaska, where she was responsible for maritime
operations and regulation of shipping throughout the
region. Previous tours included special assistant to the
Commandant, as well as a wide range of legal and
operational assignments at sea and ashore. CAPT Bert
is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, George
Washington University Law School, Naval War College,
and she was a national security fellow at the Harvard
Kennedy School.
Diver First Class Cabrera
Diver First Class Cabrera
currently serves as one of the
few Dive Supervisors at
Regional Dive Locker West
(RDLW) San Diego. She
enlisted in the Coast Guard in
June of 1998 and was
stationed on the Coast Guard
Cutter RUSH from June 1998
until February 2000. She struck Boatswain Mate and
was fortunate to return home where she was stationed
at MARSEC Guam. As a BM3, she quickly rose through
the ranks, qualifying as a Boarding Officer and Coxswain
conducting numerous Law Enforcement boardings. In
the summer of 2006, she departed MARSEC Guam en
route Maritime Safety Security Team Honolulu (MSST
91107). From there she set her sights on becoming a
Coast Guard Diver. In 2007, she completed a seven
week SCUBA dive training at Naval Diving and Salvage
Training Center (NDSTC). Afterwards, she departed to
Coast Guard Cutter SEQUOIA where she had to return to
NDSTC for 6 month dive training to qualify as a second
class diver. In the summer of 2012, she was sent to
RDLW where she had the privilege to go TAD on board
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star and conduct dive
operations in Antarctica. In April 2015, she became the
first and only female enlisted diver to lateral to the Diver
Rate.
Chief Warrant Officer Amy Cerino
Chief Warrant Officer Amy
Cerino, a native of Washington, PA., enlisted in the U.S.
Coast Guard in 1992. CWO
Cerino assignments included:
USCGC HAMILTON, San Pedro,
CA; CG Air Station Elizabeth
City, NC, CG Support Center
Elizabeth City, NC; CG
Integrated Support Command Kodiak, AK; and Ninth
District, Cleveland, OH. In 2004, CWO Cerino accepted
her commission as a Chief Warrant Officer (Personnel
Specialist) and was assigned to CG Sector New York,
Staten Island, NY; CG Sector Jacksonville, Atlantic
Beach, FL and CG Personnel Service Center, Arlington,
VA currently serving as the CWO Mission Execution
Assignment Officer.
CWO Cerino awards include the CG Meritorious Service Medal, four CG Commendation Medal, CG
Achievement Medal; two CG Commandant’s Letter of
Commendation; and the 2007 USO Military Leadership
Award.
CWO Cerino credits her successful career
to her husband Ron (retired USCG); her three children:
Camrynn Gonzales, Fallyn Gonzales, Zachary Cerino,
various mentors, and a supportive family.
Senior Chief Mary Antonette Cunningham
Damage Controlman Senior
Chief Mary Antonette
Cunningham of Syracuse, New
York is a 1987 graduate. Upon
graduating, she enlisted in the
Coast Guard; her duties
consist of Air Station Kodiak,
Ferry Boat maintenance on
Governor’s Island, CGC Legare
and CGC Northland, Base Portsmouth, and Training
Center Yorktown.
Advancing to Chief Petty Officer in 2007,
she became the first active duty female Chief Damage
Controlman and in 2013, she became the first Damage
Controlman Senior Chief female in the Coast Guard.
Currently, she is the Enlisted Policy Advisor at Coast
Guard Headquarters.
Senior Chief Cunningham personal awards
include four Achievement Medals, three COMDT’s Letter
of Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, Unit and
Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbons, three CG
“E” Ribbons, eight Good Conduct Awards, a permanent
Cuttermen’s Pin, and many others.
Senior Chief Cunningham is married to
Chuck and they have 7 year old twins, Torry and Tavaris.
She has an Associate in Business Administration and
is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration, concentration in Management from
Columbia Southern University.
LT Kristin Driscoll
LT Kristin Driscoll currently
serves as the Incident
Management Division Chief at
Sector San Diego. She enlisted
in the Coast Guard in 2001 and
served for four years,
advancing to E-5. In 2005, LT
Driscoll graduated from Baker
University with a BA in
Business Management and was accepted to Officer
Candidate School. Commissioned in 2006, LT Driscoll
was assigned to the CGC JARVIS as a Deck Watch
Officer and the Combat Information Center Officer. In
2008, LT Driscoll was assigned to the Maritime Safety
and Security Team in San Diego where she served as the
Future Operations Officer and a Deployable Team
Leader. In 2010, LT Driscoll completed her MA in
Homeland Security Leadership at the University of
Connecticut. In 2011, she was assigned to the
Leadership Development Center as an Officer Candidate
School Instructor and was recognized as the Coast
Guard’s 2014 International Military Student Officer of
the Year.
Commander Gina Freeman
CDR Gina Freeman is currently
assigned as the Gender Policy
Advisor in the Office of
Diversity and Inclusion,
Washington, DC. Her
assignments have included:
CGC Resolute, St. Petersburg,
FL, Coast Guard Atlantic Area,
Portsmouth, VA., Joint
Interagency Task Force East, Coast Guard Group Key
West, FL., Department of Transportation information
Operation Center, Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, FL.,
Coast Guard Sector Guam, the Coast Guard Liaison to
NAVCENT Command in Bahrain, and the Seahawk
Interagency Operations Center Charleston, SC.
CDR Freeman’s awards include the Joint
Commendation Medal, Navy Marine Corp Commendation Medal, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals,
two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Global War
on Terrorism Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary medal with numerous other team and unit
awards. She has a 5 year old son, Devin.
Chief Gunners Mate Crystal L. Martens
Chief Martens assumed the
role of the Reserve Force
Readiness (RFRS) Supervisor
at Sector San Diego in May,
2014. Her primary responsibility is to assists the Sector
Commander to achieve the
necessary training, qualification and contingency
readiness of their Reserve personnel.
Chief Martens reported to Sector San Diego
from Manama, Bahrain where she served as the Patrol
Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) Weapons Officer
for shore side support. In this role, she was responsible
for the ordnance program for six 110” Island Class
Patrol Boats and served as the liaison with FORCECOM,
USN, & DoD for weapons and ammunition support.
Previously, she served as the Armory supervisor of Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston
(91110) where she deployed to Kuwait and Guantanamo
Bay Cuba in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Martens has also served
at Sector Corpus Christi and onboard the USCGC Chase
(WHEC-718).
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Sergeant Major Tamara J. Gregory
SGM Gregory has distinguished herself as an Army
leader and professional
throughout her 28 years in
active military service. She has
demonstrated unparalleled
commitment to the progress
and possibilities for
advancement of women within
the Armed Forces. She has contributed to the
diversification of our Armed services by reaching new
heights for women using her vast leadership experience
to mentor and inspire all those around her.
SGM Gregory’s dynamic approach to leadership and unparallel achievements has been an inspiration within the military and the civilian community. The
distinctive accomplishments of SGM Gregory reflect
great credit upon her, the United States Army, and make
her most deserving of the Joint Women’s Leadership
Award.
Ms. Love began her career with Department
of the Army in 1981 as a cooperative education student
at Fort Campbell, KY while studying at Austin Peay
State University (APSU) in Clarksville, TN. Ms. Love is a
1993 graduate of the Army Management Staff College
and has served as an adjunct faculty member for the
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
(DEOMI) at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. In 2002 she
was named as a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of
the State. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from
Austin Peay State University and is currently a senior at
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia
Union University where she is completing her Master of
Divinity degree.
She is a member of Federally Employed
Women (FEW) and the National Council of Negro
Women, Inc. Ms. Love is an active member of Metropolitan Baptist Church where she serves as a licensed
Associate Minister. Ms. Love resides in Woodbridge,
Virginia.
Ms. Seema E. Salter
Lieutenant General Mary A.
Legere has served as the
Headquarters, Department of
the Army’s Senior Intelligence
Officer since April 2012. She is
the senior advisor to the
Secretary of the Army and
Army Chief of Staff for all
aspects of Intelligence,
Counterintelligence and Security, and responsible for
the training, equipping, policy and oversight of the Army
Intelligence Corps’ 58,000 Soldiers and civilians. LTG
Legere has served for more than 30 years in positions of
leadership and intelligence and has commanded at all
levels, from Company, Battalion and Brigade Command,
and as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence
and Security Command, responsible for directing and
orchestrating complex intelligence globally. She also
has served as the senior U.S. Intelligence Officer for
United States Forces Korea and for Multi-National
Force-Iraq and has participated in OPERATION JOINT
FORGE and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. She holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the
University of New Hampshire and Masters degrees from
both the Command and General Staff College and the
Army War College.
Ms. Salter serves as the
Deputy and senior advisor to
the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Army for
Diversity and Leadership,
establishing and directing
policy and program requirements for Equal Employment
Opportunity, EEO Compliance
and Complaints Review, Diversity & Inclusion and Army
Command Policy.
Ms. Salter’s awards and honors include:
Who’s Who Among Executive and Professionals (May
2010), The Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian
Service Medals (2), The Department of the Army Equal
Employment Opportunity Compliance and Complaints
Review Agency’s Eagle Award, The Secretary of the
Army Award for Outstanding Achievement in EEO,
The Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service
Awards (3), The Department of the Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service, The National Hispanic
Magazine Avanzando Award and The NAACP Roy Wilkins
Renown Service Award.
Ms. Salter is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has an undergraduate degree in administration and management from Chatham University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a graduate degree in
public administration from the University of Iowa.
Ms. Angela Love
Brigadier General Tammy Smith
Ms. Angela Love joined
Headquarters Department of
the Army in November 2004.
She currently has oversight of
the Workforce Recruitment
Program, Civil Liberties, Title VI,
and has been assigned
temporary responsibility for
Tri-Signed Memorandums for
the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff and Command
Sergeant Major of the Army. She initially served as the
Gender Oversight/Federal Women’s Program Director/
Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Office of
Diversity and Leadership for the Department of the
Army. She has over 34 years of government service as
an EEO Careerist. She has been assigned to Presidio of
San Francisco, California, NATO/SHAPE in Chievres
Belgium, and Pittsburgh PA, US Army Corps of Engineers
and Headquarters Defense Finance & Accounting Office
in Arlington, Virginia
On 1 March 2014, Brigadier
General Tammy Smith assumed
duties as the United States
Army Reserve Deputy Chief of
Staff. In this role, she is
responsible to synchronize the
planning activities of 31
functional Directorates
supporting both the
Department of the Army Staff and Forces Command
(FORSCOM). The Army Reserve is a Federal all-volunteer
force with an end strength objective of 205,000
Soldiers.
Brigadier General Smith holds a Doctor
of Management degree in Organizational Leadership
from the University of Phoenix. Her research focus
was executive leadership and senior leader transitions
into new organizations. She holds a Masters of Arts in
Management from Webster University. She also holds
a Masters in Strategic Studies as a graduate of the
Lieutenant General Mary A. Legere
United States Army War College.
Brigadier General Smith’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze
Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medals (two oak leaf
clusters), Army Commendation Medals (four oak leaf
clusters), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Combat
Action Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Parachute Rigger Badge, and the Army Staff Badge.
While proud to be identified as a CitizenSoldier, the majority of Brigadier General Smith’s work
history has been as an Active Component officer and
member of the Active/Guard and Reserve Program.
She and her wife Tracey Hepner are active in volunteer
military family support events in the Washington, DC
and Northern Virginia area.
Colonel Betty J. Yarbrough
Colonel Betty J. Yarbrough was
born in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. She graduated from
Arkansas Tech University in
1986, with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business
Administration, and was
commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. She also holds a Master of Science degree in
Logistics Management from Florida Institute of
Technology and a Master of Science degree in National
Resource Strategy from the National Defense
University. Her military education includes the
Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, Quartermaster
Officer Advanced Course, Logistics Executive
Development Course, U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces.
Colonel Yarbrough’s awards and decorations
include the Bronze Star Medal (with oak leaf cluster),
the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with two oak
leaf clusters), the Meritorious Service Medal (with three
oak leaf clusters), the Joint Service Commendation
Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with oak leaf cluster), National Defense
Service Medal (with bronze star), Southwest Asia
Service Medal(with bronze star), Iraq Campaign Medal,
Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism
Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, ISAF NATO Medal,
Kuwait Liberation Medal, Army Overseas Service Ribbon
(with numeral 2), and the Army Staff Identification
Badge.
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manpower, personnel, training and education resources
for the U.S. Navy. His responsibilities include overseeing
Navy Recruiting Command, Navy Personnel Command,
and Naval Education and Training Command.
A P-3 pilot with operational tours spanning
both coasts, he commanded Patrol Squadron 46, Patrol
and Reconnaissance Wing 2, and served extensively as
an instructor pilot in multiple operational tours and two
tours with Patrol Squadron 30.
Ashore, he served as assistant Washington
placement officer and assistant flag officer detailer in
the Bureau of Naval Personnel; executive assistant to
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; deputy director,
Navy staff; and executive assistant to the Chief of
Naval Operations.
As a flag officer, he served as commander,
Patrol and Reconnaissance Group and director, Air Warfare (N98) on the staff of the chief of naval operations.
He is entitled to wear the Defense Superior
Service Medal, Legion of Merit (five awards), and other
various personal, unit and service awards.
Lieutenant Commander Jessica Morera
LCDR Morera is participating in
the Career Intermission
Program. She is a stay-at-home
mom and married to a fellow
surface warfare officer. She is
scheduled to return to active
duty in 2016 and screened for
command afloat. LCDR Morera
has served in USS MILIUS (DDG
69), on Destroyer Squadron Two Three in USS NIMITZ
(CVN 68), in USS LASSEN (DDG 82) and as the Ballistic
Missile Defense policy lead for the Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (N3/N5).
Fleet Master Chief JoAnn Marie Ortloff
FLTCM Ortloff joined the Navy
in 1982 as an Air Traffic
Controller. Command Master
Chief tours include USS MILIUS
(DDG 69), U.S. Naval Hospital
Guam, Commander, U.S. THIRD
Fleet, and Commander, Naval
Forces Europe-Commander,
Naval Forces Africa Fleet
Master Chief. She was awarded the Captain Joy Bright
Hancock Leadership Award in 2000 and is KEYSTONE
graduate.
Mr. Rich Ortloff
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Mr. Rich Ortloff was born in
1952 in Hawthorne, California,
and the youngest of three
children. He graduated from
West Torrance High in 1971
and drafted into the US Army in
1972 where he served as a
“Flying Firefighter”, leaping
from UH-1’s. As a DoD
Firefighter he served at Offutt AFB, Port Hueneme, San
Nicolas Island, Wheeler AFB, Barbers Point NAS, West
Loch, NAS North Island and San Clemente Island. He is a
long time volunteer for USO, COMPASS instructor,
military and command functions, AWAG, various spouse
clubs, community cleanups and animal care programs.
He retired in 2003 after a total of 31 1/2 years. He is
the father of two sons; Brent and Brandon and has three
granddaughters. Hobbies include: fishing, diving,
Amateur Radio, restoring “vintage tin.” He is the
recipient of the Public Service Medal, selected; Pacific
USO Volunteer of the Year 2009 and Naples, IT, USO
Volunteer of the Winter 2015 Quarter the Region and
the Europe-Africa Spouse of the Year 2015.
prestigious Peter Tomich Award for Exceptional Military
Excellence from the Senior Enlisted Academy and
became the 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
on September 28, 2012.
FORCE Master Chief Jon Port
Vice Admiral Jan Tighe
Master Chief Port holds an
MBA, and a B.S. in Political
Science, is a designated
Master Linguist,
attended the Navy Senior
Leader Seminar, and is a
KEYSTONE graduate. Master
Chief Port reported for his
current assignment as the
Naval Education and Training Command Force Master
Chief in Feb 2013.
VADM Tighe is a graduate of
the U.S. Naval Academy and
was commissioned as an
ensign (special duty
cryptology) in 1984. As a flag
officer, she has served as U.S.
Cyber Command Deputy J3,
OPNAV N2N6 director,
Decision Superiority, Naval
Postgraduate School interim president, and deputy
commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th
Fleet. In 2014, she assumed duties as the commander,
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet.
Mr. Jim Rohr
After receiving his Ph.D. in
Engineering Physics from the
University of California at San
Diego (UCSD) in 1985, Jim
went to work at the SPAWAR
Systems Center Pacific (SSC
Pacific), where he presently
works. For his first 25 years at
SSC Pacific Jim worked
primarily in research, publishing journal articles in such
topics as: hydrodynamic drag reduction, dolphin
kinematics, flow-induced bioluminescence, and
underwater acoustics. During this time Jim was a
Research Associate at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography and a lecturer (which he continues to be)
at UCSD. For the last seven years he has been
privileged to work with our K-12 community increasing
STEM interest and literacy. In 2013 he received the UC
San Diego Alumni Award for Distinguished Service.
Rear Admiral Elaine C. Wagner
RADM Wagner attended
Indiana University School of
Dentistry (D.D.S., 1980).
Commanding officer tours
include Naval Hospital
Beaufort, South Carolina,
Expeditionary Medical Facility
Kuwait, and Naval Health Care
New England. She served as
the Director, Medical Resources Plans and Policy Division, OPNAV code N931 and Chief, Navy Dental Corps.
She served as the commander of Navy Medicine East
and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, and as Director
of the Tidewater enhanced Multi-Service Market.
RADM Wagner currently serves as Deputy Chief, Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, Wounded, Ill and Injured.
Commander Miriam K. Smyth
CDR Smyth entered the Navy
as an Intelligence Officer in
1994. Previous commands
include Carrier Air Wing Two
aboard USS Constellation (CV
64), Commander U.S. Naval
Forces Central Command / U.S.
Fifth Fleet, and Carrier Strike
Group Eleven aboard USS
Nimitz (CVN 68). She also served as the deputy director
for the Intelligence Department at U.S. Fleet Cyber
Command, the deputy executive assistant to the
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information
Dominance/Director of Naval Intelligence (OPNAV N2/
N6), and most recent, as the Special Assistant to the
Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Michael Stevens
MCPON Stevens, born and
raised in Montana entered the
U.S. Navy in 1983. Stevens
was advanced to master chief
petty officer in October 2002.
He went on to complete a
number of operational and
Command Master Chief tours
to include U.S. 2nd Fleet and
served as the 16th Fleet Master Chief for Commander,
U.S. Fleet Forces Command. He is the recipient of the
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Ms. Vivian McRae
In 1943, Ms. Vivian McRae, a
native of Everett, WA., headed
to a recruiting office in Seattle
to join the Coast Guard’s first
women’s reserve known as the
SPARs – an acronym derived
from the Coast Guard’s motto
of Semper Paratus Always
Ready.
Upon graduating boot camp in Palm Beach,
FL., she went to storekeeper school. After training, she
was assigned to Cleveland, OH., where she ordered supplies for CG units on the Great Lakes. Later, Ms. McRae
spotted a flyer on the bulletin board at work for SPARs
interested in transferring to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or
Alaska. In 1944, she arrived at what would be her final
duty station – Hawaii.
After the SPAR’s disbanded in 1947, she
worked in the medical field, got married, and raised two
children. It never occurred to her that she’d meet the
President of the United States and the First Lady. In
1995, she received a call from the White House, inviting
her back to Hawaii to represent the Coast Guard in an
Honor Guard for then-President Bill Clinton during the
50th anniversary of Japan’s surrender.
Ms. McRae keeps her travel more local, but
loves taking trips down memory lane of her time as a
SPAR.
Lieutenant Commander Dawn N. Prebula
Lieutenant Commander
Prebula currently serves as
the Chief of Contingency
Planning & Force Readiness at
Sector San Diego. In this role,
LCDR Prebula is responsible
for ensuring that all Sector
components are actively
engaged in the cycle of quality
preparedness as needed to prepare for domestic
emergencies and regional contingencies.
LCDR Prebula enlisted in the Coast Guard in
1993. She waited on the Health Services A-School list
for two years while serving in Kodiak, AK but applied and
was accepted to the Naval Academy Preparatory School
in Newport, R.I.
Upon graduation from the Coast Guard
Academy in 2000, LCDR Prebula served as a Deck Watch
Officer on CGC COURAGEOUS and CGC HARRIET LANE,
as a Detachment Officer-in-Charge and Plankowner at
Maritime Safety and Security Team Chesapeake, as a
Joint Planner at Joint Interagency Task Force South, and
as the International Affairs Officer at Atlantic Area.
LCDR Prebula is married to LCDR A.J. Prebula, USN, and they have three kids.
Chief Warrant Officer Tracy Randall
A native of Los Angeles, CA
Chief Warrant Officer Tracy
Randall began her Coast Guard
career in Feb 1989.
Chief Warrant Officer Randall
is currently a Boatswains Mate
Assignment Officer at Personnel Servicing Center, Arlington,
VA. Her previous assignments have included Officer in
Charge, Cutter CHOCK, Baltimore, MD, Executive Petty
Officer, Station Key West, Key West FL., Waterside
Chief, Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA. Operations Petty Officer CGC GEORGE
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COBB, Long Beach, CA. Waterside/Operations Petty
Officer Port Security Unit 311, Long Beach, CA, 1st
Lieutenant CGC MONOMOY, Woods Hole MA. Additional
tours onboard Coast Guard Station Freeport TX, Marine
Safety Officer Corpus Christi TX, Station Monterey CA,
CGC STORIS Kodiak, AK.
Chief Warrant Officer Randall’s personal
awards include three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, one Navy Commendation Medal, three Coast Guard
Achievement Medals, One Navy Achievement Medal,
two Commandants Letter of Commendation, and seven
Coast Guard Good Conduct Medals.
Chief Stephens served as the Storekeeper ‘A’ School
Chief in Petaluma, California.
Master Chief Stephens is a graduate of
United States Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned
Officer Academy Class 04-B. She is also a graduate of
the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s, Institute
for Defense and Business, Log 21: Logistics for the
21st Century course in February 2010 and the Senior
Enlisted Leadership Course (formerly Command Master
Chief Course) in August of 2005. She is currently pursuing her Associates Degree in Accounting from DeVry
University.
Captain Jonathan S. Spaner
Admiral Paul F. Zukunft
Captain Jonathan S. Spaner is
the Sector Commander for
Sector San Diego. His previous
assignments include, Director
of the Office of Emerging
Policy and Head of the U.S.
Delegation to the Arctic
Council Task Force in,
Washington, DC; Commanding
Officer of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, MI.
He has held senior pilot ratings in the C-130 and HH-60
aircraft during tours in California, Florida, and Oregon.
He also served as Strategic Policy Advisor in Iraq and
Afghanistan, as well as Director of Port and Cargo
Security on the White House Staff.
He holds an MBA from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), a B.S. cum laude from
the United States Merchant Marine Academy and is a
distinguished graduate from U.S. Navy Pilot Training. He
holds the “Key to the City” from Traverse City, Michigan
for citizenship, a former fellow at the Council on Foreign
Relations and a former White House Fellow.
Captain Spaner is married to registered
nurse Laura from Redding, Connecticut.
Admiral Paul Zukunft assumed
the duties of the 25th
Commandant of the U.S. Coast
Guard on May 30, 2014. He
leads the largest component
of the Department of
Homeland Security, composed
of 88,000 personnel including
active duty, reserve, civilian
and volunteer Auxiliarists.
Prior to this, Admiral Zukunft served as
Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, where he was operational commander for all U.S. Coast Guard missions
in an area encompassing more than 74 million square
miles and provided mission support to the Department
of Defense and Combatant Commanders.
His personal awards include both the
Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard
Distinguished Service Medals, Defense Superior Service
Medal, three Legions of Merit and five Meritorious
Service Medals with “O” device among others.
Sea Service
Leadership Association
Established in 1978, SSLA is the only non-profit organization in the U. S. dedicated to providing
professional development through networking, education, and mentorship of women from all three
maritime armed forces – the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. SSLA is a
national non-profit and non-political organization. SSLA is also a member of the Navy & Marine
Corps Council which advises the Secretary of the Navy on issues affecting Navy & Marine Corps
personnel and their families. By joining SSLA your voice can make a difference!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair of the Board: RADM Cari B. Thomas, USCG
Chair of the Board, Emeritus: RADM Jan Hamby, USN (Ret)
Senior Advisor: Dr. Gladys Brignoni, USCG
Senior Enlisted Chairperson: FORCM Laura Martinez, USN (Ret.)
USMC Representative: Maj Jenny Storm, USMC
USCG Representative: LTJG Corinne Powers
USCG Representative: CAPT Martha LaGuardia
Master Chief Dawn Stephens
Command Master Chief
Stephens serves as the senior
enlisted advisor to the
Eleventh Coast Guard District
Commander. In this capacity
she provides advice to the
District Commander on issues
and initiatives pertaining to all
Coast Guard members and
their families throughout the District. The Eleventh
District encompasses the states of Arizona, Nevada,
Utah, and California to include its coastal and offshore
waters, and the offshore waters of Mexico and Central
America down to South America. Most recently, Master
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LCDR Rosie Goscinski, USN, President
CDR Katie Shobe, USN, Vice President
LCDR Dana Chapin, USN, Treasurer
HMCS April Merriman, USN, VP of Membership
CDR Donna Poulin, USN, VP of Chapters
ET1 Jodi Geibel, USN, Secretary
NC1 Sarah Patton, USN, Public Affairs Officer
Chief Christine Cots, SSLA Awards Coordinator
LCDR John Dittmer, USNR (Ret), Vice President of Administration
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Lieutenant Katie L. Spira
Lieutenant Spira was raised in
Sanger, TX. She was accepted
to the United States Coast
Guard Academy and
completed her Bachelor’s
Degree in Mechanical
Engineering from 2007-2011.
Following the Academy, she
was assigned to USCGC
MOHAWK out of Key West, FL as the Student Engineer.
She completed DCA School and BO School. In April 2013,
Lieutenant Spira then transferred to USCGC ADAK in
Manama, Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While there, she served as the Executive Officer.
Lieutenant Spira currently serves as the Commanding
Officer of USCGC HADDOCK out of San Diego, CA.
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Sea Service Leadership Association Leadership Award
Each year, SSLA selects outstanding senior women
graduates recognizing them for their overall
leadership, community service, and academic
achievments. Each recipient recieves
a lifetime membership to SSLA, waived registration
to a Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium,
and $100 towards the purchase of new uniforms.
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2015 Midshipmen Leadership Award!
Midshipmen 1/C Alexandra R. Johnston , Florida A&M University
Midshipmen 1/C Karmini Mondal, University of Pennsylvania
Midshipmen 1/C Colby Tanner, University of Rochester
Midshipmen 1/C Lauren Monage, University of Wisconsin
Midshipmen 1/C Meagan Burns, NROTC Hampton Roads
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