Correction Release to AFCEA International's Announcement of New Board Chair, Vice Chair, Executive Committee and Board of Directors Members
July 02 2024 - 9:19PM
This press release corrects an earlier version distributed June 24,
2024 — AFCEA International is pleased to announce the appointment
of a new chair and vice chair to the association’s Board of
Directors, in addition to newly appointed members of the
association’s Executive Committee. Tamara Greenspan is the board’s
new chair and rises to the post after having served as vice chair
for three years. Greenspan is group vice president and general
manager, Oracle Federal & Canadian Public Sector Applications.
Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.,) has been elected as the board’s
new vice chair. He is vice president and general manager at General
Dynamics Information Technology, or GDIT.
“Tamara is a visionary
leader who possesses a rare combination of business acumen,
in-depth knowledge in the digital domain and a philanthropist’s
passion that make her unparalleled leadership and background a
tremendous asset for AFCEA and our global volunteer members,” said
AFCEA President and CEO Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.).
Greenspan succeeds Lt. Gen. William Bender, USAF, (Ret.) who served
as chair as the nonprofit association emerged from the pandemic.
“Bill served during an unprecedented time and AFCEA is grateful for
his vision, support and guidance,” Gen. Lawrence said.
Additionally, Frank
Arlotta, with RF Products Inc., will serve as the new regional vice
president (RVP) representative to the Executive Committee and
Stephanie Hutch, with Makai, will be the new Emerging Leader
representative to the Executive Committee.
Alvie Johnson, with
Bizzell, will serve as the new RVP representative to the Board of
Directors; Ryan Mahoney, with Trusted QA Inc., is the new Emerging
Leader representative to the Board of Directors and
Melisa Stivaletti, with Guide House Federal, is the new Emerging
Professional in the Intelligence Community (EPIC) representative to
the Board of Directors.
More than half of the
board’s membership represents diversity, including international,
women and diverse
members.
AFCEA congratulates and
profoundly thanks for their service all members — new and existing
— of the Executive Committee and Board of
Directors.
Executive
Committee — Class of
2025 Lauren Knausenberger, SAIC
Executive
Committee — Class of 2026 Richard Aldridge, Dine
Development Carey Bandler, NUIX Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty,
USA (Ret.), Booz Allen Hamilton Heidi Grant,
Boeing Ross Guckert, J.A. Green & Company Lt. Gen.
Ronnie Hawkins, USAF (Ret.), Angelo State University Roger
Hockenberry, Cognitio Steve Hoffman, Fortinet
Federal Alisha Kelly, Trace Systems Chris Miller,
Avaya Sean Mullen,
Amentum Christine Skropke, Secunet Security
Networks Gretchen Stewart, Intel Vice Adm.
Jeffrey Trussler, USN (Ret.),
Team Trussler LLC Board
of Directors — Class of
2026 Florian Breger, IBM Technology Colleen
Dilly, T-Rex Solutions LLC Trudy Duncan, GOV CIO Dean
Fox, Amentum John Gilligan, Center for Information
Security Petr Jirasek, Cyber Security & IT
Adviser Dr. Paul Nielsen, software Engineering Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University Al Nieves, Aqua
Security Cynthia Pacheco, JTSI Brig Gen Chad Raduege,
USAF (Ret.), University of Tulsa Anitha Raj, ARAR
Technology Andrew Schnabel, Zscaler Shivaji
Sengupta, Nextkey Corp/Magnus Management Matt
Stratford, BridgePhase, LLC Lt. Gen Antonio Tangorra, AFCEA
Rome Chapter Gen. Dennis Via, USA (Ret.), Booz Allen
Hamilton Aaron Weiss, Google Doug Wiltsie, SAIC
Associate Directors Maj. Gen. Dennis
Moran, USA (Ret.), Pike’s Way LLC Professor Emmanuel Varouhas,
The American College of Greece Brig. Gen. Rob Lyman,
USAF (Ret.), J.A. Green and Company Greg Lindsey, Westway
Enterprises Kenneth Hirlinger, CACI Cory Lindo, Central
Pacific Logistics LLC Katie Helwig, Mild Red LLC Lloyd
McCoy, TD SYNNEX Shanna Staten, Dine Development
Corporation Rick Lipsey, Leidos A
complete list of AFCEA’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee
members will be available soon on AFCEA’s website.
About AFCEA
International
AFCEA International is a
501(c)(6) nonprofit international professional association that
connects people, ideas and solutions globally. Established in 1946,
the membership association serves the military, government,
industry and academia by developing networking and educational
opportunities and providing an ethical forum. This enables
military, government, industry and academia to align technology and
strategy to meet the needs of those who serve. AFCEA operates under
the guidance of a board of directors, international staff and
committees. A large network of chapters is managed by a group of
regional vice presidents. Join online.
Contact DataHoward Wahlberg AFCEA International 703-631-6199
hwahlberg@afcea.org
Howard Wahlberg
AFCEA International
703-631-6199
hwahlberg@afcea.org