ALCOAST 285/23 - AUG 2023 FISCAL YEAR 2022 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

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SUBJ: FISCAL YEAR 2022 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 151250Z NOV 22/ALCOAST 456/22
1. In accordance with REF (A), this message announces the Coast
Guard recipients of the 2022 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Awards. The members below are
recognized for their exemplary contributions within the DHS
financial community during Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022).
2. I am honored to announce the Coast Guard recipients of the
FY2022 DHS CFO Awards in the following categories:
    a. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence in
Audit Readiness: USCG Audit Team.
      (1) Rachel Abellera, COMDT (CG-841), Washington, DC
      (2) LCDR Shehu Bello, COMDT (CG-841), Washington, DC
      (3) Nicholas Bridges, FINCEN, Chesapeake, VA
      (4) Lesley Farquharson, COMDT (CG-8422), Washington, DC
      (5) James Fields, SFLC-YARD, Baltimore, MD
      (6) Thomas Flyntz, PPC, Topeka, KS
      (7) Gerald Foster, FINCEN, Chesapeake, VA
      (8) Anne Graham, COMDT (CG-1R), Washington, DC
      (9) LCDR Yusen Guo, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC
      (10) Emily Holmes, ALC, Elizabeth City, NC
      (11) Timothy Howard, SFLC-YARD, Baltimore, MD
      (12) Jessika Hunt, COMDT (CG-86), Washington, DC
      (13) Rochelle Jackson, PPC, Topeka, KS
      (14) Sharease Jackson, COMDT (CG-86), Washington, DC
      (15) Emilie Kratchen, FINCEN, Chesapeake, VA
      (16) Kevin Lape, SFLC-YARD, Baltimore, MD
      (17) Candace Mianulli, FINCEN, Chesapeake, VA
      (18) Nichol Nardozzi, PPC, Topeka, KS
      (19) Carolyn Peterson-Durham, COMDT (CG-841), Washington, DC
      (20) Cora Purcell, ALC, Elizabeth City, NC
    b. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, David Norquist
Award for Excellence in Financial Management: CGFINCEN Financial
Reporting Team, Finance Center, Chesapeake, VA.
      (1) Mechelle Blue
      (2) Nancy Broschart
      (3) Wendy Caldwell
      (4) Nekiesha Edler
      (5) Tamiya Fisher
      (6) William Gay
      (7) Shiqketa Gray
      (8) Lisa Hill
      (9) Margaret Kess
      (10) Lisa Lewis
      (11) Jocelyn Leyeza
      (12) Jenna O'Brien
      (13) Maria Pinto
      (14) Lonnie Pol
      (15) Lance Poulter
      (16) Donna Simmers
      (17) Sheppard Smyley
      (18) Paulette Swann
      (19) Latosha Thompson
      (20) Terence Warner
    c. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, David Norquist
Award for Excellence in Financial Management: Financial Resources
Transition Team, COMDT (CG-83), Washington, DC.
      (1) LCDR Kevin Beaudoin
      (2) Tyler Bowden
      (3) LCDR Madeline Buchert
      (4) Felix Edozie
      (5) LCDR Alaina Fagan
      (6) LCDR Steven Fainer
      (7) LCDR Yusen Guo
      (8) Monty Holcombe
      (9) LT Gordon Holloway
      (10) LCDR George Kolumbic
      (11) LCDR Stefan Lewis
      (12) CDR Eric Majeska
      (13) CDR Heather Majeska
      (14) CDR Sawyer Mann
      (15) CDR Jesse Millard
      (16) Chad Mouw
      (17) CDR James Pafford
      (18) LCDR Adam Tanner
      (19) Kelli Thomas
    d. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence
in Service: LCDR Yusen Guo, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC.
    e. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence
in Service: Coast Guard Office of Financial Systems (CG-86),
COMDT (CG-86), Washington, DC.
      (1) CDR Robert Bixler
      (2) CWO Gilberto Correa
      (3) LTJG Denis Daly
      (4) Marion Graviss
      (5) Jessika Hunt
      (6) Sharease Jackson
      (7) CWO Rayford Mitchell
      (8) LCDR Leonel Robles
      (9) Cheryl Smith
      (10) Stephen Weagraff
      (11) Viola Williams
    f. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence
in Service: FINCEN FSMS IMT Surge Support, Finance Center,
Chesapeake, VA.
      (1) SK3 Rickey Austin
      (2) Jennifer Billips
      (3) CDR Jordan Boghosian
      (4) SK3 Karon Bullard
      (5) SK1 Vincent Burke
      (6) CAPT Michael Danish
      (7) LCDR Brian Dochtermann
      (8) SKC Jessica Elm
      (9) LCDR Randi Jimenez
      (10) SKCS Pascal Joseph
      (11) SK1 Randall Joyner
      (12) George Kellam
      (13) YN1 Kristine Kipp
      (14) CWO Benedict Lizama
      (15) IT1 John Luck
      (16) SKC Tyler Marfio
      (17) SKC Tyrone Minnifield
      (18) LTJG Brandon Santiago
      (19) LT Jeremiah Savali
      (20) SK3 Tyler Schramm
    g. Excellence in CFO Principles, Frontier Award for Innovation
and Ingenuity: USCG FSMS Transition, Incident Command, Reimbursable
Agreement Tiger Team.
      (1) LCDR Kara Burns, COMDT (CG-922), Washington, DC
      (2) Felix Edozie, COMDT (CG-832), Washington, DC
      (3) LCDR Yusen Guo, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC
      (4) Monty Holcombe, COMDT (CG-832), Washington, DC
      (5) John Imahori, COMDT (CG-835), Washington, DC
      (6) Megan Irvine, PPC, Topeka, KS
      (7) Rochita Jackson, COMDT (CG-835), Washington, DC
      (8) LCDR George Kolumbic, COMDT (CG-832), Washington, DC
      (9) Nichol Nardozzi, PPC, Topeka, KS
      (10) Melissa Sergent-Button, COMDT (CG-832), Washington, DC
      (11) LTJG Amber Wike, COMDT (CG-835), Washington, DC
    h. Excellence in CFO Principles, Frontier Award for
Innovation and Ingenuity: FINCEN Utilities Design and
Implementation Team, USCG Finance Center, Chesapeake, VA.
      (1) Timothy Adamchick
      (2) SK3 Rickey Austin
      (3) SK3 Karon Bullard
      (4) SK3 Aaron Bustos
      (5) SKC Jessica Elm
      (6) LCDR Randi Jimenez
      (7) SK1 Randall Joyner
      (8) YN1 Kristine Kipp
      (9) CWO Benedict Lizama
      (10) IT1 John Luck
      (11) SKC Tyler Marfio
      (12) SKC Rodney Merchant
      (13) SKC Tyrone Minnifield
      (14) LT Jeremiah Savali
      (15) SKC Robert Thomas
    i. Excellence in CFO Principles, Decision Support: CAPT Michael
Danish, Finance Center, Chesapeake, VA.
    j. Excellence in Performance, Heritage Award: CAPT Erich Klein,
COMDT (CG-8), Washington, DC.
    k. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Leadership: Jaye
Simpson, Finance Center, Chesapeake, VA.
    l. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Leadership: Craig A.
Bennett, SES, COMDT (CG-8D), Washington, DC.
    m. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Employee: Darlee
Horiuchi, Civil Engineering Unit (CEU), Honolulu, HI.
    n. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Employee: LCDR Kurt
Walker, COMDT (CG-813), Washington, DC.
3. I congratulate these award winners on their success. This DHS-
wide recognition is a testament to the tremendous effort the Coast
Guard is making at all levels of the financial management
enterprise to improve accountability and modernize the fundamental
financial processes by which we do business. The work of the
financial management community is critical to the success of our
service and directly contributed to DHS achieving and maintaining
an unmodified audit opinion. Please take the opportunity to read
their respective awards which can be found at:
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4. I applaud all the nominees for their accomplishments and their
commanding officers and supervisors for taking the time to submit
well-deserved nominations. Successful mission execution requires
the very best mission support professionals who possess in-depth
technical knowledge, strong leadership skills, practical
experience, and professional credentials to effectively and
efficiently sustain our Coast Guard mission. I encourage all
leaders to recognize their high-performing financial management
professionals by nominating them next year for the FY2023 DHS CFO
Awards.
5. COMDT (CG-81) POC is Dianne Trawick, Dianne.S.Trawick@uscg.mil
or (202) 372-3722.
6. RDML Matthew W. Lake, Assistant Commandant for Resources/Chief
Financial Officer (CG-8), sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.