ALCOAST 252/24 - JUN 2024 FISCAL YEAR 2023 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

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SUBJ: FISCAL YEAR 2023 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
(DHS) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 111255Z OCT 23/ALCOAST 388/23
1. In accordance with REF (A), this message announces the
Coast Guard recipients of the 2023 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 2023 (FY2023).
2. I am honored to announce the Coast Guard recipients of the
FY2023 DHS CFO Awards in the following categories:
    a. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Bill Mason
Excellence in Internal Controls Award: Chukwunyem Aninye,
COMDT (CG-85), Washington, DC.
    b. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence in
Budget, Planning and Evaluation Award: FY23 Enterprise Budget
Execution Team, COMDT (CG-83), Washington, DC.
        (1) CDR Philip Granati
        (2) LCDR Chris Pappe
        (3) LCDR Stephen Fainer
        (4) LT Andrew Ellis
        (5) CDR Mario Texeira
        (6) CDR James Pafford
        (7) LCDR Adam Tanner
        (8) LCDR Alaina Fagan
        (9) LCDR Andrew Quandt
        (10) LCDR Stefan Lewis
        (11) LT Laura Rayburn
        (12) LCDR Nathanael Rhodes
        (13) LCDR Kellen Browne
        (14) Tyler Bowden
        (15) Anna Joy LaPolt
        (16) CDR Richard Nines
        (17) Montreville Holcombe
        (18) Felix Edozie
        (19) LCDR Benjamin Litts
        (20) LCDR Yusen Guo
    c. Excellence in Superior Mission Achievement, Excellence in
Service Award, Michael Fragano, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC.
    d. Excellence in CFO Principles, Frontier Award for Innovation
and Ingenuity: LCDR Yusen Guo, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC.
    e. Excellence in CFO Principles, Frontier Award for Innovation
and Ingenuity: Carol Taylor, FINCEN, Chesapeake, VA.
    f. Excellence in CFO Principles, Partnership Award: IGT Process
Improvement Team, COMDT (CG-83), Washington, DC.
        (1) John Imahori
        (2) Joseph Dung Hall
        (3) David Winner
        (4) Derek Buehler
        (5) Peter Wingate
    g. Excellence in CFO Principles, Partnership Award:
Jessika Hunt, COMDT (CG-86), Washington, DC.
    h. Excellence in CFO Principles, Meritorious Award:
CAPT William Budovec, COMDT (CG-83), Washington, DC.
    i. Excellence in Performance, Heritage Award:
Seth Leeson, COMDT (CG-834), Washington, DC.
    j. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Leadership Award:
LCDR Chris Pappe, COMDT (CG-831), Washington, DC.
    k. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Leadership Award:
CDR James Pafford, COMDT (CG-833), Washington, DC.
    l. Excellence in Performance, Outstanding Employee Award:
LT Michael Finley, LANT-83, Portsmouth, VA.
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 FY2024 DHS CFO Awards.
5. COMDT (CG-81) POC is Dr. 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.