My track record is top notch and delivers results. Within one year of employment, I am able to take my organization to new heights, as is evident by the multiple awards I have received at each place of employment. My first year as a journalist, I was named the U.S. Army Forces Command Civilian Journalist of the Year, and I received that title four years in a row. When I was promoted to the Community Relations Officer position, I helped our team take first place in the Army Installation Management Agency’s Community Relations Event category.
After relocating, I broadened my skills and joined an NBC affiliate as a promotions producer. Again, within one year, my products were awarded first place—this time as Best of Show in the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Awards. I relocated again, and stayed dedicated to NBC in the Las Vegas market. There, I was awarded the best Overall News Promotion in the Las Vegas Electronic Media Awards.
I have returned to Army public affairs because my passion is telling our Soldiers’ stories. I am now the Command Information Officer at U.S. Army Garrison Benelux in Belgium. Our office has been recognized by the Department of the Army as having the best Command Information Plan, the best Community Relations Program and the best Special Achievement in Print Media in the entire Army. Additionally our Command Information Plan went on to win a Department of Defense Thomas Jefferson Award. For a unit of our size, these awards and our continuous dedication to telling the Benelux story have put us on the map.
These awards demonstrate the passion I have for my team, for my work ethic, for communicating my organization’s strategic communications message. It’s not about me. It’s about telling our story, and that’s what I strive to do.
Photography/Graphic Design/Layout
2009 Department of Defense Command Information Plan (1st Place)
2009 Department of the Army Special Achievement in Print Media (1st Place)
2009 Department of the Army Command Information Plan (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM Headquarters Special Achievement in Print Media (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM Headquarters Command Information Plan (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM-Europe Special Achievement in Print Media (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM-Europe Command Information Plan (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM Headquarters Magazine (1st Place)
2009 IMCOM-Europe Magazine (1st Place)
2008 IMCOM-Europe Magazine (1st Place)
2008 IMCOM-Europe Newsletter (1st Place)
2008 IMCOM-Europe Newsletter Special Edition (3rd Place)
2008 IMCOM-Europe Photojournalism (3rd Place)
2002 Department of the Army Web Publication (2nd Place)
2002 Forces Command Web Publication (1st Place)
2002 Department of the Army Graphic in Support of Newspaper (HM)
2002 Forces Command Graphic in Support of a Newspaper (1st Place)
2001 Forces Command Web Publication (1st Place)
2001 Forces Command Graphic in Support of a Newspaper (3rd Place)
2000 Forces Command Web Publication (1st Place)
2000 Forces Command Graphic in Support of a Newspaper (3rd Place)
2000 Forces Command Army Newspaper (3rd Place)
Writing
2009 IMCOM-Europe Civilian Journalist of the Year (HM)
2008 IMCOM-Europe Civilian Journalist of the Year (3rd Place)
2002 Department of the Army Civilian Journalist of the Year (2nd Place)
2002 Department of the Army Journalism Award
2002 Forces Command Civilian Journalist of the Year (1st Place)
2002 Forces Command Feature Story (2nd Place)
2001 Department of the Army Civilian Journalist of the Year (HM)
2001 Forces Command Civilian Journalist of the Year (1st Place)
2000 Department of the Army Civilian Journalist of the Year (HM)
2000 Forces Command Civilian Journalist of the Year (1st Place)
1999 Forces Command Civilian Journalist of the Year (1st Place)
Video
2007 Las Vegas Electronic Media Awards Overall News Promotion (1st Place)
2006 Mississippi Association of Broadcasters (Best of Show)
2002 Forces Command Television Information Program (1st Place)
Community Relations
2009 Department of the Army Community Relations Program (1st Place)
2003 Northwest IMA Community Relations Event (1st Place)
2002 Forces Command Community Relations Event (2nd Place)
2002 Forces Command Community Relations Event (3rd Place)
2002 3rd Brigade, 75th Division Volunteer of the Year
2001 Department of the Army Community Relations Event (HM)
2001 Forces Command Community Relations Event (2nd Place)
2001 Forces Command Community Relations Event (3rd Place)
Official Department of the Army Medals
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service
Achievement Medal for Civilian Service
Commander’s Award for Public Service |
