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The 2013 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
The FGDLA annual awards ceremony and luncheon was held Thursday, Aug. 15, at the2013 Interactive Learning Technologies Conference, Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA.. The awards ceremony recognized individuals and organizations throughout the Federal Government in their use of innovative learning technologies.
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The Association would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to Polycom for sponsoring the awards and Hughes for sponsoring the reception.
Awards Group Picture
Individual awards
Eagle Award (Individual)
Dr. Philip J.-L. Westfall
(left to right: Russ Colbert, VP Corporate sector, FGDLA; Dr. Westfall; Alex Autry, President, FGDLA
Hall of Fame Award
Russ Colbert, Polycom, Inc
Pioneer Award
Deborah Stokes
Curator for Education
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Pioneer Award
Major Michael R. Bliss
Commander
367th Training Support Squadron
U.S. Air Force
Pillar Award (Individual)
Mike Tippets
Vice President
Hughes Solutions Group
Hughes Network Systems
(accepting Ned Kazor)
Organizational Awards
Eagle Award (Organizational) Advanced Distributive Learning Initiative Dr. Kristy Murray, Director
Innovation Award Training Program Office National Highway Institute U.S. Dept. of Transportation Accepting: Rick Barnaby, Director
Innovation Award Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office Technical Support Working Group
Five Star Award
367th Training Support Squadron (TRSS),
Hill AFB, UT
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Five Star Award
Joint Forces Staff College
Accepting Left-Right:
Greg Frederick, Col. Dale Fair, John Lipps
Five Star Award
Center for Development of Security Excellence
Defense Security Service
Accepting: Kevin J. Jones
Deputy Director, CDSE
Five Star Award
U.S. Army Enterprise Classroom Project
Infrastructure Office
Education Support Division
Army Training Support Center
Accepting: Mike Sousa, Pragmatics
Five Star Award
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
European Regional Medical Command
Accepting: Arlan Arabe (live video conference from Landstuhl, Germany)
Five Star Award
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Enterprise Applications Service
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Five Star Award Technology Integration Branch Combined Armed Support Command, U.S. Army
Five Star Award
Office of Consular Affairs
U.S. Dept. of State
Five Star Award
Medical Education Training Campus (METC)
Accepting: David Palmer, Blackboard
Pillar Award (Organizational)
Government Solutions Group
Hughes Network Systems
(accepting: Tony Bardo, Executive VP)
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Special Achievement Award
(Organizational)
John Fox, II., Executive Director
Society for Applied Learning Technology
Carrie Vespico
Conference Manager
Learning Technology Institute
Presidents Award
Alex Autry
President, FGDLA