PEO Digital announces annual award winners

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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Program Executive Office Digital senior leaders announced the names of their 2018 annual award winners during an all-call here Feb. 19.

Steve Wert, Digital program executive officer, and Col. Ryan Mantz, Digital deputy director, presented the winners with their annual awards.

“The common theme across these award winners’ efforts is one of speed and innovation -- exactly what we stress as a strategic objective in the Digital Directorate,” said Wert. “We’re willing to take reasonable risks to try something new and different if it speeds delivery of warfighting capability and makes us better at what we do.”

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
Tech. Sgt. Daniel Clark, Theater Battle Control Division

Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
Senior Master Sgt. Michael Mathiesen, Force Protection Division

Company Grade Officer of the Year
Capt. Amanda Rebhi, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division

Field Grade Officer of the Year
Maj. Matthew Nelson, Kessel Run Division

Civilian Category 1 of the Year
Jetta Rackleff, Aerospace Management Systems Division

Civilian Category 2 of the Year
Kathryn Van Auken, Operations Command and Control Division

Civilian Category 3 of the Year
Daniel Kent, Theater Battle Control Division

Small Team of the Year
Tier II Help Desk Surge Support, Operations Command and Control Division

Large Team of the Year
Kessel Run Division

Spirit of Above and Beyond Award
Annamarie Pruhsmeier, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division

Individual Mobilization Augmentee Field Grade Officer of the Year
Maj. Kristen Hobbs, Operations Command and Control Division