AFLCMC-Hanscom employee wins contract management award

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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. --  Lori-Ann Dionne, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom Enterprise Acquisition Services contract specialist, was awarded the Blanche Witte Memorial Foundation Award July 29 at the National Contract Management Association World Congress meeting in Washington, D.C.

This acquisition performance award recognizes military or civilian contracting personnel working in the field of procurement and contract management who have uniquely performed one or more exemplary achievements.

"It was an easy decision for me to submit this application package, as Lori-Ann's drive to succeed and success in the workplace has demonstrated all the attributes required for this prestigious award," said Dr. Joe Delaney, the director of Enterprise Acquisition Services.

Among her accomplishments, Dionne was credited for her thorough research on several issues involving federally funded research and development centers, in particular, advanced payment pool agreements. She successfully led the development of resolutions within a number of key advance payment areas through coordination with comptrollers at the Pentagon.

Once the announcement was made earlier this year by the NCMA Awards and Honors Committee, the organization's national president wrote a letter to Dionne to congratulate her on her selection.

We are fortunate, indeed, to have in our ranks an individual who has contributed so much to our organization and the profession, wrote Blaine, NCMA national president.

The award was presented to Dionne during a ceremony last week with more than 1,500 government and industry colleagues in attendance. The event is recognized as the most comprehensive training event for contract management, procurement and acquisition professionals.

The award was established to honor the late Blanche Witte, the mother of National Contract Management Association Fellow Robert D. Witte. She was a math teacher in New York City high schools for 40 years. A summa cum laude college graduate, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was admitted to the American Bar Association in 1923 and remained an attorney until her death in 1968.

Her philosophy of life was achievement through education and application, a philosophy that also describes the goals of National Contract Management Association.