Business Management.

Major Command Headquarters or Higher

Distinguished

Ms. Jocelyn A. Brox-Chester

U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific

Alameda, CA

Ms. Jocelyn A. Brox-Chester's professionalism, diligence, dedication, creativity, and plain hard work were instrumental in meeting her program's requirements with quality and cost efficiency, resulting in savings of many thousands of dollars. She successfully negotiated the politically sensitive acquisition renewal of airfield management and aircraft rescue fire fighting and environmental services for the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station, Sacramento, CA--a price savings of $316,992 per year for a total contract savings of $1,584,960 for a five-year period. Another challenging acquisition was the renewal of corrective and preventive maintenance for electronic equipment at communication centers and remote sites that compose the Coast Guard's National Distress System, which resulted in an overall savings of $214,145 over five years.

Meritorious

Lieutenant Commander Jeffery A. Knybel

Office of the Commandant

U.S. Coast Guard

Washington, D.C.

Lieutenant Commander Jeffery A. Knybel is responsible for a $400 million effort to replace and increase the capabilities of the aging Coast Guard 41-foot utility boat fleet, a high-visibility project that will have a 20-year impact on the Coast Guard. He is a talented financial manager capable of expertly handling the financial aspects of the project and the ongoing acquisition contracts valued at approximately $28 million over three years, the day-to-day financial operations of the project staff totaling $12 million annual recurring, and the financial planning for the follow-on production contract valued at $360 million over 10 years. One of his brilliant accomplishments was the successful sale of the three response boat-medium (RB-M) test boats, and the subsequent return of the proceeds to the project to offset the cost of future RB-M production boats.

Unit Under a Major Command

Distinguished

Captain Stephanie R. Bean

FA22 Systems Program Office

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

Captain Stephanie R. Bean superbly executed 54 of 54 Operational Readiness Inspection scenarios with 100 percent accuracy. She also expertly established step-by-step anti-robbery procedures, ensuring immediate response by Security Forces, and clearly identified suspect and accounted for/properly documented loss of $6,000. She expertly stood-up the Comprehensive Cost and Requirements financial management database and single-handedly managed input of $42.2 billion in requirements, obligation/expenditure forecasts. She achieved a 30 percent time saving over the old process and allowed quick response analysis and timely execution reporting during Air Force budget reviews.

Meritorious

Ms. Sandra D. Hardison

Integrated Support Command

Portsmouth, VA

Ms. Sandra D. Hardison implemented an improved accounting and budgeting system that allowed the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) program to increase revenues, support additional programs, and make facility improvements while maintaining a strong financial position that will provide for future growth. To increase this visibility, Ms. Hardison undertook an activity based costing and management approach, breaking the retail operations into 66 distinct profit centers that tracked against the forecasted revenue and the planned costs. Her planning, vision, and dedication have set up the ISC Portsmouth MWR program for great success in providing the best MWR service possible to more than 175,00 Coast Guard members and their families.