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AI/ANCOAC sponsers awards for Officers, these awards are generally presented during the Annual COA conference.  The Surgeon General has historically been responsible for presenting the Officers these awards.

2010 Awards Application

2008 Award Recipients:

AI/ANCOAC Leadership Award:
The recipient of the 2008 Leadership Award is LCDR Michael J. Belgarde
For exemplary performance as Chief Information Officer for the Navajo Area IHS in a manner that reflects quality attributes on the U.S. Commissioned Corps and Indian Health Service. 
BIO: LCDR Michael J. Belgarde
LCDR Michael J. Belgarde is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS).   He was born on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. He attended Minot State University in Minot North Dakota where he received a Bachelors of Science with a double Major in Mathematics and Computer Science: 1990. He later attended Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs where he received a Master’s of Science in Computer Systems Engineering: 2000. He is currently pursuing the Project Management Masters Certification thru the George Washington University collaborating with ESI International. LCDR Michael J. Belgarde in his three year presence at NAIHS has been instrumental with creating a cross functional team approach and materializing several large scale million dollar projects; WAN DS3 Convergence, Vista Imaging and IBM HACMP AIX RPMS Server roll-out. The CIO provides leadership in the planning, concept, requirements, design, construction, delivery, evaluation, and closeout of major departmental projects and oversight through project rollout and performs post implementation performance assessments.  The CIO evaluates major investments in information technology, and is responsible for their subsequent periodic review based on performance measures. Oversees and manages risks associated with major information systems and information technology.  The CIO reviews the department's information resources for fraud, waste, and abuse to avoid having redundant resources, in conformance with the Clinger-Cohen Act. IT Investment Analysis.  The CIO coordinates the NAIHS's strategic planning, capital planning and investment control (CPIC), budgeting and performance management processes for information technology, and provides direct planning development and support to assure that Information Resources Management (IRM) plans support agency business planning and mission accomplishment. 
2008 AI/ANCOAC Annie Dodge Wauneka Award: 
The recipient of the 2008 Annie Dodge Wauneka Award is CDR Cheryl A. Namtvedt.  For outstanding performance in achieving expert status in her role as Lead EHR Co-CAC while serving as Assistant Chief Pharmacist at the White Earth Health Center. BIO: CDR Cheryl NamtvedtCDR Cheryl Crissler Namtvedt is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians originally from Wahpeton, ND.  She attended pharmacy school at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND on the 437 scholarship.  After graduating in 1991 with a BS in Pharmacy, she began her career with the Indian Health Service.  Her first COSTEP experience was at the IHS Hospital in Sisseton, SD; her second at the IHS hospital in Santa Fe, NM.  Her first assignment after graduation was at Mt Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, AK in 1991.  Two years later, she transferred to the IHS Hospital in Red Lake, MN, then to the IHS Hospital in Sisseton, SD.  In 1998, she returned to the Red Lake IHS Hospital before moving on to her present assignment at the White Earth Health Center, a remote clinic in northern Minnesota, where she is the current Assistant Chief Pharmacist.  She is the Bemijdi Area representative on the IHS National Pharmacy Council.  She coordinates the Pharmacy Clozapine Program and is the Lead Co-Clinical Applications Coordinator responsible for implementation and maintenance of White Earth’s electronic health record. She has enjoyed her career thus far and credits the many talented people she has worked with in various locations, including her husband, Mike, who has been very supportive of her career moves and decisions.  She has two terrific kids, son Hogan and daughter Sydney.
 2007 AI/ANCOAC Junior Officer Award:  The recipient of the 2008 Junior Officer Award is LCDR Rolanda Sandoval. For dedication and service to providing timely, sustained, and professional engineering construction management of new community sanitation facilities for tribal homes on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. 
BIO: LCDR Rolanda Sandoval
LCDR Rolanda Sandoval is a member of the Navajo Nation. She received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her career began as a Civil Service for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service in the Gallup Service Unit in November 1998. In October 2000, LCDR Sandoval was appointed to the US Public Health Service as a Commissioned Officer. She has designed and managed water and sewer construction projects for the Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch with the Navajo and White Mountain Apache tribes. She currently works in the Eastern Arizona District Office of the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service and resides in Show Low, Arizona with her spouse.

2007 AI/ANCOAC Flag Officer Award: No applicants

2007 AI/ANCOAC Senior Officer Award: No applicants

Previous Years AI/ANCOAC Award Recipients:

Leadership Award

  • 1998 CDR Robert E. Pittman
  • 2001 CDR Greg A. Ketcher
  • 2002 LCDR Ronald R. West
  • 2003CAPT Kathleen Kinsey
  • 2004 RADM Charles C. Grim
  • 2005 Kathy A. Holcroft
  • 2006 CAPT Kurt M. Riley
  • 2007 CDR Celissa G. Stephens

Annie Dodge Wauneka

  • 1998 CAPT Verna Schad
  • 2001 LTJG Celeste L. Davis
  • 2002 LCDR Carmen C. Clelland
  • 2003 CAPT Darlene A. Sorrel
  • 2004 Demitrius La Tocha
  • 2005 LT Brian R. Wren
  • 2006 LT Yoland Burke-Dee
  • 2007 Lt Jodi Sparkman, LCDR Mike Lee, LCDR Ryan Schupbach, LCDR Tim Murray, CAPT Travis Watts

Junior Officer of the Year 

  • 2003 LTJG Evangeline Pablo
  • 2004 LCDR Dawn A. Kelly
  • 2005 LCDR Amy Holder
  • 2006 LCDR Carol R. Vondall
  • 2007 LTJG Carmelita A. Darwin

Senior Officer of the Year 

  • 2003CDR Patricia A. Hawk
  • 2004 CDR Jeannette P. Stubberud
  • 2005 CDR Richard S. Harris
  • 2006 CDR Carmen C. Clelland
  • 2007 CAPT Dawn L. Wyllie

 Flag Officer of the Year

  • 2003 RADM Robert Harry, Jr.
  • 2004 No Awardee
  • 2005
  • 2006 RADM Robert Pittman
  • 2007 RADM Richie K. Grinnell

Contact The Awards Coordinator

To nominate an Officer, please fill out the following application and fax to CAPT Dora Bradley

 
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