Chapter History

2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

The AFCEA Gold Vault Chapter is proud of our officers and members for all that we have achieved this year despite the challenges brought on by restrictions to protect against COVID-19.

• Chapter elected it's first ever female President, Mrs. Angela Alexander-Mendoza
  The VP of Women in AFCEA became an official voting position on the Executive Committee in the Chapter Bylaws.
• Corporate Involvement: CoreSys Federal, SAIC, Perspecta, NTT DATA
• Scholarships / Education:
  • Awarded Four $1500.00 Lift Off Scholarships and One $1000.00 Teacher Grant to support Technology in the Classroom
  • The Scholarship promo email address was sent to 74 recipients at 33 schools.  The recipients are (in order of preference): Sr / 12 grade guidance counselors, guidance counselors, assistant principals.
  • The Teacher Grant promo was sent to 346 Chapter Members and Friends, Fort Knox online News, and Enterprise News.
• Awards: Richard Roda was selected for the AFCEA International AFCEAN of the Month Award, four officers were nominated for AFCEA International AFCEAN of the Month with support from the Chairman of the Board and the Regional Vice President
• Events
  • Women in AFCEA Event with Heather French Henry sponsored by CoreSys Federal, owned by Wanda Damon.
  • Partnered with SAIC to donate $5,000 to the Heartland Food Bank in Elizabethown Ky. This action provided 40,000 meals to families and students who had displaced from their jobs and schools due to Covid-19.
  • Caravan Spirit Parade at the Radcliff Veterans Center with food donations to the residents
    Bowl for STEM Teacher Grant Fundraiser
  • Online Event with Deloitte Consulting Project Delivery Lead Jamie Ridgway presenting Docker 101
  • Online Event with SAIC Vice President of Practice, Bob Ritchie presenting IT MOD –APP Modernization and Cloud Migration sponsored by SAIC
  • Online Event with Life Coach and IT Professional Kathy White presenting How to Catch the Attention of Your Leaders and Self Promote
  • Online Event with NTT DATA Public Sector CTO Shamlan Siddiqi presenting Data Defined: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Membership: Exceeded 81% of membership level
• Corporate Involvement: Referred three corporations for membership with AFCEA International; Secured sponsorship of three General Membership Meetings
• Scholarships / Education: $10,000.00 in Scholarships awarded
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year, Model Young AFCEAN Program, Chapter Diversity Award
• Events: Hosted a total of 12 events including a Golf Scramble Fundraiser
• Major Accomplishments:
  • Chapter elected it's first ever female Vice President, Ms. Kathryn Thompson.
  • The principal focus for 2019 was to create more events and more opportunities for the community to come together. This is reflected in our goal of one event every month for 8 months. We acutally did 12 events which exceeds all previous years in terms of events. 12 events accomplished in 10 months. Goal was higher than previous years and achieved 50% more than the set goal during this year.
  • Achieved $10K in Scholarships awarded plus $4000 award in other outreach including Angel Tree contributions and Deployed Soldier Care Packages.

2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Membership: Exceeded Membership Goal
• Corporate Involvement:Ten sponsors contributed to chapter events and fundraisers
• Scholarships / Education: $10,000.00 in Scholarships awarded
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year, Model Young AFCEAN Program
• Emerging Leader Award - Mr. Derek Massey
• Events: Hosted eight events
• Major Accomplishments:
  • Chaper hosted it's first large Women in AFCEA Event

2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Chapter elected it's first ever female Secretary, Mrs. Angela Alexander-Mendoza.
• Membership: Exceeded Membership Goal
• Corporate Involvement: Thirteen sponsors contributed to chapter events and fundraisers
• Scholarships / Education: $4,000.00 in Scholarships awarded
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year, Model Young AFCEAN Program
• Award recipients included: Major General Merritte W. Ireland Meritorious Service Award - Bruce Shackett and Kim Kimbrough; General George S Patton Jr. AFCEAN Leadership Award - William Heidenreich and Domanic Ledbetter; Major General Marcia M Anderson Young AFCEAN Emerging Leader 2017 - Bethany Begley and Derek Massey; Admiral Grace Hopper Information Technology Service Award - Angela AlexanderMendoza. "
• Events: Hosted nine events
• Major Accomplishments:
  • VP of Women in AFCEA Outreach, Joy Begley, hosted the first Gold Vault Chapter Women in AFCEA event

2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Membership: Exceeded Membership Goal
• Corporate Involvement: More than 9 Sponsors participated.
• Scholarships / Education: $4,000.00 in Scholarships and $1,000.00 in Teacher Grant Awarded
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year
• Events: Hosted eight events
• Major Accomplishments:
  • Gained new corporate sponsorships

2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Membership: Exceeded 60% member retention
• Corporate Involvement: More than five corporate sponsors participated.
• Scholarships / Education: $4,000.00 in Scholarships awarded.
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year
• Events: Hosted ten events
• Achieved all goals for the year

2014 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Membership: Exceeded 60% member retention
• Corporate Involvement:
• Scholarships / Education: $15K in Scholarships awarded
• Awards: Achieved Model Chapter of the Year
• Major Accomplishments:
  • For the third year running we were awarded the Model Chapter of the Year award.
  • The chapter awarded $15,000.00 in scholarships to seven deserving students from our local community.
  • Our total awarded scholarships, since inception, is more than $40,000.00.
  • We conducted four General Membership meetings and four Young AFCEAN Lunch and Learn events providing training and industry specific sessions to our members.
  • Our Young AFCEAN Program supported and promoted Young AFCEAN involvement in leadership positions and participation in subcommittees and special events.
  • We achieved more thatn 60% of total member retention on the whole and in our Young AFCEAN Program

2013 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

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2011 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: