INSA Announces 2023 Achievement Award Recipients
Awardees represent breadth of intelligence and national security community with industry, government civilians, and military represented!
ARLINGTON, VA (December 21, 2022) –The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) today announced the six honorees who will receive the 2023 Achievement Awards at a February 16 ceremony at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. Established in 2010, these awards recognize outstanding early to mid-career professionals in the intelligence, national security, and homeland security communities. INSA is the leading nonpartisan organization driving public-private partnerships to advance intelligence and national security priorities.
A committee comprised of INSA’s leadership and members of its Intelligence Champions Council (ICC) selected the following recipients:
MSgt Amanda Dolores Scurry, USAF
Sr. Enlisted Leader
Information Operations Office, National Security Agency
Joan A. Dempsey Mentorship Award
MSgt Josef Stefan Margetiak, USSF
Operations Superintendent
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division, Space Delta 5, U.S. Space Force
William O. Studeman Military Award
Ms. Elizabeth Cari Teoman
Analyst
Office of Naval Intelligence
Richard J. Kerr Government Award
Ms. Miyako Yerick
Intelligence Analyst
Economic Security Mission Center, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
John W. Warner Homeland Security Award
Ms. Sarah Vaughn McPeak
Senior Technical Specialist, Global-Enhanced Geospatial-Intelligence Delivery,
Maxar Technologies
Edwin H. Land Industry Award
Ms. Cameo Lance
Physicist & COO
Rhea Space Activity, Inc.
Sidney D. Drell Science & Technology Award
“We are pleased to honor each of these award recipients for their extraordinary contributions to our national security mission,” said INSA Chairwoman Tish Long. “Their remarkable accomplishments, support for their colleagues and the broader workforce, and selfless service and love of country, embody the spirit of the respective awards. We are proud to recognize their achievements and to aid in the professional growth of such high caliber professionals.”
This year saw a record-breaking 132 submissions, which reflect the importance of these awards and the broad range of accomplishments from early to mid-career professionals across the IC. The 13th INSA Achievement Awards ceremony will take place Thursday, February 16, 2022, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. The Hon. Ron Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security, will deliver the keynote address.
The INSA Board of Directors established the Achievement Awards to broaden public recognition of the professionals who serve U.S. intelligence, national security, and homeland security missions with distinction. Each award is named for a recipient of the William Oliver Baker Award, which INSA presents annually to an individual for their sustained contributions to U.S. intelligence and national security affairs. This event is open to the press. Please contact pr@insaonline.org to secure press credentials.
