Past Recipients
Celebrating Outstanding Early-to Mid-Career Professionals 
INSA is proud of its Charlie Allen Achievement Award recipients and their legacy of meaningful contributions to the intelligence and National security communities.
2025
Left to Right -
- Khalilah Montgomery-Sobrowski, Deputy Director, Anaytic Advancement Division, Office of I&A, DHS
- Maj. Javier Alejandro Noboa, USSF, Chief, Space Vehicle Engineering Division Geospatial Intelligence Systems Acquisition Directorate (GEOINT), Proliferated Radar and Optical System Program Office, NRO
- Sarah Daly, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
- TSgt John Coloso, USAF, Section Chief, Commercial Aviation, 70th ISR Wing, NSA
- Kris M. Sonsteby, Senior Duty Officer, White House Situation Room, Executive Office of the President
- Kelsey Carilli, R&D, Systems Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories (not shown above)
2024
Left to Right -
- Amanda Nashed, Homeland Security Analyst, Office of Intelligence, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
- Jennifer Finley, Communications & Networking Systems Assistant Group Supervisor, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- Julia Buffinton, Program Manager, LMI
- LCDR Iris Kaku, USN, Chief of Analysis, Indications and Warning, U.S. Navy, Pacific Fleet HQ
- Nathaniel Bundy, Lead Threat Analyst, National Space Defense Center
- Faye Cuevas, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Special Operations Command - Africa
- Jason A. Payne, Research Lead, Directed Energy Bioeffects, Air Force Research Laboratory
2023
- Elizabeth Teoman, Analyst, Office of Naval Intelligence
- Sarah Vaughn McPeak, Senior Technical Specialist, Global-Enhanced Geospatial-Intelligence Delivery Program, Maxar Technologies
- Miyako Yerick, Intelligence Analyst, ESMC, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- MSgt Amanda D. Scurry, USAF, Senior Enlisted Leader, Information Operations Office, National Security Agency-Hawaii
- MSgt Josef Stefan Margetiak, USAF, Operations Superintendent, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division, Space Delta 5, U.S. Space Force
- Cameo Lance, Physicist & COO, Rhea Space Activity, Inc.
2022
- Jaime Arribas Starkey-El, Data Scientist & Software Engineer, The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
- Mary Ann Kissinger, Requirements and Integration Analyst, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Marylesa Howard, PhD, Principal Scientist, Nevada National Security Site, Department of Energy
- Cadienne Naquin Hopkins, Senior Business Development Manager, Altana AI; Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, The Command Purpose Foundation
- MSgt Elizebeth L. Harris, USAF, Operations Superintendent, All-Domain Overhead Cooperative Operations Group, Mission Integration Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office
- Shadi Elreda, Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2021
(virtual event)
- Meghan Flannery Hayes, Complex Systems Monitoring Department Head, Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State
- Meg Guliford, Vice-Provost Post Doctoral Fellow, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
- Darek Kawamoto, Principal Engineer, Algorithms, HawkEye360
- Victoria Rossi, Intelligence Research Specialist, CISA/DHS
- Maj. Arturo A. "Jay" Tibayan, Jr., USA, Duty Officer, White House Situation Room, National Security Council, The White House
- Jessica S. Van Cleaf, SIGINT Program Manager, Assistant Commandant for Intelligence, U.S. Coast Guard, CG-257
2020
(L-R) INSA President Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg; Franklin Mosca, FBI; David P. Oakley, National Defense University; The Hon. Ellen McCarthy, U.S. Department of State; Megan Jaffer, Amazing Women of the IC; TSgt. William N. Haskell (USAF), NRO; INSA Chairman Letitia A. Long. Not pictured: Anita Brown, U.S. Department of State; Abe Usher, Black Cape.
2019
(L-R) INSA Chairman Letitia A. Long; Adam Van Etten, PhD, In-Q-Tel CosmiQ Works; Dakota S. Rudesill, Ohio State University; Lori Anne Parker, DHS; Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., DIA; Saeben Haverington, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Philip Haddad, DHS; Capt. Nicholas D'Andrea, USAF, NRO; J. Travis Thompson, DIA; INSA President Chuck Alsup.
2018
(L-R) Patrick Biltgen, PhD, Vencore; Lt. Adrienne Walsh, FDNY; LT Rachel O. Carter, USN, USSOCOM; Allison Lawlor Russell, PhD, Merrimack College; Don Parlett, DIA; David Lindenbaum, In-Q-Tel; SMSgt Timothy Favreau, USAF, NRO.
2017
(L-R) Thomas D. Smith, Dept. of Treasury; CPT Brigid K. Calhoun, USA; Janna Scott-Tarman, DIA; Sean Sullivan, ICE; DIA Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, USMC; Sara Jamshidi, Applied Research Lab-Penn State; Mandy Rogers, Northrop Grumman.
2016
(L-R) INSA Chairman Letitia A. Long; Robert A. Lagnado, Secret Service; Candace P. Sharkey, DEA; Satyabrata Sen, PhD, Oak Ridge National Lab; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; LT Jared McGuire, USCG, Cryptologic Unit Colorado; Zalenda Cyrille, Vencore; Cynthia M. Epler, DIA; INSA President Chuck Alsup.