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February 2012 Newsletter of the West Point Society of the District of Columbia Page

“A Society of One”

DEAN TO SPEAK AT FOUNDERS DAY GALA - MARCH 17, 2012

ty. As an analyst, Brigadier General Trainor helped devel-op the Installation Status Report that provides the Army a standardized means to assess infrastructure and environ-mental conditions on installations to support resource alloca-tion decisions. Brigadier General Trainor has applied deci-sion analysis methods in completing an organizational anal-ysis of the Army’s Installation Management Agency and in

assessing defense security coopera-tion programs.

As the 13th Dean of West Point, BG

Trainor explains that the best part of

his job has been teaching. When he

can, he still teaches engineering man-

agement, systems engineering, and

decision analysis. “I’m here to edu-

cate and inspire our cadets, and to

prepare them to serve in a complex

and uncertain world.” He says he en-

joys being in the classroom because

he’s energized by cadets’ enthusiasm

and idealism. He likes to get to know

students and feels a great deal of

respect and camaraderie toward

them. “They came to West Point will-

ingly, when our country was at war,

and they will most likely graduate in

a time of war,” Trainor says of the

cadets. “I really admire them for

that.”

When BG Timothy Trainor, WP Class

of 1983, became Dean in 2010 he became the youngest

Dean ever at age 49 (BG Jannarone was 51 in

1965). He’s also the first Dean to be married to another

graduate COL Donna Brazil, USMA ‘83. They have three

teenage children. Incidentally, BG Frederick A. Smith, Jr.,

Class of 1944 was 62 as Dean when BG Trainor was a

cadet in 1983, and had served in WWII and Korea.

Brigadier General Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D., is the 13th

Dean of the Academic Board at West Point. Brigadier Gen-

eral Trainor's former position was Professor and Head of

the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States

Military Academy.

Brigadier General Trainor graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point in 1983 and entered the Engineer Branch of the U.S. Army. As an engineer officer, he has served in oper-ational assignments around the world to include Germa-ny, Honduras, Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort Riley, Kan., and Sarajevo, Bosnia. BG Trainor deployed to Bas-rah, Iraq in the summer of 2007 and worked with the UK-led Provincial Reconstruc-tion Team in helping the pro-vincial Iraqi leaders improve their infrastructure revitaliza-tion plans. BG Trainor earned an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engi-neering from North Carolina State University. He is a mem-ber of the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Military Operations Research Society, the American Society for Engineering Management and the American Society of Engineering Education. He is a Past President of Epsilon Mu Eta, the National Engineering Management Honor Society. BG Trainor currently serves on the Board of Fellows for the David Crawford School of Engineering at Norwich Universi-

BG Trainor ’83 will be the WPSDC Founder’s Day

Speaker on March 17, 2012

West Point Society of D.C. February 2012

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Newsletter of the West Point Society of the District of Columbia February 2012


Greetings West Point Society of DC (WPSDC) Members, your Board of Governors (BOG) has implemented some fundamental administrative changes to more efficiently provide the income to foster and advance the principles and mission of West Point in accordance with our WPSDC

Constitution.

Through your BOG’s efforts, the WPSDC membership sup-ports the West Point Admissions Team, the West Point Leadership and Ethics Conference, the West Point Parents Club, West Point Athletics and Cadet Clubs, the West Point Job Fairs and Career Networking events, the Joint Service Academy Business Committee Networking events, the West Point Women Career Networking events, as well as, our luncheons, newsletters, website, and directory. To fund these services and events, we have asked for your $40 annual membership dues. Nonetheless, our paying membership remains low. Of the 4,000 potential WPSDC members in the National Capital Region (NCR),

we have approximately 1000 paying members.

Many West Point graduates in the NCR persist in believ-ing that since they receive the WPSDC e-mails their mem-bership dues are paid up. The WPSDC e-mails go to all West Point graduates in the NCR that are in the West Point Association of Graduates (WP AOG) e-mail list.

The WPSDC member list is a subset of the WP AOG list.

To make up for our classmates’ shortfall in paying their WPSDC membership dues, your BOG continues to seek other sources of financial support for our mission such as the following: corporate sponsors for Founders Day, corporate job fair booths, corporate advertising in our newsletter and webpage, higher cost for attendance to WPSDC events, and increased attendance to our events by broadening our audience to other military school

graduates.

Moreover, the BOG has decreased funding for necessary budget items by partnering with WP AOG. For instance to cut our return postage costs, we transferred our WPSDC membership list and on line credit card mem-bership payments to the WP AOG. Now, all West Point graduates in the NCR can keep their address and e-mail current by notifying WP AOG at [email protected] . Accordingly, the WPSDC saves postage money on fewer stale addresses. Next, to increase WPSDC members’ awareness and monetary support of Army-Navy Sporting events played at Navy, your BOG has electronically

linked our local web site calendar at www.wpsdc.org with WP AOG’s web calendar at

www.westpointaog.org/page.aspx?pid=4866.

To complete these cost saving steps, the BOG needs the 4,000 WP graduates in the NCR to join the WPSDC by using WP AOG’s membership list and on line sign up at www.wpsdc.org. As an added incentive to join up, the WPSDC has created two admissions prices (WPSDC Members and non WPSDC Members) for Founders Day on March 17th. By joining the WPSDC attendees can

pay the lower price.

2012 is now here! Time to renew your membership with WPSDC - unless you are already a Life Member or have sent in your dues. Please be patient with us on posting the changes, since we are in the process of having WPAOG

handle the data base at West Point.

Currently there are 326 Life Members, 39 already signed up for 2012 and 718 still carried 2011. I realize some of you have already sent your dues but are not yet in the

base.

There are three ways to sign up: on line by going to our web page, clicking on Membership and using a credit card; by mailing a check to Amissville, preferably with a membership form; or at one of our functions, such as the lunch or a Young Grads get together, where forms are

usually available.

Dues are $40 for classes 1953 to 2003 and $20 for

2002 to present. Life membership is $500.

Executive Director of WPSDC: John Mitcham ‘75,

E-mail: [email protected] Society Telephone: 703-237-7958

Website: www.wpsdc.org

From the Executive Director by John Mitcham ’75

Membership News

by Bill DeGraf, ’50

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.wpsdc.org

http://www.westpointaog.org/page.aspx?pid=4866

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February 2012 Newsletter of the West Point Society of the District of Columbia


We’re into February and there are still folks on the courses in the local area! No sign of snow – but my cal-endar keeps telling me that “Gloom” is right around the corner. Time to get new grips on the clubs, run a tooth-brush around the soles of the golf shoes, and generally prepare for Spring golf! More importantly, it’s time to get your calendars updated for the Society’s golf out-

ings for 2012.

Our Black-Gold-Gray outing (all Army and guests) is scheduled for Thursday, the 31st of May at the Courses at Andrews Air Force Base. We’ll have the usual 1400hrs shotgun start, followed by dinner and awards around 1900hrs. We decided to return to Andrews AFB, vice keeping the event at Ft. Belvoir, based on a preponderance of feedback about the over-all “value” that Andrews pro-vides over Ft. Belvoir. We’ll see what Ft. Belvoir does, differently, this year to deter-mine if it’s worth trying

again in 2013.

We’ve con-firmed the date for the Commanders’ Trophy (Army-Navy-Air Force and guests) on the 13th of July. (Yes, we’re tempting fates by playing on Friday the 13th…) The event will be at the Heritage Hunt Golf and Coun-try Club, in Gainesville, VA. 0900hrs tee time – to try to beat the heat. We’ve had great luck with the folks running the course, not to mention the fact that we re-gained the trophy last year. (Navy has yet to win the trophy, while Army has won twice, and Air Force has won once.) Let’s keep this “…in the family…” and get our A-Team” players and guests to pencil in the date on

their calendars.

The Army-Navy game is set for Thursday, the 20th of September, at the Courses at Andrews Air Force Base. Regular 1400hrs tee-time and dinner, following. We’ve dominated this event, for as long as we have records, and it’d be great to continue the tradition. Please en-sure you have the date on your calendar and get your

friends to being with us that day.

One of the things we’d like to get into folks minds –

early in the calendar year, but not too late in the fiscal year – is the concept of “sponsors” for any/all of the out-ings. We’ve all been doing everything we can to weather the trying financial environment for the past few years, and we’re more than thankful for the continued participa-tion that you’ve demonstrated. If things are beginning to look a little brighter for you, your organization, or you firm - we’d like to ask you to consider providing some sponsorships for our outings. If you’re of that mindset,

please let me know ([email protected]).

We also wanted to remind you of the activities of the Alumni Glee Club (many of whom are long standing members of the Society) in being the “more experienced” version of the Ca-det Glee Club’s efforts to be “ambassadors” of West Point to the general public. We are routinely asked to honor our fellow graduates who’ve passed away, during services at Arling-ton National Cemetery. We completed our 2011 support to the Greater Capi-tal Area’s Honor Flight Program with a performance at their annual appreciation banquet in mid-January, and are already on the calendar for many of their 2012 flights. As we firm-up the dates, we’ll post them on the Society web-page calendar and encourage you to help us honor our WWII and Korean War vets as the Honor Flight teams bring them to DC for a day of memorial tours and good times. Of course, we’re pleased to be part of this year’s Founders Day celebration – hopefully with a little surprise for everyone. The Alumni Glee Club is also listed as singing the National Anthem for the Washington Nationals on Friday, the 18th of May. (The Alumni Glee Club website will be linked to the Society’s website, for those interested in learning more or considering joining the gang of 51 (+/1) graduates representing almost six dec-ades of graduating classes. We recently added five more to our ranks – and are pleased to report that the Class of 1975 leads the way, in terms of class representa-tion in the Club.) We’ve got a busy performance calendar shaping up for 2012 – and you’ll find that on the Socie-ty’s webpage calendar. If you feel like being a part of the Club, or want to be part of the audience, please

check out the link.

So – a busy Spring-Summer season coming up for both Golf and Alumni Glee Club events. Please keep an eye on the Society’s web page to stay up on the calendar.

We look forward to seeing you out there.

Go Army!

Spring 2011 Special Activities Update

By Dave Rogers ‘74




General Cone warmed the crowd with a light-hearted

story about how the Secret Service treated him as a

young brigadier general shortly after the Iraq War

started. Cone spoke with passion and force about his

challenges facing him and the Army Leadership with the

steep drawdown and slashed budgets. Cone shared with

our Society about how the shift in strategy will affect

force structure and the balance between the institutional

army and operational army. As the Army downsizes,

Cone wants to ensure that combat veterans train our of-

ficers and soldiers at our institutional schools. “Leader

development isn’t just a TRADOC activity; it’s a mutually

shared responsibility between the institutional Army, op-

erational force and the individual… I talked with the U.S.

Army Senior Leader Development Program students,

about the responsibility of leadership and the importance

of strategic leadership. Having an understanding of the

strategic context and national security implications is an

important aspect of our strategic leaders. As leaders we

must develop and empower future strategic leaders for

the Army. GEN Cone went on to state, "While our opera-

tional forces, our battalions, our brigades and divisions are

out there winning the battles using the doctrine, training

and education and weapons that TRADOC provides, TRA-

DOC is busy making sure that they will be even more suc-

cessful in the next fight. It is an organization of unparal-

leled importance to the future of our Army and our nation."

General Cone was the first in the class to pin on four stars.

Top of the Line ’79 came in strong to support their class-

mate with 27 classmates and guests at the Winter Lunch-

eon. Top of the Line‘79

Our Winter Luncheon Speaker

GEN Bob Cone, TRADOC Commander

by His Classmates USMA ’79

USMA ‘79 Winter Luncheon attendees: General Bob

Cone ’79, (Center), Ed Dottery '79, A. J. Yarmie '79, Alan

Arthur '79, Steve Godbey '79, Robert Hahn, Marty How-

ard '79, Marty Thomas '79, Jim Harris '79, Kendall Mac-

Gibbon '79, Michael Cadle '79, Joe Reed '79, Jim Tre-

harne '79, Tony Wiley '79, Brian Keller '79, Doug Doan

'79, Fred Schulze '79, Kurt Ubbelohde '79, Mark

Waclawski '79, Mark Fuller '79, Rick Hyde '79, Phillip

Panzarella '79 & Carl P. Cecil '79

West Point Society of the District of Columbia

and the National Capital Region

2012 Schedule of Events

Career Networking Night Army-Navy Country Club

6:30-9:30 pm, Thursday, March 8 2012

Leadership and Ethics Conference

George Mason University, Student Union II

Wed March 7, 2012 - Fri Mar 9, 2012

West Point Women’s Networking

Army Navy Club, Washington, DC

4pm - 6pm, March 26, 2012

DC Metro Joint Academy Business Mixer

Carpool in Herndon

Tue March 13, 2012

Founders Day Gala*

BG Timothy E. Trainor '83, Superintendent McLean Hilton Tyson’s Corner

6:30 pm, March 17, 2012

Black Gold Gray Golf Tournament Andrews AFB Golf Course

Shotgun start - 2PM May 31, 2012

Spring Luncheon* Program to be announced Ft Myer Officer’s Club

11:30 am, Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Service Academies Career Conference

6:30-9:30 pm, Thursday, May, 24-25, 2012

For more info, visit www.sacc-jobfair.com

Commander’s Trophy (Army-Navy-Air Force)

Heritage Hunt Gold and Country Club

Fri July 13, 2012 (exact date to be confirmed)

*Indicates credit card processing available. If paying by

credit card, be sure to obtain a receipt for your payment.



West Point Society of DC and West Point classes of 79

and 80 are hosting the fifth annual West Point Leader-

ship & Ethics Conference for DC Metro schools. VCSA

General Lloyd Austin '75 will be our WPL&E keynote

speaker. The event is recognized as one of the premier

youth leadership conferences in the country. Our confer-

ence encourages the development of young leaders of

character and spreads the word of the West Point story

in Leadership and Character. Over 80 schools and 400

plus delegates from the DC Metro will participate on

March 7-8 at George Mason University. West Point

Societies from across the US will participate in a half

day workshop just prior to the conference to prepare

them in “How to Run a Successful West Point Leadership

& Ethics Conference.” Joe Shafer ’86, who just joined

our committee, will lead our West Point Society effort

coordi-

nation

and

plan-

ning.

Our

intent is

to fran-

chise

this

leader-

ship

confer-

ence.

Our

conference is widely accepted in Virginia as a leader-

ship achievement comparable to selection for Boys

State/Girls State. Additionally, student delegates will

compete for $4500 total in scholarships available across

both days. Our cadets play a huge role in helping to

narrow the field of potential winners. West Point cadets

from the Cadet Public Relations Council (CPRC) and Re-

spect, Ethics and Leadership Club (REAL) will facilitate

and mentor small groups of students, walking them

through real-world ethical scenarios and leading discus-

sions on how best to resolve the given situation. The con-

ference affords an interactive leadership experience for

our cadets who lead high school students in ethical deci-

sion making throughout the day. We have a number of

cadets that come back to be cadet leaders in our confer-

ence because of their positive experience. West Point Ad-

missions and the Simon Center for the Professional Military

Ethic have supported this event providing CPRC and REAL

cadets and training. Our benefactors include: WPSDC, CPS

Professional Services; Lee Technologies by Schneider Elec-

tric; AFCEA DC Chapter; AUSA GW Chapter; Boeing;

George Mason University; Johnson Controls; Lockheed Mar-

tin (IS&GS); Quantum Research, Raytheon, SAIC, Seeds of

Humanity Foundation; LifePlan Services; and Janine Ston-

erock, the wife of Jeff Stonerock ’79. If you would like to

help or sponsor the event, contact Pat Locke ‘80

([email protected]), Phil Panzarella ‘79

([email protected]) or Carl P. Cecil ’79

([email protected]).

Fifth Annual West Point Leadership & Ethics Conference By Pat Locke ’80, Phil Panzarella '79 & Carl P. Cecil ’79

22 February - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, 8065 Leesburg Pike, 2nd Floor, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 13 March – Carpool in Herndon, 208 Elden St, Herndon, VA 10 April - Bernstein Global Wealth Management, 800 Con-necticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006 8 May – Carpool in Herndon, 208 Elden St, Herndon, VA 12 June - Bernstein Global Wealth Management, 800 Con-necticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006 27 June - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, 8065 Leesburg Pike, 2nd Floor, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 10 July – Carpool in Herndon, 208 Elden St, Herndon, VA 14 August - Bernstein Global Wealth Management, 800 Con-necticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006 11 September – Carpool in Herndon, 208 Elden St, Herndon, VA 9 October - Bernstein Global Wealth Management, 800 Con-necticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006 24 October - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, 8065 Leesburg Pike, 2nd Floor, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 (reception is on 4th Floor) 13 November - Carpool in Herndon, 208 Elden St, Herndon, VA 11 December - Bernstein Global Wealth Management, 800 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006

(See Page 10)

Joint Service Academy Business Mixers

Full Schedule of Events

Phil Panzarella ’79 moderating the AAR session

at last year’s L&E Conference



Perhaps unbeknownst to many, West Point athletes are often in the Washington, DC area competing against local teams in sports such as basketball, volleyball, swimming, and wrestling in the winter time. There is no better a way to show your support for West Point and the cadets than through your mere presence in the cheering stands. A small time commitment on your part

as a spectator means much to our cadet athletes.

To discuss the support for Army Athletics, several mem-bers of our DC Society met with Mr. Tim Volkmann, As-sistant Athletic Director for Annual Giving and Mr. Jason Butikofer, Associate Athletic Director for Development, on Saturday, 21 January at Chef Geoff’s. Afterward, well over a hundred alumni and guests mustered at Bender Arena to cheer on the Army Men’s Basketball team against American University. After a decisive vic-tory over Navy in Annapolis a week ago, the Black Knights fell short against the American Eagles setting the stage for an exciting rematch at home later in the sea-

son.

On Friday, 27 January, over 150 grads and guests converged on Sine Irish Pub in Pentagon Row for our Society’s annual New Year Kick off Happy Hour. Clas-ses represented ranged from ’69 to ’05, with exception-al attendance from ’74, ’83, ’94, ’97, ’02, & ’05. As a reminder, all class years are always welcome including their guests; a “young grad” is a living grad. A special show of gratitude to Mr. Ben Rodgers ’96 for coordinat-ing all of the details and hosting the well attended

event.

Our Society’s next event is our annual West Point Founders Day Gala at the McLean Hilton in Tysons Cor-ner. Ms. Nicole Manara ’99 and Mr. Rob Lalumondier ’99 will host this year’s pre-Gala party in one of the hotel suites. As always, beer, alcohol, wine, and snacks will be provided at no cost. Please RSVP for proper head count to: Nicole at [email protected]. After the Gala, a post party will resume in the hotel suite.

Stay tuned to your email for further information.

Future events for the West Point Society of DC include a baseball outing with the Washington Nationals on 18 May against the Baltimore Orioles. The West Point Alumni Glee Club will again perform the National An-them to kick off the festivities. We are negotiating the

prices which will again include a $10 vendor credit.

The West Point Society of DC along with the leadership

from our graduate base is constantly working to plan various events and activities for our members. We are currently in the process of refining our membership, event registration, and alumni information access; please be patient as we work to provide you improved services. In the meantime, if you would like to volunteer your time to lead an event or even to suggest ideas, please contact Mr. Richard Huh ’94 at [email protected]. Visit our West Point Society of DC website or Facebook page for pictures from past events

and information on future Society events.

As a reminder, to receive emails from the West Point Society of DC, alumni must update their address with AOG by emailing [email protected] with your name, class year, home address, and contact infor-

mation. Our Society has no control over the email list.

YOUNG GRADS GATHER By Richard Huh ‘94

YOUNG GRAD’S CONTINUED NEXT PAGE —>

‘02 Grads with John Mitcham '75 at Sine Irish Pub

(L to R) Bob Cone, ’79 and Joe DeFrancisco ’65 WPSDC President at WPSDC Winter Luncheon







.

Young Grads Kicking off the New Year at Sine Irish Pub (Continued)

by Richard Huh ’94

Brian Harris '05, Skip Sharp '74, Hyunsu Chon '05 Margaret Haenn '99, Pam Dziedzic '97, AndrewAshley'97

Huh'94, Thaddeus Underwood '96, Eileen & Ben Rodgers '96, Meaghan Murray

Class of '94 Al & Margaret Thomas with Rich Huh

'94 at Sine Irish Pub including Kim Peeples, Jon Ferko, Chris Grose, Rich Huh & Mike Hill

‘83 Young Grads at Sine Irish Pub in Pentagon Row



Company research websites: www.manta.com, www.hoovers.com, www.GlassDoor.com,

www.CEOexpress.com

Best websites for U.S. Service Academy networking: www.ISABRD.com and www.LinkedIn.com. Both websites enable you to identify and contact fellow West Point and other Service Academy alumni who can hopefully assist you in your job search. Be sure to use it initiate informa-tional interviews with those individuals working for your

target companies or industry.

JSAJE (www.JSAJE.com) is a jobs database exclusively for Service Academy graduates. Search the jobs data-base and post your resume. This free service is provided

by the West Point Association of Graduates.

GRADUATES SEEKING JOBS

Gary Evans '78 is seeking a senior-level logistics man-agement position in the DC area. Gary has extensive operations and logistics management experience. His expertise combines strong analysis, planning, organiza-tion, and consensus-building abilities with effective pro-gram management skills to produce verifiable results. He is a highly effective leader and articulate communicator who works well with individuals on all levels. Possesses strong program analytical skills with Operations Research study as a foundation. Retired Army LTC with several years of corporate logistics experience. Contact Gary at

[email protected].

Robert Koval, '78 has over 30 years of leadership and management experience in law enforcement and security. Also has extensive background in public speaking, train-ing and instruction, and program management. Selected to represent the Drug Enforcement Administration as Liai-son Officer to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. MPA in Public Administration. Top Secret security clearance. Con-tact Rob at [email protected]; (631) 805-7195.

Paul Williamson, '78 of Ashburn, VA a skilled operation-al line manager of service businesses, is job seeking. For 25 years, Paul has enjoyed leading distribution compa-nies and trash/recycling companies to achieve internal growth and increase shareholder value. He has execu-tive experience assessing key parameters, improving processes, and developing staff to achieve, and is known for growing sales, market share and profitability. He can be contacted at (703) 474-3762 or

[email protected].

UPCOMING CAREER EVENTS

The next Career Networking Night will be held from on March 8th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Army Navy Country Club, Arlington. This event is for all U.S. Service Academy and Senior Military College alumni who are seeking employment or for those alumni who are working for companies that have job openings appropriate for this audience. Come listen to experts on the career transi-tion process offer their words of advice and informally network for the right job opportunity. Free to all mem-

bers of our West Point Society.

The next annual West Point and Senior Military College Job Fair will be held the first week of December 2012 at the Army Navy Country Club (ANCC), Arlington. In addi-tion to the in-person event, there will also be a virtual component. The job fair is free and exclusively for West Point graduates and Senior Military College alumni with military experience. Pre-register through

www.WestPointJobFair.com.

The next Service Academy Career Conference in our area will be held May 24-25 at the Omni Shoreham Ho-tel in Washington, DC. The SACC is a career fair exclu-sively for Service Academy grads. The cost for job seek-ers to attend this event is $40 if paid in advance or $45

at the door. For more info, visit www.sacc-jobfair.com.

The next Corporate Gray Military Job Fair will be held from 10 am to 2 pm on March 16th at the Waterford Reception Center in Springfield, VA. Job Fair hours are 10 am to 2 pm with free employment-related seminars starting at 8 am and 9 am. For more info, visit

www.CorporateGray.com.

Tips for a successful Job Fair... · Research the companies in advance

· Practice your 30-second sales pitch

· Update and polish your resume

· Dress for success

· Firm handshake; strong opening and closing

· Project a professional, confident image

· Meet with all of the employers

· Keep your options open; stay flexible

· Get contact information and follow-up

CAREER ADVISORY SERVICE NEWS

By Carl Savino, ‘78

http://www.manta.com

http://www.hoovers.com

http://www.ISABRD.com

http://www.LinkedIn.com

http://www.JSAJE.com





information about their staffing needs.

Amazon: www.amazon.com/military

AMPS Strategies: www.ampsstrategies.com

Boeing Company: www.boeing.com/employment

Concurrent Technologies Corporation: www.ctc.com

CSC: www.csc.com/salutes

Grant Thornton: www.grantthornton.com/publicsector

Ideal Innovations: www.idealinnovations.com

Integrated Communication Solutions: www.icscorp.com

ITT Exelis: www.exelisinc.com

Knowledge International: www.knowledgeintllc.us

LMI: www.lmi.org

Logos Technologies: www.logos-technologies.com

MeadWestvaco: www.meadwestvaco.com

Raytheon: www.raytheon.com

Ray Group: www.raygroupintl.com

Scientific and Commercial Systems Corporation:

www.scsc.com

Sordoni Construction Services: www.sordoni.com

Target: www.target.com/careers

U.S. Department of State: http://careers.state.gov

CAS motto and commitment:

Grads Helping Grads!

Jeff Ng, '99, is seeking a corporate or consulting role in the D.C. metro area that focuses on driving strategic growth. He earned his MBA in 2006 from Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta. He cur-rently is the Manager of Business Development at a com-pany with $3b in annual revenue and has experience leading strategic planning, new initiatives, mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, and quantitative analysis. He graduated in the class of 1999 and served five years in Air Defense Artillery. Contact at

[email protected], ph: (404) 964-1352.

If you’re seeking civilian employment and want other West Point graduates to know, send e-mail to [email protected] so that we can include your write-up

in our next WPSDC newsletter.

COMPANIES OFFERING JOBS

West Point graduates who work for a company with job openings in the Washington, DC metro area are wel-come to submit their job opportunities for free. Send a concise description to [email protected]. You must be the contact for the position and a member of the West

Point Society of DC.

CAREER TRANSITION RESOURCES

West Point Society of DC’s Career Advisory Services

page: www.wpsdc.org/cas.htm.

West Point Society of DC Directory is free to WPSDC

members and available via CD or pdf.

West Point AOG alumni career transition services:

www.WestPointAOG.org.

PROSPECTIVE MENTORS

If you’re willing to mentor fellow grads in job search mode, please send e-mail to [email protected] and pro-vide your name, West Point class, home or work phone

number, e‑mail address, and industry area.

2011 West Point Job Fair

Here are the companies that participated in the 2011

West Point Job Fair. If you didn’t have the opportunity

to attend and are seeking employment, you are en-

couraged to visit their respective websites for more

CAREER ADVISORY SERVICE NEWS (Continued)

By Carl Savino




Joint Service Academy Business Mixers are monthly infor-mal evening events for grads of all five federal service academies. The events are aimed at helping grads who do business locally expand their network, find new cli-ents, new partners and new vendors. These events are entering their third year and have grown to three venues;

Herndon, D.C. and Tysons Corner.

Steve Kraner, West Point 1979, began organizing the

first event in 2009 as the result of a suggestion from

Dave Church, USNA 1967. The events are 5-8 PM and

people arrive throughout the evening. Since it’s informal,

there is no need to arrive at any particular time. About 7

PM the event host asks everyone to briefly introduce

themselves. As a result it’s common to see someone walk

up to another grad and say, “We should talk.” Steve

says that several attendees have reported successful con-

clusion of business as a result of contacts and referrals

made at a business mixers. This year we have arranged

that all events are free, due to the generosity of the

hosts. The first 2012 mixer in January was hosted by

Pete Snyder, USNA 90, at Carpool, a local bar in Hern-

don. About 40 grads attended over the course of the

evening. There was no fee to attend and everyone

bought their own drinks and food. As this is being writ-

ten, the second event, hosted by Ben Rodgers, West

Point 1996 in D.C. at his office was held on 7 February.

Ben arranged for his company, Bernstein Global Wealth

Management, to provide the space and refreshments. A

second event in February, on the 22nd, will be hosted by

Holly Svetz, USAFA 1980, at her office in Tysons Cor-

ner. Holly is a lawyer and her firm, Womble Carlyle

Sandridge & Rice PLLC, has agreed to provide the space

and refreshments this year. The full schedule of events

in 2012 is below. If you do business locally, you may find

attending a business mixer a good way to get the word

out.

If you’d like to be on the invitation list, send Steve an

email at [email protected]. Events are also post-

ed on the West Point Society of DC web page. Steve

Kraner, West Point, 1979, PresidentSandler Training®

(703) 966-0192

Joint Service Academy Business Mixers

By Steve Kraner, 79

The JSAB Mixer on February 7, 2012 at Bernstein Global Wealth Management

800 Connecticut Avenue NW,

Washington, DC

Tom Knope, USNA 1997, Associate Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Vet-erans Affairs and Mike Cho, USMA ‘96, Program Analyst, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Mike is arranging for Paula Broadwell, USMA ‘95 (author of All In, a biography of General David Petraeus, USMA’ 74, USMA ’96) to speak at a future

JSAB Mixer. Stay tuned, more to come.

Lee Hojnicki, USMA ’81 and Ben Rodgers, USMA ‘96 our

host for the JSAB Mixer on 7 Feb. This photo shows the

great view we had of the White House and the Mall. Lee

was hired by Zach Smith, USMA ’77 to work at Zolon Tech

following the Herndon Mixer in November—another JSAB

Mixer success story!

RSVP: [email protected]

All events are 5-8 PM

Format: Casual, business-oriented, no

speaker, just networking.



March 26th West Point Women

Networking Event

Calling all West Point Women in the VA/MD/DC area – please join your fellow alums for our quarterly networking meeting Monday March 26th at the Army Navy club in downtown DC. NOTE: THIS IS A DATE CHANGE. We will

not meet March 12th.

Our next networking event will be from 4:30 to 7:00 PM on Monday, March 26th in the Eagle Grill of the Army Navy Club downtown DC. Please join us and spread the word to

other women grads in the Virginia, Maryland and DC area.

This meeting will focus on the art of networking in both civil-ian and military roles. Please come prepared to give your networking tips, share a personal networking story, or pro-vide information on potential job opportunities in your com-pany. If you are currently job seeking this should be a MUST ATTEND event for you. Tap into one of your greatest

resources – fellow West Point alums.

About DC-area West Point Women Networking

The DC Geographical Networking group meets quarterly

at the Army Navy club. We are looking for volunteers to

coordinate upcoming events such as movie screenings, lunch-

es, wine tastings, or any other events of interest. If you are

interested in running an event, please contact one of the Co

-Chairs of the DC West Point Women Networking Commit-

tee – Vicky (Lenz) Fiore ’87 or Christine Gassman ’03. We

are currently signing up members, looking for networking

suggestions and seeking volunteers to coordinate events

locally. Please contact:

Vicky Fiore ’87 [email protected] or mobile 703-

629-1419

Christine Gassman ‘03 [email protected] or

mobile 914-213-1264

To receive the most up to date information about these and

other networking opportunities make sure your information

is updated with both the West Point Society of DC and the

West Point AOG at [email protected].

West Point Women Association By Vicky Fiore, ‘87

Thaddeus Underwood, USMA ‘96 & Vanessa Stolzoff, USMA ‘03

Scott McLean, USAFA ‘86 & Earl D. Rasmussen, USMA ‘78

John Gifft,. Esq. USAFA ’94 (VP, The Horizon Strategies Group); Alex Granados, USAFA ’04; Richard Huh, USMA

‘94

The JSAB Mixer on February 7, 2012 (Continued)





West Point Parents Club of Maryland,

Washington DC, and Virginia

By Rod and Donna Gillis, Co-Presidents

The West Point Parents Club of Maryland, DC, and Vir-ginia kicked off the New Year by seating Board Members for 2012. We said farewell to Randy and Lisa Rotte whose two years as President set the standard, both in terms of dedication and energy. The club reached new heights under their leadership and they will be missed. The new board consists of Co-Presidents, Rod and Don-na Gillis (2013); 1st Vice President, Frank Dong (2015); 2nd Vice Presidents, Randy and Ann Cate (2014); Secre-tary, Dwight Davison (2014); Treasurer, Gwen Zecha (2014); Merchandise, Andrea Hansen (2013) and Robin Laffosse(2015); Membership, Kathie DeGeorges (2013); Transportation Coordinator, Ed Cragg (2009) and Ravin Howell (2015); Activities, Susan Leslie-Frasier (2014), LaDonna Howell (2015), and Jo Branham (2015); Af-ghans, Lisa Rotte (2012), Terry Mulligan (2011), and Donna Gillis (2013); Newsletter, Bob Atwell (2011), Kristin Gorak (2014), Becky Weber (2015); Listserv, Pete Hansen (2013); Boodle Bash, Susan Ranowsky (2012 & 2014). Joint Service Academy Ball, Mickie Cunningham (2013) and Ann Marie Stetekluh (2015). We have as-sembled a great mixture of class years to ensure the club

maintains continuity.

The club has a year jammed packed with upcoming activities. First is the historic WPPC MDDCVA Boodle Bash. On February 12th mem-bers will converge on the ranch of Mike and Liz Weigand in Maryland to assem-ble boodle boxes full of brownies and other goodies to deliver to the entire corps of cadets. We are proud to be able offer such grand cheer during the gray days of winter on the Hudson and very much appreciate

the Weigand’s for hosting this event again this year.

March will be equally as busy as we have our Spring So-cial at the Crystal City Sports Pub. The focus of the meet-ing will be on the upcoming graduation. We have a pan-el consisting of parents of recent graduates who will share lessons learned at graduation festivities and beyond. Additionally, we hope to have a representative from the Army to address how the service will handle the upcoming personnel reduction and its effect on current West Point

cadets.

We will continue to work closely with the West Point ad-ministration and the WPSDC throughout the coming year

as we strive to maintain our goals to:

Enhance the image of the United States Military Academy in the local area

Provide a means of communication between the Academy and cadet parents

Provide fellowship among parents whose sons or daughters are undergoing a rigorous military training program

Promote interest in attending the USMA

Your local Admissions Team has been busy assisting candi-dates for the Class of 2016. Application deadline this year was 29 Feb. but recently the class is full before the deadline! Last year we saw a spike of over 2,000 more applications than in years past so we had a 9% rate for offers of admission. We are tracking to have over 15,000 ap-plications this year (an increase of over 1,000 from last year) and we will have a class size of 1,150. This will mean an acceptance rate of around 7.6%. Furthermore, the high number of fully qualified candidates means very few medical waivers are being granted. Our key advice to any candidate is to get their applications in early and the DODMERB medical exam done as soon as possible. Medical issues identified in the exam must be resolved

quickly.

We will soon be focusing on the Class of 2017 with local

high school college nights aimed at Juniors. Likewise, we

will host a candidate reception for Seniors accepting our

offer a few hours before Founder's Day. If you arrive

early you should swing by and meet some of these incred-

ibly talented candidates! On 10 May we will host our

Spring By-Invite with MAJ Tolman from West Point speak-

ing to interested candidates.

To apply: Prospective candidates should go to

www.admissions.usma.edu .

The Journey Begins!

Admission - The Corps Starts HereThe Corps Starts Here By COL Michael Peffers, ‘83

http://www.admissions.usma.edu/

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