Coast Guard Inspirational Leadership Awards

The Office of Leadership and Professional Development sponsors four annual leadership awards:

CAPT John G. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award: for officers, active duty or reserve (about CAPT Witherspoon)
MCPO Angela M. McShan Inspirational Leadership Award: for chief petty officers (E-7 at the time of nomination), active duty or reserve (about MCPO McShan)
George R. Putnam Inspirational Leadership Award: for Coast Guard civilian employees (about George Putnam)
COMO Charles S. Greanoff Inspirational Leadership Award: for the most distinguished Auxiliary flotilla commander (sponsored in conjunction with the Coast Guard Auxiliary) (about Charles Greanoff)

Awards Process (for the Witherspoon, McShan, Putnam, and Greanoff awards)

November: ALCOAST 662-09seeking nominations released.
December: 17 Dec DEADLINE for nominations
January: Selection panels held
April/May: Awards ceremony TBD

In addition, we manage two Navy League leadership awards:

CAPT David H. Jarvis Award for Inspirational Leadership: for officers (about CAPT Jarvis)
Douglas A. Munro Award for Inspirational Leadership: for enlisted (about Douglas Munro)

Awards Process

January: ALCOAST 067-09 seeking nominations released
April: Deadline for nominations
April/May: Selection panels held
October: Awards ceremony at annual Navy League National Convention

2009 Inspirational Leadership Awards

These people were selected for the Inspirational Leadership Awards in 2009:

Witherspoon Award

Winner: LT Gregory Sabra, CGC Seneca
Finalists:

LTJG Nicole Tesoniero, USCGC Knight Island Port (WPB 1348)
LCDR Chris Hulser, CG Air Station Miami
LT Jamie Smith, USCG Academy

McShan Award

Winner: BMC Daniel Burke, CGC Joshua Appleby
Finalists:

HSC Pamela Robins, USCG Academy
FSC Kenneth Johnson, CG TRACEN Petaluma
MKC Jeffrey Mitchell, CG Relience (WMEC 615)

Putnam Award

Winner: Mr. Mark McCabe, CGD-ONE
Finalists:

Louisa Cook, ISC Portsmouth Comptroller
Deborah Stephenson, COMDT (CG-1321)
Peter Zohorsky, CG Sector Hampton Roads

Greanoff Award

Winner: Mr. Kim Castrobran, District 11-Southern Region, Flotilla 35
Finalists:

David Johnsen, District 9, Flotilla 095-05-17
Lane Delker, District 9, Flotilla 092-08-01

2009 Inspirational Leadership and Elite Athlete Award Winners

MCPO Kevin Isherwood, LT Gregory Sabra, BMCS Daniel Burke, LTJG Brian Monaghan, YN3 Syreeta Brom-field, Mr. Kim Castrobran, Mr. Mark McCabe and ADM Thad Allen on 6 April 2009 at Coast Guard Headquarters.

Award Recipients To Date

Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award

2009 LT Gregory Sabra
2008 LCDR Olav Saboe
2007 CWO2 Edwin Martin
2006 CDR Scott Kitchen
2005 LCDR Adrian West
2004 CDR Keith Smith
2003 LCDR James Elliott
2002 CDR Lynn Henderson
2001 LT Michael Davanzo
2000 CDR Michael Ghizzoni
1999 LCDR Philip Ross
1998 LCDR Karl Schultz
1997 LT Russell Davidson
1996 LCDR Timothy O’Leary
1995 CDR Manson Brown

McShan Inspirational Leadership Award

2009 BMC Daniel Burke
2008 DCC Steven Simpson
2007 YNC Linda Laswell
2006 BMC Heath Jones
2005 DCC Travis Lovvorn
2004 SKC Stacey Dolly
2003 BMC Terry Lathrop
2002 EMC Jerome Rider

Putnam Inspirational Leadership Award

2009 Mr. Mark McCabe
2008 Dr. Laurel Goulet
2007 Ms. Sheila Shepard
2006 Ms. Kathleen Thore
2005 Mrs. Norma Bullock

Greanoff Inspirational Leadership Award

2009 Mr. Kim Castrobran
2008 Mr. Alfred Verdi
2007 Ms. Christella (Chris) Gress

Jarvis Award for Inspirational Leadership

2009 CWO Brian Hall 2008 LT Andrew ELY 2007 CWO4 Stephen Lyons
2006 LT Joseph Leonard
2005 CWO Thomas Guthlein
2004 LTJG Joseph Abeyta
2003 LTJG Eric Matthies
2002 LT Michael Batchelder
2001 LT Tracy Wannamaker
2000 CWO3 Curtis Bradley

Munro Award for Inspirational Leadership

2009 MKC Todd Horner 2008 MK1 Mitchell Evans 2007 BMC Timothy Guy
2006 BMC George Williams
2005 FSC Richard Sambenedetto, Jr.
2004 MKC Timothy Cotton
2003 PO1 Shannon Davis
2002 GM1 Stephane Corriveau
2001 BMCS John Buchanan
2000 BMC Brian Klimeck

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