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CHDSA AWARDS
ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
WINNERS
CENTER FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY ASSOCIATION
IN RECOGNITION OF CHDS ALUMNI WHO HAVE SHOWN EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND INITIATIVE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, AND DRIVE IN THE APPLICATION OF THEIR CHDS EDUCATION TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ENTERPRISE.
Greggory J. Favre
2022
Nitin Natarjaran
2023
John Tully Gordon 2024
Michael S. Brown
2025
Donalyn Dela Cruz
2026
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DR. CHRISTOPHER BELLAVITA
EDUCATOR AWARD WINNERS
CENTER FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY ASSOCIATION
THE AWARD RECOGNIZES CENTER FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY ALUMNI WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO HOMELAND SECURITY EDUCATION AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE VISION AND LEADERSHIP OF DR. BELLAVITA.
Chris Bellavita
2022
Caleb Cage
2023
John Cominsky
2024
Angi English
2025
Michael McDaniel
2026
2026 Award Recipients
Donalyn Dela Cruz
Principal DDC Consulting
"Donalyn has continuously demonstrated her commitment to the mission and values of CHDS. Her exceptional leadership qualities, innovation, and tireless efforts to strengthen the levels of trust among governments at all levels have been remarkable. A 2015 graduate of the CHDS Pacific Executive Leadership Program (PELP) and 2017 graduate of the CHDS Master's Program, Donalyn has consistently applied her CHDS education to help guide her as she addresses Hawaii's and the U.S Pacific Region's most complex, high-stakes and culturally sensitive issues."
Michael C.H. McDaniel
BG (ret) Associate Dean Emeritus Professor & Director of Homeland Security Law Programs
"Ret. Brigadier General Michael C.H. McDaniel was an early adapter and proponent of online learning after having received a master's degree through partial synchronous/asynchronous programs at the Naval Postgraduate School, as well as the Army War College. Beginning with the LLM program in 2013, McDaniel, with its adjunct professors, and then as Campus Dean with Lansing faculty assured adaptation to online teaching through monthly discussions and roundtables and training opportunities."
John Tully Gordon 2024
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