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Corporate – Security team workload, and resolving project issues. She has adjusted
well to her new roles and continues to learn from leadership
when adapting to new and challenging circumstances. Tina
Deborah McReynolds has been promoted to Operations mentors other team members, developing staff functional
Specialist V. Deborah joined MIL as a Security Analyst in capabilities and professional growth. She also contributes to
September 2019 to support the Southern Maryland (SoMD) MIL’s thought leadership for the Legislative Branch and other
Security Department. Since that time, Deborah has successfully clients.
navigated multiple managers and has trained all support
staff for SoMD. She has also added to her knowledge base by Global Financial Services
completing all needed management training and just recently
completed her COMSEC training. Deborah took the initiative
to clean up and organize many of the documents within Christy Foronda
the Security Department. She also implemented naming Dominic Joseph is promoted to Robotic Process Automation
conventions for .pdf documents within the Department and (RPA), Manager. Dominic has been with MIL for over 10
created several folders for employees to find documents years. He comes from a development background and
with ease, and created spreadsheets for tracking employee has been able to leverage those skills to build a robust
documents, badges, and certifications for renewal to ensure the RPA program for much of the DC-based work in the State
company remains compliant with the contracts we support. Department’s Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial
Deborah has exceeded expectations, naturally stepping up as Services (CGFS). Dominic has grown a team from one to three
a leader. She has contributed to the team while implementing full-time employees and several other part time positions. He
new ways to create easier processes for SoMD staff. Many leads the team by mentoring new hires and more junior staff.
employees rely on her for her confidentiality, caring, fun, and He also assists with business development opportunities in
trustworthy personality. the automation area. Dominic has made MIL’s RPA program

a success by identifying, documenting, and developing several
Federal Financial Services automations, saving countless man-hours of manual work. In
addition, he has built a robust inventory tool of automation
Bruce Corfield requests. This promotion moves Dominic into the managing
Agnes Chen is promoted to Java Developer, Associate. Agnes role for our DC based RPA team.
has supported clients at the National Institute of Standards John Degni/Jon Nehman
and Technology (NIST) for over five years as a senior Java
developer. Over this time, she has developed an in-depth Dale Conjurski is promoted to Team Lead. Dale joined MIL
technical understanding of client financial applications, in March 2022 as a senior analyst on the Systems Interface
especially in the area of grants management. Agnes supports team supporting DoS, performing complex systems and
the primary NIST grants system, which is used as a means business analysis. Dale came to MIL with extensive experience
of reviewing, selecting, awarding, and administering all in IT management across multiple industries including
NIST-issued grants and cooperative agreements. She has also software development, manufacturing, accounting, and
developed a deep understanding of NIST’s grants processes, healthcare. In his new role as Team Lead, Dale will focus on
and continually works with stakeholders and the NIST supporting the expanding team by establishing documented
product owner to adjust and develop new features. Agnes repeatable processes leveraging his vast experience,
has become an instrumental part of the client team and often consulting, and analysis skills. Additionally, Dale will also
receives customer praise for her work. focus on developing future leaders and subject matter experts
Andrea Ford is promoted to Business Analysis, Manager. (SMEs) to support these new processes and services.
Andrea assumed the role of backup Help Desk Manager Danielle Dillahey is promoted to Manager. Danielle
supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and joined MIL in August 2020 as an analyst on the Systems
continues to take on new responsibilities and lead new Development and Maintenance (SDM) Configuration
initiatives. The volume of incoming incidents at the FAA Help Management/ Implementation team supporting DoS. Since
Desk continues to remain high; however, Andrea handles that time, Danielle moved into a team lead role within the
these with ease. She also anticipates potential problems Program Management Office (PMO) team, leading the
and formulates alternate solutions. Andrea is an excellent Program and Project Management (PPM) initiative where she
team member who does not hesitate to provide assistance was instrumental in shifting the project’s approach to align to
to others on the FAA support team. Andrea has honed her the Bureau of CGFS management’s overarching priorities and
public speaking skills as she continues to lead FAA training goals. This resulted in a PPM timekeeping site upgrade and
courses. Andrea maintains an outstanding rapport with many the development of Funding Request Charters, which are used
members of the PRISM community. to determine CGFS executive leaderships project prioritization
and total budget each fiscal year. In her new role as Manager,
Tina Simanivanh is promoted to Business Analysis, Team Danielle will continue to lead the PPM initiative as well as the
Lead. Tina took on additional responsibilities as a team leader Global Financial Architecture Administration (GFAA) Project
on MIL’s IV&V project for the Library of Congress, including Management team to formally evolve new PMO services and
managing client deliverables, assigning and balancing the
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