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Congratulations are in order for several MIL employees on their recent promotions. The hard work they provide the MIL family is
greatly appreciated and has not gone unnoticed! Instrumental in MIL’s success, we express our gratitude for the dedicated service they
provide. Please join us in celebrating these high performing staff!

GFS-CHS Promotions

Cassie Graham (Assistant Vice President) Liza Reed (Business Analysis, Team Lead)
Cassie is a senior member and business analyst in the Global Liza is a business analyst with the Department of State’s Travel
Financial Operations (GFO) Systems Coordination and Card Program (TCP). Liza leads continuous improvement efforts
Implementation (SCI) office. She joined MIL in 2010, bringing for the team, looking for ways to increase efficiencies, increase
with her a wealth of experience concerning Momentum and customer satisfaction, and even instituted best practices for
Department of State (DoS) financial operations. Over the past cardholders in using the travel charge card. She also manages
10 years, Cassie has significantly expanded her expertise while all communications with the Department’s travel card holders,
taking on increasing leadership roles. Cassie is well respected including emails, newsletters, and the TCP’s SharePoint site. Liza
at all levels of DoS management and they rely on her expertise supports the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial
and recommendations. Cassie is also a key player in MIL Services’ (CGFS) Quality Management System (QMS) as an ISO
management, ensuring her staff are mentored, productive, 9001: 2015 Internal Auditor. In addition to all of this, this past year
and delivering outstanding client support. Cassie is a certified Liza volunteered to act as interim Program Manager when the
Project Management Professional (PMP). MIL and DoS are very government position became vacant. Congratulations, Liza!
fortunate to have Cassie on their teams and we congratulate her
on her achievements. Joan Cugell (Business Analysis, Director)
Joan provides a broad spectrum of support in GFO’s SCI
Keilas Nazario (Accounting, Senior Analyst) office. She delivers senior program management support for
Keilas supports GFO in the Reports and Reconciliation Office multiple DoS worldwide programs and initiatives. She is a
performing complex analysis and fund balance reconciliations for leader in applying Lean Six Sigma principles to drive business
State Department appropriations, ensuring they match Treasury process improvements. She adeptly provides cross divisional/
Department records. The reconciliations can involve thousands organizational project coordination for large projects,
upon thousands of records, and Keilas effectively and efficiently management reporting, business process assessments, and
identifies discrepancies and root causes. She quickly gained measurement and metric analysis for GFO. She supports CGFS’s
expertise in these complicated tasks and willingly trains others in QMS as an ISO 9001: 2015 Internal Auditor. Joan is both a
best practices. Congratulations, Keilas! certified PMP and Six Sigma Green Belt. Congratulations, Joan!

Patrick Bartos (Business Analysis, Senior Analyst) Andrew Hibbeln (Business Analysis, Team Lead)
Patrick provides business analysis support to GFO’s Post Andrew provides both functional and technical expertise on the
Allotment Accounting (PAA) Office and was essential to the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team within the SCI Office
success of the Regional Financial Management System annual at CGFS. His extensive knowledge with the UiPath RPA software
close team this past fiscal year end. Patrick’s leadership skills application has allowed for the development and deployment of
have grown tremendously over the last year and his hard work 20 active attended bots at CGFS. During the COVID-19 crisis,
and dedication to the team is recognized by both MIL and DoS. Andrew was essential with the development of a full end-to-end
Patrick is the lead on several large initiatives in the Department, automation of the Subsistence Expense Allowance process that
and his role will definitely contribute to their success. was key to ensuring State Department foreign service employees
Congratulations, Patrick! and family members received payments to cover their evacuation
costs. To date, this bot process has resulted in over $97M in
payments to evacuated families and saved over five thousand work
hours for the Department. Congratulations, Andrew!

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