ATEC Human Resources Director retires after nearly 34 years

By Ms. Lindsey R Monger (ATEC)July 14, 2015

ATEC Human Resources Director retires after nearly 34 years
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- (July 10, 2015) The Human Resources Director for the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) bid farewell during her retirement ceremony June 25 on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG).

Judy Tredway, a Nashville, Tennessee native, will take on a new chapter of her life after almost 34 years of Federal service culminating as a Department of the Army civil servant.

During her remarks, Tredway thanked the ATEC workforce for their support throughout her career.

"I am very blessed to be where I am today, but I certainly did not get here on my own," Tredway said.

ATEC's commanding general, Maj. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, presided over the ceremony and thanked Tredway for her dedicated service and leadership of the human resources directorate.

"ATEC wouldn't be as successful as it is without you and your terrific work," Karbler said. "We are grateful to you not only for your service to your country, but for your service to the men and women of this command."

After her graduation from high school in 1967, Tredway joined the U.S. Air Force in 1968 and completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB) in Texas.

After basic training, Tredway studied public affairs, journalism, and broadcasting at the Defense Information School in Indianapolis, Indiana.

During her four years in the Air Force, Judy was assigned to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana (where she met her future husband, George) and Blytheville AFB in Arkansas.

"At the time, I was a journalist and editor for the military paper and was assigned to do a story on the fastest runner on the base," Tredway said. "That turned out to be George."

After a brief courtship of only three months, Tredway and George married and have been married for 44 years.

"When you know, you know!" said Tredway.

After her four years were up, Tredway decided to put her career on hold to start a family.

Tredway followed George through ten stateside and overseas assignments and held various jobs along the way, from a GS-3 dental assistant at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, to a GS-5 secretary at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

After returning stateside in 1990, Tredway started working for the Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center (CRDEC) in the APG Edgewood area as a GS-5 secretary.

Tredway left CRDEC in 1992 for the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) for a position as a Services Support Specialist and later, as an Administrative Officer (AO).

In 1993, Tredway received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Studies from the University of Maryland. In 2009, she completed her Master's Degree in Strategic Studies through distance learning at the U.S. Army War College.

After Tredway's departure from ARL in 1996, she went on to work as an AO at the Evaluation Analysis Center (EAC), which she also helped establish.

"It was a tremendous experience learning how to establish an organization from scratch," Tredway said. "As the AO, I was responsible for the operations, human resources, and resource management functions."

Tredway said she also created EAC's policies and procedures which helped set the tone for the organization's ability to complete its mission.

While working at the EAC, Tredway said she became an Army expert in the Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project, which was a new pay-for-performance personnel system replacing the general schedule system.

"As one of the Army's experts, I was asked to be the Army's Acquisition Demonstration Project representative on the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) staffing and workforce planning working group," said Tredway.

The NSPS staffing and workforce planning group was charged with providing options to the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Office of Personnel Management's senior leaders for the design and implementation of a new DOD-wide personnel system, according to Tredway.

In 1999, Tredway became the Human Resources Director for the newly redesignated command, the U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC), which was formed when the Operational Evaluation Command and the EAC were combined to move developmental and operational evaluation into a single, integrated command.

In 2008, Tredway became ATEC's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel at its former headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

While there, Tredway directed and guided the personnel aspects of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's recommendation and Congress' subsequent decision to relocate ATEC to APG in 2010.

After the transition to APG, Tredway became the Human Resources Director for ATEC's G-1 Directorate and was responsible for the health and well-being of ATEC's military and civilian workforce.

As the Human Resources Director, Tredway was charged with maintaining oversight and management of human capital strategic plans as well as the alignment of human resource policies to attract, develop, motivate, and retain a quality and diverse workforce.

Additionally, to support the accomplishment of ATEC's mission, Tredway was instrumental in creating programs to enhance leader development, employee development, and performance management.

"As I became a leader, I tried to help set the tone for employees looking for guidance and inspiration," Tredway said. "I served to help people, support the mission, and make a difference in people's lives."

Tredway was ATEC's lead human resources advisor for sequestration issues, furloughs, and was heavily involved in the planning and execution of a pilot program consolidating ATEC, AEC, and the Developmental Test Command's personnel offices.

"Looking back at my time at APG, I had the pleasure of working with wonderful, talented Soldiers and civilians who are truly enthusiastic about what they do," Tredway said. "The mission is so critical to support the men and women who serve so that we may be a free nation."

Over the course of Tredway's career, she received four Superior Civilian Service Awards, three Commander's Awards for Exceptional Civilian Service, the Patriot Award, and numerous performance awards, certificates and letters of appreciation for her outstanding service.

"While I am extremely proud of having the opportunity for public service, the accomplishment I'm most proud of is being the mother of two children, and with my spouse, raising them to be happy, confident, and productive adults," said Tredway.

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