SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Thirty members of the Installation Management Community have been selected as mentees in the IM Headquarters Centralized Mentoring Program.
"We applaud the selectees - and the senior leaders who have volunteered and been matched as mentors," said Daniel Smartt, the program's manager.
As part of a challenging year-long commitment, Smartt explained that participants will meet regularly, focusing on skill sets, career goals and Individual Development Plans. "They will explore areas for professional growth," he said, "and expand their networks of leaders in the Army Installation Management Community."
Overall, HCMP identifies dynamic employees in the GS 11-13 equivalent range, matching each person with a mentor recognized as an outstanding leader, typically at the GS 14-15 level.
The program supports Army IM in numerous ways, including:
*Developing skilled, committed and forward-thinking employees for higher levels of responsibility;
*Recognizing and encouraging career planning within the IM Community;
*Building the core of a work culture characterized by mentoring at all levels, with each mentee in turn being equipped to serve others as a mentor.
And, just as importantly, Smartt noted that HCMP provides a mechanism for "re-investing its leaders' legacy of knowledge and wisdom." Meaning: mentees will serve the IM community by tapping that legacy and preparing to pass it on to those they may mentor in the future.
Additionally, a new development for HCMP in 2011 aims at producing a concrete, tangible benefit to the entire IM community. The 30 mentor/mentee partnerships will be divided into six working groups, each given a project based on one of the six lines of effort in the Installation Management Campaign Plan. Throughout a six-month period, each group will collaborate to produce a strategic briefing for IM leadership.
Accordingly, Debra Zedalis (Installation Management Command senior Mentoring Sponsor and director of IMCOM-Pacific) and G1 Talent Management Division recognize that HCMP's success "depends on the important contribution of the supervisors and commanders of the mentor and mentee participants," said Smartt. "Although participants make every effort to keep program activities from disrupting their regular jobs, there will be times during the year when their chains of command make adjustments so that they can fully participate. For this very real contribution, the IM community owes the participants' supervisors sincere appreciation."
Mentees Selected for HCMP 2011
Lia Abney, Fort Gordon, Ga.
Mary Aguilar, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Marilyn Betton, Alexandria, Va.
Kacey Carter, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
Kennith Carter, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
David Dale, Fort Benning, Ga.
Nicholas French, San Antonio, Texas
Brandy Gill, Fort Carson, Colo.
Emmett Harleston, San Antonio
David Hartsfield, USAG Humphreys, South Korea
Eric B. Hicks, Fort Carson
Mark Hill, Fort Hood, Texas
Wendy Holladay, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.
Elizabeth Horner, Alexandria
Henry Howard, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Lawrence Kennedy, Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.
Casey Kugler, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Esther Massie, Fort Huachuca
Carrie Mead, Detroit Arsenal, Mich.
Janeatta Meert, USAG Wiesbaden, Germany
Holly Merritt, USAG Yongsan, South Korea
Anna Morelock, Fort Riley, Kan.
Yvonne Murray, San Antonio
Sarah Nelson, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Ward Nichols, San Antonio
Angelia Pinto, Yuma Proving Ground
Louis Salas, Fort Bliss, Texas
Billy Smith, San Antonio
Larry D. Smith, Camp Parks, Calif.
James Swords, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Volunteer Mentors Matched for HCMP 2011
Rick Anderson, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff For Installation Management
Donald A. Bird, IMCOM-Europe
Tammy Call, IMCOM-West
Rufus Caruthers, IMCOM-Southeast
Debbie Chebuhar, Rock Island Arsenal
Carl Chun, IMCOM-Pacific
Kimberly Combs, IMCOM-Europe
Kathleen Connolly, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Dennis Drake, USAG Hawaii
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Fort Gordon, Ga.
Christopher Grigsby, Fort Sill, Okla.
Gregory Holzinger, USAG Stuttgart, Germany
William Kapaku, OACSIM
Janet Kim, Fort Sam Houston
Janey Kipps Sandoval, IMCOM-West
Timothy Livsey, Fort Riley
Heidi Malarchik, San Antonio
Richard Morizen, USAG Humphreys
Berry Patrick, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg
Wesley Potter, USAG Hohenfels, Germany
Greta Powell, Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Lt. Col. Kevin Quarles, USAG Hohenfels
Col. Avanulas Smiley, USAG Grafenwoehr, Germany
Audy Snodgrass, USAG Miami, Fla.
Andrea Stauffer, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg
Brian Swiss, Rock Island Arsenal
Col. Rick Tillotson, USAG Benelux, Belgium
Bertha J. Trivett, San Antonio
Dwane Watsek, USAG Bamberg, Germany
Col. Craig Wiley, Fort Gordon
For more information on the IM Mentoring Program, contact Daniel Smartt at 703-602-4842 or daniel.smartt@us.army.mil.
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