By Vicky Falcón
NAVAIR Public Affairs Office

NAVAIR graduated 72 participants from its Senior Executive Management Development Program (SEMDP) during a command-wide video teleconferencing ceremony on November 7 at the RADM William A. Moffett Building atrium on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

Speakers for the event were VADM Wally Massenburg, NAVAIR Commander; Gary Kurtz, NAVAIR Deputy Assistant Commander for Corporate Operations; and Jennifer Altomare, Director of the Career Development Office.

“You 72 graduates are among the dedicated and talented individuals who will play a key role in securing NAVAIR’s future as a reliable, cost-wise provider of aircraft and aviation weapons systems for our Fleet Warfighters,” said Massenburg. “I want you to know that I understand and appreciate the self-analysis that brought you down the path of commitment, and ultimately to your place in this audience, among your equally dedicated counterparts who share the vision of delivering the right force, with the right readiness, at the right cost, at the right time . . . today, tomorrow and in the future.”

SEMDP was created in 1980 as a flagship leadership development program. The flexible program allows participants three-to-five years of part-time work to complete course requirements. Those requirements include business etiquette, networking, balancing work and home life, and defining personal leadership styles.

“That’s what SEMDP does for NAVAIR and the Naval Aviation Enterprise,” said Massenburg. “It identifies our very best people so that we can employ them to their maximum potential, working on things that serve the greater good – the best interests of our brave men and women in uniform.”

The NAVAIR Leadership Program (NLDP) was created in 2005 with the merger of SEMDP and AIRSpeed Black Belt training. NLDP retains the critical leadership learning of SEMDP, while adding the vital productivity learning of an AIRSpeed Black Belt to better prepare participants for future leadership roles.

NLDP is a full-time, two-year leadership preparation program that started its first class in September. It will gradually replace SEMDP with the last “overlap” participants graduating in 2009.

“So what do we, as leadership, expect of you?” Massenburg challenged the graduates. “Your job as leaders is to inspire improvement, to motivate action and to harness the energy and talent of those in your charge for the greater good of Naval Aviation.”

For more information about NLDP/SEMDP, go to the Career Development Community of Interest page on MyNAVAIR, https://mynavair.navair.navy.mil.

The following people are NLDP/SEMDP graduates for 2006 listed by site:

NADEP Cherry Point –
Gloria C. Dunton
Joel M. Eubanks
John A. Eubanks
Paul M. Fitzgerald
Linda Koile
Michael D. Moore
Amelia S. Morgan
Paul E. Williams

NAVAIR China Lake –
Gregory L. Bell
Stephen A. Farmer
Richard Kirchner
Deborah K. Linck
Thomas R. Miller
Susan G. Raglin
Debra S. Smith
James Wangermann

NADEP Jacksonville –
Stanley M. Baran
Nancy Crook

NAVAIR Lakehurst –
Catherine Malvasio
David Rippman

NADEP North Island –
Donald Coles
Diana Delgado
Stella D. Davies
Liwayway Hernandez
Jose A. Jimenez

NATEC North Island –
Stacy Cummings

NAVAIR Orlando –
Richard L. Lecky
Suzanne Marmie
Rosanne Schwerman
John Shaw
Linda St. Moritz

NAVAIR Patuxent River –
Lisa B. Achille
Annette J. Barnhart
Jerome H. Collins
Bret A. Combs
Stephen H. Doragh
Mary K. Feldman
Luis A. Fortuno
Steven Frain
Rose V. Frederick
Terese Givens
Timothy E. Gowen
Jaime A. Guerrero
Francis A. Guffey
Scott R. Hoffman
Janie R. Hunter
Bobby K. Jenkins
George Kalnasy, Jr.
Curtis L. Kimbel
Theresa L. Lemerise
Olivia Lenahan
Robin H. Locksley
David J. Ludwig
Joseph D. Marquis
John Meyers
Charlotte Mildren
Diana M. Mori
David W. Mutschler
Thomas M. Popp
Sharmella Riggs
Jeffrey W. Sappington
Michael P. Schroeder
Eric Schwartz
Gloria Tuck
Melody L. VanMeter

NAVAIR Pt. Mugu –
Roberto M. Garcia
Dwight C. Jantzen
Nels O. Kristofferson
Binh K. Ninh
Ben C. Rasnick
Harold F. Rosenthal
Barbara E. Williams

Photo Caption 1: VADM Wally Massenburg, NAVAIR Commander, addresses the 72 SEMDP graduates via Video Teleconferencing during the recent graduation ceremony. U.S. Navy Photo by Kurt Lengfield.

Photo Caption 2: Thirty-four SEMDP graduates from Patuxent River gather following their graduation ceremony. There were 72 graduates this year from across NAVAIR. U.S. Navy Photo by Kurt Lengfield.