Dawn Halfaker - Our Veteran of Honor
Dawn Halfaker proves our point – Veterans are greater than
Movie Stars.
Veterans are actually greater than Rock Stars, Professional
Athletes and the Ice Cream Man (unless any Veterans double as of the previously
listed jobs). Dawn is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Halfaker and Associates. She is also an extremely successful strong woman who
was injured in uniform while serving our country.
Dawn is a phenomenal role model for young men and women,
entrepreneurs, and basically everyone. In our opinion, she is certainly WAY
cooler than Kim Kardashian (or any other Kardashian!). Dawn spent her military
career in the Army as a Military Police Officer. She was wounded during a
combat patrol near Baghdad in 2004, earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
After her injury, Dawn had the courage and determination to
not only survive but thrive. She now leads an extremely successful professional
services and technology solutions firm that supports government organizations
and commercial clients on issues of national and global interest across the
Information Technology, Organization and Strategy, Intelligence, Operations and
Resiliency and Supply Chain and Logistics spectrums.
She and her company are
VERY highly regarded in the “beltway” DC area and trust me when I tell you that
to stand out as a small consulting firm in that area IS a HUGE accomplishment.
In September, Dawn was named to the "2011 Fortune Most
Powerful Women Entrepreneurs"! She just rocks.
She’s a strong, patriotic,
successful Veteran that is EXACTLY the type of person we should honor.
Dawn's company information can be found at http://www.halfaker.com.
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Joseph Fontana, Sr. (bottom row, second from right) graduating from US Navy Ship Salvage School in 1954 with Carl Breshear (top row, second from right), the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver.
