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ian Service Award (two awards)
for his outstanding contributions
to the Navy mission. In addition,
he received the Armed Forces
Recreation Society Fellow Award
and the Executive Fellow Award
for
his achievements in improving
the quality of life for activeduty
personnel and their family
members. Upon his retirement
from the MWR director position,
he received the Navy MWR Lifetime
Achievement Award for his
years of service at Naval Station
Great Lakes and support to the
overall Navy MWR mission.
Cheredith
Rhone
Division
Manager of
Administration,
Shreveport
Public Assembly and Recreation
Shreveport, Louisiana
Cheredith Rhone is a native of
Shreveport, Louisiana. She earned
a Bachelor of Science with a double
major in business management
and finance from Centenary College
of Louisiana, as well as a Master of
Management with a specialization in
energy finance from Tulane University,
becoming the first African American
female graduate of the Master of
Management in Energy program.
Rhone was appointed by Mayor
Adrian Perkins and confirmed
unanimously by the city council.
She serves as the division manager
of administration for City of Shreveport,
Shreveport Public Assembly
Parks and Recreation department.
In this role, she serves as a member
of the senior management team,
charting the direction of the department,
ensuring its accountability
to all constituents and effective operation.
After becoming a certified
fraud examiner, she developed the
City of Shreveport's first comprehensive
anti-fraud policy while serving
as interim assistant CAO.
As a member of the Government
Finance Officers
Association
favorite Harriet Tubman quote,
" Every great dream begins with a
dreamer. Always remember, you
have within you the strength, the
patience and the passion to reach
for the stars to change the world. "
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Budgeting and Fiscal Policy Committee,
she serves in Washington,
D.C., and Chicago as the committee's
youngest member. She serves
on the board of directors at Tulane
University, A.B. Freeman School
of Business. Rhone also serves on
the board of directors of Thrive
Unburdened, LLC, an organization
dedicated to providing mental
health support and therapy for
teenagers and young adults.
Rhone also has served on various
boards and committees, including
the Generation Progress
National Leadership Council in
Washington, D.C., Women in
Government Relations, Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce
Young
Professionals
Initiative,
Providence House Youth Advisory
Board, and Centenary College
Conduct Court. She received the
2022 Top Business Professional
of the Year award from the
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce.
She was nominated as a
" change maker " and attended
The White House United State
of Women Summit, hosted by
First Lady Michelle Obama. She
is the owner and founder of C.D.
Rhone Capital Management,
LLC, where she manages her real
estate portfolio.
Rhone attends St. Paul C.M.E.
Church and serves as a missionary.
In her spare time, she enjoys
reading, cooking and traveling.
She strives daily to embody her
Breece
Robertson
Director
of Impact
Assessment
and Monitoring,
One Tree Planted
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Breece Robertson combines geospatial
technology and storytelling
to inspire, activate, educate and engage
people to protect our planet.
She is a noteworthy leader in the
conservation and parks field with
more than two decades of experience.
She created and led the GIS,
research and planning unit at The
Trust for Public Land and built
strategic initiatives, like ParkScore,
ParkServe and Greenprinting that
uses state-of-the-art technologies to
make data and information accessible.
In 2006, she was awarded the
Esri Special Achievement in GIS
award and in 2012, the Making a
Difference award. She authored a
book, Protecting the Places We Love,
which was published in April 2021
by Esri Press.
She currently holds the position
of director of impact assessment
and monitoring at One Tree Planted.
She is leading technology and
workflow strategies for measurement,
reporting and monitoring
that tell the story of the co-benefits
that trees, forests and nature-based
solutions provide in places around
the world. When she's not protecting
places, she's exploring and enjoying
them.
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