Empowering the Next Generation
Kenneth Elvis Jones, executive vice president and chief of staff of Wilberforce University (center) delivered the keynote at Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime’s Black History Month observance Feb. 27 at the Operations Center Auditorium on Defense Supply Center Columbus. This year's theme was “Empowering the Next Generation.” From left: DLA Land and Maritime Deputy Commander Kenneth Watson, DLA Land and Maritime Contract Specialist Rahil Huguley, DLA Land and Maritime Career Program Specialist Alphonso Guice Jr., DLA Finance Accountant Shatonna Missick, (Jones), DLA Land and Maritime Quality Assurance Specialist Supervisor Marlene Drayton-Stevenson, DLA Land and Maritime Career Program Specialist Supply Team Lead Carlton Edwards and Deputy Director of Land Customer Operations Jim Godfrey. Edwards delivered the invocation, Huguley delivered the National Anthem, Watson delivered the opening remarks, Godfrey serves as AAEP champion, Guice performed the event's cultural expression, and Missick served as the event’s mistress of ceremonies.