RICHMOND, Va. –
Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs.
Name: Brandi Price
Organization: DLA at Oklahoma City
Years of service: 22 years
What is your job title, and what do you do specifically? As a Management Analyst, I am the manpower and personnel liaison who performs all personnel actions for over 400 DLA Aviation employees at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. I backfill all vacant positions, process retirements and submit all awards. I’m the Eagle site administrator for all timekeeping purposes. I also perform various Human Resource functions and much more.
What do you like most about your job? In my manpower role, I know that I’ve made a difference by drastically lowering the number of days in the hiring process, and I work with great people locally and at headquarters to make sure this is accomplished. Engaging with our workforce and building relationships with them is important to me. It’s also very fulfilling to see people get well-deserved promotions or retire after a successful career. I also like being able to help boost the morale of our employees by volunteering my time to our booster club, where I serve as Vice President and coordinate events such as employee appreciation functions.
What is your fondest memory of working for DLA Aviation? When I worked for the aircraft branch supporting the Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress, the Blue Angles used the B-52 hangar to practice for an airshow for the upcoming weekend. I loved to watch them practice flying and performing their maneuvers up close. My coworkers and I were permitted to take pictures of the Blue Angles and even meet some of the pilots.
If you could speak directly to the warfighters you support, what would you tell them? I would thank them for putting their lives on the line, for their service and for giving our country freedoms that we enjoy every day.
What is the most surprising/unexpected thing others don’t know about you? I’ll share a few things that I love doing. Something people don’t know about me is that I love Christmas music and the nostalgic feeling it gives me. Another thing I love is watching reruns of The Golden Girls with my grandma. I also have a passion for classic and muscle cars, and used to own a 1979 Trans Am and a 1982 Corvette.
If you had a theme song, what would it be and why? I grew up listening to Prince, and his song Purple Rain stuck with me. I feel the meaning is finding faith and love amid chaos. It also reminds me of good times in my childhood, growing up in the ‘90s watching MTV.
If you could pick a personal motto, what would it be? “Do your best; forget the rest.” My grandpa always said this to us, and I found it to be very true. If you stay focused and do your best, that’s what it’s all about!