The CANA Connection

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou Kerry joins CANA as a Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellow as she transitions from over 20 years of active duty military service. Kerry spent her career in the Marine Corps as a Manpower Officer and later as an Operations Research Analyst. She has a passion for improving the lives of employees through data-informed solutions a

"All models are wrong, but some are useful." - George Box Nick joins CANA as a Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellow as he transitions from over 22 years of active duty military service. Nick spent his active duty years as a Navy Supply Corps Officer where he gained experience and leadership in logistics, inventory and supply chain management, budgeting, contracting, and manpower analysis. He is on the Executive Council of the Military Operations Research Society, Chairperson of

We are excited to have Thomas Scully onboard as a part of our growing CANA Team. Thomas is our Sports Analytics intern and will be helping our Analytics Capabilities Section develop CANA eSports and other sports analytics programs. He is currently a second-semester Senior at Loyola University - Chicago, majoring in Sports Management with a Marketing minor. Thomas shared, "I have been blessed with multiple opportunities in the classroom to expand my knowledge of the sporting w

“Failure is not an option…. Either I am winning or I am learning, never failing!" - Nelson Mandela We are excited to bring aboard our...

"You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at." - W. H. Auden We are excited to welcome our newest Resource Manager, Cherish Joostberns. Cherish has 20 years of leadership experience in the Marine Corps, with demonstrated proficiencies in logistics, personnel recruitment, and operational planning. She has spent several years in civilian leadership roles, taking a special interest in human resources administration and team building. Cherish possesses a bachelor's

"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you". We are excited to bring aboard our newest Senior Logistics Analyst, Kolleen Young. Kolleen is a highly regarded military leader with more than 23 years of proven success in logistics management, global transportation, strategic deployment, and distributed sustainment support. Kolleen has experience and expertise spanning all facets of logistics, to include exercise planning, MPF operations, and the deployment and employment

The CANA Team continues to expand as we proudly welcome our new Senior Contracts Manager, Kristin Fairman! Kristin is a diversified Contracts Administrator with 17 years of success in U.S. Government and Commercial contracting. Kristin possesses highly coveted skills by the contracting Community, Government, and Industry and provides cradle to grave contract administration including solicitation evaluation, bid & proposal preparation, contract negotiations, modifications, and

What is CANA up to? Last Thursday our CANA Team Members, Jason Fincher and Tom Fields, attended the Hiring Our Heroes event in...