Elmer B. Staats Award for Bold Acquisition Awarded by Procurement Round Table

The Elmer B. Staats award is awarded by the Procurement Round Table (PRT). The Directors of the Procurement Round Table believe that Elmer Staats' dedication to public service excellence demonstrated over a career spanning more than 70 years should serve as a beacon to both civil servant and military acquisition professionals as well as to all of those committed to government economy, efficiency and effectiveness. The annual award given by the PRT is named in honor of Elmer Staats and bestowed to an outstanding Acquisition Professional in the Federal Government.  

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Megan Toennies
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Ms. Megan Toennies from the Defense Information Systems Agency most often known as DISA. Over the past 12 months, Ms. Toennies attacked some of the most critical and complex cloud issues facing the Department of Defense (DoD). As Team Lead and Contracting Officer for both the $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract and the follow-on in the tens of billions of dollars, she faced unparalleled challenges, which she turned into opportunities to ensure cloud computing needs are not only met but optimized. She tackled the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO)’s highest priority and complex cloud-unique issues including adding 3rd Party Marketplace items to the JWCC catalogs. She is recognized as the consummate team player who has achieved these and many other successes through her ability to mold common goals and expertly drive partnership throughout the entire “cloud team” to find solutions beneficial to all. Ms. Toennies is widely recognized across DISA as a future Senior Leader with tremendous interpersonal skills, exceptional business acumen, determination and leadership.