Corps employee receives inaugural Employee of the Month award

U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
Published March 18, 2015
Tammy Cinnamon, an employee at the Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center receives award recognition and designated parking space at the organization from Huntsville Center Commander, Col. Robert Ruch and deputy for programs, Charles Ford.

Tammy Cinnamon, an employee at the Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center receives award recognition and designated parking space at the organization from Huntsville Center Commander, Col. Robert Ruch and deputy for programs, Charles Ford.

Tammy Cinnamon, P.E., acting chief of Architectural Engineering Contracts and Criteria Branch, at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, received the first-ever Employee of the Month Award March 9 at the organization.

The awards, organized by the Huntsville Center leader and employee recognition board, recognize Center employees who have excelled in their jobs and have made daily strides in improving our effort to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission.

Boyce Ross, director of Huntsville Center's Engineering Directorate nominated Cinnamon for her work within the directorate. Ross said Cinnamon has done an excellent job serving on a temporary detail as branch chief of the directorate's AE Contracts and Criteria Branch.

"Tammy has done an incredible job as the acting chief of AE Contracts and Criteria Branch. During this past month she has worked very hard to develop a task order for cost estimating support for the Veterans Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. She continues to support the acquisition of the Ministry of Defense Hospital projects in Kuwait and Afghanistan and provided valuable mentoring to our intern," Ross said. "In addition to those major efforts, she has kept up with the day-to-day operations of the branch including on-boarding a new employee. Her efforts during this time have been critical to keeping the branch performing at a high level."

Cinnamon received a Certificate of Appreciation from Huntsville Center Commander, Col. Robert Ruch, and deputy for programs, Charles Ford and a monthlong designated parking spot of her choice for the remainder of the month.

Cinnamon said she appreciates receiving this distinction.

"I am honored to receive the Employee of the Month for March. It's a nice feeling to be recognized for the work I am doing. I owe a BIG thank you to everyone I work with who help make my job so enjoyable," Cinnamon said. "I admit I was shocked to learn that I am the first recipient of this new award. Huntsville Center has so many great people who work on some amazing projects. This is a great way to recognize those efforts; not to mention the monthlong designated parking spot is a nice perk."

Cinnamon earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee and her professional engineer license from Alaska. Cinnamon began work with USACE and Huntsville Center in 2003. She left the Center in 2004 to work at Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Alaska and Europe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts. She returned to Huntsville Center's Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate in January 2014.

For more information about the Huntsville Center Employee of the Month Program contact Martha Cook, Executive Office, at 256-895-1306.