2026 Coast Guard Inspirational Leadership Award Winners

Captain John G. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award (Active Duty)

Winner: CWO Wayne Bush, Sector Key West (Key West, Florida)

Honorable Mention: LCDR Kevin Yen, Office of Domain and Integration Services, Washington, D.C.)

Captain John G. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award (Reserve)

Winner: LCDR Heidi Rosenburg, Sector Puget Sound (Seattle, Washington)

Honorable Mention:  LTJG Meaghan Bourgeois, Pacific Strike Team (Novato, California)

Master Chief Angela McShan Inspirational Leadership Award (Active Duty)

Winner: MEC Michele Brazil, Sector Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina)

Honorable Mention: BMC Luke Berghuis, CGC John Scheuerman (Manama, Bahrain)

Master Chief Angela McShan Inspirational Leadership Award (Reserve)

Winner: MEC Justin Bumgarner, Southern Command (Doral, Florida)

Honorable Mention: MKC Brian Ulrich, Sector St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Florida)

George R. Putnam Inspirational Leadership Award

Winner: James R. Hines, Leadership Development Center (New London, Connecticut)

Honorable Mention: Steven Lutz, Maritime Security Response Team - West (San Diego, California)

Commodore Charles S. Greanoff Inspirational Leadership Award (Auxiliary Flotilla Commander)

Winner: FC Douglas Wisman, Flotilla 130-05-02 (Eugene, Oregon)

Honorable Mention: FC Robert Koebert, Flotilla 095-43-01(Milwaukee Metro)

Captain David H. Jarvis Leadership Award  *Navy League Leadership Award

Winner: CAPT Charles Wilson, Air Station Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)

Honorable Mention: CWO Leland Currier, USCGC Eagle (New London, Connecticut)

Douglas A. Munro Award Leadership Award *Navy League Leadership Award

Winner: AM1 Sebastiano Musumeci, CG Air Station Clearwater (Clearwater, Florida)

Honorable Mention: AET2 Christany Wilson, Training Center Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey)

**Winners were selected in 2026 for CY2025.

Previous winners can be found here.

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