Current Events
Holiday Party
Get ready to celebrate the season in style! Join us for the Valiant Holiday Party on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the beautiful St. Francis Hall in Washington, DC. It is set to be an evening filled with fun, delicious food and plenty of holiday cheer! Explore the Valiant Holiday Party website and please RSVP by COB November 15th.
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Past Events
Family Picnic
Thank you for attending the Family Picnic- it was a huge success! We can't wait to host it again in July 2025!
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Fitness Challenge for Charity (Spring)
Thank you to all those that participated in our Fitness Challenge for Charity. In only 10 days, 40 teammates were able to achieve 4074 total miles which equates to $4074 in donations to their chosen charities. That is a new record for total effort and donations! Congrats to the Trophy Winners:
- Elliott Hirzel won Most Walk Steps & Most Combined Miles with a total of 217,800 steps (averaging 21.7 miles/day) and 380 strength minutes- with a grand total effort of 256 total miles!
- Thomas Lewis won Most Run Steps with a total of 177,381 steps averaging 17.7 miles/day!
- Richard Adarkwa won Most Bike Miles with a total of 142 bike miles averaging 14.2 miles/day!
- Mike Hitchings won Most Strength Minutes with a total of 510 minutes averaging 51 minutes/day!
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Poker Tournament
Congrats to David Campbell for the big win in the Valiant Poker Tournament!
- 1st Place - David Campbell - $100 gift card, Trophy and bragging rights
- 2nd Place - Jarman Taylor - $50 gift cad
- 3rd Place - Eric Chinn - $25 gift card + $25 bounty for knocking out the host
- Other Finalists: Leo Trendowicz, Chris Losack, Chad Thacker, Kevin Chen, Alfred Khoury, John MacDonald (Sarah's husband)
- Everyone who participated will be included in the next Big Drawing in July!
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Game of GAmes
Trophy Winners
Leo Trendowicz
EVP, Corporate IT
Game of Games Winner (Year 1)
Chess Champ 2020, Poker Champ 2021, Codenames Team Champ 2021
David Ellis
Senior Archer engineer
Family Feud Champ 2020
Geoff Gregory
Chief Operating Officer
Family Feud Champ 2020
Marcus Bowie
Security Engineer
Mayor of Chess 2020 & 2022 & 2023
Tom Zarycki
Incident REsponse Analyst
Jeopardy Champ 2020, Smartini Hour Team Champ 2022, Poker Champ 2022
Cat Buchanan
EVP, Talent &
Culture Strategy
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Fall 2021
Katy Workman
Technical Recruiter
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2021
Tim PUTZ
director, Security
Advancement & Operations
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2021
Brittany Gload
EVP, Strategic Initiatives
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Fall 2021 & Winter 2022 & Fall 2022
Mark Williams
It & QA Support
Codenames Team Champ 2021
Nate Raydo
Government Solutions
Lead
Chess Champ (Novice) 2022
Kannan Chithiraputhiran
Sr. DevSecOps Engineer
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Winter 2022, Fall 2022
Sara Wenke
Culture & Marketing
Manager
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2022, Smartini Hour Champ Spring 2022 &Fall 2022
Drew Fields
Proposal writer &
Program Specialist
Jeopardy Champ 2021 & 2022
David Foli
Technical SEcurity
Assessor
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2022 & Fall 202
Shrikant Agashe
security operations
Manager
Chess Champ 2023
Richard adarkwa
Senior ISSO
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ
Spring 2023 & Fall 2023
Tayo Tychus
principal consultant
(subcontractor)
Chess Champ 2024
Do you have a suggestion for an upcoming game or event? Email Sara Wenke or Shea Raydo