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    Current Events

    Holiday Party

    Thanks for attending the 2025 Holiday Party at St. Francis Hall - here are the Professional Photos and Photo booth photos. Save the date, 12/6/25, for this year's Holiday Party!

    Past Events

    Family Picnic

    Thank you for attending our annual Family Picnic this past July 2025 - here are the Professional Photos to download. Save the date for 7/25/26 for our next Picnic!

    Fitness Challenge for Charity (Spring)

    Thank you to all those that participated in Valiant's Spring 2025 Fitness Challenge for Charity!  We had the largest group ever participate in this challenge!

    • In only 10 days, 61 teammates were able to achieve 5802 total miles which equates to $5802 in donations to their chosen charities!
    • The top charity donation will go to St. Jude's ($1803) and a total of 27 charities will receive donations from all of your efforts (see diagram below for the details).

    Congrats to the Trophy Winners:

    Chess Tournament

    The 2025 Valiant Chess Tournament has officially concluded, and what an incredible competition it was! Virgilio Garcia and Tayo Tychus won every match leading up to the Finals. In the end, Tayo emerged victorious and is now our 2025 Valiant Chess Tournament Champion! Tayo will be awarded a brand-new trophy!

    Poker Tournament

    Last night, the Valiant Poker Tournament Finals brought great competition and memorable moments! After an exciting game, we have our winners! Type image caption here (optional)

    Last night, the Valiant Poker Tournament Finals brought great competition and memorable moments! After an exciting game, we have our winners! 🎉  

    1st Place 🥇  - Brandon Weakland - $50 Gift Card, Championship Trophy & Ultimate Bragging Rights!

    2nd Place🥈  - Kevin Chen - $35 gift card

    3rd Place 🥉  - Kendra Hatfield-Bonner - $25 gift card

    Additional Finalists:  Spencer Bonner, Thomas Lewis, David Campbell, Shawn Murphy, Matt Raydo

    Game of GAmes
    Trophy Winners

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    kannan Chithiraputhiran

    senior devsecops
    Engineer

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Thomas lewis

    data science & Machine
    learning engineer

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Geoff Gregory

    Chief Operating Officer

    Family Feud Champ

    Brandon Weakland

    ISSO Lead

    Poker Champ

    Tom Zarycki

    Incident REsponse Analyst

    Jeopardy Champ, Smartini Hour Team Champ, Poker Champ

    Cat Buchanan

    EVP, Talent &
    Culture Strategy

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Katy Workman

    Technical Recruiter

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Tim PUTZ

    director, Security
    Advancement & Operations

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Brittany Gload

    EVP, Strategic Initiatives

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    kendra hatfield-Bonner

    Evp, human resources
    & facility security officer

    Codenames Team Champ

    Nate Raydo

    strategy development
    Manager

    Chess Champ

    eric chinn

    Evp, innovation

    Poker Champ

    Guna Arunachalam

    Devsecops Engineer

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Drew Fields

    Proposal writer &
    Program Specialist

    Jeopardy Champ

    David Foli

    Technical SEcurity
    Assessor

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Shrikant Agashe

    security operations
    Manager

    Chess Champ

    Richard adarkwa

    Senior ISSO

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    mike moore

    cybersecurity scrm
    specialist

    Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ

    Do you have a suggestion for an upcoming game or event?  Email Sara Wenke or Cat Buchanan.

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