3 Keesler finance leaders honored with AETC awards Published Dec. 8, 2010 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Three Keesler finance leaders have been recognized with awards for fiscal 2010 from Air Education and Training Command. They are 2nd Lt. William Kiser and Kristin Vollbrecht, 81st Comptroller Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Brandon Harris, 335th Training Squadron. Lieutenant Kiser, financial services flight commander, is AETC's financial management officer of the year. His 16-member staff served 17,600 customers and documents valued at $356 million. He led the Air Force's controlled spend account pilot program at Keesler and implemented a 100 percent document tracking system that boosted accuracy from 82 to 97 percent in eight months. He also directed Keesler's government travel card program for 3,000 members and 53 squadron representatives The lieutenant is treasurer of the company grade officers council and the area chapter of the American Society of Military Comptrollers. He is an 81st Training Wing mission briefer and volunteered with Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity. Ms. Vollbrecht, supervisory budget analyst, is the command's finance civilian of the year. She earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal after serving a voluntary 3½-month deployment as an Army budget officer in support of Operation Unified Response-Haiti. She personally validated 1,426 documents worth nearly $123 million, all ahead of schedule, for the 81st CPTS tri-annual review. She prepares the weekly status of funds for group commanders. During the FY10 closeout, she stepped in to manage the $69.7 civilian payroll program due to an unexpected absence. While in Haiti, she distributed food, clothing and supplies for three Haitian orphanages, financed roof repair for one orphanage, cared for children at a field hospital and donated her own clothing to homeless women. She helped raise more than $15,000 for muscular dystrophy and cancer research. Sergeant Harris, an enlisted financial course instructor, mentored 361 Airmen and motivated six marginal students to avoid washback. He revitalized two blocks of instruction by updating 960 pages of course material. He's the financial management learning center's community of practice administrator and managed 18 self-inspection checklists. He conducted a financial management class online, curtailing instructor workload by 50 percent. Sergeant Harris led two Keesler 5/6 fundraisers, served as a dispatcher for Airmen Against Drunk Driving, coached his squadron's softball team and recruited 12 volunteers to mentor 20 teens at Biloxi's detention center. He's earned 15 academic hours toward his master's degree in business administration.