WILMINGTON, N.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District Contracting Division has been named the 2025 Army Acquisition Executive’s Contracting Team of the Year following its historic $2.7 billion acquisition response to Hurricane Helene. The team will be formally recognized during a ceremony at the Pentagon on March 4, 2026.
The Hurricane Helene Contracting Response Team was led by John Mayo, chief of contracting for the Wilmington District, and included Christopher S. Kay, Edward Boddie, Evelyn Haliburton (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division), Nicollete Campbell, Jason Smith, Josh Craven, John Hill, Karri Mares, Cortlyn M. Mcelhone, Shaun M. Mckenna and Jenifer Garland.
When Hurricane Helene made catastrophic landfall in September 2024, the storm triggered more than 2,000 landslides and devastated infrastructure across 40 counties in Western North Carolina…