CPT Shawnta DiFalco
Captain DiFalco lives in Washington state with her family where she previously served as a high school principal and volunteer Emergency Medical Technician at the local fire station. She is currently taking a pause from public school administration while deployed to the Middle East. CPT DiFalco has a Doctorate in Education and currently serves in the WA State National Guard as an Information Operations Officer and Special Technical Operations Chief.
CPT Josef Danczuk
Captain Danczuk is an Air Defense Artillery Officer in the 53d Digital Liaison Detachment of the New York Army National Guard. He previously served on Active Duty as a Platoon Leader and Tactical Director in 5-7 ADA, a Patriot Battalion in Baumholder, Germany. He is a graduate of the Patriot Top Gun and ADA Fire Control Officer (ADAFCO) courses, as well as the Adjutant General Captains Career Course (CCC). Josef is an Army ROTC graduate from the University of Maryland '15, where he studied history and political science, and is currently a second-year law student at Columbia Law School.
CPT Michael Crosen
Captain Crosen is an Assistant Professor of Military Science at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He is an Adjutant General officer and serves as a member of the United States Army Reserve AGR corps. He has previously served as a company commander for HHC, 457th CM BN, BN S1 for 457th CM BN, Chief of G1 Plans and Operations for 311th Signal Command (Theater), and various positions with 1st Space Brigade. Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from California University of Pennsylvania and is currently working toward his advanced degree in Project Management. Upon completion of his current assignment, he will return to Colorado where he will serve as a Space Operations Officer (FA40).
1LT Nikiay Comer
First Lieutenant Comer graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2019, where she majored in Engineering Psychology. Upon graduation, she commissioned as a Quartermaster officer in the active-duty Army. Currently, she serves as an Executive Officer in the 1st Infantry Division. She has served as a Distribution Platoon Leader and the SSA Accountable Officer. Nikiay is passionate about helping others and positively impacting the world around her.
LTC Mark Erwin
Executive Officer
LTC Mark Erwin is an Army Reserve officer assigned to the Center for Junior Officers. Prior to this position, Mark served as an instructor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership at West Point. His other recent assignments include positions with the State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. His active duty service included a 15-month combat deployment to Iraq as a Scout Platoon Leader in OIF 06-08. Mark holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. In his civilian role, he is the director of a leadership program at a catholic high school in Washington DC.
Ms. Shallen Hadwiger
Program Support Assistant
Shallen Hadwiger joined the CJO team in March 2021. Prior to joining the CJO team, she was enlisted as an active duty Army Bandsman for 4 years. During her active time, she received the title of Distinguished Honor Graduate from Basic Leader Course for graduating number one in her class. She also won the Soldier of
the Month Board with the Special Troops Battalion at Fort Jackson, SC. She continues to serve as a Bandsman with the 42nd Infantry Division Band with the New York National Guard.
In December 2020, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Administration with a concentration in Finance from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. She is part of the Delta Mu Delta International Business Society and Alpha Chi National Honor Society because she was in the top 10% of her collegiate class. She will graduate in May 2022 with her MBA from MSMC.
Shallen and her husband have two beautiful children and a lazy dog. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading and trying to make the perfect latte.
