2008 Finalists—Career Achievement Medal
This award will recognize a federal employee for significant accomplishments throughout a lifetime of achievement in public service. This medal is accompanied by a $10,000 award.
Dr. Stephen O. Andersen
Position: Director, Strategic Climate Projects
Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Fort Washington, Maryland
Achievement: Played a key role in implementing the landmark Montreal Protocol which has successfully restored the ozone layer by phasing out 95 percent of the world’s ozone-depleting substances and is leading current federal efforts to combat climate change
Cynthia Bascetta
Position: Director, Health Care
Agency: Government Accountability Office
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Arlington, Virginia
Achievement: Providing authoritative advice and analysis to Congress and the general public to improve the quality of health care in America
Carole A. Davis
Position: Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Residence: Falls Church, Virginia
Achievement: Led the development of federal dietary guidelines and the establishment of the popular MyPyramid.gov Web site
Dr. Judah Levine
Position: NIST Fellow
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Residence: Boulder, Colorado
Achievement: Served three decades as “the nation’s timekeeper,” creating a system for synchronizing time for our financial markets and computer networks, which is accessed more than 2.5 billion times a day
Carol D. Shull
Position: Chief of Heritage Education Services
Agency: National Park Service
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Arlington, Virginia
Achievement: Led the expansion of the National Register of Historic Places to include well over a million properties, recognizing and helping to preserve sites of cultural significance
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
