2009 Finalists—Call to Service Medal
This award will recognize a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service. This medal is accompanied by a $5,000 award.
Cara Peck
Position: Life Scientist
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Location: San Francisco, California
Residence: San Francisco, California
Achievement: Helped urban areas improve the way they process food waste, promoting new efficiencies and ways to use refuse as a source of renewable energy.
Clare Rowley
Position: Economic Analyst
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Helped thousands stay in their homes by working to implement IndyMac’s mortgage modification program after the bank failed, and advised the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce foreclosures.
Ian B. Spielman
Position: Physicist
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Residence: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Achievement: Pioneered a new area of research that is helping scientists understand crucial, but currently intractable, mysteries of physics like the explanation of high-temperature superconductivity.
Jared Summers
Position: Sustainment Implementation Lead for F-35 Support Systems
Agency: Department of the Air Force
Location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Residence: Miamisburg, Ohio
Achievement: Reduced costs for our government by $200 million through his successful leadership of the disposition of the retired F-117 fleet.
Kristen Taddonio
Position: Director of Climate Choice
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Created a unique industry-government alliance that is accelerating adoption of greener technologies.
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
