Position: Laboratory Chief (Lowy) and Senior Investigator (Schiller), Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Achievement: Made discoveries that led to the development of a vaccine for the virus that causes a majority of cervical cancers worldwide.
Position: Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Agency: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley VA Medical Center
Location: Tampa, Florida
Achievement: Discovered three hormones made by the heart that benefit the treatment of congestive heart failure, kidney failure and cancer.
Position: Director, Office of Public Housing Programs
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Created income verification program that eliminated more than $2 billion in fraudulent payments by HUD’s rental assistance programs.
Position: Director, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP)
Agency: U.S. Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity
Location: Falls Church, Virginia
Achievement: Leads the world’s largest assistive technology program, filling more than 60,000 accommodation requests for people with disabilities, including 2,400 accommodations for wounded service members.
Position: Director, Office of Second Line of Defense
Agency: National Nuclear Security Administration
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Led initiative to put radiological and nuclear detectors at seaports, airports and border crossings across the globe, providing vital defenses against nuclear terrorism.
Position: Special Assistant to the Ambassador
Agency: U.S. Department of State
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Achievement: Averted an impending health crisis during the 2006 Lebanon-Israeli armed conflict by helping to get fuel reserves into the country, which kept major power plants open.
Position: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Agency: National Institute of Justice
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Created program that has helped solve thousands of cold cases and dramatically expanded the capacity of local law enforcement to utilize DNA evidence.
Position: Science Advisor, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy
Agency: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Designed the thermobaric bomb credited with helping win the war in Afghanistan and develops anti-terrorism technologies for the Pentagon.
Position: Manager, Rocky Flats Project
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Location: Evergreen, Colorado
Achievement: Completed the first successful cleanup of a former nuclear weapons facility 60 years ahead of schedule and $30 billion under budget.
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.