Call to Service Medal Recipients
This medal recognizes a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service and is accompanied by a $5,000 award.
Jacob M. Taylor—2012 Recipient
Position: Physicist
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Achievement: Came up with an original scientific theory that could lead to medical imaging in microscopic detail for better health care, while also developing innovative technology to allow greater quantities of data to speed across the Internet with less energy and at lower cost.
Ann S. Martin—2011 Recipient
Position: Senior Intelligence Research Specialist, Office of Trend and Issue Analysis
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Location: Vienna, Virginia
Achievement: Worked with Mexican officials to study cross-border currency flows and help disrupt the laundering of billions of dollars derived from illicit U.S. drug sales.
Saskia van Gendt—2010 Recipient
Position: Resource Conservation Expert
Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX
Location: San Francisco, California
Achievement: Fostering a new breed of environmentally-friendly construction and packaging materials that promote reuse, cut down on waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Clare D Rowley—2009 Recipient
Position: Economic Analyst
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Location: 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.
Alain D. Carballeyra—2008 Recipient
Position: Director of Stereolithography
Agency: U.S. Department of the Air Force, 59th Medical Wing
Location: Lackland AFB, Texas
Achievement: Introducing cutting edge 3-D technology to improve medical care and rehabilitation, and helping restore quality of life for soldiers that have suffered traumatic battle injuries.
Nicole Faison—2007 Recipient
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.
Christina Sanford—2006 Recipient
Position: Special Assistant
Agency: U.S. Department of State
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Served as chief of the legal office at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq and provided critical support for Iraq's democratically elected government.
Kevin McAleenan—2005 Recipient
Position: Director of Anti-Terrorism
Agency: Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Developed the Office of Anti-Terrorism, which was created soon after 9/11 to help better secure the nation’s ports and borders from terrorists and terrorist weapons.
Nicole Nelson-Jean—2004 Recipient
Position: Director
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy, Tokyo Office
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Achievement: Led U.S. delegation to the Arctic Circle for negotiations with Russian officials to better secure Russia’s nuclear materials and weapons. This agreement led to the creation of a service and training center for nuclear material and weapons security in Murmansk, Russia.
Alyson McFarland—2003 Recipient
Position: Program Development Officer
Agency: U.S. Department of State
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: When three North Korean refugees jumped over the wall of the U.S. Consulate in Shenyang, China, seeking asylum, it captured worldwide attention and touched off negotiations within the highest levels of the U.S., Chinese and South Korean governments. Alyson McFarland, one of the consulate’s only Korean-language speakers, helped defuse the situation—a major diplomatic achievement, given that McFarland has been in the State Department only three years.
Rachel Billingslea—2002 Recipient
Position: Foreign Policy Specialist/Country Director for Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon
Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Location: The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Achievement: In her three years of federal service, she has played a leading role in developing policies to improve relations with a key U.S. ally and helped advance the formulation of America’s post-Cold War national security policy.
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
