Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. 2021 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. Conducted groundbreaking research that led to the development of highly effective vaccines in record time that are protecting hundreds of millions of people from contracting the deadly coronavirus that swept across the globe in 2020 and 2021.
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. 2020 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Served as the government’s premier expert and spokesperson on infectious diseases during six presidencies, including taking a prominent role in seeking to protect the public from the highly contagious and deadly new coronavirus that swept through the country and the world in 2020.
Victoria Brahm 2019 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Victoria Brahm Restored the quality and safety of a broken health care center for veterans that had become notorious for unsafe medical practices, excessive opioid use and a toxic work environment
Daniel L. Kastner, M.D., Ph.D. 2018 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Daniel L. Kastner, M.D., Ph.D. Identified an entire new class of rare genetic diseases and treatments to alleviate suffering for thousands of patients in the U.S. and around the world
Phillip A. Brooks, Byron Bunker and Joshua H. Van Eaton 2017 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Phillip A. Brooks, Byron Bunker and Joshua H. Van Eaton Halted a scheme by Volkswagen to evade emission standards, and helped secure a record $17.4 billion in legal settlements to reduce harmful pollution and compensate deceived car owners
Paul McGann, Jean D. Moody-Williams and Dennis Wagner 2016 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Paul McGann, Jean D. Moody-Williams and Dennis Wagner Reduced preventable patient harm in U.S. hospitals, which resulted in an estimated 2.1 million fewer medical errors and saved nearly 87,000 lives and $20 billion.
Steven A. Rosenberg 2015 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Steven A. Rosenberg Developed life-saving treatments for millions of cancer patients, pioneering the use of the body’s immune system and genetically engineered anti-tumor cells to fight the disease.
Rana Hajjeh and the Hib Initiative Team 2014 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Rana Hajjeh and the Hib Initiative Team Led a global campaign to convince some of the world’s poorest countries to use a vaccine to fight bacterial meningitis and pneumonia, an initiative that is estimated to save the lives of 7 million children by 2020.
Julie Segre, Tara Palmore and the Team 2013 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Julie Segre, Tara Palmore and the Team Stopped the spread of a deadly hospital-acquired infection through the first-ever use of genome sequencing to identify the source and trace the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, creating a groundbreaking model for the health care industry.
Lynne Meryl Mofenson 2012 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Lynne Meryl Mofenson Played a pivotal role in preventing the AIDS epidemic among children by studying ways to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
Paul A. Hsieh 2011 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Paul A. Hsieh Provided critical scientific information to convince federal officials that the containment cap on a ruptured deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was working, thereby helping end the environmental disaster.
Pius Bannis 2010 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Pius Bannis Expedited the immigration process to quickly unite more than 1,100 Haitian orphans with their adoptive families in the United States following the devastating earthquake in January 2010.
Richard Greene 2008 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Richard Greene Designed and launched the President’s Malaria Initiative, which has provided potentially life-saving services to more than 25 million vulnerable people.
Janet Kemp 2009 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Janet Kemp Established a national suicide prevention hotline for veterans, which has resulted in more than 5,000 immediate rescues.
Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller 2007 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller Made discoveries that led to the development of a vaccine for the virus that causes a majority of cervical cancers worldwide.
Nancy Cox 2006 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Nancy Cox Led domestic and international efforts to prepare for a flu pandemic.
Orlando Figueroa 2005 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Orlando Figueroa Led the development of the Mars Exploration Rover project.
Robert F. Clifford 2004 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Robert F. Clifford Led investigation that resulted in the conviction of more than a dozen leaders of the “November 17” Group—Europe’s most notorious and elusive terrorist group.
Stephen McHale 2003 Winner Federal Employee of the Year Stephen McHale Helped grow TSA into an organization responsible for aviation security with more than 60,000 people, the largest mobilization of a new agency since World War II.
William L. Fleming and Ben H. Herren 2002 Winner Federal Employee of the Year William L. Fleming and Ben H. Herren Brought to justice two of the men responsible for the infamous 1963 bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, nearly 40 years after they had committed the crime.
