2023 Winner Laura K. Cooper and The Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Policy team Federal Employee of the Year Laura K. Cooper and The Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Policy team Created the structure for a nimble, meaningful response by the U.S. and its allies to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s unprovoked aggression and deliver military supplies at an unprecedented pace.
2022 Winner Gregory Robinson Federal Employee of the Year Gregory Robinson Oversaw the successful launch of NASA’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope after years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns, setting the stage for spectacular discoveries about the origins of the universe.
2021 Winner Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. 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.
2020 Winner Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. 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.
2019 Winner Victoria Brahm 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
2018 Winner Daniel L. Kastner, M.D., Ph.D. 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
2017 Winner Phillip A. Brooks, Byron Bunker and Joshua H. Van Eaton 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
2016 Winner Paul McGann, Jean D. Moody-Williams and Dennis Wagner 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.
2015 Winner Steven A. Rosenberg 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.
2014 Winner Rana Hajjeh and the Hib Initiative Team 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.
2013 Winner Julie Segre, Tara Palmore and the Team 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.
2012 Winner Lynne Meryl Mofenson 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.
2011 Winner Paul A. Hsieh 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.
2010 Winner Pius Bannis 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.
2008 Winner Richard Greene 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.
2009 Winner Janet Kemp 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.
2007 Winner Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller 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.
2006 Winner Nancy Cox Federal Employee of the Year Nancy Cox Led domestic and international efforts to prepare for a flu pandemic.
2005 Winner Orlando Figueroa Federal Employee of the Year Orlando Figueroa Led the development of the Mars Exploration Rover project.
2004 Winner Robert F. Clifford 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.
2003 Winner Stephen McHale 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.
2002 Winner William L. Fleming and Ben H. Herren 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.
