2013 Finalist Philip Rosenfelt Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Philip Rosenfelt As a federal legal adviser and litigator for more than four decades, improved education and helped ensure equal access to education for all students.
2013 Winner Orice Williams Brown Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Orice Williams Brown Provided Congress with impartial analysis and oversight regarding the nation’s financial regulatory system, issuing warnings about potential risks and suggesting ways to improve the implementation of new laws and economic recovery programs.
2012 Finalist Joyce Connery Safety, Security and International Affairs Joyce Connery Helped organize an international summit that reduced and secured vast amounts of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and that outlined additional steps to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists.
2012 Finalist Richard Boly Safety, Security and International Affairs Richard Boly Created innovative social media and online platforms for State Department employees around the world to collaborate, share information and connect with important outside audiences.
2012 Finalist Michelle Bernier-Toth Safety, Security and International Affairs Michelle Bernier-Toth Leads the effort to prepare the staff at U.S. embassies and consulates to help protect and evacuate Americans caught up in uprisings, wars and natural disasters.
2012 Winner Elliot B. Branch Management Excellence Elliot B. Branch Through savvy acquisition and procurement, ensures our warfighters have the right equipment when they need it, at the best possible value for the American taxpayer.
2012 Finalist Arleas Upton Kea Management Excellence Arleas Upton Kea Simultaneously managed the critical tasks of doubling the FDIC’s workforce to respond to the nation’s financial crisis and overseeing a culture change initiative at the agency.
2012 Finalist Alice Muellerweiss Management Excellence Alice Muellerweiss Established a new unified approach to training and career development to help Department of Veterans Affairs’ employees nationwide more effectively meet the needs of the men and women who have served our country.
2012 Finalist Danette Campbell Management Excellence Danette Campbell Designed and leads the government’s most successful teleworking program that has saved millions of dollars, increased productivity and boosted employee job satisfaction and commitment.
2012 Finalist Joseph Kennedy, Ray Decker and Hakeem Basheerud-Deen Management Excellence Joseph Kennedy, Ray Decker and Hakeem Basheerud-Deen Successfully increased the number of veterans hired by the federal government by matching their skills with government careers.
2012 Winner Louis Milione and the DEA Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Louis Milione and the DEA Team Led a high-stakes federal undercover investigation spanning three continents that resulted in the arrest and conviction of the “Merchant of Death,” the world’s most notorious arms trafficker.
2012 Finalist Kelly Maltagliati Safety, Security and International Affairs Kelly Maltagliati Leads the recovery of thousands of priceless American historical documents stolen from the National Archives, including papers from the Civil War and Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
2012 Finalist Michael Hertz Safety, Security and International Affairs Michael Hertz Recovered billions of dollars from perpetrators of fraud against the federal government through innovative use of the False Claims Act.
2012 Finalist Daniel Stoneking Safety, Security and International Affairs Daniel Stoneking Forges unique partnerships with private-sector organizations to galvanize their participation in the planning, response and relief efforts for communities struck by tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters.
2012 Finalist Kelly Menzie-DeGraff and the Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Kelly Menzie-DeGraff and the Team Directed more than 300 AmeriCorps members deployed to Joplin, Missouri, where they coordinated the work of 60,000 unaffiliated volunteers following a devastating tornado.
2012 Winner Susan Angell, Mark Johnston and the Homeless Veterans Initiative Team Citizen Services Susan Angell, Mark Johnston and the Homeless Veterans Initiative Team Led an interdepartmental program that reduced veterans homelessness by 12 percent in one year as part of an ambitious national goal of finding shelter for all veterans by 2015.
2012 Finalist Livia Marques Citizen Services Livia Marques Led a nationwide initiative that resulted in the creation of more than 1,600 community-based “People’s Gardens” and the donation of 1.3 million pounds of produce to the needy.
2012 Finalist Heidi King and James Battles Citizen Services Heidi King and James Battles Created and implemented a health-care professional team training program that has become the gold standard for eliminating thousands of preventable patient deaths each year due to medical errors.
2012 Winner Nael Samha and Thomas Roland, Jr. Safety, Security and International Affairs Nael Samha and Thomas Roland, Jr. Created a smartphone application that allows customs and border agents in the field to access law enforcement databases in real time, which has led to enforcement actions against more than 450 drug traffickers, weapons smugglers, illegal aliens and potential terror suspects since March 2010.
2012 Finalist Shauna Henline Safety, Security and International Affairs Shauna Henline Saves the U.S. Treasury billions of dollars by leading the government effort to identify and bring to justice tax evaders and unscrupulous promoters of fraudulent income tax filing schemes.
2012 Finalist Myron “Ron” Diftler and the Robonaut2 Team Science, Technology and Environment Myron “Ron” Diftler and the Robonaut2 Team Developed the first humanoid robot ever sent into space, a revolutionary machine with a unique human-like hand that can take over simple, repetitive or dangerous tasks now performed by astronauts.
2013 Finalist Michael Gottesman Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Michael Gottesman Throughout a four-decade career, led seminal studies in the treatment of drug-resistant cancer cells and played an instrumental role in improving the rigor of medical research.
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.
