2011 Finalist Katherine McQuay and Zoe Mentel Safety, Security and International Affairs Katherine McQuay and Zoe Mentel Developed public-private partnerships that counsel local law enforcement leaders on a host of issues—from promoting citizen safety to managing budget cuts.
2011 Finalist Richard Reed Safety, Security and International Affairs Richard Reed Transformed national plans to ensure our government will continue to function in the event of a major disaster, shifting from a Cold War-era mindset to a modern, all-hazards approach.
2011 Winner Charles Heurich and the NamUs Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Charles Heurich and the NamUs Team Created and launched an innovative, missing and unidentified persons database that allows law enforcement, families and others to share information and potentially solve cases nationwide.
2011 Finalist Julius Knapp, Ruth Milkman, Sharon Gillett and the Omnibus Broadband Initiative Team Citizen Services Julius Knapp, Ruth Milkman, Sharon Gillett and the Omnibus Broadband Initiative Team Developed a comprehensive strategy to ensure every American has access to high speed Internet service, laying a foundation for economic growth and global competitiveness.
2011 Finalist Mary Pletcher Emerging Leaders Mary Pletcher Awarded and tracked $2.9 billion in Interior Department economic stimulus funds, providing thousands of jobs while preserving our country’s treasured public lands.
2011 Finalist Oliver P. Fischer Emerging Leaders Oliver P. Fischer To ensure that a historic independence vote was fair and peaceful, helped develop and conduct a critical population and housing census, and mediated local tribal conflicts in remote and dangerous parts of Southern Sudan.
2011 Finalist Charles J. Houser and the Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Charles J. Houser and the Team Leads an expert team that traces recovered firearms to help law enforcement authorities solve violent crimes.
2011 Finalist Amy Merten and the ERMA Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Amy Merten and the ERMA Team Helped crisis managers respond to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill by providing critical information on the flow of oil, weather conditions, location of response vessels and the impact on fisheries and wildlife.
2011 Finalist Dan Meyer and the Civilian Reprisal Investigations Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Dan Meyer and the Civilian Reprisal Investigations Team Protects civilian Pentagon whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing within intelligence and defense-related activities, ensuring sources are not harassed, punished or fired.
2011 Finalist William Arrington Safety, Security and International Affairs William Arrington Runs a nationwide program that trains truck and bus drivers and other transportation professionals to observe, assess and report suspicious activities that may pose a serious danger to the public.
2011 Winner James Michael Duncan and the NASA Team Safety, Security and International Affairs James Michael Duncan and the NASA Team Provided medical, nutritional, psychological, survival and engineering expertise learned from space exploration to help 33 Chilean miners who were trapped 2,300 feet underground for 69 days.
2012 Winner Jacob M. Taylor Emerging Leaders Jacob M. Taylor 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.
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 William A. Gahl Science, Technology and Environment William A. Gahl Brings together medical specialists to diagnose mysterious diseases for desperate and long suffering patients.
2011 Winner C. Norman Coleman Safety, Security and International Affairs C. Norman Coleman Developed a blueprint for the U.S. to deal with the health consequences of a radiological or nuclear incident, and helped the Japanese respond to radiation from earthquake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plants.
2011 Winner Diane K. Braunstein Citizen Services Diane K. Braunstein Created a fast-track system for terminally and seriously ill Americans to receive approval for Social Security disability benefits in days or weeks instead of months or years.
2011 Finalist Katherine Antos Emerging Leaders Katherine Antos Led the creation and evaluation of state plans to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, and one of the planet’s first identified “marine dead zones.”
2011 Finalist Taryn Guariglia Safety, Security and International Affairs Taryn Guariglia Led the investigation of a complex Ponzi scheme that resulted in a 50-year prison sentence for a South Florida lawyer who swindled investors out of $1.2 billion.
2010 Finalist Kirk E. Meyer and Frank P. Calestino Safety, Security and International Affairs Kirk E. Meyer and Frank P. Calestino Leading a unique, interagency effort to identify and disrupt the flow of funding from the Afghan opium trade and other illicit sources to the Taliban, al-Qaeda and other terrorist and insurgent groups in Afghanistan.
2011 Finalist Sharon W. Bryson Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Sharon W. Bryson Provides assistance and comfort to traumatized survivors and family members of those killed in aircraft accidents and other transportation disasters.
2011 Winner Alfonso Batres Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Alfonso Batres Devoted his career to building a national network of small, community-based centers where veterans traumatized by combat obtain counseling, job assistance, medical referrals and other services.
2010 Finalist Carl Burleson Science, Technology and Environment Carl Burleson Leading government and industry to deliver a quieter, cleaner and more energy-efficient aviation system.
2010 Finalist Karthik Ramanathan Safety, Security and International Affairs Karthik Ramanathan Orchestrated the sale of Treasury bills that raised $1.7 trillion in the midst of a severe global economic crisis, helping stabilize the U.S. financial system and fund the country’s massive budget deficit and national debt.
