2010 Winner Shane Kelley and Eva Ristow Citizen Services Shane Kelley and Eva Ristow Improved the delivery of Social Security benefits to citizens living in impoverished and remote locations through an innovative two-way video service.
2010 Finalist Till Rosenband Emerging Leaders Till Rosenband Invented the world’s most precise timekeeping device, an entirely new type of atomic clock based on quantum computing research.
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 Saskia van Gendt Emerging Leaders Saskia van Gendt Fostering a new breed of environmentally-friendly construction and packaging materials that promote reuse, cut down on waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
2009 Winner Amy Meyer Safety, Security and International Affairs Amy Meyer Led USAID’s Economic Growth Office in Pakistan, helping to build the program from a two-person office to a $200 million initiative.
2010 Finalist Peter Wilhelm Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Peter Wilhelm Developed and deployed 95 satellites, pioneering significant advances from lunar exploration to GPS to global weather forecasting.
2010 Finalist Sue Ellen Walbridge Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Sue Ellen Walbridge Helping improve America’s global competitiveness by encouraging more than 300,000 students to consider careers in math and science.
2009 Finalist Robin Robinson Science, Technology and Environment Robin Robinson Led the development of the first avian influenza H5N1 vaccine—cited as the #3 medical breakthrough of 2007 by TIME magazine.
2009 Winner T. Allan Comp Science, Technology and Environment T. Allan Comp Built a network of volunteers to revitalize communities in Appalachian coal country and the Western Hardrock mining region to repair decades of environmental degradation.
2009 Finalist Chris Dwyer Safety, Security and International Affairs Chris Dwyer Improved maritime safety by leading the creation of a comprehensive system to track merchant naval vessels, including the cargo and people aboard those ships.
2009 Finalist Karen Turner and the Global Development Commons Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Karen Turner and the Global Development Commons Team Led USAID’s first-ever “crowdsourcing” initiative to pool ideas from the public to develop solutions to international challenges such as famine and public education.
2009 Finalist Cathleen A. Berrick Safety, Security and International Affairs Cathleen A. Berrick Increased passenger safety and reduced vulnerabilities by generating a series of reports and congressional testimony on transportation security issues that have resulted in legislative action to strengthen security.
2009 Winner Walter Benjamin Fisherow Safety, Security and International Affairs Walter Benjamin Fisherow Coordinated the largest Clean Air Act enforcement actions ever, which will result in the reduction of harmful air pollutants by nearly 2 million tons each year.
2009 Winner Don Burke and Sean P. Dennehy Safety, Security and International Affairs Don Burke and Sean P. Dennehy Promoted information sharing across the intelligence community through the development and implementation of “Intellipedia,” a Wikipedia-like clearinghouse of intelligence expertise.
2009 Finalist Gail Lovelace Citizen Services Gail Lovelace Led the civil service’s efforts to ensure a smooth and peaceful presidential transition from the Bush to the Obama administration.
2009 Finalist Kristen Taddonio Emerging Leaders Kristen Taddonio Created a unique industry-government alliance that is accelerating adoption of greener technologies.
2009 Winner Clare D. Rowley Emerging Leaders Clare D. Rowley 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.
2010 Finalist Ronald Sanders Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Ronald Sanders Led major organizational and personnel reforms in critical areas of the federal government that contributed to greater interagency cooperation, and better service and accountability to the American people.
2009 Finalist Cray Henry and the HPCMP Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Cray Henry and the HPCMP Team Provided supercomputer support that DOD scientists and engineers have used to develop improved body and vehicle armor, among many other technologies that enhanced military performance and saved billions of dollars.
2009 Finalist John C. McDougal Safety, Security and International Affairs John C. McDougal Spearheaded the IRS Office of Chief Counsel’s efforts to stamp out the use of offshore accounts to commit tax fraud.
2009 Finalist William Fallon and the Operation Falcon 2008 Team Safety, Security and International Affairs William Fallon and the Operation Falcon 2008 Team Conducted Operation FALCON 2008, the largest law enforcement operation in American history, resulting in the arrests of 19,380 felons wanted for various, mostly violent, crimes.
2010 Finalist Joseph T. Schaefer Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Joseph T. Schaefer Responsible for creating state-of-the-art systems to better predict and provide earlier forecasts and warnings of tornadoes, saving thousands of American lives every year.
