2009 Finalist Regan Murray and the TEVA Research Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Regan Murray and the TEVA Research Team Improved the safety of U.S. water supplies by designing a sophisticated software suite that identifies risks and solutions to possible terrorist attacks.
2009 Finalist Jared Summers Emerging Leaders Jared Summers Reduced costs for our government by $200 million through his successful leadership of the disposition of the retired F-117 fleet.
2009 Finalist Jeffrey Knox Safety, Security and International Affairs Jeffrey Knox Successfully prosecuted several international terrorism cases and created models for future cases involving international collaboration and sensitive intelligence information.
2009 Finalist Jeffrey A. Schloss Science, Technology and Environment Jeffrey A. Schloss Opened the door to personalized medicine by developing new and affordable ways to sequence DNA as part of the Human Genome Project.
2009 Finalist Compton J. Tucker Science, Technology and Environment Compton J. Tucker Pioneered satellite-based monitoring of vegetation to track human-induced climate change, provide early warning of famine, and prevent deforestation and the spread of tropical disease.
2009 Winner Patricia Guerry Science, Technology and Environment Patricia Guerry Created the Campylobacter vaccine to prevent the world’s top cause of food-borne intestinal illness.
2009 Finalist Tim Evans Citizen Services Tim Evans Led the improvement of the Social Security Administration’s benefits and information websites, which rank higher in customer satisfaction ratings than Amazon, Google and Yahoo.
2009 Finalist Ian B. Spielman Emerging Leaders Ian B. Spielman Pioneered a new area of research that is helping scientists understand crucial, but currently intractable, mysteries of physics like the explanation of high-temperature superconductivity.
2009 Finalist David Leckrone Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement David Leckrone Served nearly two decades as lead scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope, which is widely recognized as the most successful scientific mission in NASA history.
2010 Finalist P. Ryan Jackson Emerging Leaders P. Ryan Jackson Ensured that a planned massive fish kill, intended to stop the invasive Asian carp from migrating into and damaging the Great Lakes’ ecosystem, would not have harmful effects on the environment.
2009 Winner Michael German Citizen Services Michael German Created partnerships to reduce homelessness with more than 850 state and local leaders, which have contributed to a 30 percent reduction in long-term homelessness.
2010 Winner Susan Solomon Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Susan Solomon Led internationally acclaimed atmospheric research that set us on a path to restoring the ozone layer and demonstrated the long-term harm to the environment caused by global warming.
2009 Finalist Cara Peck Emerging Leaders Cara Peck Helped urban areas improve the way they process food waste, promoting new efficiencies and ways to use refuse as a source of renewable energy.
2009 Finalist Leslie Holland-Bartels and the International Polar Bear Science Team Science, Technology and Environment Leslie Holland-Bartels and the International Polar Bear Science Team Determined a link between climate change and probable elimination of the polar bear in the next 45 to 75 years, and established a scientific process that will investigate other physical and societal changes.
2008 Finalist Crystal Kaplan Safety, Security and International Affairs Crystal Kaplan Planned and led the U.S. and international community to resettle more than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees from the refugee camps they have been living in for nearly two decades.
2009 Finalist Fran Ligler Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Fran Ligler Invented and developed various sensor systems that are diagnosing infectious diseases in developing countries, monitoring the air for biothreat agents and supporting clean-up efforts at Superfund sites.
2008 Winner Steven G. Chalk Science, Technology and Environment Steven G. Chalk Leading many of our federal government’s most significant efforts to expand the development and use of renewable energy.
2008 Winner Mary Katherine Friedrich Safety, Security and International Affairs Mary Katherine Friedrich Leads the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, a major public/private effort to enhance the economic, social and political status of Afghan women.
2008 Finalist James “Patrick” McCreary and the BJA Information Sharing Team Safety, Security and International Affairs James “Patrick” McCreary and the BJA Information Sharing Team Developed the capability to connect law enforcement databases, with broad information sharing uses that include improving Amber Alerts and supporting the National Sex Offender Public Registry.
2008 Finalist Bobbi Bernstein and Alex Bustamante Safety, Security and International Affairs Bobbi Bernstein and Alex Bustamante Successfully prosecuted United States v. Saldana, convicting four murderers and marked the first time the federal hate crime statutes have been used to combat racial violence committed by members of a street gang.
2008 Winner Mark Pletcher Safety, Security and International Affairs Mark Pletcher Leading efforts to stop bid-rigging, fraud and corruption involving U.S. officials and defense contractors in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
2008 Finalist Frank J. DiFalco Safety, Security and International Affairs Frank J. DiFalco Helped establish and currently leads the National Operations Center, which has improved interagency and intergovernmental coordination regarding homeland security matters.
2008 Finalist Carolyn Shanoff and the Team Citizen Services Carolyn Shanoff and the Team Preventing identity theft by educating more than 120 million American households about the crime.
