A small group of federal agency leaders who have between them saved the government more than $32 billion, were honored on April 23 at a ceremony to bestow two civil service awards: the Presidential Ranks of Distinguished and Meritorious Executive and Distinguished and Meritorious Professional.
The Senior Executives Association's Professional Development League announced the winners at the group's 29th annual black tie Distinguished Rank Awards Banquet.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. delivered a keynote speech.
The winners:
Presidential Distinguished Rank Awardees
Department of Commerce
Robert J. Celotta
Deborah S. Jin
David J. Wineland
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary
Bonnie M. Hammersley
Department of the Air Force
Richard W. Linderman
Daniel F. McMillin
Patsy J. Reeves
Department of the Army
James C. Dalton
Karen L. Durham-Aguilera
Randall L. Exley
Jeffrey P. Holland
Department of the Navy
Thomas L. Reinecke
Department of Education
Philip H. Rosenfelt
Department of Energy
Stephen J. Trautman
Department of Health and Human Services
Ann H. Wion
Department of the Interior
K. Jack Haugrud
Department of Labor
Thomas M. Dowd
Office of Management and Budget
Arthur W. Stigile
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles J. Gay
Ellen Ochoa
Gregory L. Robinson
Lesa B. Roe
Nuclear RegulatoryCommission
Eric J. Leeds
Social Security Administration
Gerald K. Ray
Presidential Meritorious Rank Awardees
Department of Agriculture
James Edward Hubbard
Arlean Leland
Hyun S. Lillehoj
Department of Commerce
Paul N. Doremus
Andrew I. Faile
Paul A. Sandifer
Anthony P. Scardino
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary
Kari D. Anderson
Kristen J. Baldwin
Gary R. Bliss
Mark E. Easton
Twila C. Gonzales
Thomas H. Harvey III
Paul J. Hutter
Frederick J. Janicki
Richard S. Matlock
Cindy E. Moran
Garry P. Reid
Philip D. Rodgers
James R. Schwenk
Department of the Air Force
Charles A. Babish IV
Kenneth S. Callicutt
Kathleen I. Ferguson
Morley O. Stone
Kathy L. Watern
Kevin E. Williams
Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz
Department of the Army
James C. Dwyer
Joseph N. Mait
Steven J. Redmann
Joseph D. Wienand
Department of the Navy
Todd L. Balazs
Anne M. Brennan
Victor S. Gavin
Sheryl E. Murray
Robert A. Stephenson
Mary K. Tompa
Department of Energy
Paul Bosco
Gena E. Cadieux
Amy Elizabeth Grose
Department of Health and Human Services
Jeffrey S. Davis
Christine Kosmos
Mary Anne Malarkey
Elizabeth Richter
Carmen S. Villar
Department of Homeland Security
Staci A. Barrera
Craig A. Bennett
William F. Flynn
Valerie S. Isbell
Susan T. Mitchell
Paula A. Reid
Department of the Interior
Michele Singer
Department of Justice
Rosemary A. Hart
Department of State
Christopher H. Flaggs
Newell L. Highsmith
Linda Jacobson
Glen H. Johnson
Mary Catherine Malin
Barbara A. Retzlaff
Linda S. Taglialatela
Office of the Inspector General
Anna S. Gershman
Department of Transportation
Anne L. Collins
Department of the Treasury
Debra S. Holland
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of the Inspector General
James J. O'Neill
Environmental Protection Agency
Deborah S. Jordan
Robert A. Kaplan
Federal Trade Commission
Carolyn S. Shanoff
General Services Administration
Timothy J. Burke
Antonia T. Harris
Barry D. Segal
Office of the Inspector General
Geoffrey A. Cherrington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Louis J. Allamandola
Carol W. Carroll
Clinton H. Cragg
Glenn A. Delgado
James B. Garvin
Thomas W. Hartline
Paul S. Hill
Janet L. Kavandi
Richard J. Keegan, Jr.
George W. Morrow, Jr.
Melanie W. Saunders
Daniel M. Schumacher
Lawrence Dale Thomas
James S. Wood
Virginia C. Wycoff
National Transportation Safety Board
Joseph M. Kolly
Social Security Administration
Marianna E. LaCanfora
United States Agency for International Development
Wade Warren
