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2005 Presidential Rank Awards
Distinguished Senior Professionals
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Ronald Fayer
Zoologist
Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Ronald Fayer has achieved worldwide recognition from peers in agriculture, veterinary medicine, and public health for discoveries of the biology, epidemiology, and control of three major parasitic diseases of livestock and humans. His pioneering development of cell cultures for testing of drugs against coccidiosis, a disease of livestock and poultry with annual U.S. losses in excess of $600 million, led to its widespread use for drug screening by pharmaceutical companies. He led teams that discovered the sources and ultimately the control of Sarcocystis parasites responsible for muscular and intestinal disease in humans, poor growth and death in livestock. Concepts from those studies have been applied to solving worldwide diseases of cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses. Through his national and international collaborations molecular methods were developed enabling detection of Cryptosporidium affecting livestock health and the safety of food and drinking water. As president of three national scientific societies and editorial board member of five scientific journals he has been devoted to promoting high ethical standards and high quality research in his field.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
William D. Phillips
NIST Fellow, Physics Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Technology Administration
Mr. Phillips is recognized for continuing to maintain and extend his world class research efforts while providing public service, service to other agencies, and service to NIST and the Department of Commerce.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
James O. Smyser
Senior Associate Deputy General Counsel
(Military Personnel and Reserve Policy)
James O. Smyser is the leading practitioner of military personnel law in the Federal Government. Mr. Smyser's many achievements, too numerous to list, include developing a creative legislative proposal, subsequently enacted into law, that affords military personnel clear and efficient judicial review of adverse administrative personnel decisions; fashioning the framework for Department of Defense support of civil authorities and special national events; and strengthening the Department's efforts in the global war on terrorism through his clear and elegant explanation and application of complicated military personnel statutes and regulations. On September 11, 2001, Mr. Smyser was one of the very small groups of legal advisors on whom the Secretary of Defense and the General Counsel of the Department of Defense relied to respond instantly to the vitally important legal issues resulting from terrorist attacks on the Nation. In short, Mr. Smyser's career is distinguished by professional excellence, selfless service to the Nation, and extraordinary results.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
James G. Clark
Director, Air Force Combat Support Office
As the Director, Air Force Combat Support Office, Mr. Clark has delivered historic new combat capabilities to our nation's armed forces, and is among a small handful of Defense Department executives who provide a living example of transformation in action. Poised to respond immediately to the terrorist attacks of 9-11, Mr. Clark's innovative technology acquisition initiatives, boundless energy and creative organizational constructs provided the first on-scene combat response to the Al-Qaeda terrorist attack. He forged creative partnerships among key government and private organizations and harnessed critical emerging technologies to provide important new surveillance, assessment and targeting capabilities to our warfighting commanders and troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr. Clark is a highly respected senior leader and one of our nation's chief architects in the development of commercial satellite imagery and weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities. His executive contributions have been pivotal in transforming the nation's approach to the new transnational threats of the 21st century, and in developing our military's capabilities to prevail against these new forces on the battlefield of tomorrow.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Edward A. Feiner
Chief Architect
Edward Feiner served as GSA's Chief Architect from 1996 to 2005 and as the leading advocate for design excellence in Federal buildings since 1994. Mr. Feiner's leadership and accomplishments in the successful delivery of the highest quality Federal buildings is remarkable and unmistakable. His laudable career is highlighted by numerous industry awards and public accolades, but his exemplary service will be defined by his successful transformation of the public building design and construction program. Mr. Feiner's belief that the quality of public buildings should reflect the commitment of the Government to the public and serve as a national legacy led him to revolutionize the way designers are selected. Working closely with the private sector and GSA's industry partners, Mr. Feiner emerged as the leading voice of change and advocate for excellence. Reforming the architect and engineer selection process to focus on talent, while encouraging an open and frank review of a project's design by the architect's peers, has restored the glamour of public architecture and encouraged America's most talented designers to do a great service to their country in pursuing projects with GSA. GSA's mission is to provide the best possible workplace for civil servants, provide best value to the American taxpayer, and serve as a symbol and image of the Government's commitment to excellence. His impact will not fully be felt until future generations have had the opportunity to evaluate and appreciate the legacy his work helped the Federal Government create.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Heinz Erzberger
Senior Scientist for Air Traffic Management
Ames Research Center
Dr. Erzberger is the Senior Scientist for Air Traffic Management at the NASA Ames Research Center. He has garnered an international reputation for scientific and engineering excellence and his impeccable technical leadership has given birth to a revolutionary new air traffic control (ATC) technology crucial to the future health and growth of air transportation. As principal architect and lead designer of Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS), a suite of tools for air traffic controllers, Dr. Erzberger provided the fundamental vision for advancing the science of ATC, reducing delays, increasing safety and optimizing traffic flows. Dr. Erzberger's concepts and innovations are providing a bridge from the traditional manual approach to computer-assisted ATC. It is estimated that several hundred million dollars per year will be saved once his innovations are fully implemented. Part of the CTAS, the Traffic Management Advisor, has already been installed at several of the nation's most congested airports and is reporting up to 25 percent reduction in reported delays. Dr. Erzberger's leadership has helped focus the research of an entire division and has acted as the catalyst for research throughout Ames as well as NASA. Air traffic management is now a leading technology focus for NASA.
Distinguished Executive award winners
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Barry L. Carpenter
Deputy Administrator, Livestock and Seed Program
Agricultural Marketing Service
Mr. Carpenter's unwavering leadership, dedication and vision have greatly benefited the industry during times of uncertainty in the marketplace. He led the development of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) regulation, replacing a voluntary market reporting system that had been in place since the 1920s. The LMR system provides reliable information that producers, packers, and their customers use to gauge market conditions and make informed purchase and sales decisions. As Mr. Carpenter observed related industries implementing process controls using International Standards Organization (ISO) quality systems, he correctly foresaw that progressive livestock, meat, and seed firms soon would adopt similar systems and responded by developing expertise within the Livestock and Seed Program to provide internationally recognized third-party audit and verification programs. These ISO-based audit and verification programs are consistent with good business practices and cost effectively provide high credibility, and accordingly are used by suppliers of agricultural products as a means of expanding their markets.
William J. Hudnall, Jr.
Deputy Administrator
Marketing and Regulatory Programs-Business Services
Mr. Hudnall is recognized for his outstanding leadership as Deputy Administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Business Services. He saw an opportunity to improve the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's ability to procure Information Technology (IT) resources and directed his IT Division to completely revamp the process. Initially, this resulted in implementation of a "bulk-buy" system, whereby determination of required IT equipment was consolidated on a quarterly basis and a bid process was used to gain the greatest economies of scale for procurement. More recently, he improved the process further by awarding a contract for procurement of IT equipment through an electronic catalog, thus decreasing the wait for delivery from 6 months to 2 weeks, and saving the agency approximately $3 million. In support of the Strategic Management of Human Capital initiative (part of the President's Management Agenda), Mr. Hudnall supported the development of an automated telework process to promote the use of this initiative as a tool for recruitment and retention which allows for electronic submission of telework agreements, electronic approval and routing, status and report generation thereby significantly streamlining the overall process, eliminating the paperwork burden, and reducing the administrative staff time devoted to data entry, tracking and reporting. The automated system is serving as a model for use both in the Department and elsewhere in Government.
Gregory L. Parham
Associate Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Management
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Dr. Gregory L. Parham is recognized for his exceptional leadership throughout a distinguished career in several critical information technology executive positions, from leading the Department-wide Year 2000 conversion initiative to other cross-organizational responsibilities that required clear thinking and sound judgment.
Dr. Parham spearheaded efforts to 1) mitigate information systems security risks; 2) create a cadre of qualified project managers for major information technology applications; 3) eliminate duplication in the information technology investment portfolio, and 4) promote enterprise licensing and blanket purchase agreements that have resulted in millions of dollars in cost avoidance for the Department of Agriculture.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Preston J. Waite
Associate Director for Decennial Census
Mr. Waite is recognized for his exceptional leadership, management and direction as a Senior Executive for over seventeen years. Mr. Waite was instrumental in the management of Census 2000, which is widely recognized as the best census ever.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Richard P. Burke
Deputy Director for Resource Analysis
and Chairman of the Cost Analysis and
Improvement Group
Dr. Richard P. Burke serves both as Deputy Director for Resource Analysis in the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation and as Chairman of the Department of Defense Cost Analysis and Improvement Group (CAIG), reporting in the latter position to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)). As Deputy Director for Resource Analysis, Dr. Burke plays a senior leadership role in the Department's program and budget development process, overseeing the preparation of the Future Years Defense Program and the databases that support it. As CAIG chairman, Dr. Burke advises the USD(AT&L) on acquisition decisions for all major weapons programs undertaken by the Department of Defense. Dr. Burke also is responsible for discharging the Department's statutory mandate to develop independent cost estimates for major acquisition programs. Through his accomplishments in these roles, Dr. Burke has significantly improved the management and oversight of the Department's resources, while contributing directly to decisions on the number and mix of U.S. forces and weapon systems.
Phyllis C. Campbell
Deputy Commander Defense Distribution Center
Ms. Campbell is an extraordinary leader, expert logistician, and remarkable proponent for transformation and diversification within the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Her dynamic leadership has propelled the Defense Distribution Center (DDC) within DLA to an unparalleled level of excellence. She has forged strong relationships with customers and refined DDC's support and initiatives to best meet the needs of each Military Service. She has nurtured individual employee development and fostered an evolutionary environment in which the organization better supports the employee through education, mentoring, and enhanced communications. Her dedicated service to the DLA, Department of Defense, Military Services and taxpayer sets the standard for professionalism and excellence and she continues to be a zealous custodian of the public's resources and trust. Ms. Campbell's stellar performance has greatly enhanced DLA's ability to support the warfighter and made her deserving of this distinguished recognition.
Douglas M. Englund
Deputy Director
Plans and Resources On-Site Inspection
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Mr. Englund has been at the forefront of change in the U.S. Government. As the senior representative of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Moscow, Russia, he laid the groundwork for US-Russian cooperation in building the International Space Station. As the Director of the On-Site Inspection Directorate, the largest directorate in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), he ensured that 100 percent of US arms control treaty obligations were carried out professionally and fully consistent with treaty requirements, while at the same time forging new mission areas in combating weapons of mass destruction. When the agency was assigned the task of WMD elimination in Iraq, Mr. Englund was the obvious choice to lead a new Weapons Elimination Directorate. He integrated the efforts of every directorate in the agency, guided the extensive training and equipping of over 315 personnel for deployment into Iraq, oversaw the execution of scores of missions in search of WMD, and redeployed the contingent to CONUS after 18 months of successful operations. Mr. Englund has been a positive force in all aspects of arms control and non-proliferation.
Deidre A. Lee
Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy
As the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Ms. Lee's far-reaching policies, revolutionary processes, and innovative practices in support of the President's Management Agenda have transformed the Federal procurement system. Her leadership implemented Defense acquisition policy for over five million actions annually valued at approximately $150 billion throughout DoD. She also implemented several far-reaching initiatives aimed at revitalizing the quality and morale of the DoD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics workforce. Ms Lee also played a pivotal role in DoD's mission for repair and continuity of operations in Iraq and led the difficult mission of coordinating and documenting all technical requirements necessary for the rebuilding of Iraq. Her leadership, integrity, and reputation for commitment to excellence are recognized and admired across the Federal Government and Industry.
Anthony S. Montemarano
Program Director for Global Information Grid
Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE)
Mr. Montemarano led the Program Office, which developed the (Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion) GIG-BE architecture and deployed the infrastructure on an extraordinarily aggressive schedule, leveraging state of the art commercial technologies to provide a solution that not only satisfied the critical requirements, but also minimized cost, schedule, and technical risks. By using a ground breaking acquisition strategy of government-industry partnering for the selection of the four equipment solutions and a variant for the acquisition of the fiber, he minimized staffing burden for the government, exploited the technical expertise of industry and kept the program on schedule and the government in total control of the outcome.
Mary E. Tompkey
Assistant Deputy Comptroller (Program Budget)
Ms. Mary Tompkey worked tirelessly and brilliantly to achieve the strongest possible Department of Defense support of U.S. military operations and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and for the global war on terrorism. Ms. Tompkey was a pivotal leader in achieving congressional approval of new or expanded reconstruction related legal authorities including the authority to train and equip military and security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to help them combat terrorism and support U.S. operations as well as the authority for U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs. Ms. Tompkey guided the use of multiple funding sources for reconstruction - including U.S. appropriations, Iraqi state assets, and funds managed by the United Nations. She skillfully managed the complex interaction of budgeting, contracting, and accounting rules and regulations. Her leadership significantly helped to get reconstruction off to a strong start under the difficult conditions in Iraq.
Department of the Air Force
Robert J. Conner
Executive Director, HQ Air Force Materiel Command
Mr. Robert J. Conner serves the Department of Defense and the nation with distinction, and has achieved a notable list of accomplishments during his career. He championed the increased use of Air Logistic Center personnel to meet critical customer centered requirements, instilled a warrior mindset, and made support to the warfighter the Center's top priority. Mr. Conner contributed significantly to the transformation of Oklahoma City Air Logistic Center's core capabilities. He placed increased emphasis on partnership with private industry, educational institutions, and state and local governments. He led the implementation of responsive and efficient customer-oriented processes that support the goals of the Air Force's transformation initiatives. In addition, he played a key role in expanding Center focus from single system solutions to providing horizontally integrated materiel solutions to meet capability needs; implemented comprehensive reforms regarding technological system improvements; and advocated fundamental changes in personnel recruitment and retention.
William A. Davidson
Administrative Assistant to the Secretary
of the Air Force
Mr. William A. Davidson serves the Department of Defense (DoD) and the nation with distinction, and has achieved a notable list of accomplishments during his career. His steadfast leadership, development of future civilian leaders, commitment to process improvement and E-Government (E-Gov), dedication to security matters, and enforcement of fiscal discipline contributed immeasurably to both a more effective and efficient Air Force. As the senior career civilian in the Air Force, he led implementation of a strategic plan to develop future civilian leaders and the entire civilian work force; improved diversity in the Senior Executive Service; and convinced senior leadership to manage senior civilian and military officers in a single organization-a major cultural change for the entire DoD to improve leadership utilization. In addition, he continued to push the envelop on information technology improving work processes in an E-Gov environment, increasing emphasis on paperless work flow, and fostering government-wide information sharing. His initiatives garnered multiple E-Gov awards for architecture and cross-agency info sharing. Finally, he co-led the massive transformation of how the headquarters manages its $3.5 billion per year budget; improved accountability; and fielded a web-based system that gives real-time financial performance to all portfolio owners.
Department of Army
Kathryn A. Condon
Assistant Deputy chief of Staff, G-3/5/7
Ms. Kathryn A. Condon has been an instrumental key leader within the Department of Defense as the nation faces the Global War of Terrorism. First, as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Military Support to Civilian Authorities, an executive agency role for the Secretary of Defense, to her current role as the Army's first Civilian Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, she has been at the forefront of all decisions related to homeland security and the war against terrorism. Her personal involvement in orchestrating emergency operations at the Pentagon following the 9-11 attacks, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, and the support of Army operations in Afghanistan and Iraq is extraordinary and worthy of only the highest recognition.
James R. Houston
Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center
Dr. Houston leads development of innovative technologies to support the Army warfighter, installations, environmental quality, and water-resource development. Dr. Houston transformed seven formerly independent and industrially-funded labs with financial problems to a single integrated and interdisciplinary award-winning Center that has provided critical support to the Global War on Terrorism. CBS 60 Minutes II credited Center technology with saving hundreds of lives in the Pentagon on 9/11, and the Center has been extensively cited for its technology that has saved lives and helped make missions successful in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He has shown a remarkable ability to build a shared vision of excellence, motivate employees, and deliver technologies critical to the Nation.
Janet C. Menig
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Ms. Menig oversees a United States Army organization within the Department of Defense comprised of 10 separate divisions, four field operating agencies, 74,000 employees and an annual operating budget of over $15 billion supporting 181 Army installations worldwide. She supported the President's Management Agenda by completing 204 competitive source contract awards and saving $656 million annually. Ms. Menig created partnerships with conservation agencies to purchase land near military installations that protects Army training and preserves the natural habitat.
Department of the Navy
Paul C. Hubbell
Deputy Assistant Deputy Commandant
Installations and Logistics (Facilities)
An extraordinary leader, Mr. Hubbell has provided unrivaled strategic vision as the Assistant Director of Facilities and Services, U.S. Marine Corps, for the past 10 years. As the Marine Corps' senior civilian facilities professional, he has dramatically improved program policy formulation, installation management technical guidance, acquisition and disposal of real property, environmental stewardship and base and station support services. His exceptional devotion to the efficient operation and management of the Marine Corps' 27 installations (valued at $40 billion, covering 2.3 million acres and including over 10,300 buildings and 26,000 family housing units) has been instrumental to the success of supporting forward deployed forces in the Global War on Terrorism and the families left behind. Responsible for a budget in excess of $1.5 billion, Mr. Hubbell mentors his staff of 85 civilian Marines, military professionals, interns, and contract employees in engineering, housing, natural resource, real estate, property management, environmental, garrison transportation, and food service disciplines to ensure each dollar is spent with a singular focus of enhancing the readiness and effectiveness of every Marine.
Bhakta B. Rath
Associate Director of Research
Material Science and Component Technology
Directorate
Dr. Rath is recognized for his outstanding leadership and for his exceptional vision in the broad field of physical sciences and their potential applications for naval needs. His exceptional ability to lead change and innovative approaches to provide new technologies to our fleet and war fighting efforts in Iraq has been exemplary. His vision in forecasting the opportunities reflected in the National Nanotechnology Initiative to establish the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Nanoscience Institute, acquiring funds from MILCON support, has provided a number of advances in sensors, detectors and chemical and biological defense, advances in nanoelectronics for the Navy and Marine Corps applications with singular success by bringing multidisciplinary efforts focused on optical, electronic, magnetic and structural materials development to provide transformational technologies to the Navy. His recent leadership in providing advanced flexible, lightweight and breathable materials for protection of extremities for our soldiers has been a singular success. These protection systems, compatible with existing armor protection for the soldier, have been designed, developed and put under manufacture for deployment in Iraq. His group effort to provide analysis of airborne pollutant transport in urban environments has demonstrated singular success in providing real time information on release of smoke, chemical, biological and radiological agents released in battlefield environments or in urban areas as a result of terrorist attacks. The goal of his research group to develop a new, low cost method of indefinite power generation in the ocean sediments, without need for battery replacements, to support the energy requirements of undersea sensors, has been successfully demonstrated through extraction of energy by electrochemical means at the ocean sediment interface. The Advanced Concept Technology Development for epidemic warning is a revolutionary breakthrough that has the potential to transform diagnostic medicine.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sue E. Betka
Deputy Director for Administration and Policy
Institute of Education Sciences
Sue Betka serves as the Deputy Director for Administration and Policy of the Institute of Education Sciences, a new organization within the Department of Education. Ms. Betka's contributions to the functioning and success of the Institute are sustained, extraordinary, and critical. Exemplifying her ability to lead and innovate, Ms. Betka pursued dramatic change through successful initiatives that created an office with an exclusive focus on research, evaluation, and statistics out of a larger one that had far-flung functions. Ms. Betka better aligned the skills of staff with the functions of the Institute and implemented strategies that enabled the Institute to recruit scientists and national leaders in their fields. She managed business changes and the implementation of a timetable for the Institute's work that resulted in electronic solutions and remarkably better service to applicants and reviewers and more efficient grant making. Ms. Betka is a consummate professional, who has worked efficiently and effectively and with total commitment to solve the problems associated with reforming the research functions and research office of the Department.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
James T. Campbell
Deputy Director, Office of Management,
Budget and Evaluation/Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Mr. James T. Campbell is recognized for his outstanding leadership, vision and innovation resulting in the development and implementation of major financial management, project management, performance budgeting and human capital activities in support of the Department's mission and major initiatives promulgated by the Administration. While serving concurrently as both Deputy Director, Office of Management, Budget and Evaluation/Deputy CFO and Acting Deputy Director, OMBE/Deputy CFO for nearly 18 months, Mr. Campbell ensured continuous levels of outstanding financial performance and customer service. Among his many exemplary accomplishments, he is credited with providing leadership in the Department's successful achievement of an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) "Green" status in four out of five President's Management Agenda Initiatives-the highest score of any cabinet-level agency on OMB's scorecard; the Department's receipt of an unqualified audit opinion with no material weaknesses and compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act for the sixth consecutive year; and the development and issuance of the Department's Annual Performance and Accountability Report - for FY 2003 beating OMB's due date by 45 days, and for FY 2004 earning the prestigious "Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting".
Mary H. Egger
Deputy General Counsel for Technology
Transfer and Procurement
Ms. Mary H. Egger, is recognized for her exceptional leadership, vision, innovation and transactional legal expertise in overseeing the Department of Energy's massive contractual expenditures and financial assistance policy and activities. During her tenure, she has taken responsibility for some of the Department's most complex and contentious transactions with consistently successful outcomes. She is credited with sustained demonstrated ingenuity and expertise in pivotal positions to protect the interests of the U.S. taxpayer, including: the Department of Energy's bedrock 1994 Contract Reform initiative; the 1998 $3.65 billion sale of the Elk Hills oil field (the U.S. Government's largest privatization effort); managing the legal resources over a 10-year period necessary to advance and defend significant Governmental interests regarding "Pit 9"; the 2002 Agreement with the United States Enrichment Corporation to secure three critical Administration objectives (nonproliferation, stability of the domestic uranium enrichment capability, and deployment of advanced uranium enrichment capability); and the 2005 settlement of contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars related to matters of high visibility.
Richard F. Moorer
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Development
Mr. Richard F. Moorer is recognized for his extraordinary leadership achievements during his thirty year career in the Federal Government. Widely recognized as one of the most highly regarded Federal science and technology managers, he has directed programs that have played critical roles in paving the way for, and then developing and implementing, major Presidential, Congressional, and Department of Energy initiatives. These initiatives, which include, for example, the FreedomCar and Fuel Initiative, the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, and the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy, have had substantial impacts on national policies that advance energy security, environmental health and safety, and other critical national goals. He was the primary force behind the Bioenergy Initiative that resulted in an Executive Order on Bioenergy and Bio-based Products and companion legislation. He has been one of the foremost leaders in forging productive partnerships with industry, international participants, and other governmental bodies that leverage Federal funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Susan B. Hazen
Principle Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Susan B. Hazen is recognized for her exceptional leadership, vision and innovation and has consistently demonstrated strength, integrity and commitment to public service. Her extraordinary accomplishments in the development of key environmental programs exemplify her commitment to protecting human health and the environment.
E. Timothy Oppelt
Director, National Homeland Security Research Center
Mr. Oppelt exemplifies the qualities of leadership, achievement, and personal integrity. His exceptional achievements include establishing and implementing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's $40 million per year homeland security research program and rapidly and effectively providing technologies and technical guidance critical to the Agency in meeting its responsibilities for protecting and restoring water infrastructure and public structures subject to terror attacks using chemical and biological weapons. These achievements are a capstone on his 35 year career during which he has had a profound impact on environmental protection.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
William H. Gimson
Chief Operating Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Mr. William H. Gimson has leadership responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with an annual budget of $7 billion and a workforce of 14,000 employees and service contractors located in every state, territory, and more than 45 foreign countries. He led the President's Management Agenda program at CDC in achieving four "green lights" for Competitive Sourcing, Improved Financial Performance, Expanded E-government, and Budget and Performance Integration, and one 'yellow light' for Strategic Management of Human Capital. He successfully accomplished delayering of the agency to four levels by abolishing all sections and reducing overall organizational units from 555 to 373. Mr. Gimson has played a pivotal role in preparing for and effectively responding to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies, and has been especially instrumental in securing support and funding for CDC programs such as heart disease and stroke prevention, prediabetes awareness, nutrition, and malaria prevention.
Michael R. McMullan
Deputy Director for Beneficiary Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Ms. McMullan has had a long and varied career in the Medicare program. Currently, Ms. McMullan is the Deputy Director in the Center for Beneficiary Choices in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Ms. McMullan is the principal architect of the Agency's comprehensive and innovative beneficiary services and consumer information strategy. Under Ms. McMullan's leadership, the Agency has developed a broad array of "plain language" materials widely recognized for their ability to convey very complex concepts in a way that is understandable to the Medicare audience, a companion full service toll-free telephone help line, 1-800-MEDICARE where monthly volume has increased over 1,000% in a few years and an award winning Internet site, www.medicare.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Jayson P. Ahern
Assistant Commissioner, Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mr. Jayson P. Ahern is being recognized for providing superb leadership in combining all inspectional workforces with border responsibility from three different Federal agencies into one frontline border agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to create "One Face at the Border." He also implemented innovative programs such as Free and Secure Trade and NEXUS, both of which have provided greater cargo and passenger security and facilitation.
Connie L. Patrick
Director
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Director Patrick leads the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) whose mission is to provide world class law enforcement training to students from more than 82 Federal agencies, as well as international, state and local law enforcement organizations. In fulfilling that mission, Director Patrick realizes that national and global success in the war on crime and terrorism hinges on providing superior training for law enforcement personnel serving on the front lines. She provides executive leadership for the operations at all the FLETC training sites, including the Headquarters in Glynco, GA; a satellite office in Washington, D.C.; training sites in Artesia, NM; Cheltenham, MD; and Charleston, SC; and an International Law Enforcement Training Academy in Gaborone, Botswana (South Africa). With a budget of more than $200 million in FY 2005 and capitalized assets valued in excess of $467 million, the FLETC is the largest law enforcement training organization in the world.
Gregory D. Rothwell
Chief Procurement Officer (retired)
Mr. Rothwell is recognized for his extraordinary accomplishment in unifying and leading a $14 billion acquisition program as Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) first Chief Procurement Officer as well as for his exemplary leadership in prior executive appointments at the Internal Revenue Service and the Office of Thrift Supervision. At the DHS, Mr. Rothwell leads the second largest procurement program in Government, is a leader in building strong relationships with mission customers and the private sector and has worked tirelessly to create a world class acquisition organization dedicated to meeting DHS's mission of protecting the homeland. He has created a unified acquisition program at DHS following the merger of 23 agencies and has led department wide initiatives on strategic sourcing resulting in millions saved and is a strong proponent of small and disadvantaged business. He received the Presidential Meritorious Executive award in 1994 and 2000 as well as numerous other significant awards during his 33 year federal career.
Mark J. Sullivan
Assistant Director, Office of Protective Operations
United States Secret Service
Mr. Sullivan is recognized for his many accomplishments while serving as the Assistant Director of the Office of Protective Operations. He substantially changed the concept of airspace security for the Secret Service as it relates to individuals and events receiving Secret Service protection. Mr. Sullivan also established the Secret Service Airspace Security Program to ensure the recruitment, development and growth of airspace intrusion specialists who are dedicated to creating an early warning system for the security of individuals on the ground and the defense of our Nation's airspace. Mr. Sullivan directed all operational security aspects of the 2004 Presidential campaign, the associated National Special Security Events (Republican and Democratic National Conventions and the 55th Presidential Inauguration) as well as the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. During this historically busy time for the Secret Service; Mr. Sullivan also successfully managed security operations for two concurrent National Special Security Events - the G-8 Summit and the funeral services of Former President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Sullivan possesses exemplary leadership skills ensuring the ability of the Secret Service to respond to critically important challenges, under intense scrutiny, with worldwide historical implications.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Robert E. Kopp
Director, Appellate Staff
Civil Division
Since becoming the Director of the Appellate Staff in 1981, Mr. Kopp has developed his Staff into a premier appellate advocate for the government's position in its most difficult cases in defending statutes, treaties, and executive orders and protecting the national security. Mr. Kopp has managed a number of cases, which support the government's efforts, to prevent the funding and support of designated terrorist organizations, both in the U.S. and abroad. Following September 11, he was instrumental in leading the efforts to balance requests for information against the needs of national security by successfully defending against actions brought to compel the release of names and personal information of INS detainees questioned as a part of the government's anti-terrorist effort. Under his staff leadership, in the Center for National Security v. Department of Justice, a district court ruling was reversed that required the disclosure of a list of the names of individuals who were detained as part of the September 11, terrorism investigation. As a result of his efforts, Civil Division attorneys are able to settle cases before they go to appeal, avoiding unproductive litigation, which may damage the government's interests. He consistently utilizes technologies and new innovations in order to improve and facilitate the work of his staff.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Carol A. De Deo
Deputy Solicitor for National Operation
Carol De Deo serves as the Deputy Solicitor for National Operations, U.S. Department of Labor, the highest career attorney position at the Department of Labor, capping a legal career of over thirty years of government service with distinction. Ms. De Deo has provided legal advice critical to numerous litigation and regulatory efforts that secured important rights for working men and women and assisted injured workers in obtaining the benefits to which they are entitled. Early in her career, Ms. De Deo was a key participant in litigation defending against the use of new Freedom of Information Act exemptions to achieve discovery in proceedings before Administrative Law Judges under the National Labor Relations Act, culminating in a Supreme Court decision protecting witness statements from disclosure prior to a hearing. More recently, Ms. De Deo was instrumental in the creation of a new program to implement statutory compensation for workers injured in the production of nuclear weapons and her work was recognized with a Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive in 2002. This accomplishment served as a prelude to an equally impressive achievement in a completely different program, the revision of decades-old union financial reporting rules.
Edward C. Hugler
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Mr. Hugler currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the U.S. Department of Labor where he provides day-to-day management to over 700 employees in both the national office and six major field locations. He has overall responsibility for policy and operations encompassing human resources management, administrative services, grant and contract policy, civil rights enforcement, safety and health management as well as information technology. Mr. Hugler is also the day-to-day manager of three of the five government-wide initiatives in the President's Management Agenda. As of June 30, 2005, the Department of Labor became the first federal agency to achieve the highest score of "green" on all five major government-wide components of the President's Management Agenda, including Human Capital Management, Electronic Government and Competitive Sourcing-attesting to Mr. Hugler's reputation and track record as a proven executive leader. Mr. Hugler received Presidential Rank Awards for Meritorious Executive in 1993 and 2000.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
William H. Gerstenmaier
Associate Administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate
As Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, Mr. Gerstenmaier directs NASA's human exploration of space. He is responsible for planning, directing, executing, and evaluating the safe and effective human space operation of the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) programs; managing the acquisition of reliable, cost-effective launch services to meet all civil Government space launch requirements; and providing space communications services to a variety of NASA and other Government agency contractors. The SOMD, one of four NASA Mission Directorates that function as primary business areas, provides unique and critical capabilities which enable world-class science, research, and exploration by establishing a human presence in space and by providing space access and space communications for NASA, as well as other Federal organizations.
Ralph R. Roe, Jr.
Director of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Langley Research Centert
Mr. Roe is the first Director of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), a team of technical experts conducting independent engineering and safety assessments across the Agency. Mr. Roe manages a team of approximately 70 engineers, scientists, and other civil servant personnel, and 400-500 technical experts with a budget of $97 million. Mr. Roe worked with the NESC program from conception. He developed the concept and charter for NESC; recruited and selected the initial technical leadership team; established and received approval of NESC's Management Plan by the entire NASA Senior Leadership team; and conducted engineering and safety assessments on four pathfinder projects. NESC is the first NASA organization to have employees at all ten Centers and Headquarters. Through Mr. Roe's leadership, NESC is the first and best example of the change in NASA to break down geographic and cultural barriers to improve the Agency and help ensure successful and safe programs. The ability of NESC to work across organizational boundaries and to add substantial value to NASA's programs has been recognized and lauded at all levels of the Agency.
Edward J. Weiler
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Weiler became Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in August 2004. He oversees a workforce of 9,000 on-site civil servant and contractor employees. Before being named Director, GSFC, Dr. Weiler was the Associate Administrator for Space Science at NASA Headquarters. In this capacity, he was responsible for the overall scientific and financial management of five distinct Space Science themes. With a staff of about 120 people and a budget of approximately $4 billion, Dr. Weiler led NASA's Office of Space Science (OSS) in developing and launching space missions such as Mars Odyssey, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. During his tenure, OSS also conducted two very important Hubble Servicing Missions and saw the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft achieve Saturn Orbit Insertion after a seven-journey. Dr. Weiler also served as Institutional Program Officer for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Dr. Jarvis L. Moyers
Director, Division of Atmospheric Sciences
Directorate for Geosciences
National Science Foundation
Dr. Jarvis L. Moyers is honored for his outstanding leadership and exemplary record of achievement in service to the nation's science and engineering enterprise, in his role as Director, Division of Atmospheric Sciences. He is especially recognized for his sustained leadership in developing and implementing a visionary strategy for research and education in the geosciences; his effectiveness in enabling the National Science Foundation (NSF) to meet its strategic goals, particularly with respect to sound management, diversity, and staff development; and his personal dedication and effectiveness in developing collaborations and agreements with other federal agencies and with national and international entities.
Dr. Moyers has had a major influence on policy, strategy, and leadership throughout his career at NSF. He brings a special mix of common sense, dedication, integrity and vision to every effort that inspires trust in all who work with him and commitment from his staff. Under his guidance, his Division has developed a balanced portfolio of support for the scientific community -- one that includes large and small research and education projects, major research platforms and tools, and a diverse group of researchers and students.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Daniel Doyle Campbell
Executive Director (retired)
Office of Management
Dan Campbell is a model executive who has been an influential advisor in a number of key positions in various agencies. He is a charter member of the Senior Executive Service and a respected leader with a record of sustained, extraordinary accomplishments as a senior executive for more than 25 years. After 20 years with the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission, he joined the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as General Counsel in 1990 and has subsequently served 5 years as the Managing Director. He has been indispensable to all nine of the NTSB Chairmen and Acting Chairmen he has served. Most recently he has held the position of Executive Director, focusing on planning, policy and transition issues. He was the recipient of the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award in 1995, and is one of only three executives in the entire government certified under the rigorous criteria for critical pay.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Arthur G. Fraas
Chief, Natural Resources, Energy, and Agriculture Branch
Arthur G. Fraas is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the improvement of Federal energy and environmental policies and programs in 28 years of Federal service.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Herbert Mitchell
Associate Administrator for the
Office of Disaster Assistance
Herbert Mitchell has been recognized as a change agent through his career. Upon his appointment as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Disaster Assistance, Mr. Mitchell has successfully led the Nation's only Federal lending program for victims of disaster, providing low cost financing for homeowners, renters, and businesses. He also led the program in the aftermath of the 9/11 disaster, in which his team loaned over one billion nationwide. As a result, the General Accountability Office completed a review addressing the Small Business Administration's response to the 9/11 disaster and found no deficiencies and made no recommendations for improvement. In balancing program delivery and management of human resources, Mr. Mitchell established a strategy to meet the need of highly effective leaders by revamping its disaster unique leadership training program that focused on effective communication in stressful situations. As a result, employee's confidence increased, and improvement in dealing with morale, conduct, performance issues, and a heightened awareness in the management of potentially difficulty and disruptive situations.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Paul D. Barnes
Regional Commissioner, Atlanta
Over a federal career that spans 35 years with the Social Security Administration, Paul Barnes has forged unprecedented strategies that have assured mission success across all business lines and geographic areas of the Agency. He has been on the forefront in remissioning Agency business lines, such as the massive electronic disability claims process, from antiquated labor intensive processes to state-of-the art electronic environments. He commissioned the Agency's first comprehensive retirement wave study which was benchmarked widely across government and is now the baseline tool for the Agency's future workforce planning and a driving force behind strategic initiatives that undergird direct service to the public. Directly attributable to his visionary prowess, the Agency achieved and still maintains its reputation as a leader in human capital and learning. Every position he has held bears the stamp of his spirit of innovation, boundless energy and strong personal dedication to the ideals of public service.
Beatrice M. Disman
Regional Commissioner, New York
Always on the cutting edge of innovative ideas and techniques focused on program improvements for the public and fiscal stewardship of taxpayer dollars, Ms. Disman has and continues to lead high profile Agency initiatives that have garnered vast service delivery improvements for the public. Viewed as trail-blazer, she was tapped by the Commissioner of Social Security to spearhead the Agency's implementation activities related to the recently enacted Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. An ardent advocate and mentor for those who aspire to leadership positions, she is committed to developing the skills and talents of her staff and to cultivating a diverse team of future leaders; she nurtures team spirit, empowerment and challenges other to be totally service-oriented and to be good stewards for the public. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Bea Disman's leadership skills, inner strength and focus helped her employees, as well as the rest of the Social Security Administration, rally to come to the aid of the citizens of New York City in their greatest time of need. Her drive and selfless commitment to public service and the mission of the Social Security Administration are at the core of her numerous accomplishments.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Charles Thomas Fingar
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Dr. Thomas Fingar is recognized for his outstanding service and leadership in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), most recently serving as INR's Assistant Secretary. Dr. Fingar guided INR through more than a decade of continuous change, reinvention, and rejuvenation in response to shifting foreign policy challenges. Major INR initiatives under Tom Fingar's leadership included the creation of the Humanitarian Information Unit to cope with such humanitarian emergencies as HIV/AIDS, reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq, and tsunami relief; the transformation of INR's TIPOFF terrorism database into a major resource for national watch listing organizations after 9/11; and shifting INR's focus from "current intelligence" toward an optimal balance between briefing policy makers on fast moving issues and providing new insight through more in depth analytical products. Tom Fingar's accessible management style and willingness to adopt inventive technologies and a "team" approach greatly enhanced the output of the Bureau and elevated the morale of its staff. Imbued with what former Secretary of State Colin Powell once termed Tom Fingar's "moral courage and sense of purpose," INR has become an "outstanding intelligence outfit," with a reputation that continues to represent integrity, experience, and respected analytic judgments.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
James E. Caponiti
Associate Administrator for National Security
Maritime Administration
Mr. James Caponiti exhibited extraordinary and innovative leadership to assure sufficient commercial and government-owned sealift capability and an intermodal transportation infrastructure to support vital homeland and national security interests. His efforts include fostering access to merchant mariners and strategic ports for national defense mobility needs and the Agency's civil emergency plans. Mr. Caponiti spearheaded the Agency's efforts in developing, promoting, and implementing the 10-year reauthorization of the Maritime Security Program to maintain a fleet of militarily useful U.S.-flag ships operating in foreign trades. Mr. Caponiti is responsible for an annual budget of over $300 million and his organization recently awarded and will continue to manage firm, fixed-price performance based contracts, valued at over $1 billion, with private ship managers utilizing the best commercial practices to provide maintenance and operational services on U.S. government-owned ships. Mr. Caponiti has also been effective in leading more than 90 ship activations in support of the War on Terrorism.
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
James H. Fall III
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy
Mr. Fall has successfully advanced the foreign economic policy goals of successive U.S. Administrations by leading U.S. efforts to provide financial and other economic assistance in support of crucial financial reforms in countries, notably in struggling democracies in Africa and in dangerous and unstable nations in the Middle East. Mr. Fall has been a consistent driver of change and improvement in the Treasury and he is regarded throughout the Department as a highly competent, responsible, and dedicated executive.
Richard L. Gregg
Commissioner
Financial Management Service
Richard L. Gregg is being recognized for his exceptional qualities of leadership and excellence in the Financial Management Service (FMS). Mr. Gregg has demonstrated extraordinary service to the American public in ensuring that the Federal Government's revenue collection, payment, debt collection, and governmentwide accounting programs are operated effectively, efficiently and accurately. Mr. Gregg oversees and manages a daily cash flow of $58 billion. Mr. Gregg has overseen a major restructuring of service providers for the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), which collects over $1.7 trillion in taxes annually, that will save the Federal Government $500 million over the next 5 years. Mr. Gregg has spear-headed an Enterprise Architecture program for FMS that sets the vision for fewer systems, easier access by agencies to those systems, and the establishment of data marts to eliminate duplicate information. Under Mr. Gregg's leadership, FMS has been a long-standing leader in the business of expanding e-commerce applications across government. FMS' innovative use of new payment and collection technologies using the Internet, credit/debit cards, check truncation and authentication techniques have paved the way for FMS to move to a citizen-centric, all-electronic focus.
Deborah M. Nolan
Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business Division
Internal Revenue Service
Debbie Nolan has been with the IRS since 1972, serving as an executive for the past ten years. She played a key leadership role in modernizing tax administration for large multinational corporate taxpayers, having led the design team for the Large and Mid-Size Business Division (LMSB) following the Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. This includes very successful efforts developing and implementing effective strategies for combating abusive corporate tax shelters. Ms. Nolan is currently the Commissioner of LMSB, leading a team of tax professionals to improve compliance with a balanced service and enforcement approach. Debbie views her leadership role as one of service to the American people with significant responsibilities to instill fair, efficient and effective corporate tax administration through a world class operation and an environment of inclusion
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
James E. Painter
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination
Mr. Painter's career of over three decades in Federal service has been marked by consistent dedication to conscientious stewardship of public resources. As the chief planning and budget officer of the Agency, he is recognized for his results-driven leadership in managing USAID's complex $14 billion foreign assistance budget to meet the nation's foreign policy goals. He has helped find innovative ways of balancing conflicting interests and providing clear choices for leadership decisions. He likewise is recognized for his commitment to building effective teams, mentoring and developing the next generation of leaders.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
William F. Feeley
Network Director
VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2
Mr. Feeley is recognized for his distinguished performance, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to achieving the highest measurable performance in the health care industry. Through Mr. Feeley's efforts, Veterans Health Administration health care facilities in Network 2 (located upstate New York) has consistently outperformed Veterans Health Administration and community health providers, and is widely regarded as a leader in heath care quality, patient satisfaction and veteran's access to care.
Michael Walcoff
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations
Mr. Walcoff is recognized for his outstanding performance, extraordinary leadership and successful management of 57 regional offices, consisting of over 11,000 Veterans Benefits Administration employees, nationwide. The regional offices administer a complement of benefit programs including disability compensation, pension, education, home loan guaranty, vocational rehabilitation, and life insurance and provide direct services to the nation's veterans and their beneficiaries. More than 32 million dollars is paid out annually in veterans' benefits.
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