A Top-Notch Field

The Service to America program honors achievements in the federal service. A panel of national leaders selected nine winners, including the Federal Employee of the Year, from a group of 30 finalists in eight categories. Winners and finalists were chosen from among 531 nominees.

2005 finalists

Career Achievement

• James H. Fall III, Deputy assistant secretary for technical assistance policy, Office of International Affairs, Treasury Department
• James Jeffrey, Deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, State Department
• John Schelberg, Archaeologist, Albuquerque, N.M., Army Corps of Engineers

Call to Service

• Lynn Clements, Attorney adviser, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Patrick Forrest, Presidential Management Fellow, Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Bill Hindman, Aerospace research engineer, Albuquerque, N.M., Air Force

Homeland Security

• Allen Gina, Executive director, Container Security Initiative Division, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Department
• Jim Williams and team, Director, US VISIT program, Border and Transportation Security, Homeland Security Department

National Security

• Thomas Flaherty, Survivor assistance program manager, Arlington, Va., Air Force
• Dave Gabel, Integrated product team leader, Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office, Defense Department
• Christopher Hillenbrand, Engineer, Newport, R.I., unmanned surface vehicles customer advocate, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Navy International Affairs
• Susan Cantor and the Falcon investigation team, Supervisory special agent, Newark, N.J., Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau, Homeland Security Department
• Jeffrey Drummond, Chief of the Program Operations Division, Agency for International Development

Science and Environment

• Robert Davis, Meteorologist, Moon Township, Pa., National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce Department
• Gloria Kulesa, Aviation Weather Research Program lead, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Department

Social Services

• Computers for Learning team led by Coral Childs, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration
• Robert Otto, Chief technology officer, U.S. Postal Service
• Dennis Wagner and team members Virginia McBride, Jade Perdue, Donald Coleman and Renee Dupee, Director and leadership team, Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, Health and Human Services Department

Justice and Law Enforcement

• Robert Henoch, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y., Justice Department
• Ed Kacerosky, Supervisory special agent, Miami, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Department
• Paul McCabe, FBI special agent, Minneapolis, Justice Department

2005 Selection Committee

Prominent national leaders from the business, academic, political, media and entertainment communities selected the Service to America medal honorees.

• Susan V. Berresford
  President, The Ford Foundation
• Jonathan Bush
  Chairman and CEO, J. Bush & Co.
• Timothy B. Clark
  Editor and president, Government Executive
• Anderson Cooper
  Anchor, CNN
• Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill.
  Ranking member, Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Subcommittee of the Government Reform Committee
• Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.
  Chairman, Government Reform Committee
• Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.
  Senate Democratic whip
• Daniel R. Glickman
  President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
• Colleen M. Kelley
  National president, National Treasury Employees Union
• Margo Lion
  Executive producer, Hairspray
• Gov. Tom Ridge
  Former secretary, Homeland Security Department
• Ruth Simmons
  President, Brown University
• Max Stier
  President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
• Judy Woodruff
  Journalist