EXECUTIVE MEMO
Belated Kudos for Award-Winning Execs
hat shouldn't have been such a well-kept secret was recently revealed: The highest honor accorded each year to senior federal executives went to 66 members of the Senior Executive Service last year. They were designated as Distinguished Executives under the Presidential Rank Awards program. Each was honored with a $20,000 bonus for "sustained extraordinary accomplishment."
Some were feted within their agencies. But there was no official, governmentwide celebration. The Office of Personnel Management, which manages the program, was waiting for a session that would bring the awardees together with President Clinton. But that day never came.
On May 16, the awardees were finally honored at an elegant, black-tie dinner held by the Senior Executives Association at the State Department diplomatic reception rooms. Vice President Gore did meet that day for a hastily scheduled photo opportunity with the winners.
Listed below are last year's Distinguished Executives. Another 152 executives won $10,000 bonuses as Meritorious Executives.
Domestic Agencies
Commerce
Marjory E. Searing, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan
Drug Enforcement Administration
John P. Martsh, Assistant Administrator, Operational Support Division
Energy
Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance
Mark N. Silverman, Manager, Rocky Flats Office
Environmental Protection Agency
Sylvia K. Lowrance, Deputy Assistant Administrator
William W. Rice, Deputy Regional Administrator
FBI
Robert M. Bryant, Assistant Director, National Security Division
Federal Communications Commission
Gerald P. Vaughan, Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Federal Trade Commission
Robert S. Walton III, Executive Director
Health and Human Services
Virginia S. Bales, Deputy Director, National Center of Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion
Barbara J. Gagel, Director, Health Standards and Quality Bureau
Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institites of Health
Edward H. McManus, Deputy Director, National Eye Institute
Vivian L. Smith, Deputy Drector, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Interior
Roger K. Patterson, Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Regional Office
Margaret W. Sibley, Director, Human Resources, Bureau of Reclamation
Justice
Helene M. Goldberg, Director, Civil Division, Torts Branch
Labor
William G. Barron, Jr., Deputy Commissioner, Office of Administration and Internal Operations
NASA
John T. Conway, Director, Payload Management and Operations Directorate, Kennedy Space Center
Benita A. Cooper, Associate Administrator, Management Systems and Facilities
Dr. Jeremiah F. Creedon, Director, Air Frame Systems Program Office, Langley Research Center
Robert L. Crippen, former Director of Kennedy Space Center
Walker Lee Evey, Director, Procurement Office, Kennedy Space Center
Carolyn S. Griner, Manager, Payload Projects Office, Marshall Space Flight Center
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Associate Administrator for Space Science
Richard A. Reeves, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics
Robert B. Sieck, Director, Shuttle Operations, Kennedy Space Center
Chester A. Vaughan, retired
Vernon J. Weyers, Director, Flight Projects, Goddard Space Flight Center
National Labor Relations Board
Norton J. Come, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Supreme Court Branch
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
James L. Milhoan, Deputy Executive Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Carl J. Paperiello, Director, Nuclear Safety and Safeguards
William T. Russell, Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation
National Science Foundation
Constance K. McLindon, former Director, Office of Information and Research Management
Office of Management and Budget
Barry Clendenin, Deputy Associate Director, Health Division
Barry White, Deputy Associate Director, Human Resources Division
Office of Personnel Management
Patricia Watkins Lattimore, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
Carmen J. Lawrence, Senior Associate Regional Director for Enforcement, Northeast Region
Colleen P. Mahoney, Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement
Social Security Administration
Paul D. Barnes, Regional Commissioner
Transportation
Dale E. McDaniel, former Associate Administrator for Administration, FAA
Thomas E. McSweeney, Director, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA
John L. Mann, Jr., Associate Administrator for Administration, Maritime Administration
Glenda M. Tate, Director, Office of Personnel
Treasury
David A. Mader, Chief, Management and Administration, IRS
John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Frank Miceli, Chief Compliance Officer, Western Region, IRS
Judy K. Van Alfen, Associate Commissioner for Modernization, IRS
Veterans Affairs
Richard Pell, Jr., Director, Martinsburg VA Medical Center
John H. Thompson, Associate General Counsel
Defense
Air Force
Eric E. Abell, Technical Director, C-17 Special Programs Office
Darleen A. Druyun, Assistant Secretary for Acquisition
Army
Richard C. Armstrong, Deputy Director, Military Programs
John E. Elmore, Chief, Operations, Construction and Readiness
Robert F. Giordano, Director, CECOM Research, Development and Engineering Center
Thomas W. Taylor, Deputy General Counsel, Operations and Personnel
Navy
Michael Cocchiola, Deputy Commander for Defense Printing Service
Clifford G. Geiger, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics
Genie M. McBurnett, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics
Donald A. Matteo, Executive Director, Submarine Directorate
Charles P. Nemfakos, Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel
Defense Secretary's Office
David O. Cooke, Director, Administration and Management
Vincent P. Roske, Jr., Deputy Director, Wargaming, Simulation and Operations
National Security Agency
Robert S. Meck
Julia B. Wetzel, Chief, Education, Training and Information Services Group
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