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Roger W. Jones Award Past Recipients

2021-present

2023

Caryl Brzymialkiewicz
Deputy Inspector
General Department of the Interior
Office of Inspector General

Francine Kerner
Chief Counsel
Transportation Security Administration

Deborah Stephens
Deputy Chief Information Officer
United States Patent & Trademark Office

Orice Williams Brown
Chief Operating Officer
Government Accountability Office

2022

Sherri Berger
Chief of Staff
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Dietra Grant
Director
Customer Account Services Organization
Internal Revenue Service

Alphonso Hughes
Executive Assistant Director
Administration, Office of the Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

2021

Stephen Breen
San Francisco Regional Commissioner
Social Security Administration

Maribeth Petrizzi
Assistant Director
Compliance Division
Federal Trade Comission

Kenneth Sheely
Acting Principal Deputy Associate Administrator
National Nuclear Security Administration 
U.S. Department of Energy

Brian Toland
Command Counsel
Office of the Command Counsel, Headquarters
U.S. Army Materiel Command

2010-2020

2019-2020

Kimberly Walton
Executive Assistant Administrator
Transportation Security Administration
Department of Homeland Security

Lois Greisman
Associate Director
Marketing Practices
Federal Trade Commission

Matthew Alessandrino
Assistant Inspector General
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of Inspector General

Eileen McDaniel
Executive Director
Office of Management
Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals
Department of Health & Human Services

Bradley Bunn
Director
Human Resources
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of Defense

2018

Donald F. McCormack
Executive Director
Naval Science Warfare Center & Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy

Anthony P. Scardino
Chief Financial Officer
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Department of Commerce

2017

Patricia Dalton
Chief Operating Officer
Government Accountability Office
United States Congress

Frances Regan
Area Counsel of the Office of the Chief Counsel
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of Treasury

2016

Dorothy Dougherty
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Department of Labor

Louis W. Uccellini
Assistant Administrator
Weather Services
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) & Director
National Weather Service

2015

R.J. Holley
Special Agent in Charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago Field Office

Nina Pelletier
Assistant Inspector General
Evaluation and Inspections Division
Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General

2014

Karen O. Henneberger
Program Manager
New Ship Design
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

David A. Lebryk
Fiscal Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Treasury

2013

David A. Bray
Chief Information Officer
Federal Communications Commission

Brian J. Persons
Assistant Deputy Chief
Naval Operations for Warfare Systems
U.S. Department of the Navy

2012

Thomas L. Mesenbourg Jr.
Acting Director
U.S. Census Bureau

David Wennergren
Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer
U.S. Department of Defense

2011

Margaret Gilligan
Associate Administrator
Federal Aviation Administration

John A. Montgomery
Director of Research
Naval Research Laboratory
U.S. Department of the Navy

2010

Kenneth E. Baker
Principle Assistant Deputy Administrator
National Nuclear Security Administration
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
U.S. Department of Energy

Margaret (Peggy) A. Forcarino
Deputy Commissioner for Patents
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Department of Commerce

2000-2009

2009

Gene L. Dodaro
Comptroller General of the United States
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Linda E. Stiff
Deputy Commissioner
Services and Enforcement
Internal Revenue Service

2008

Thomas A. Betro
Director
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
U.S. Department of the Navy

Theresa M. Whelan
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Defense for African Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense

2007

MaryAnn Musumeci
Director
James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Bronx
Department of Veterans Affairs

John E. Potter
Postmaster General & Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Postal Service

2006

David M. Altwegg
Deputy for Agency Operations
Missile Defense Agency
Office of the Secretary of Defense

William H. Gimson III
Chief Operating Officer
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Department of Health & Human Services

2005

Sheila M. Earle
Acting Principal Director
Military Personnel Policy
Office of the Secretary of Defense

Marvin E. Gunn Jr.
Manager of the Office of Science, Chicago Office
Department of Energy

2004

Jennifer C. Buck
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Defense for Reserve Affairs
Department of Defense

Michael J. Zamorski
Director
Division of Supervision & Consumer Protection
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2003

Larry G. Massanari
Regional Commissioner
Social Security Administration

Dr. James Randolph Farris
Regional Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health & Human Services

2000

Charles P. Nemfakos
Deputy Under Secretary
Institutional Strategic Planning
U.S. Navy

Janet Woodcock
Director
Center of Drug Evaluation & Research Food & Drug Administration
Department of Health & Human Services

2002

Victor K. Ferlise
Deputy to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Communications Electronic Command

Kenneth M. Pusateri
General Manager
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

2001

Paul D. Barnes
Deputy Commissioner
Human Resources
Social Security Administration

Arthur J. Murton
Director
Division of Insurance
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

1990-1999

1999

John E. Sirmalis
Technical Director
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
U.S. Navy

Robert S. Winokur
Assistant Administrator
Satellite & Information Services
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

 

1998

Virginia S. Bales
Deputy Director
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Health & Human Services

William J. Henderson
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Postal Service

 

1997

John Dyer
Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner
Social Security Administration

Dr. J. Wayne Littles
Director
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics & Space Administration

1996

Frank Almaguer
American Ambassador (Ret.)

Nancy George
Vice President
U.S. Postal Service

1995

Joan Dempsey
Director
National Military Intelligence Production Center
Department of Defense

Janet Shikles
Assistant Comptroller General
Health, Education, & Human Services
General Accounting Office

1994

James J. Devine
Deputy Director
National Security Agency

Dr. Ruth Kirschstein
Deputy Director
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services

1993

Dr. Walter Dowdle
Deputy Director
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Health & Human Services

Eva C. Ugarkovich
Director of Financial Management
U.S. Air Force

1992

Aaron Cohen
Director
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics & Space Administration

J. Dexter Peach
Assistant Comptroller General
 Resources, Community & Economic Development Program
General Accounting Office

1991

Thomas S. McFee
Assistant Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services

Joseph L. Moore
Director
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago
Department of Veterans Affairs

1990

James L. Blum
Assistant Director
Congressional Budget Office

Stephen E. Higgins
Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Department of the Treasury

1980-1989

1989

Joseph R. Caraveo
Regional Postmaster General
U.S. Postal Service

Richard A. Clarke
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Regional Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State

1988

Dr. Vernon N. Houk
Director for Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Health and Human Services

Raymond G. Kammer
Deputy Director
National Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce

1987

John R. Simpson
Director
U.S. Secret Service, and President of INTERPOL
Department of the Treasury

Milton J. Socolar
Special Assistant to the Comptroller General
General Accounting Office

1986

William E. Douglas
Commissioner
 Financial Management Service
Department of the Treasury

Earle L. Messere
Technical Director
Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport
U.S. Navy

1985

Robert L. Trachtenberg
Deputy Administrator
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
Department of Health and Human Services

Robert J. Eichelberger
Director
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Department of the Army

1984

Stanley Goldberg
Assistant Commissioner
Internal Revenue Service
Department of the Treasury

Gerald J. Mossinghoff
Assistant Secretary
Commissioner for Patents & Trademarks
U.S. Postal Service

1983

David O. Cooke
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Defense for Administration
Department of Defense

Joyce J. Walker
Deputy Associate Director
Transportation, Commerce & Housing
Office of Management and Budget

1980

Harry S. Havens
Assistant Comptroller General
Program Evaluation
General Accounting Office

Dr. Francis J. Mulhern
Administrator
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture

1982

G. Phillips Hanna
Deputy Division Chief
Human Resources, Veterans & Labor
Office of Management & Budget

William C. Watson Jr.
Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control
Department of Health & Human Services

1981

Dr. William R. Lucas
Director
Marshall Flight Center
National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Charles V. Yarbrough
Director
Management Support
Veterans Administration

1978-1979

1979

Christopher C. Kraft
Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Dale R. McOmber
Assistant Director, Budget Review
Office of Management & Budget

1978

Norman A. Carlson
Director of the Bureau of Prisons
Department of Justice

Edwin C. Kilgore
Director
Management Operation
Langley Research Center
National Aeronautics & Space Administration