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
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
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
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
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
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