2010 Finalists—Citizen Services Medal
This award will recognize a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to social services (including economic development and assistance, education, health care, housing, labor and transportation). This medal is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
Deborah Autor
Position: Director, Office of Compliance, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Achievement: Through aggressive enforcement actions, incentives and multi-faceted education campaigns, is stopping the distribution of hundreds of unapproved prescription drugs.
Pius Bannis
Position: Field Office Director, Haiti
Agency: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Achievement: Expedited the immigration process to quickly unite more than 1,100 Haitian orphans with their adoptive families in the United States following the devastating earthquake in January 2010.
Robert Benzon
Position: Senior Air Safety Investigator
Agency: National Transportation Safety Board, Office of Aviation Safety
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Served as Investigator in Charge of the “Miracle on the Hudson” and other high-profile airplane crash investigations, advancing aviation safety for millions of travelers worldwide.
Shane Kelley and Eva Ristow
Position: Director, Center for Automation (Kelley) and Project Manager (Ristow)
Agency: Social Security Administration, Denver Region
Location: Denver, Colorado
Achievement: Improved the delivery of Social Security benefits to citizens living in impoverished and remote locations through an innovative two-way video service.
Jennifer Main, Timothy G. Massad, David N. Miller and the Troubled Asset Relief Program Team
Position: Chief Financial Officer (Main), Chief Counsel (Massad) and Chief Investment Officer (Miller)
Agency: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Financial Stability
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Implemented a $700 billion rescue plan to secure the nation’s banking system and help the American people by halting the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
