2011 Finalists—Call to Service Medal
This award will recognize a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service. This medal is accompanied by a $5,000 award.
Katherine Antos
Position: Water Quality Team Leader
Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program Office
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Achievement: Led the creation and evaluation of state plans to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, and one of the planet's first identified "marine dead zones."
Oliver P. Fischer
Position: Demographer / Conflict Monitoring and Response Officer
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: To ensure that a historic independence vote was fair and peaceful, helped develop and conduct a critical population and housing census, and mediated local tribal conflicts in remote and dangerous parts of Southern Sudan.
Ann S. Martin
Position: Senior Intelligence Research Specialist, Office of Trend and Issue Analysis
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Location: Vienna, Virginia
Achievement: Worked with Mexican officials to study cross-border currency flows and help disrupt the laundering of billions of dollars derived from illicit U.S. drug sales.
Mary Pletcher
Position: Deputy Recovery Coordinator and Acting Deputy Director, National Business Center
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Policy, Management and Budget
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Awarded and tracked $2.9 billion in Interior Department economic stimulus funds, providing thousands of jobs while preserving our country's treasured public lands.
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.
