2022 Presidential Rank Awards Winners – Recognition

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Presidential Rank Awards
Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive
Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time.
Later, the Rank Award statute was amended to extend eligibility to senior career
employees with a sustained record of exceptional professional, technical, and/or
scientific achievement recognized on a national or international level.
This is not a comprehensive list and only includes winners agreeing to public recognition, as of November 2, 2022.

Distinguished Executive Winners
Department of Agriculture
Chavonda J. Jacobs Young
Department of Commerce
Praveen Dixit
Pamela Sullivan
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Cara L. Abercrombie
Monique L. Dilworth
William D. Mays
Frederick D. Moorefield Jr.
Department of the Air Force
Jennifer L. Miller
Department the Navy
Thomas L. Frankfurt
William Knoll
Department of Energy
Ingrid Ann Christner
Karen O. Henneberger
Harriet Kung
Catherine R. Mendelsohn
Sunita Satyapal
William I. White
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Gwendolyn Y. Reams
General Services Administration
Jeffery A. Koses
Department of Health and Human Services
James Macrae

Department of Homeland Security
William T. Fallon
Patrick Lechleitner
Donald R. Lewis
David I. Maurstad
Tracy L. Renaud
Diane Sabatino
Maryann Tierney
Brandon Wales

Department of the Interior
Jon Raby
Raymond Suazo
Department of Justice
Edwin S. Kneedler
Teresa L. McHenry
Department of Labor
Laura Patton Watson

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joe Larry Leopard II
David F. Mitchell
Jon N. Montgomery
Gregory Robinson

National Archives and Records Administration
Pamela S. Wright
National Science Foundation
Office of the Inspector General
Mark Bell
National Transportation Safety Board
Dolline Hatchett
Small Business Administration
Stephen W. Kucharski
Social Security Administration
Grace M. Kim
Department of State
C.S. Eliot Kang
Department of the Treasury
Matthew J. Miller
(Distinguished Executive Winners Continued)

United States Agency for International Development
Colleen Roberson Allen
(Distinguished Executive Winners Continued)
Department of Veterans Affiars
Joanne Choi
Tammy Czarnecki
Teresa L. Riffel
Charles Tapp

Meritorious Executive Winners
Department of Agriculture
Dana H. Coale
Rachel S. Edelstein
Randy Moore
Joon Park
Archie Tucker
Duane Williams
Department of Commerce
John Cortinas Jr.
Diane Farrell
James J. Landon
Michelle Mainelli-McInerney
Daniel M. Sullivan
Office of the Secretary of Defense
David W. Bennett Jr.
E. Scott Castle
Elisabeth A. Daross
Robert A. Edwards
John G. Fiore Jr.
Michael V. Sorrento
Mark S. Spillman
Department of the Air Force
Nancy K. Andrews
William Donald Bailey
Gwendolyn R. DeFilippi
Elizabeth Durham-Ruiz
John A. Fedrigo
Carl Grant McVicker III
Patricia M. Young

Department of the Army
Stephen G. Barth
Bruce A. Busler
Stephen G. Durrett
Michael D. Formica
William B. Nelson
Thomas C. Steffens
Jennifer A. Swanson
Thomas E. Webber
Max R. Wyche
Department of the Navy
Brian William Callender
Linda Mobley
Ruth H. Preller
Mark A. Romano
Thomas F. Simoes
Matthew Swartz
Leslie Taylor
William S. Williford III
Department of Education
Denise L. Carter
Richard J. Lucas
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued)
Department of Energy
Michael Berube
Stephen E. Fisher
Juston Fontaine
Douglas E. Fremont
Robin R. Furrer
Christopher S. Johns
Rebecca E. Jones-Albertus
Katherine L. Konieczny
Carmelo Melendez
John A. Mullis
Teresa M. Robbins
Edward F. Watkins
Environmental Protection Agency
Albert M. McGartland
Elise Packard
General Services Administration
Kevin Kampschroer

Department of Health and Human Services
Julie Broussard Berko
Anne Marie Costello
Jeffrey D. Grant
Debra Lubar
Cheryl L. McMillen
Dia Taylor
Edwin L. Walker
Carlis V. Williams
Jeffrey C. Wu
Department of Homeland Security
Sanjeev Bhagowalia
Julie Brewer
Karen Burke
Peter Fitzhugh
William R. Hall
Benjamine C. Huffman
Craig M. Lynes
Holly C. Mehringer
James Murray
Faron K. Paramore
Lori A. Pietropaoli
Susan M. Prosnitz
Gary O. Renfrow
Melissa Smislova
Gracia B. Szczech
Ann F. Van Houten
Delisa Walker Hall
Tracey Watkins
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Heidi Frechette
Nita Nigam
Department of the Interior
Jason E. Freihage
Kevin T. Gallagher
Edward Grace
Raymond Todd
Department of Justice
John T. Lynch Jr.
Elizabeth J. Shapiro
Robert M. Wilkinson
Department of Labor
Kurt A. Petermeyer
Adrienne E. Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Julie Ann Bassler
Jay A. Bookbinder
Nancy P. Bray
Robert Henry Champion Jr.
William C. Cleek III
Douglas A. Comstock
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Cont.)
Sandra Connelly
Jane C. Datta
William Russ Deloach
Prasun N. Desai
Bradley C. Flick
Lara E. Kearney
Michael A. Kincaid
Elizabeth B. Kolmstetter
Susan P. Kroskey
William Thomas McMurry Jr.
Jill L. Prince
Raymond J. Rubilotta
Cynthia W. Simmons
Badri A. Younes
National Science Foundation
Rhonda J. Davis
Teresa Grancorvitz
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Raymond V. Furstenau
Raymond K. Lorson
Anita Louise Lund
Office of Management and Budget
Kelly Kinneen
Office of Personnel Management
Matthew Eanes
Small Business Administration
Jihoon Kim
Victor Wallace Parker
Social Security Administration
Dawn S. Wiggins
Department of State
Robert Keith Harris
Nancy Izzo Jackson
Anne Joyce
Jeanne M. Juliao
Alexandra Hetherington Perina
Department of Transportation
Blane A. Workie
Department of the Treasury
Michael P. Corrado
Patricia M. Greiner
Susan Simon
Gregory Till
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued)

Department of the Treasury Tax Administration Office of the Inspector General
Michael E. McKenney
United States Agency for International Development
Barbara A. Feinstein
Department of Veterans Affairs
Alfred J. Bocchicchio
Joshua M. Deleon
David Isaacks
Dat P. Tran
David P. Wood
Distinguished Senior Professional Winners
Department of Commerce
Roger Pulwarty
Department of Health and Human Services
Alexander I. Rosenthal
Department of Justice
Eric M. Epstein
Alan S. Tenenbaum

Meritorious Senior Professional Winners
Department of Agriculture
Joan K. Lunney
Matias B. Vanotti
Department of Commerce
Richard A. Feely
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Dwight H. Sullivan
Stephen M. Wallace
Department of the Air Force
John D. Matyjas
Mitchel B. Miller
Joel B. Mozer
Charles F. Nava
Department of the Army
Rebecca E. Ausprung
Donald Carlucci
Department of the Navy
Victoria Krikorian
Department of Health and Human Services
Michael R. Craig
Department of Homeland Security
David Alexander
Michelle M. Keeney
John Malgeri
Department of the Interior
Jill S. Baron
Craig R. Robinson
Department of Justice
Scott R. McIntosh
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Murzban D. Jhabvala
Amy Simon
Bruce M. Steinetz
Philip J. Weber
James S. Wood
Department of Transportation
Jeffrey S. Planty
Department of the Treasury
John J. Merrick