**Enhancing Economic Opportunities for Agricultural Producers**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**David J. Aune**, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington,
DC

> *For outstanding leadership, customer service and commitment ensuring
> the delivery of the highest quality statistical information in service
> to United States agriculture*.

**Vernett P. Knight,** Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana

> *For determination and professionalism, in the face of great personal
> risk, in opening Iraq markets to the United States wheat and other
> agricultural products for the economic benefit of American
> agricultural producers.*

**Leadership of Data Accessibility Team**, Economic Research Service,
Washington, DC

> **Mary Maher**, Group Leader
>
> *For leading the Economic Research Service and National Agricultural
> Statistics Service Data Accessibility Team delivery web-based tool
> through which users can access and analyze data collected in United
> States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Resource Management
> Survey.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Philip Friend, Mitchell Morehart
>
> **National Agricultural Statistics Service Group Member:**
>
> Douglas Kleweno

**Operation Salsa Joint Task Force,** Office of Inspector General,
Birmingham, Alabama

**Philip G. Maxey,** Group Leader

*For outstanding dedication and performance in which the task force
uncovered a*

*complex conspiracy to defraud the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
and several*

*private insurance companies.*

**Group Members:**

Kristy L. Wiesel, Adamadia Moxey, Bradford J. Smallwood

**Risk Management Agency Group Members:**

John T. Paulett, Crystal S. Simpson

**Department of Justice Group Member:**

Richard L. Edwards

**Internal Revenue Service Group Member:**

Diane S. Taggart

**Rice Marketing Assistance Loan Group,** Farm Service Agency,
Washington, DC

> **Thomas Tice**, Group Leader
>
> *For exceptional innovation in creating an improved market-oriented
> approach for the Rice Marketing Loan Program that has saved \$100
> million while continuing to provide producers an effective safety
> net.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Edward Rall, William Chambers, Dennis Shields

**Supporting Increased Economic Opportunities and Improved Quality of**

**Life in Rural Areas**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**4-H/Army Youth Development Project,** Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service, Washington, DC

> **John A. Macdonald,** United States Army
>
> **Sharon KB Wright,** Cooperative State Research, Education, and
> Extension Service,
>
> Group Leaders
>
> *For collaboration of Federal agencies, using public resources wisely,
> and meeting critical challenges facing American children as their
> parents are deployed*.
>
> **Group Members: **
>
> Janice Clark, James Kahler, Cathann Kress, C. Eddy Mentzer
>
> **United States Army Group Members: **
>
> Nancy Campbell, M.-A. Lucas
>
> **Auburn University Group Members: **
>
> Samuel Fowler, Mark Otto
>
> **Kansas State University Group Member: **
>
> Marlene Glasscock
>
> **University of Missouri Group Member:** 
>
> Bradd Anderson
>
> **Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Group Members:** 
>
> Jay Mancini, Darrin Allen
>
> **University of Maryland Group Member:** 
>
> Debbie Bowman
>
> **Washington State University Group Members: **
>
> Deb Marple, Kevin Wright

**Water and Environmental Programs,** Rural Development, Washington, DC

**Gary J. Morgan,** Group Leader

> *For exceptional achievement in raising rural peoples\' quality of
> life and economic opportunity through the outstanding level of
> performance in the delivery and management of the United States
> Department of Agriculture\'s leading federal credit program.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Linda Butler, Jim Maras, Lee Stevenson, Darrel Lipscomb, Scott
> Barringer, Jayme Morris, Cheryl Francis, Donald Mooring, Linda Scott,
> Joyce Taylor, Michael Holm, Karen Gross, Stephen Saulnier, Lorrie
> Davis, William Kostoff, Anita O'Brien, LaVonda Pernell, Deborah Pope,
> Jim Wehrer, Eunice Clinton, Mark Plank, Ben Shuman, Richard Fristik,
> Nural Islan, Dennis Rankin, Stephanie Strength, and Keith Mitchell
>
> **Enhancing Protection and Safety of the Nation\'s Agriculture**

**and Food Supply**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**Asian Soybean Rust Team,** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Carlisle,

Pennsylvania

> **Coanne O'Hern,** Group Leader
>
> *For advance planning, rapid response and recovery of a disaster that
> was averted by using science-based and technological strategies or
> addressing and mitigating risks for a potentially devastating plant
> disease, the Asian Soybean Rust.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Matthew Royer, Claude Knighten, Glenn Fowler, Anwar Rizvi, Arnie
> Tschanz, Laurene Levy, Mary Palm, Osama El-Lissy, Russ Bullock
>
> **Agricultural Research Service Group Members:**
>
> Rick Bennett, Glen Hartman, Kent Smith, Monte Miles, Morris Bonde,
> Reid Frederick, Teung F. Chin, Rich Wilson
>
> **Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Group
> Members:**
>
> Kitty Cardwell, William Hoffman
>
> **Risk Management Agency Group Member:**
>
> Heyward Baker
>
> **Office of the Secretary Group Member:**
>
> Burleson Smith
>
> **Ohio State University Group Member:**
>
> Anne Dorrance
>
> **University of Kentucky Group Member:**
>
> Don Hershman
>
> **North Carolina State University Group Members:**
>
> James Vankirk, Roger Magarey
>
> **Pennsylvania State University Group Members:**
>
> Julie Golod, Scott Isard
>
> **University of South Dakota Group Member:**
>
> Marty Draper
>
> **Economic Research Service Group Members:**
>
> Michael Roberts, Mike Livingston
>
> **University of California Davis Group Member:**
>
> Carla Thomas
>
> **University of Illinois Group Member:**
>
> Sue Ratcliffe
>
> **University of Iowa Group Member:**
>
> XB Yang

**AssuranceNet Team,** Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington,
DC

> **Janet Stevens,** Group Leader
>
> *For developing a near, real-time dashboard that transforms inspection
> performance data on food safety-related management controls into
> valuable risk-based decision-making information to protect public
> health.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Lucy Touhey, James Borda, Charles Danner, Don Edwards, Cheryl Hicks,
> Steven Lalicker, Dorothy LaRusso, Tamara Mayberry, Michael Mayer,
> Dennis Reisen, Yudhbir Sharma, Dawn Sprouls, Elizabeth Volk, Jim
> Grems, Marilyn Hooven, Daniel Beseris, Anthony Cheung, Gregory
> Clement, Robin Kerns, Eric Penner, Joseph Frank, Joan Collins, Linda
> James, John Kirkpatrick, John Korona, Christopher Cook, Adam Zeimet,
> William Smith, Kenneth Petersen, Bryce Quick, Karen Chapman, Anne
> Clark, Mike Hamner

**Avian Influenza International Response Team**, Foreign Agricultural
Service,

Washington, DC

> **Jocelyn Brown**, Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding dedication and creativity in developing and
> implementing the United States Department of Agriculture's
> international component of the National Pandemic Strategy on Avian
> Influenza.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Grant Pettrie, Wayne Molstad, Steve Beasley, Peter Benson, Kristofer
> Dodge, Micah Rosenblum, Anna Ferus, Jennifer Maurer, Oulie Keita,
> Andrew White, Gary Laidig, Brian Guse, Bruce Crossan, Rod McSherry,
> John Wade, Jason Sandahl, Eric Hoffman, Tracy Duvernouy, Dan Sheesley,
> Clifford Graham, John Hurley, Glenn Germaine, Ned Cardenas, Linda
> Logan, Peter Fernandez, Cheryl French, John Shaw, Lorrie Brundige,
> Gordon Cleveland, Joseph Annelli, Jennifer Grannis, Cheryl Hall

**Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Audit and Investigation Team,**
Office of Inspector General, Kansas City, Missouri and Lakewood,
Colorado

**Dennis J. Gannon, William R. Busby,** Group Leaders

> *For distinguished achievement in working collaboratively with
> Department Agencies to strengthen Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
> testing protocols, surveillance data quality and reporting, and
> related inspection processes.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Herbert E. Carpenter, Richard K. Arnold, Lance R. Jenkins, William R.
> Boers, Mark K. Rusbarsky, Greg A. Gall, Douglas W. Larson, Jeffrey J.
> Harpenau, Evert A. Stevens, Kurt J. Thompson, Joseph G. Alsman, Alisha
> D. McKee, Kristan D. Shields, John J. McGlynn, Brett A. Siefers, James
> E. Myers, Gilroy H. Harden, Stephen Lutes, Craig Goscha, William R.
> Busby, Craig N. Hangsleben, Richard J. Mohatt, Holly D. Rohleder,
> Denise A. Stone, Bethanne M. Marik, Kristen S. Hamman

**Lm Risk-Based Verification Testing Workgroup**, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Washington, DC

> **Ron Eckel,** Group Leader
>
> *For exemplary vision, effort, and resourcefulness in the development
> and implementation of the Lm Risk-Based Microbiological Sampling and
> Testing Program in establishments that prepare/process ready-to-eat
> meat and poultry products.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Kristina Barlow, Marc Brown, Stephanie Buchanan, Toni Calderone,
> Victor Cook, Carl Custer, Tom Doyle, Mathew Edwards, Jose Esteban,
> Peter Evans, Gail Graves, Heather Hicks-Quesenberry, Kristopher Kenne,
> Susan Knower, David LaBarre, Carrie Leathers, Beth Leopold, Priscilla
> Levine, Victoria Levine, Tim Mohr, Stephen Perigo, John Rivera, Teresa
> Taylor, Amelia Sharar, Paul Uhler, Charles Williams

**Improving the Nation\'s Nutrition and Health**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**HealthierUS School Challenge Team,** Food and Nutrition Service,
Alexandria, Virginia

**Clare H. Miller,** Group Leader

> *For exceptional team effort in promoting healthy eating and physical
> activity in the Nation's elementary schools through the HealthierUS
> School Challenge.*

**Group Members:**

> Michele Bouchard, Margaret A. Carbo, Lorie L. Conneen, Sheri L.
> Crider, Melisa A. DiTano, Cheryl A. Fogerty, Lori H. French, Samia
> Hamden, Cecila Henson, Karen Kell, Louise Lapeze, Barbara E. Martin,
> Debra L. Nigri, Gina R. O'Brian, Carol J. Olander, Marie A. Patti,
> Lynne V. Ricker, Jan B. Stanton, Vicky C. Urcuyo, Cheryl Wilson

**MyPyramid Development Team,** Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion, Alexandria, Virginia

**Jacqueline Haven**, Group Leader

> *For the outstanding development and implementation of the MyPyramid
> Food Guidance System that provides personalized guidance to help
> Americans follow the Dietary Guidelines through MyPyramid.gov.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Lisa Bente, Patricia Britten, Andrea Carlson, Eric Hentges, Julia
> Dinkins, Jane Fleming, Patricia Guenther, Carole Davis, David Herring,
> Peter Basiotis, Hazel Hiza, Myrtle Hogbin, WenYen Juan, Mark Lino,
> Joan Lyon, Kristin Marcoe, Kelly Nettleton, Colette Thibault, Dorothea
> Vafiadis, John Webster, Sedigheh Yamini, Evelio E. Gomez, Regina
> Ryder, Allison Willcox, Sheri Crider, Lori French, Gerry Howell, Debra
> Nigri, Lynne Ricker, Jan Stanton, Vicky Urcuyo, Patricia Palmer,
> Cheryl Wilson
>
> **Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Group
> Member:**
>
> Shirley Gerrior

**MyPyramid Launches Group,** Food and Nutrition Service, Alexandria,
Virginia

**Steven Savage,** Group Leader

> *For leading the successful launches of three components of America's
> new food guidance system: [MyPyramid.gov]{.underline}, MyPyramid for
> Kids, and MiPiramide (Spanish Version of MyPyramid).*

**Group Members:**

> Roberto Salazar, Nancy Garcia, Susan Acker, Glenn Kaup, Christopher
> Kocsis, Darlene Bryant, Pamela Faith, Kathie Klass, Jean Daniel,
> Brenda Landis, Leigh Haines, Suanne Buggy, Patricia Mancha, Karen
> Dean, Margarita Maisterrena, Marcus Brownrigg

**Jose M. Ordovas,** Agricultural Research Service, Boston,
Massachusetts

> *For the establishment and validation of the concept of nutritional
> genomics and the development of targeted dietary recommendations for
> given populations based on their genetic background in the prevention
> of chronic disease of the aging.*

**Protecting and Enhancing the Nation\'s Natural Resource**

**Base and Environment**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**Animal Welfare Act Investigation and Prosecution Team,** Office of
Inspector General, Little Rock, Arkansas

**Rickey D. Yopp,** Group Leader

> *For outstanding dedication and performance during the investigation
> in which the team uncovered Animal Welfare Act violations that led to
> the subject pleading guilty.*

**Group Members:**

> Dax R. Roberson, Mary L. Lewis, Chad M. Bailey, Toni G. Gould, Raul A.
> Gutierrez,
>
> Gregory W. Henderson, Keith M. Luke, Tanya L. Moses, Patrick E.
> Munday, Paul D. Parker, Damon B. Musick, James C. Reid, Jr., David A.
> Rucker, Shedrick E. Sublett, James E. Towle, Winfred Jones, James J.
> Crowley, Susan Marbach, Christopher Estrada

**Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Group Member:**

Robert Gibbens

**Department of Justice Group Members:**

Linda Lipe, Jeff LaVicka

**United States Postal Service Group Members:**

Michael Bain, William Hill

**Arkansas State Police Group Member:**

J.R. Howard

**Creative Services Center,** Office of Communication, Washington, DC

> **Carolyn O'Connor,** Group Leader
>
> *For the outstanding accomplishments in the design, photography,
> editorial review, fabrication, and coordination of the United States
> Department of Agriculture's exhibits at the White House Conference on
> Cooperative Conservation.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> George Avalos, Jeffrey Baldwin, Kenneth Hammond, Steven Hawkins, Cindy
> Haydon, Arabella Juarez, Joseph Machalek, Joslyn Marshall, Robert
> Nichols, Thomas Sims, Alice Welch

**Energy Estimator Development Team,** Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Portland, Oregon

**Stefanie G. Aschmann**, Group Leader

*For designing and developing three web-based energy estimators in
response to a need for information on energy-saving agricultural
activities.*

> **Group Members**:
>
> Douglas Lawrence, Felix Spinelli, George L. Edmonds, Gloria Weirman,
> David Lightle, William Kuenstler, Christoph M. Gross, John Russell
> Davis, Stan Hitt, Peter Robinson, Dennis K. Carman, Clarence
> Prestwich, Phil Smith, Jennifer Schukar, Sylvia Rainford, Suzanne
> Pender, Jerry Lemunyon, Jerry Walker, Raegan A. Weber, Wendall Oaks,
> Ken Rojas, Willard Dyche, Lori Anderson, Robert Hoch, Zhipeng Zhao,
> Jill Burgchart, Jeff Davis, Kevin Bailey, Tammy Baird

**Forest Service Firefighting Contract Crew Audit Team,** Office of
Inspector General, San Francisco, California

**Frederick F. San Buenaventura,** Group Leader

> *For outstanding initiative in identifying weaknesses in training and
> qualifications of Forest Service firefighting contract crews,
> resulting in significant improvements to fire safety.*

**Group Members:**

Stephen A. Graf, Robert W. Noren, Jean Pierre Steffen

**Hurricane Katrina Incident Management Recovery Implementation Team,**
Forest Service, Atlanta, Georgia

**David Carter,** Group Leader

> *For herculean efforts in accomplishing the recovery and restoration
> of National Forest System lands in MS in response to hurricane
> Katrina.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Larry Moore, Tim Reed, Don Neal, Robert Lee, Gerry Jackson, Rodney
> Stone, Bruce Davenport, Shaun Williamson, Donny Ray, Dave Chabreck,
> Andy Bardwick, Steven Cobb, Robert Smiley, Mary B. Lunsford, Anieta
> McLendon, Wayne Stone, Art Goddard, Nefisia Kittrell, Dave Berens,
> Tony Tooke, Richard Shelfer, Elrand Denson, Glen Gaines, John
> Serfass-Pemigewasset, Charlie Richmond, Kent Davenport, Brenda Miller,
> Debra Sheriff, Bob Bradford, Sheila Thomas, Barbara Broome, Chris
> Rose, Lee Dunnam, Gloria Nielsen

**USDA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Team,** Office of the Chief Economist,
Washington, DC

> **William Hohenstein,** Group Leader
>
> *For the development of clear and comprehensive standards for
> Greenhouse Gas Reporting from the farm and forest sectors.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Kathryn Bickel, Jan Lewandrowski
>
> **Forest Service Group Members:**
>
> Richard Birdsey, Linda Heath, James Smith, Kenneth E. Skog, Marilyn
> Buford, Bryce J. Stokes
>
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service Group Members:**
>
> John Brenner, Roel Vining, Joel Brown, Jill Schuler, Kelsi Bracmort,
> Carolyn Olson
>
> **Supporting the President\'s Management Agenda and Civil Rights**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

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**Civil Rights Enterprise System Team,** Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, Washington, DC

> **Sadhna G. True,** Group Leader
>
> *For improving the efficiency in and enhancing the integrity of the
> civil rights program through the implementation of an enterprise
> solution for complaints processing.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Clyde Thompson, Maurice Thompson, Mary Cortez, Sonny Do, Deborah
> Allen, Nossie Robinson, Maurice Carroll, Casimir Bruce, Jamelah
> Nesbit, Corliss Patten
>
> **Office of the Chief Information Officer Group Member:**
>
> Dawn Tucker

**Human Capital Management Team**, Food Safety and Inspection Service,
Washington, DC

> **Yvonne Davis,** Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding efforts resulting in the Agency being the only
> mission area in the United States Department of Agriculture rated
> "green" on the President's Management Agenda Internal Departmental
> Scorecard, Strategic Management of Human Capital.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> William P. Milton, Jr., Teresa Hunt, Steven Matthews, Patricia Flower,
> Karen Messmore, Daniel Burkard, Dawn Ruffner, Jane Leclerc, Dennis
> O'Malley, Andrea Cotter, Laurie Lindsay, Louise Fox, Deborah Thompson,
> Stephanie Wilkins, Julaine Schmidt, Charles Lupole, Jill Kubina,
> Cheryl Hicks, Linda James Arteaga, John Buscemi, Alice Thaler, Cheryl
> Alix, Stephanie Renslow, Walter Brown, Jr., Robinn Reed, Sharon Sachs,
> Michele Clarke, Brenda Nickens

**Illinois Accessibility Team,** Rural Development, Champaign, Illinois

> **Cara Clark,** Natural Resources Conservation Service, Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding accomplishments in achieving the collaborative goal
> of making United States Department of Agriculture buildings accessible
> to current and future clients.*
>
> **Rural Development Group Member:**
>
> David Baggott
>
> **Farm Service Agency Group Member:**
>
> Claudia Meyer

**Patricia Kelly**, Risk Management Agency, Washington, DC

> *For obtaining an "unqualified opinion with no material weaknesses" on
> the 2005 financial audit and implementing OMB Circular A-123, Appendix
> A.*

**National Payment Accuracy Work Group**, Food and Nutrition Services,
Alexandria, Virginia

**Karen J. Walker,** Group Leader

> *For outstanding work with our State partners to ensure that food
> stamp households receive the correct amount of benefits, as reflected
> in the highest payment accuracy rate in Program history.*

**Group Members:**

> Jane C. Duffield, Daniel Wilusz, Diane Gething, Laura Hurd, Alan
> Shannon, Karen Jirsa, David Ellenburg, Ronald Gwinn, JoEllen Collin,
> David Short, Karen Painter, Ken Hein, Susan Beard, Cecilia Fitzgerald,
> Fran Heil, Koren Stevenson

**Poteau River Watershed Team,** Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Stillwater, Oklahoma

> **Phoukham Vongkhamdy**, Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding outreach to the Conservation Security Program Native
> American, Asian, and limited resource customers in the Poteau River
> Watershed, Oklahoma, resulting in the most contracts accepted in the
> nation.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Justin S. Brown, Michael D. Bryan, Chris Cheatham, Shawn Fleming,
> James Harrison, Larry Hood, R. Artie Johnson, Daniel D. Lee, Robin L.
> Lynch, J.T. Neumeyer, Ryan B. Pannell, Manuel B. Reavis, H. Brian
> Ringels, K.R. Risenhoover, Amanda Standord, Rishell Tate, William
> Thomas, Sammy L. Viles, David B. Wells, Oscar B. Boyd, B.
> Faulkenberry, Kim Goff, Lisa Grey, Donna Hanebrink, Nicole Norris

**USDA Human Capital Team,** Departmental Administration, Washington, DC

> **Clifton Taylor,** Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding achievement and successful implementation of the
> United States Department of Agriculture\'s Human Capital initiative
> resulting in a green status rating, the highest on the President\'s
> Management Agenda scorecard.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> MaryAnn Jenkins, Roberta Purcell, Leslie Violette, Malinda Johnson
>
> **Office of the Secretary Group Member:**
>
> Jennifer Cervantes-Eggers
>
> **Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service Group Member:**
>
> Joe Migyanka
>
> **Forest Service Group Member:**
>
> John Kusano
>
> **Rural Development Group Member:**
>
> Norma Valdes
>
> **National Agricultural Statistics Service Group Member:**
>
> Richard Schuchardt
>
> **Agricultural Research Service Group Member:**
>
> William Duggan
>
> **Marketing and Regulatory Programs Group Members:**
>
> Edward Slaga, Terry Zietlow
>
> **Food and Nutrition Service Group Members:**
>
> Geoffrey Gay, Shelby Weilepp
>
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service Group Members:**
>
> Teresa Hunt, Steven Matthews
>
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service Group Member:**
>
> Eloris Speight
>
> **Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Group Members:**
>
> Rhonda Davis, Winona Lake-Scott
>
> **Office of Inspector General Group Member:**
>
> Marion Wright
>
> **Heroism and Emergency Response**

[INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS]{.underline}

**District Directors IV and V,** Farm Service Agency, Brookhaven,
Mississippi

> **William Parish**, Group Leader
>
> *For outstanding leadership and tireless service in the implementation
> of Farm Service Agency Emergency Program assistance to Mississippi
> farmers following the Hurricane Katrina disaster.*
>
> **Group Member:**
>
> Larry Rogers
>
> **Tamilyn K. Ferrier,** Forest Service, Gainesville, Georgia
>
> *For providing leadership for Law Enforcement and Investigations'
> response to the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane emergencies across the
> Southern Region.*

**Food Safety Education Hurricane Response Team,** Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Washington, DC

> **Susan Conley,** Group Leader
>
> *For extraordinary dedication and accomplishment in protecting public
> health and the*
>
> *well-being of consumers through food safety education in preparation
> for and response*
>
> *to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Barbara O'Brien, Matthew Baun, Mary Harris, Delphine Hyman, Joan
> Lindenberger, Holly McPeak, Laura Reiser, Robyn Sadagursky, Jason
> Waggoner, Linda Eckrich, Peter Rhee, Tracy Bryant, Francisco Gonzalez,
> Patricia Halbleib, Willie Harris, Tammy McVey, Claurice Nash, Theo
> Lee, Eric Taylor, Maureen Taylor, Elaine McGill, Troy Goldstein,
> Arturo Barerro, Mayo Prudhomme, Jr., Cheryl Standridge, Kevin Wager,
> Jeff Weiners, Janice Adams-King, Lynn Hodges, Carma Pauli, Catherine
> Rockwell, Jeffrey Tarrant, Timothy Leonard, Walter Olsted

GIPSA Hurricane Response Team, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana

> **Kerry Petit,** Group Leader
>
> *For safeguarding their colleagues, protecting Government property,
> and providing uninterrupted service that ensured continued American
> grain exports after the catastrophic hurricanes of 2005 in the face of
> unimaginable personal loss.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> John Shropshire, Josh Watson, Pat LaCour, Glenda Lasseigne, Carla
> Cambra, Yohanna Lorio, Angela Roper, Graig Watts, Shelton Buckley,
> Randy Cooks, Bernadine Turley, Shirley Albert, Merle Russelburg, Carl
> Beckwith, Milton Clayton, Ana Trujillo, Deborah Edwards, Dannye
> Cameron, Raymond Lavine, Charles Brown, Adel Ibrahim, Sabri Gerguis,
> J.C. Wooley, Robert Daniel, Robert Campbell, Lee Cooper, Wayne Melvin,
> Regina Landry, Pamela Bourque, Tanika, V. Harris

Katrina Disaster Food Assistance, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Alexandria, Virginia

> **Catherine E. McCullough,** Food and Nutrition Service, Group Leader
>
> *For working tirelessly together with extraordinary resilience,
> commitment, and cooperation to meet all requests for food assistance
> resulting from the devastating effects of hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
> and Wilma.*
>
> **Group Members:**
>
> Dennis J. Pearson, Catherine V. Smith, Valarie L. Dinkel, Debra A.
> Hall, Michelle E. Warren, Felcitas C. Lofton, Renee Collier, Susan I.
> Olson, Duane Williams, Henrietta L. Cooke
>
> **Food and Nutrition Service Group Members:**
>
> Regina Heath, Rhonda M. Lewis, Dennis D. Sullivan, Peggy J. Cantfil,
> Sheffey V. Grace, Mike T. Buckley, Shirley D. Roberts, Dorothy K.
> Jackson, Heddy E. Turpin, Rosalind S. Cleveland, Lisa D. Glasoe
>
> **Farm Service Agency Group Members:**
>
> Nancy J. Heintzelman, Rachel E. Hight, Linda N. Bolton, Judy K.
> Purkey, Karen D. Hayes