NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES 

ON APRIL 9 IN ROCKVILLE, MD

 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held its 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m. 

on Thursday, April 9, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center to honor 

outstanding employees and their important contributions to the agency’s success. These are the 

highest awards the agency gives to its employees. During the ceremony, NRC acknowledged 

recipients of Presidential Executive Rank Awards, the NRC's Distinguished and Meritorious 

Service Awards, and the Edward McGaffigan, Jr. Public Service Award. 

The following individuals are NRC's award recipients for 2008: 

Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award 

James F. McDermott Director, Office of Human Resources 

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Awards 

Eliot B. Brenner Director, Office of Public Affairs 

Stephen G. Burns Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel 

Dr. Nilesh C. Chokshi Deputy Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews 

 Office of New Reactors 

Daniel H. Dorman Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

Frank P. Gillespie Executive Director (Retired), Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards 

Michael R. Johnson Director, Office of New Reactors 

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No. 09-069 April 9, 2009
Michael E. Mayfield Director, Advanced Reactor Program 

 Office of New Reactors 

Mary Lynn Scott Director (Retired), Division of Contracts 

 Office of Administration 

Edward McGaffigan, Jr. Public Service Award 

William J. Raymond Senior Resident Inspector, Seabrook Resident Office, Project 

Branch 3, Division of Reactor Projects, Region I 

NRC Distinguished Service Awards 

Nanette V. Gilles Senior Policy Analyst, Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced 

Reactors Branch, 

Office of New Reactors 

David E. Hills Branch Chief, Engineering Branch 1, 

 Division of Reactor Safety, Region III 

Linda L. Howell Branch Chief, Response Coordination Branch, Region IV 

Geary S. Mizuno Senior Attorney, Assistant General Counsel for Rulemaking and 

Fuel Cycle, 

Associate General Counsel for Licensing and Regulation 

Office of the General Counsel 

Nancy L. Osgood Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch, Licensing and 

Inspection Directorate, 

 Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

Kathleen N. Schneider Senior Project Manager, State Agreements and Industrial Safety 

Branch, 

Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements 

Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs 

A. Lynn Silvious Branch Chief, Information Security Branch, 

Division of Security Operations 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response 
NRC Meritorious Service Award for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Judith E. Royal Human Resources Team Leader, Human Resources Staff, 

Division of Resource Management, Region I 

NRC Meritorious Service Awards 

Dr. Tae M. Ahn Senior Materials Engineer, Engineering Branch, 

Technical Review Directorate, 

Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

 

Daniel M. Barss Team Leader, New Reactor Licensing Team, 

Operating and New Reactor Licensing Branch, 

Division of Preparedness and Response 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response 

Stewart W. Brown Senior Project Manager, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 

(Posthumous) Transportation 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

Robert E. Carroll Senior Project Engineer, Reactor Projects Branch 1, 

 Division of Reactor Projects, Region II 

Lisa B. Clark Senior Attorney, Materials Litigation and Enforcement 

 Office of the General Counsel 

Gary C. Comfort Senior Project Manager, Rulemaking Branch A, 

Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking 

Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs 

Bonita D. Cook Senior Management Analyst, Administrative Management Branch, 

Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response 

Linda C. Cox Secretary, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

 Associate Director for Operating Reactor Oversight and Licensing 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Barry J. Elliot Senior Materials Engineer (Retired), Vessels & Internals Integrity 

Branch, 

 Division of Component Integrity, 

 Associate Director for Engineering and Safety Systems 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 
Mary Kay Fahey Senior Special Agent, Office of Investigations 

Karl L. Farrar Regional Attorney, Office of the Regional Administrator, 

 Region I 

Rebecca L. Giitter Litigation Analyst, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff 

 Office of the Secretary 

Gary W. Gladhill Storage and Distribution Management Specialist (Retired) 

Directorate for Space Planning and Consolidation 

Office of Administration 

Robert A. Gramm Senior Reactor Operations Engineer, Performance Assessment 

Branch, 

 Division of Inspection and Regional Support, 

 Associate Director for Operating Reactor Oversight and Licensing 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Herman L. Graves, III Senior Structural Engineer, Structural, Geotechnical and Seismic 

Engineering Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Mel Gray Branch Chief, Project Branch 2, Division of Reactor Projects, 

 Region I 

Vicki L. High Secretary, Reactor Projects Branch E, Division of Reactor Projects 

 Region IV 

Walton L. Jensen Senior Reactor Engineer, Containment and Ventilation Branch 1, 

 Division of Safety Systems and Risk Assessment, 

 Office of New Reactors 

Edna T. Knox-Davin Technical Assistance Project Manager, Financial Management 

Branch, 

 Program Planning, Budgeting and Program Analysis Staff 

 Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs 

Jon K. Lobe Employee Assistance Program Manager, Employee/Labor 

Relations and Work Life Branch, 

Associate Director for Human Resources Operations and Policy 

Office of Human Resources 

Richard Lobel Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, Containment and Ventilation 

Branch, 

Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 
Mary Matheson Chief, Central Allowance Team 

 Division of Financial Services 

 Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Richard P. McIntyre Senior Reactor Engineer, Quality & Vendor Branch 1, 

Division of Construction Inspection and Operational Programs 

Office of New Reactors 

Linda L. Mike Correspondence Review Officer, Office of the Secretary 

Kevin G. Null Senior Health Physicist, Materials Licensing Branch, 

 Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III 

Dr. William R. Ott Branch Chief, Environmental Transport Branch, 

 Division of Risk Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Dorothy J. Pierluissi Emergency Response Assistant, Incident Response and 

Development Branch, 

Division of Reactor Safety, Region II 

Andrew D. Rayland Team Leader, Security Performance Evaluation Branch, 

Division of Security Operations 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response 

Michael P. Shannon Chief, Plant Support Branch 1, Division of Reactor Safety, 

Region IV 

James A. Shields Deputy Director, Business Process Improvement and Applications 

Division 

Office of Information Services 

Robert D. Starkey Senior Enforcement Specialist, Enforcement Branch 

Office of Enforcement 

Linda Stevenson Technical Publications Specialist, Rulemaking, Directives and 

Editing Branch, 

 Division of Administrative Services 

Office of Administration 

Dr. Harold J. Vander Molen Senior Staff Engineer, Reactor Safety Branch A 

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

Michael E. Waterman Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer, Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Branch 

Division of Engineering 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 
Bernard H. White IV Technical Assistant, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 

Transportation 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

Malcolm T. Widmann Branch Chief, Operations Branch, Division of Reactor Safety 

Region II 

Michael Williams Team Leader, Network Integration Team, Development and 

Deployment Branch, 

Infrastructure and Computer Operations Division 

Office of Information Services 

Geoffrey C. Wright Project Engineer, Branch 6, Division of Reactor Projects, 

Region III 

Jacob I. Zimmerman Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis, Policy and Rulemaking 

Branch, 

Division of Policy and Rulemaking 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

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