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No. 07-062 May 21, 2007

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES

ON JUNE 22 IN ROCKVILLE, MD

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its 30th Annual Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m. on

Friday, June 22, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The ceremony will also

be broadcast to all four regional offices and the Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. 

During the ceremony, NRC will acknowledge recipients of Presidential Executive Rank

Awards and the NRC's Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards. 

The following individuals are NRC's Distinguished Executive Rank Award Recipients for

2006:

Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Awards

Karen D. Cyr General Counsel

Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Awards

Edward T. Baker Director, Office of Information Services

A. Randolph Blough Former Director

Division of Reactor Safety, Region I

E. William Brach Director, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Cynthia A. Carpenter Director, Office of Enforcement

Charles A. Casto Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region II

Farouk Eltawila Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
Glenn M. Tracy Director, Division of Construction Inspection and Operational Programs

Office of New Reactors

Michael F. Weber Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

NRC Honorary Distinguished Service Awards

James E. Beall Technical Assistant, Office of Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr.

Margaret V. Federline Former Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards

Jesse L. Funches Former Chief Financial Officer

Ralph O. Meyer Former Senior Technical Advisor

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Janice E. Moore Assistant General Counsel for Operating Reactors and High-Level Waste

Programs

NRC Distinguished Service Awards

Guy B. Beltz Printing Specialist, Office of Administration

James E. Kennedy Senior Project Manager, Office of Federal and State Materials and

Environmental Management Programs

Deborah V. Pulley Secretary, Office of the General Counsel

L. Raghavan Chief, Plant Licensing Branch III-1

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

NRC Meritorious Service Award for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Rhonda C. Bethea Information Security Specialist

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

NRC Meritorious Service Awards

James W. Andersen Chief, Performance Assessment Branch

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Lynda J. Baker Investigations Assistant, Dallas Field Office

Office of Investigations

Brendan P. Cain Management and Program Analyst 

Office of Human Resources

Frank Cardile Senior Project Manager, 

Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs

Cecilia Carson Attorney, Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication

Carlotta Ann Coates Licensing Officer, Office of International Programs

Eugene W. Cobey Chief, Reactor Projects Branch #2, Region I

John R. Cook Senior Transportation Safety Scientist

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Amy E. Cubbage Senior Project Manager, Office of New Reactors

Deborah Ann DeMarco NRC Center Deputy Program Manager

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Harold Eichenholz Senior Program Manager

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Richard B. Ennis Senior Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Ben Ficks Deputy Director

Program Management, Policy Development, and Analysis Staff

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Karla Denyce Fuller Regional Counsel/Allegation Coordination and Enforcement Staff (Team

Leader), Region IV

Alphonsa Gooden Senior Fuel Facility Inspector, Region Il

Sharon C. Green Licensing Assistant, Office of New Reactors 

Nicholas D. Hilton Senior Enforcement Specialist, Office of Enforcement

Rosemary T. Hogan Chief, Mechanical and Structural Engineering Branch

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Sharon M. Hudson Secretary, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Diane Tamai Jackson Advisor for Organizational Effectiveness Initiatives

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Martin J. Kerlin Chief, Financial Resources Branch, Region III

Alan S. Kuritzky Senior Reliability and Risk Engineer

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Ryan E. Lantz Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector, Region IV
Richard Y. Lee Chief, Consequences and Source Term Branch

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

George W. Lopez Senior Telecommunications Specialist

Office of Information Services

Patrick Louden Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 5, Region III

Melinda Malloy Program Manager, Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Debra Lynn McCain Management Analyst, Office of New Reactors

Jayne M. McCausland Regulation Development Assistant

Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management

Programs

Mary Linda McLean Regional Agreement State Program Officer, Region IV

Patricia A. Miles Secretary, Region II

Joel T. Munday Chief, Plant Support Branch 2, Region II

David J. Nelson Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Sandra S. Northern Privacy Program Officer, Office of Information Services

Stephen M. Pool Chief, Contracts Management Branch 2, Office of Administration

Stephen S. Sandin Nuclear Systems Engineer

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Wayne L. Schmidt Senior Reactor Analyst, Region I

R. Michelle Schroll Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary

Pamela W. Shea Assistant Chief, Administration and Correspondence

Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Neil A. Sheehan Field Public Affairs Officer, Region I Public Affairs Field Office

Office of Public Affairs

Wayne Slawinski Senior Health Physicist, Region III

Brian W. Smith Chief, Enrichment and Conversion Branch

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Kathleen A. Venuto Secretary, Region I

Mauricio P. Vera Small Business Program Manager

Office of Small Business and Civil Rights
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