NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES 

ON JUNE 2 IN ROCKVILLE, MD

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its 31st Annual Awards Ceremony at 

2 p.m. on Monday, June 2, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center to honor 

outstanding employees and their important contributions to the agency’s success. 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 2007: 

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Awards 

R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations, 

Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Roy J. Caniano Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region IV 

Geoffrey E. Grant Former Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III 

Brian E. Holian Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I 

Pao-Tsin Kuo Former Director, Division of License Renewal 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

James E. Lyons Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, 

Office of New Reactors 

Bruce S. Mallett Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness 

Programs, Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

David B. Matthews Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing 

Office of New Reactors 

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Victor M. McCree Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations, Region II 

William H. Ruland Director, Division of Safety Systems, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission, Office of the Secretary 

NRC Honorary Distinguished Service Awards 

James E. Dyer Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

George A. Mulley, Jr. Senior Level Assistant for Investigative Operations, 

Office of the Inspector General 

Edmund J. Sullivan, Jr. Senior Level Advisor for Materials Science and Engineering 

Mechanics, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

NRC Distinguished Service Awards 

Merri Horn Senior Project Manager, Office of Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs 

Michael T. Lesar Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 

Office of Administration 

Hulbert C. Li Senior Electrical Engineer, Office of New Reactors 

Mark A. Ring Chief, Division of Reactor Projects, Region III 

Patricia A. Ryder Human Resources Assistant, Office of Human Resources 

NRC Meritorious Service Award for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence 

Binesh Korah Tharakan Resident Inspector, Division of Reactor Projects, Region IV 

Lori Suto-Goldsby Civil Rights Program Manager, Office of Small Business and 

Civil Rights 

NRC Honorary Meritorious Service Awards 

Dennis R. Damon Senior Level Advisor for Risk Assessment, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
NRC Meritorious Service Awards 

Russell L. Anderson Chief, Specialized Technical Training Branch, 

Office of Human Resources

Virginia S. Bolding Budget Analyst, Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Lynne Broadwater Human Resources Specialist, Division of Resource Management, 

Region I 

Terrise D. Brown Management Analyst, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response 

Cheryl K. Buracker Personnel Security Specialist, Office of Administration 

Kathleen J. Clayton Correspondence and Records Management Specialist, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Wayne E. Davis Chief, ADAMS Development and Document Processing Section, 

Office of Information Services 

Stephen Dembek Chief, Export Controls and International Organizations Branch, 

Office of International Programs 

Susan R. Dickerson Chief, Document Control and Administrative Services Branch, 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Sheila H. Dubose Secretary, Office of the Regional Administrator, Region II 

David W. Esh Senior Systems Performance Analyst, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental Management Programs 

James K. Everly Senior Program Manager, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response 

William B. Gloersen Senior Project Inspector, Division of Construction Projects, 

 Region II 

Valarie Y. Gousha Investigations Assistant, Office of Investigations, Region II 

Samuel L. Hansell, Jr. Chief, Operations Branch, Division of Reactor Safety, Region I 

James Heller Senior Allegation Coordinator, Enforcement and Investigation 

Coordination Staff, Region III 
Steven R. Jones Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation 

Grace Kim Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel 

Michael P. Lee Senior Staff Scientist, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

Janet L. Lepre Secretary, Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Sharon L. Little Licensing Assistant, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Erasmia Lois Senior Reliability and Risk Engineer, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research 

Lucia Lopez Secretary, Office of Enforcement 

Thomas M. Magee IT Specialist, Division of Resource Management and 

Administration, Region III 

Patrick D. Milano Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Marie Miller Chief, Materials Security and Industrial Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I 

James L. Montgomery Health Physicist, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 

Region IV 

Clifford G. Munson Chief, Geosciences and Geotechnical Engineering Branch 2, 

Office of New Reactors 

Karen S. Paradiso Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Computer Operations Division, 

Office of Information Services 

Kevin M. Ramsey Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards 

Thierry M. Ross Senior Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, 

Region II 

Mary Jane Ross-Lee Chief, Operating Experience Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation 

Frederick C. Sturz Senior Safeguards Technical Analyst, Office of Nuclear Security 

and Incident Response 
Robert R. Temps Senior Transportation and Storage Safety Inspector, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

William K. Usilton Team Leader, Office of New Reactors 

Gregory G. Warnick Senior Resident Inspector, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 

Region IV 

Robert Morris Weisman Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel 

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