NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES 

IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, CEREMONY

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held its 35th Annual Awards Ceremony May 17th to 

acknowledge recipients of the Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Executive Rank Awards and the 

NRC=s Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards. The recipients were:

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award

Patrick L. Hiland, Director, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Distinguished Service Awards

Richard J. Conte, Sr., Branch Chief, Engineering Branch No. 1, Division of Reactor Safety, Region I

James Randall Hall, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Timothy J. McCartin, Senior Level Advisor for Performance Assessment, Division of Spent Fuel 

Alternative Strategies, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

David Terao, Branch Chief, Component Integrity, Performance and Testing Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of New Reactors

Honorary Distinguished Service Award

Jeffry M. Sharkey, Chief of Staff, Office of Commissioner Svinicki 

Meritorious Service Awards for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Jánelle B. Jessie, Project Manager, Low-Level Waste Branch, Environmental Protection and Performance 

Assessment Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environment Management Programs 

Travis L. Tate, Branch Chief, Accident Dose Branch, Division of Risk Assessment, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Meritorious Service Awards

Christopher S. Bajwa, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Thermal & Containment Branch

Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards

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Rochelle Cathleen Bavol, Policy Coordinator, Operations Staff, Office of the Secretary

Kathryn M. Brock, Deputy Assistant for Operations, Technical, Corporate and Correspondence 

Management, Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Jay W. Collins, Senior Materials Engineer, Piping and Non-Destructive Examination Branch, Division of

Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Donald A. Cool, Ph.D., Senior Advisor for Radiation Safety and International Liaison, Division of 

Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, Office of Federal and State Materials and

Environmental Management Programs 

Tremaine U. Donnell, Team Leader, Information Collections Team, Information Services Branch, 

Information and Records Services Division, Office of Information Services

Atanasia Fragoyannis, Senior Level Advisor for Nonproliferation and International Nuclear Security, 

Office of International Programs

Christopher Gratton, Senior Project Manager, Japan Lessons Learned Project Directorate, Division of 

Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Holly M. Harrington, Senior Advisor, Office of Public Affairs

 

Myra Hays, Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration, Region IV 

Thomas G. Hiltz, Branch Chief, Technical Support Branch, Special Projects and Technical Support 

Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards

Robert L. Johnson, Senior Project Manager, Special Projects Branch, Decommissioning and Uranium 

Recovery, Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office 

of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

Myron L. Kemerer, MBA, PMP, Branch Chief, Capital Planning and Applications Support Branch, 

Business Process Improvement and Applications Division. Office of Information Services

 

Michael A. King, Information Technology Specialist, Information Resources Branch, Division of 

Resource Management and Administration, Region III

Scott J. Langan, Deputy Office Director, Office of Investigations

 

Christine A. Lipa, Branch Chief, Materials Control, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, and 

Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III

 

Darlene S. Mahoney, Branch Chief, Operations Branch A, Associate Director for Human Resources 

Operations and Policy, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

 

Jane E. Marshall, Branch Chief, Coordination Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of 

Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Marjorie M. McLaughlin, Senior Enforcement Specialist, Allegations/Enforcement Staff

Region I

Patricia G. Nibert, Management Analyst, Concerns Resolution Branch, Office of Enforcement
Neil F. O’Keefe, Branch Chief, Reactor Projects Branch B, Division of Reactor Projects

Region IV

Gordon S. Peterson, Jr., Deputy Budget Director, Division of Planning and Budget, Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer

Thomas Nga Pham, Senior Safeguards Technical Analyst, Material Control and Accounting Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Jacob Philip, Geotechnical Engineer, Environmental Transport Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Randolph C. Ragland, Jr., Senior Health Physicist, Materials Security and Industrial Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I

Stacey L. Rosenberg, Branch Chief, Vessels and Internals Integrity Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Joseph M. Sebrosky, Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, 

Office of New Reactors

James C. Shehee, Senior Physical Security Inspector/Team Leader, Plant Support Branch II, Division of 

Reactor Safety, Region II

Scott E. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, Enforcement and Investigations Coordination Staff, 

Region II

Annette Marie Stang, Emergency Preparedness Analyst, Inspection and Regulatory Improvements 

Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response 

Kathleen McDarby Stout, Senior Program Analyst, Financial and Performance Management Branch 

Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Renée C. Taylor, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Michael A. Turner, Senior Contract Specialist, Information, Management and Technology Branch, 

Division of Contracts, Office of Administration 

James C. Whitney, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Information Liaison and Threat Assessment Branch, 

Deputy Director For Security Programs, Division of Security Operations, Office of Nuclear Security and 

Incident Response

Donna M. Williams, Technical Assistant, Office of New Reactors

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