2017

PRESIDENTIAL RANK

AWARDS WINNERS*

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Presidential Rank Awards 

Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time. 

Later, the Rank Award statute was amended to extend eligibility to senior career 

employees with a sustained record of exceptional professional, technical, and/or 

scientific achievement recognized on a national or international level.

*This is not a comprehensive list and only includes winners agreeing to public recognition, as of December 15, 2017
DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE WINNERS 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Jere L. Dick 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Fiona M. Alexander 

Richard L. Merrick 

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 

DEFENSE 

Richard P. Burke 

Terry A. Halvorsen 

Theresa M. Whelan 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

Randall G. Walden 

Patricia M. Young 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

 Kirby R. Brown 

Elizabeth C. Fleming 

Kathleen S. Miller 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

Gerald M. Borsuk 

Anne M. Brennan 

Jodi J. Greene 

Bryan H. Wood 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Kimberly Lebak 

Troy Mueller 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Dara A. Corrigan 

Betsy L. Humphreys 

Elizabeth Richter 

James D. Seligman 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Annmarie R. Highsmith 

Brenda B. Smith 
(Distinguished Executive Winners Continued) 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Robert J. Moossy 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION 

Dawn M. Schaible 

Kirk A. Shireman 

Joan A. Singer 

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 

BOARD 

Dana L. Schulze 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

Michael J. Frueh 

Ronald E. Walters 

Robert M. Worley II 
MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE WINNERS 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Matthew S. Borman 

Richard R. Cavanagh 

Nancy A. Potok 

Carole Ann Showers 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 

DEFENSE 

Anita F. Bales 

John M. Bier 

E. Yisroel Brumer 

Laura M. Desimone 

Lernes J. Hebert 

John D. Hill 

Anthony C. Hullinger 

William J. Kenny 

James A. Macstravic 

Frederick D. Moorefield, Jr.

Nancy L. Spruill 

William H. Thresher 

David Tillotson III 

Thomas S. Troyano 

James A. Worm 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

Charles Douglas Ebersole 

Dana M. Peterson 

Steven D. Wert 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

Stephen G. Barth 

Joseph P. Bentz 

Pamela I. Blechinger 

Joseph L. Corriveau 

Michael D. Formica 

Susan J. Goodyear 

Ellen M. Helmerson 

Gerald R. Hust 

William P. Marriott 

Thomas P. Russell 

John L. Shipley 

Robin P. Swan 

Bryon J. Young 
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued) 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

Karen L. Fenstermacher 

Steven R. Iselin 

Craig D. Jensen 

George Ka’iliwai III 

James E. Kenny 

William S. Knoll 

Cindy R. Shaver 

Charles P. Werchado 

Robert L. Wolborsky 

Donald S. Young 

David J. Horowitz 

Karen Jackson 

George G. Mills, Jr. 

Jean D. Moody-Williams 

Jenny Parker 

Patrick A. Shirdon 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Lorraine Bodi 

Steven Chalk 

Kelly Cummins 

Joanna Livengood 

Elmer Naples 

Todd Shrader 

William White 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Andrew Sawyers 

Walker B. Smith 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Paolo Del Vecchio 

Elizabeth Hayes Dickinson 

Camille M. Hoover 

Kathleen Bolle O’Sullivan 

Megan L. Worstell 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Angela S. Bailey 

Kathy A. Baran 

Ellen G. Engleman Conners 

Marcus L. Hill 

George D. Mulligan, Jr. 

Todd Owen 

Raymond R. Parmer, Jr. 

Daniel H. Ragsdale 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

Towanda A. Brooks 
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued) 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Michael D. Granston 

Karen M. Wardzinski 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Patricia W. Silvey 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION 

Dennis J. Andrucyk 

David E. Bowles 

Nancy P. Bray 

Steven W. Clarke 

Vicki K. Crisp 

Robert J. Devlin 

James M. Free 

Robyn N. Gordon 

Dennis Hines 

David A. LeDoux 

Kelvin M. Manning 

Yvonne J. Pendleton 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Michael C. Sieverts 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Scott W. Moore 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Melissa B. Bomberger 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Mark D. Reinhold 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Stephen G. Evangelistar 

DEPARMENT OF STATE 

Catherine W. Brown 

Lisa Julieta Grosh 

Nancy Izzo Jackson 

Jeffrey D. Kovar

Brenda Saunders Sprague 

James A. Walsh 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Keith E. Washington 
(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued) 

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 

Karen Linda Freeman 

Sharon C. James 

Terry Lemons 

Leonard R. Olijar 

Jeffrey J. Schramek

Drita Tonuzi 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TAX 

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE 

INSPECTOR GENERAL 

Gregory D. Kutz 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

Martina Parauda 

Robert D. Snyder 

DISTINGUISHED SENIOR PROFESSIONAL WINNERS 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Sae Woo Nam 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 

DEFENSE 

John A. Casciotti 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

Bruce J. West 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Gerald Ankley 
MERITORIOUS SENIOR PROFESSIONAL WINNERS 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cyril G. Gay 

Jerry Lee Hatfield

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Samuel P. Benz 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

Kenneth W. Barker 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

Connie S. Schmaljohn 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Alexander I. Rosenthal 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Stephen J. Dennis 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Ovie L. Carroll 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION 

Compton J. Tucker 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

Donald F. Gressett