2019

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 November 4, 2019.
DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE WINNERS

ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION

John Walter Farrell III

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

James K. Olthoff

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Mark E. Easton

James A. Hursch

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Richard Brinsley Clifford, Jr.

Kathy L. Watern

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Christine T. Altendorf

Alvin B. Lee

Steven J. Redmann

J. Randall Robinson

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

 Mark W. Honecker

Christopher A. Miller

Robert L. Woods

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Steven K. Black

Natalie N. Nelson-Jean

DEPARTMENT OF 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Laura D. Kavanagh

Nancy B. O'Conner

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Charles H. Fulghum

Latetia M. Henderson

Robert E. Perez
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS 

AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Charles P. Dovale

Janet L. Kavandi

Amanda M. Mitskevich

Ralph R. Roe, Jr.

Eugene L. Tu

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Frederick M. Maurin

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Joshua L. Dorosin

Douglas A. Pitkin

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Mark S. Kaizen

David A. Lebryk

(Distinguished Executive Winners Continued)
MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE WINNERS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Larry Clark

Hubert Hamer, Jr.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Charles H. Romine

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Michelle C. Atkinson

Monique L. Dilworth

Pamela M. Franceschi

Paul S. Koffsky

Mary Jo Miller

Douglas W. Packard

Glenda H. Scheiner

David J. Smith

Rhys M. Williams

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Terry G. Edwards

Richard K. Hartley

Evan James Hoapili

Lynda T. Rutledge

John W. Snodgrass

Joy M. White

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Charles Ray Alexander, Jr.

Jennifer A. Hitchcock

Garrett R. Lambert

Robert R. Naething

Ronald W. Pontius

Steven A. Stoddard

Brian E. Toland

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Kathleen P. Donnelly

George M. Drakeley III

Craig A. Hoffman

Paul Andrew Lluy

James G. Lofgren

Garrett L. Ressing

Steven Schulze

Sharon Smoot

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Barbara J. Helland

Randall M. Hendrickson

Edward L. Herrington, Sr.

Roger E. Snyder

Candice S. Trummell
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Sarah W. Dunham

W. Barnes Johnson, Jr.

Cynthia Sonich-Mullin

FEDERAL ENERGY 

REGULATORY COMMISSION

Larry R. Parkinson

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

David A. Shive

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Larry Lee Gregg

DEPARTMENT OF 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Amy Bassano

Suzi M. Connor

Angelique A. Hebert

Maria Joyce

Andrea Norris

Mary H. Wallace

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Matthew T. Albence

Kevin Boshears

Ernest DeStefano

Darby R. LaJoye

Mark A. Rose

Mary Kate Whalen

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Maribeth Petrizzi

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Andrew Auerbach

Nancy Rooney

Jennifer C. Sheehy

(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued)
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS 

AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Michael D. Bicay

Derrick J. Cheston

Lisa M. Colloredo

Karen C. Feldstein

Felicia L. Jones

Thomas V. McCarthy

Susan Motil

James L. Reuter

Audrey D. Robinson

Stephen T. Shih

Kenneth O. Todd

Marcus A. Watkins

Calvin Williams

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Lesley Anne Field

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 

Alan Paul Spielman

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Joseph P. Loddo

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

Steven L. Schaeffer

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Ann K. Ganzer

Michael J. Mattler

Victor George Raphael, Jr.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Henrika J. Buchanan-Smith 

K. John Donaldson

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

William Leavitt

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Denise M. Deitzen

Susan M. Fuehrer 

Patrick J. Kelly 

David McLenachen 

Dee R. Ramsel 

Michael A. Valentino 

(Meritorious Executive Winners Continued)
DISTINGUISHED SENIOR PROFESSIONAL WINNERS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Donna F. Dodson

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

William E. Moxley

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Robert B. Bertram

MERITORIOUS SENIOR PROFESSIONAL WINNERS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Timothy Gottwald

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Ian B. Spielman

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Paul Antonik

Alok Das

Joseph W. Nichols

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Piotr J. Franaszczuk

Robert W. Sadowski

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

 Stephen G. Greineder

Igor Medintz

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Domenic A. Bianchini

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Timothy S. Quinn

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS 

AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

James B. Garvin

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Limin X. Clegg