Congratulations to the 2018 Federal Employee of the Year Nominees!
Agency of the Year
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit and Station Calumet Harbor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Nucelar Regulatory Commission
JFK Leadership Employee
Commander Zeita Merchant, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Citizens Service Employee
LT Paul Arnold, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Arica Buchanan, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Anthony Howard, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee and Training Administration
Kimberly G. O’Lone, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago District
Sheldon Rucinski, Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Forward Deployed Great Lakes, Naval Station Great Lakes, U.S. Department of Defense
Marisol Stevenson, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Call to Service Employee
Helen Badesch, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 5, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Citizens Services Team
USMEPCOM – Milwaukee MEPS, US Military Entrance Processing Command, U.S. Department of Defense
- Richard Browne
Lorretta Burroughs
Jose Melendez
James Rodriguez
Elizabeth Scozzafave
Zebulin Timberman
Robert Woyak
Career Achievement Employee
Kathleen Brumund, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Theodore Callis, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Lynn Calvin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago District
Joseph Schmidt, Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, U.S. Department of Defense
Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Team
Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force, Secret Service, Chicago Field. Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- ATSAIC Patrick Hogan
SSA James Kimes
SSA Brian Tuckett
SA Seth Bruni
SA Paul DelleDonne
SA Jonathan D’Souza
SA Kevin Hampton
SSA Jason Henslee
SA Joseph Kefer
SA Joseph Long
SA David Moody
SA Edis Ramic
SA Timothy Robinson
SA Robert Waltman
District 14 Fraud Detection and National Security Unit, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Chicago District, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Nicholas Milissis, Chief
Amanda Perkett, Supervisory Immigration Officer
Sean O’Reilly, Supervisory Immigration Officer
Kimberla Redmon, Supervisory Immigration Officer
Julian Acevedo, Immigration Officer Level 2
Les Alfred, Immigration Officer Level 2
Bruce Allen, Immigration Officer Level 2
Suzanne Canady, Immigration Officer Level 2
Wendy Coleman, Immigration Officer Level 1
Elena Coliz, Immigration Officer Level 2
Norma Covarrubias, Immigration Officer Level 2
Nathan Cronkite, Immigration Officer Level 2
Rechelle Ellis, Immigration Officer Level 2
Kenneth Glaudell, Immigration Officer Level 2
Carolyn Gumm, Immigration Analyst
Brian Gustafson, Immigration Officer Level 1
Karl Huether, Immigration Officer Level 2
Kevin Jackson, Immigration Officer Level 1
Deric Jordan, Immigration Officer Level 2
Laura Kenkel, Immigration Officer Level 2
Karen Kumlien, Immigration Analyst
Evelyn Okorie, Immigration Officer Level 2
Navpreet Singh, Immigration Officer Level 2
Timothy Spellman, Immigration Officer Level 1
Tina Zenko, Immigration Officer Level 2
High Profile Removal Team, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Ellen J. Krupp
Michael Landmeir
Carlos X. McGee
James A. McPeek
Timothy J. O’Sullivan
William R. Orr
Jennifer R. Pauly
Benjamin F. Reynoso
Sarah E. Zeld
Operation Party Exposure: Illegal Passenger Vessel Operation, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago, Station Calumet Harbor, Coast Guard Investigative Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- USCG Marine Safety Unit Chicago
USCG Station Calumet Harbor, Coast Guard Investigative Service – Resident Agent Office Chicago
Ninth Coast Guard District
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Internal Revenue Service
US Army Corps of Engineers - Robert Alessi
Bradley Anderson
Paul Arnold
Dwight Arrowood
Jonathan Bainbridge
Juan Ballestercuevas
James Barnes
Robert Baysden
Steve J. Bechtold
Nathaniel Bell
Justin Berman
Joel Borland
Eric Brosnihan
Ryan Brown
Joshua Bubinas
William Button
Jeff Bybee
Jeffrey Carie
Timothy Chapman
Bradlee Chofay
Jacob Clark
Nicole Clausius
Bailey Conrad
Kyle Decker
James Doll
Timothy Drury
Steven Eng
Gregory Fiordalisi
Barry Franklin
Darnell Geralds
Greg Gilmore
Brian Golden
Sean Graves
Nathan Hale
Amy Halperin
Alan Haraf
Brian Hennessy
Andrew Herbeck
Cary L. Hill
Matthew Hilleary
John Huber
Joshua T. Hunt
John Inman
Matthew
Carl Jehle
Daniel L. Johnsen
Jeffrey Jonsson
Aaron Juetten
Joshua Jurgens
Daniel Kaltenbach
Suzanne Klemme
Toby Knight
Robert Koehn
Stanislaw Komperda
Ryan Kos
Weston Laabs
James Labbe
Joshua Leber
James Lee
Jonathan B. Less
Anthony J. Lewandowski
Brett Liggett
Lloyd Lowe
Leanne Lusk
Patrick Mckenna
Joshua Meeker
Zeita Merchant
Chaz Minkler
Michael Molnar
Josh Mooi
Alexander Mora
James Orr
Crissy Pellegrin
Brian Peters
Mark Piedmonte
William Poirier
Robert Poitinger
Brandon Ponzo
Craig Posselt
Steven
Jared Reaves
Robert A. Reggio
Christopher Reynolds
Byron Rios
Raymond Ritter
Alejandro Rivera
Christopher Roggy
Richard Rose
Jacob Ruhe
Ignacio Sanchez
Allison J. Schloss
Michael Scott
Gavin Shepherd
Don Snider
Dan Somma
Chad Speer
Andrew Starkey
Branko Stojsavljevic
Christine Strenkert
Thomas Stuhlreyer
Bryan Swintek
Asher A. Thomas
Darryl Thomas
Jeffrey L. Toland
Wade Tyler
Justin Urbano
David Volkmar
Timothy Walach
Nathaniel Walker
Robert Webb
Michael Weelmaa
Brian Wells
Luke Wheat
Ashley Whitlow
Katharine Woods
Kismet Wunder
Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Team, Federal Air Marshal Service, Chicago Field Office, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Bradley Curtis
Christopher Painter
Tyler Anderson
William Bradley
William Kinney
Carlos Medina
Peter Ruscheinsky
Scott Stacy
Adam Stark
Anthony Vega
Kurt Walser
August Webster
Kenton Webb
David Zajc
Armand Aniol
Jose Serrano
Reginald Cribbs
Sophia Droubie
Nicole Jones
Konstantinos Kapetanakos
Nicholas Kurek
Ruben Roman
Christian Cuajunco (Aviation)
John Vertucci (Surface)
James Bartosik
Management Excellence Employee
James J. Gorman, Secret Service, Chicago Field Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Jason Reatherford, U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, U.S. Department of Defense
Peter Swenson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago District
Mission Support Employee
Christina, Adachi, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Lawrence Amedio III, U.S. Department of Labor, Foreign Labor Certification/Operations
Rhonda Baksa, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Nakia Bartley, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Robert Bevilacqua, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Jaclyn Bialobrzewski, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, National Background Investigations Bureau
Ashley Bloomfield, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Public Works Department Great Lakes, U.S. Department of Defense
Johand Cruse, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Joan Mirabel Delos Santos, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Melonie Foster, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Justo Galindo Jr., U.S, Military Entrance Processing Command, USMEPCOM – Chicago MEPS, U.S. Department of Defense
Susan Hall, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S.Department of Homeland Security
Linda Higgins, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Nicholas W. Kaufman, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Lee Leslie, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Andrew Mankowski, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Fernando Martinez, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Martha Martinez, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Lucrezia Patruno, U.S. General Services Administration
Jamie Paulin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago District
Jose A. Pizarro Soto, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Crystal Rayford, U.S. Social Security Administration Office of the Regional Commissioner
Bernadette C. Rideau, Secret Service, Chicago Field Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Diana Rodriguez, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Gladys Santana, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Lauren Sterling, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Lawrence Toledo, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
Inna Vagner, U.S. General Services Administration
Theresa Vollink, U.S. General Services Administration
Gabriela Weimann, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Jahnnie Williamson, U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Regional Commissioner
MaryAnn Zulevic, National Archives and Records Administration, Chicago District
Mission Support Team
ATF Chicago Surge Office Creation and DOL Relocation Team, U.S. General Services Administration, Office of the Regional Administrator
- Kimberly Bishop
John Boguslawski
Renee Causby
Stacia Davis
Rita Franzen (DOL)
Sonya Griffin
Greg Hanson (DOL)
Steven Henderson
Andy Katzmann
Marco Lopez
Regina Nally
Thomas O’Brien
Elvin Poole
Laura Rusiniak
Anthony Sammarco (DOL)
Arissa Soper
Katrina Trimble
David Wolken
Natasha Wright
Fred Yonke
Vanessa Zahora
Chicago North Social Security, Social Security Administration
- Nijaza Memidzan
Martha Monko
Vilma Perez
Disability Assistants, U.S. Social Security Administration
- Nancy Janosek
Donya Lampley
Vanessa Ramey
Karen Woodson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago District
- Leo Chingcuanco
Mary Fulghum
Catherine Garypie
Steven Kaiser
Marcy Toney
GSA Energy/Water Savings Team, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
- Chris Fleming
Rebecca Olson
Shawna Ramthun
Linsday Reid
Michael Virgilio
Dalton Whitworth
Immigratation and Customs Enforcement, Chicago Field Office, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Daisy Angulo
Jackie Augur
Taira Conrad
Elizabeth Danner
Tiffany Lowe
Shonta Oyewola
Carolyn Rainey
Candace Romano
Kristal Watts
Sherry Wilkes-Russell
Marlin Youravich
Incident Response Coordination Team, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Brent Boston
Hironori Peterson
Desiree Smith
Major General Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Consolidation Team, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
- Steve Carbery
Irene Kazazakis
Donald Melcher
Katie Musselman
Todd Reeder
Fred Yonke
Subpoena Workgroup, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Office of Solicitor, Chicago Regional Office, U.S. Department of Labor
- Elizabeth Ashley
Brad Becker
Amanda Connelly
Gary Lescallett
Rachel Parsons
Nelson Rodriguez
Margaret Sewell
Ann Williams
US Military Entrance Processing Command, U.S. Department of Defense
- John Butler
Eugene Grant
Melissa Harner
Derrick Jackson
Candace Laing
Maple Lee
Rebecca Lince
Lloyd McKinney, Jr.
Willie Mitchell
Theodore Newman
Robert Ogg, Jr.
Sarah Ostrowski