Congrats 2022 Employee Of The Year Nominees!
Agency of the Year
Chicago VA Regional Office – Veterans Benefits Administration
Career Achievement
Diana Ellis, Regional Teleservice Center Director, Social Security Administration
Debra Stringfellow-Wheat, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Railroad Retirement Board Nakia Bartley, Project Coordinator, US Census Bureau
Mushtaq Dakhil, Public Assistance/Mitigation Engineer, Federal EMA – Region 5
Citizens Services Employee / Team
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Bureau of Information Services (BIS)
U.S. Military USMEPCOM, Medical Modernization Team
Smith, Marshall H., Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command
Joseph Mulligan, Program/Project Manager, GSA, Great Lakes Region
Jenny Weiser, Youth Services Program Specialist, Administration for Children and Families Region 5
Elana Atkins, Program Leader, Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration, District Office 485
Social Security Administration, District Office 469
Social Security Administration, District Office 475
Social Security Administration, Disability Processing Branch, Great Lakes
Social Security Administration, Payment Center Operations, Great Lakes
Social Security Administration, Disability Processing Branch, Great Lakes
Social Security Administration, Chicago Teleservice Center
Social Security Administration, Chicago Teleservice Center
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Office of Programs, Office of General Counsel, Fiscal Operations, Actuary and Research: Teri Gage, Superintendent, Pullman National Monument, Shannon O’Hara (Retired), Jonathan Baumgarten (Retired), Steven Castelino, Walter Adamiec Diane Nason, Vadim Libes, Timothy Conheady (Retired), Brian Harrison (Retired), Heidi Bowlus, Michael Rizzo, Sheryl Enders, Allison Gaines, Kimberly Price (Retired), Edward Roberts (Retired), William Roysdon, George Murphy (Retired), James Corcoran, Michelle Andrey, Peter Orlowicz, Guadalupe Contreras, Parris Washington, Nancy Lasky, Michele Johnson, Mary Beth Kienzle, Micheal Pawlak, Lee R. Easterday, Sherita Steele, and Stacey Ruffin.
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Bureau of Information Services (BIS): Terryne F Murphy, Bureau of Information, Services Chief Information Officer; Linda Edwards, Office of Programs Chief of Payment Analysis and Systems; Tim S. Grant, Bureau of Information Services Associate, Chief Info Officer; Sergio Barajas, Bureau of Information Services IT Modernization, Project Manager; Sheryl Enders, Bureau of the Actuary Assistant Chief of Benefits & AMP, Employment Analysis; Parris Washington, Bureau of Fiscal Operations Debt Recovery, Manager Adamiec; S. Walter, Bureau of Information Services, IT Specialist – Application Developer; Heather Blair, Bureau of Information Services, IT Specialist – Application Developer; James L. Bowles, Bureau of Information Services, Supervisor, Systems Engineering, Jacqueline Brooks, Bureau of Information Services, IT Specialist – Application Developer; Theodore Callis, Bureau of Information Services, Supervisory IT Specialist – Application Development, Randal Carda, Bureau of Information Services, IT Specialist – Application Developer; Paul L. Clark, Bureau of Information Services, Supervisor – Systems Operations, Cilla Esiri-Olowopopo, Bureau of Information Services, Supervisory IT Specialist – Application Development,Taffazal F. Gafoor, Bureau of Information Services, IT Project Manager; Jerry L. Gilbert, Bureau of Information Services, Chief Information Security Officer, Aparna Kolla, Bureau of Information Services, Supervisory IT Specialist – Application Development Kramer, Richard Bureau, Information Services, Chief, Network Services; Robert LaBerry, Bureau of Information Services, Associate Chief Information Officer – IT Strategy and Tech Mgmt.; John Maleta, Bureau of Information Services, IT Specialist – Application Developer, Exie Mardis, Bureau of Information Services, PMO Consultant; Lance McCosh, Bureau of Information Services, Telecommunications Specialist; James McFadden, Bureau of Information Services IT Specialist – Application Developer; Jay Nussbaum, Bureau of Information Services IT Specialist – Application Developer; Borislav Peric, Bureau of Information Services IT Specialist – Application Developer, John Radziejeski, Bureau of Information Services IT Specialist – Application Developer; Frank Restivo, Bureau of Information Services Associate Chief Information Officer – Enterprise Applications; Mikaela Roden, Bureau of Information Services Network IT Specialist; Paul T. Ahern, Office of Administration Chief of Acquisition Management; Sally Mui, Office of Administration Executive Assistant to Director of Administration; Randolph Hayden, Office of Programs Chief of RRA Applications; Jacqueline Heflin, Office of Programs Management &, Program Analyst; Pilar Arteaga, Office of the General Counsel, Office Manager
COVID Champion
Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy, Section Supervisor, US Environmental Protection Agency
Deborah Holt, Social Security Administration, T1W
Evanston Group Supervisors, Social Security Administration, Office of Quality Review
Gabrielle Cronin, Claims Service Representative, Social Security Administration
OQR Chicago COVID Champions, Program Leaders, FAA
Jeffrey Delange, Air Traffic Control Specialist, Supply Technician, DEA Chicago Division
Jim Perry, Supply Technician, DEA Chicago Division, Administration Support Unit #14
Gloria Gomez, Fiscal Specialist, Drug Enforcement Administration, Chicago Field Division
Drug Enforcement Administration, Operations and Communications Specialists, Claudia L. Sanchez, James T. Hall, Christina Kelly, Harry L. Langston, and Fredrick L. Jefferson
Region 5 COVID Response Coordination Staff, Response Division Director, FEMA
JFK Leadership
Michael Zavala, Assistant District Manager, Social Security Administration
Dina Sotiropoulos, Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration,U.S. NRC R3
Stephanie Ortiz, Field Supervisor, US Census Bureau
Management Excellence
Debra Stanley, Program Coordinator, U.S. Census Bureau
Rhonda Baska, Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Debra Stanley, Program Coordinator, U.S. Census Bureau
John F. Hodak, Assistant District Manager, Social Security Administration
Mary L. DeSimone, Supervisory Project Manager, Social Security Administration