Service to America Medals – 2011 Finalists

KATHERINE ANTOS
Position: Water Quality Team Leader
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Location: Annapolis, Md.
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OLIVER P. FISCHER
Position: Demographer/Conflict Monitoring and Response Officer
Agency: Census Bureau
Location: Washington, D.C.
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MARY PLETCHER
Position: Deputy Recovery Coordinator and Acting Deputy Director, National Business Center
Agency: Interior
Location: Washington, D.C.
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ALFONSO BATRES
Position: Chief Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service
Agency: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Washington, D.C.
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MATTHEW J. FRIEDMAN
Position: Executive Director, National Center for PTSD
Agency: Veterans Affairs
Location: White River Junction, Vt.
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NEAL B. BROWN
Position: Chief, Community Support Programs Branch
Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Location: Rockville, Md.
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SHARON W. BRYSON
Position: Deputy Director, Office of Communications
Agency: National Transportation Safety Board
Location: Washington, D.C.
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LAWRENCE DEYTON
Position: Director, Center for Tobacco Products
Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Location: Rockville, Md.
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DIANE BRAUNSTEIN
Position: Associate Commissioner, Office of International Programs
Agency: Social Security Administration
Location: Baltimore, Md.
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KIM M.NAZI & BLUE BUTTON INITIATIVE TEAM
Position: Analyst, Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics Office
Agency: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Albany, N.Y. Listen to the interview.

JULIE RUSHIN
Position: Deputy Chief Information Officer for Operations Support
Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Location: Atlanta, Ga.

JULIUS KNAPP
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology

RUTH MILKMAN
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

SHARON GILLETT
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau

WILLIAM ARRINGTON
Position: General Manager, Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
Agency: Transportation Security Administration
Location: Arlington, Va.
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C. NORMAN COLEMAN
Position: Associate Director, Radiation Research Program
Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Location: Rockville, Md.
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AMY MERTEN & ERMA TEAM
Position: Spatial Data Branch Chief, Office of Response and Restoration
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location: Seattle, Wash.
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RICHARD REED
Position: : Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Resilience Policy
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Location: Washington, D.C.
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TARYN GUARIGLIA
Position: Special Agent
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
Location: Deerfield Beach, Fla.

CHARLES J. HOUSER & TEAM
Position: Chief, National Tracing Center Division
Agency: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Location: Martinsburg, W.Va.

CHARLES HEURICH & NamUs TEAM
Position: Program Manager, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice
Location: Washington, D.C.
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KATHERINE MCQUAY
Assistant Director

ZOE MENTEL
Assistant Director Policy Analyst

W. TODD GRAMS
Position: Acting Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer
Agency: Veterans Affairs
Location: Washington, D.C.
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BILL GUERIN
Position: Assistant Commissioner for Project Delivery, Public Buildings Service
Agency: General Services Administration
Location: Washington, D.C.
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ANN MARIE OLIVA
Position: Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Location: Washington, D.C.
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MICHAEL B. SMITH
Position: Director of Strategic Sourcing
Agency: Homeland Security
Location: Washington, D.C.

PAUL B. DEAN
Position: Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser
Agency: State
Location: Washington, D.C.
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JAMES MICHAEL DUNCAN & TEAM
Position: Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Johnson Space Center
Agency: NASA
Location: Houston, Texas
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DAN MEYER & TEAM
Position: Director, Whistleblowing and Transparency
Agency: Defense Department, Office of the Inspector General
Location: Arlington, Va.
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BRIAN H. NILSSON & EXPORT CONTROL REFORM TEAM
Position: Director for Non-Proliferation, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
Agency: Executive Office of the President, National Security Staff
Location: Washington, D.C.
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JANET ST. LAURENT
Position: Managing Director for Defense Capabilities and Management
Agency: Government Accountability Office
Location: Washington, D.C.
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FENELLA FRANCE
Position: Preservation Scientist, Preservation Research and Testing Division
Agency: Library of Congress
Location: Washington, D.C.
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WILLIAM A. GAHL
Position: Director, Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Location: Bethesda, Md.
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PAUL HSIEH
Position: Research Hydrologist
Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Location: Menlo Park, Calif.
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DIANE POWELL & LAUNCH TEAM
Position: Team lead, LAUNCH, Office of the Chief Technologist
Agency: NASA
Location: Washington, D.C.
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