MANY FIELDS OF SERVICE As the nation celebrates Public Service Recognition Week, some senior executives and professionals who won the 2009 Presidential Rank Award share memories of their best days as federal employees.
GARY A. BENFORD -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Deputy Counsel, Small Business/Self-Employed Division Office of Chief Counsel, IRS
TIM DWYER -- DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE
Technical Director, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
RICHARD GREENE -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Retired at the end of 2009 as Acting Director of foreign assistance, State Department. He now is director of global aid and development for Lockheed-Martin Corp.
LYNN HELLINGER -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Executive Officer for the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
STEVEN KAPPES -- DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE
Deputy Administrator, Animal Production and Protection, Agricultural Research Service
SUZANNE LEWIS -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park
ANTHONY LISUZZO -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Director, Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate
JAMES L. MILLETTE -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Global Financial Services, State Department
STEVEN MURAWSKI -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Chief Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MICHAEL R. PHILLIPS -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Deputy Inspector General for audit, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
MELINDA K. PLAISIER -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Food and Drug Director, Central Region, Food and Drug Administration
LOREN R. PLISCO -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Deputy Regional Administrator for construction, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II, Atlanta
LINDA TRAVERS -- DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVE
Deputy Chief Information Officer and Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator at the Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency
DEBORAH GIBBS TSCHUDY -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Deputy associate director, Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management Service
JAMES VALDES -- MERITORIOUS SENIOR PROFESSIONAL
Scientific Advisor for Biotechnology, Army Research Development and Engineering Command, Research and Technology Directorate, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
GARY WINKLER -- MERITORIOUS EXECUTIVE
Program Executive Officer for Army Enterprise Information Systems

