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Management Resources

Awards

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2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---April Camenisch

For the highest degree of personal initiative, positive NIST-wide impact, and engendering of customer satisfaction.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Mildred Glick, Terry Sorcek, Lucy Tedesco, Misty Roosa, Melissa Banner, Kim Stavish, Brian Copello, Dawn Hurley, Veronica Kinard, Kimberly Goode

For development of the Administrative Management Portal to centralize precise training and resources for the NIST administrative management community.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Jeffrey McIntyre, Patrick Staines, Alex Garvin, James "Alan" Crabill

For their selfless vision and leadership to safely re-open, expand access to, and improve the Gaithersburg fitness center on behalf of the NIST community.

2023 - Safety Award---Larry Lucas, Jerome La Rosa, Manuel Mejias, James Adams

For eliminating an extreme risk to NIST's safety and institutional reputation by eradicating a dangerous legacy solution of plutonium.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Aiping Zhang, Joe (Sugen) Kau, Hicham Laoudi, Bethany Loftin, Lei Tong, Jason Poffenberger, Yujin Wang, James D. Wilson, Helen Nelson, James Simmons

For the successful redevelopment of the inter-agency Edison system, creating iEdison, a modernized system for the tracking of taxpayer-funded inventions.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Timothy Blattner, Derek Juba, Damian Lauria, Benjamin Long , Michael Majurski, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Adele Peskin, John Henry Scott, Keana C. K. Scott, Stephan Stranick

For development and delivery of an AI-enhanced materials analysis system that enables unique U.S. capabilities in support of nuclear non-proliferation.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Sherwin McAdam, Kellie Beall, Kristen Gilbert, Amy Cubert, Terry Sorcek, Jasmine Ventura, David Bradford, Michaela Bratten, William Turner, Jason Ulanow

For developing and implementing a Performance Management tool that provides transparency and a streamlined performance management process to NIST staff and leadership.

2023 - Silver Medal Award---Catherine VanCise, Marcelle Loveday , Michael Scott , Crystal Dabney , Jennifer Falvey , Kimberly Haag , Lauren Gueye , Roderick Williams , Stacy Duncan

The group is being recognized for developing and deploying an automated workflow system to streamline and improve oversight of DOC's Federal Acquisition Certification Process.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Lionel Everfield

For exceptional leadership and personal initiative in supporting safety and continuity of mission-critical OFPM operations during the COVID pandemic.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Kellie Beall, Danielle Blackwell, David Bradford, Stef Britton, Kimberly A. McDonough, Brenda Perry, Debrah Reed, Jasmine Ventura, Cynthea Wines

For development and implementation of the new ASK HR tool, which has transformed HR service delivery at NIST.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Ronald B. Goldfarb, Dianne L. Poster, John Henry J. Scott, Kathryn Miller, Karen J. Wick

For excellence in editing and publication management of articles for the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Terry Raines

For excellence in fabrication services resulting in great scientific impact in quantum nanoscience, national security, and cold atom research at NIST.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Stef Britton

For continuously demonstrating creativity, insightful innovation and forward-thinking vision.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Darron King

For exemplary service and attention to customer satisfaction with the building utilities on the Boulder Laboratories site.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Amy Kolodin

For providing exemplary customer service and operational support in promoting NIST-wide human resource programs.

Directors Award for Excellence in Administration Awardees

2022 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Kai Ng, Jinming (Jimmy) Chen, Gerard Ly, Kyle Sullivan, Aaron Vaughan, Daniel Diamond, Wanda Reed, Brett Whitworth, Eric Konig

For exceptional contributions implementing a NIST pre-owned technology program through repurposing Dell computers received from other DoC bureaus.

2022 - Safety Award---Daniel Gilmore

For outstanding support and initiative in maintaining and continuously improving the Office of Facilities Management Safety Program.

2022 - George A. Uriano Award---Lisa Jean Fronczek, Kelley Rogers, Zack Valdez, Zahraha Brunner, Jessica Strickler, Jannet Cancino, Dean Iwasaki, Nuria Del Carmen Martinez, Michelle Liu

For leadership in response to the CARES Act appropriations to enable advanced manufacturing to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the pandemic.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Kevin Redman

For exemplary Fleet Management site services support provided to the Gaithersburg campus during the COVID-19 shutdown and the Phase I campus reopening.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Sherwin McAdam, Hing Pan Wong, Tracy Retterer, Karla Sims, John Furgerson, Daniel Dender, William Clark, Jody Sandel, Hong Zhang, Yali Zhang

For developing and implementing an acquisition management tool providing transparency and visibility to customers, leadership, and acquisition professionals.

2021 - Distinguished Career Award---Amy E. Townsend

For sustained excellence in the delivery of compensation and leave services, which has contributed significantly to NIST’s ability to recruit and retain a world

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Alonzo Pearson, Dylan Morley, Devin Frazier, Leonel Montano

For reconditioning all the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment prior to the Phase 1 reopening of the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---George Potts, Jr., Thomas Salvermoser, Christopher Best, Stephen Coulter, Noli Manaloto

For coordinating and maintaining environmental controls during reduced operations to ensure continuity of operations to mission-critical facilities.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Kelsey Knepp

For outstanding support of NIST organizational development, helping make expanded learning opportunities possible for the NIST community.

2021 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Jason Carr, Kevin Harrison, Anthony Lonsinger, Wendy Morrison, Laurence Pesek, Erin Presley-Froemke

For their exceptional customer service and support, enabling NIST Boulder staff to succeed while teleworking during a pandemic.

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