Awards

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Five GreenNISTers Recognized as Part of the Department of Commerce's 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors

The Department of Commerce Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP) recently announced its 2024 Class of

2023 - Diversity, Inclusivity and Equal Employment Opportunity Award---Susan Cantilli, Kristen Gilbert, Ashley Beasley Green, Danni Leicht, Abigail Lindstrom, Diana Masselle, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Ileana Pazos, Jessica Staymates, Kelly Telu

For grassroots efforts to create a more inclusive environment for working parents by establishing NIST-wide policies and spaces for lactating mothers.

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Stepan Germanov

For outstanding work as an electrician and superior service to NIST customers in support of the NIST mission.

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.

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---Lionel Everfield

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

2022 - Safety Award---Daniel Gilmore

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

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 - 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 - Safety Award---Christopher Gork

For sustained superior performance in the area of safety through the identification and mitigation of hazards associated with underground utilities.

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---Tommy Armstrong

For sustained superior performance in operations and maintenance focusing on electrical systems on the Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., Brian Burnham, William Jenkinson, Ramil Palmaira, Christopher Kucko, Derek Ward, Edward Cope, Jonathan Repaci

For innovative leadership of cost-effective facilities construction resulting in a state-of-the-art building for world-leading scientific advances.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Adrian Mitchell, Vivian Shirley, Michelle Wims, Jason Fellows, Darryl Hallman, James Crabill, Christian Colburn, Elaine Oliver

For superior Logistics Services and Site Services support to the NIST Boulder and Gaithersburg campuses during COVID Phase I reopening planning.

2021 - Safety Award---Brian Brass, Andrew Persily, Steven Emmerich, Lisa Ng, Charles Bowers, Christian Colburn, Danielle Swarts, Carrie Kelly, Drew Comley, George Potts, Jr.

For developing research-based guidelines and best practices to maximize the impact of campus ventilation systems, which prepared NIST for Phase 1 reopening.

2020 - Safety Award---John Bloms, Jeremy Garst, Jason Murray, Kristopher Foreman, Nicholas Desch, Christopher Cowan, Nicholas Heesakker, Christopher Welther, Joseph Stroker Jr, Marvin Pavatea

For exemplary safety planning and monitoring and flawless execution of snow-removal operations under record-breaking conditions.

2020 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Christopher Gork

For exemplary performance in providing construction services that have a significant impact in support of the research mission of NIST.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Susan Cantilli, Derrick Coley, Deborah Fowler, Andrew Halich, Wing Wong, Beth Bly, Laura Miliszauskas, Elaine Oliver, Kathryn Ritchie, Brett Whitworth

For exceptional One NIST responsiveness to the B301 mold outbreak through identification and preparation of emergency swing space for staff relocations.

NIST Gaithersburg Campus Master Plan Wins 2019 Honor Award for the most Outstanding Federal Planning Project from the American Planning Association (APA)

The Gaithersburg Campus Master Plan developed by the Capital Asset Management and Facilities Planning Group within OFPM was recognized with

2019 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Adrian Mitchell

For leadership in standing up a new gas management program for NIST and providing leadership in mitigating impacts from worldwide helium shortages.

Back Row: Sandel, Crews, Drapela, Oliver, Blumer, Holiday Front Row: Bergren, Potts, Schlatter

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Charles E. Oliver, Katie Schlatter, Tiffany Atchison, Michael Blumer, Ray Holiday, Jody Sandel, Norman Bergren, Margaret Crews, Tim Drapela, Petrina Potts

For developing and implementing a central ordering and delivery program for compressed gases and liquid cryogens for the NIST Boulder campus.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Tommy Armstrong, John R. Bollinger, Daniel Gilmore, Steven Smith, Brian Dougherty, Thomas M. Sherman, Timothy Hoseth

For sustained superior group performance pursuing procurement and construction of a 15-acre, 5-megawatt, solar array system for the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2019 - Safety Award---Bernard Brusko, David Henry, Ted Hobbes, Philip Kaiser, Bron Lackey, Robert Mathews IV, Kathryn Ritchie, Steven Smith, Thomas E. Weister

For development and execution of a new safety culture program within OFPM resulting in significant improvements in organizational safety performance.

2018 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Andrew Daniels

For initiative in developing a consolidated equipment-operations-monitoring system that increases efficiencies in operation of the Gaithersburg Plant.

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