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2021 Director's Award for Excellence in Administration

AWARD CITATION

This team is recognized for excellence in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team developed, issued and kept current a comprehensive set of health and safety requirements and guides to prevent COVID-19 spread at NIST. The team kept abreast of new COVID-19-related health and safety information, ensuring that NIST policy was informed by the latest science and best practices. The team worked tirelessly to ensure safe conditions on both NIST campuses, to communicate new requirements and to support staff-level implementation of health and safety requirements. The foundational health and safety work of this team allowed NIST to operate safely during the pandemic and has positioned NIST to operate safely in future phases. 

GROUP AWARD

Stephen Banovic

Deputy Chief Safety Officer
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Brian Brass

Chief, Boulder Safety Health & Env. Division
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Michael Blumer

Industrial Hygienist
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Jeffrey Good

Gaithersburg Safety Health and Env Div Chief
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Wing Wong

Supervisory Industrial Hygienist
Office of Safety, Health and Environment, Gaithersburg Safety, Health and Environment Division

James Michael Blackmon

Supervisory Environmental Engineer
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Kevin Dyrdahl

Industrial Hygienist
Office of Safety, Health and Environment

Jay Peterson

Industrial Hygienist
Office of Safety, Health and Environment