2004 ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARDS

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)

Timothy S. Bates, Ph.D.
In recognition of leadership in national and international atmospheric chemistry programs.

Henry F. Diaz, Ph.D.
In recognition of scientific research contributions to NOAA which have enhanced NOAA’s visibility and reputation in climate science and have helped initiate national and international science efforts on topics of vital importance.

Nikola M. Garber, Ph.D.
For streamlining the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program in all aspects: solicitation, application, award, monitoring, and close-out.

Jerry B. Janssen
For leadership of efforts to create a NOAA-wide network backbone and to improve the efficiency of NOAA’s several Network Operations Centers.

Cynthia L. Loitsch
For outstanding leadership of the OAR Financial Data Management System, which was critical in facilitating the transition from FIMA to CAMS.

Kenneth A. Masarie
For conceiving, designing and constructing a standardized, high-quality, user-friendly international carbon cycle data set.

Claudia Schmid, Ph.D.
Yeun-Ho Daneshzadeh
Reyna Sabina
For pioneering the development of a system to deliver quality-controlled, global ocean data in real time to international operational and research oceanographic communities.

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)

John J. Bates
For outstanding administration and leadership in developing a new division to meet the challenges to NOAA in the area of climate applications related to remotely sensed data.

James R. Budd
For outstanding leadership of the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station.

Martin J. Deiseroth
For exemplary leadership in developing, planning, and implementing significant improvements to the NPOESS Integrated Program Office's safety and working conditions.

Brownie L. Dudley
For outstanding willingness and dedication to serve NESDIS where and as needed in support of the Office of the Assistant Administrator and the NOAA mission.

Tina M. East
For planning, coordinating, arranging, tracking and financial oversight of the renovation of the 7th and 8th floors of the World Weather Building.

Linda V. Moodie
For major policy contributions in securing adoption of a December 2003 decision on systematic observations by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties.

Regina A. Murray
For outstanding administrative and budget support in implementing new NOAA international and interagency responsibilities.

Christopher W. Brown, Ph.D.
Thomas F. Gross, Ph.D., NOS
For developing and implementing the first ecological nowcast system to predict the distribution of sea nettles, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, in the Chesapeake Bay.

Douglas L. Namian
Carol J. Breger
LtCol Keith Gilmore, USAF
Beverly C. King
Patricia Mahoney
Capt Khalim Taha, USAF
For establishing and successfully executing a program necessary to control and account for NOAA and USAF funds appropriated to build, launch and operate NPOESS.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

Ronald J. Berg
For exceptional senior-level leadership efforts to promote stewardship of living marine resources in the Alaska Region.

David M. Bernhart
For innovative contributions to the conservation of endangered and threatened sea turtles which brings world-wide credit to NOAA.

Joseph R. Blum
For numerous outstanding contributions to the conservation of threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead in California.

Laurel Bryant
For developing and implementing innovative outreach and education activities to improve the public’s understanding of NOAA’s perspective on the stewardship of living marine resources.

Robert C. Clark, Ph.D.
For creative leadership and adaptive management in the design, implementation and oversight of activities facilitating sediment remediation in one of the most contaminated embayments in the coastal U.S.--Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington.

Rachel Husted
For exceptional contributions to the development and implementation of regulatory policies and actions to fulfill NOAA’s stewardship responsibilities for living marine resources.

Ralph K. Mayo
For scientific excellence and leadership of the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organization’s Scientific Council in assessing the status and providing advice for Northwest Atlantic fishery resources.

Mark G. Spurrier
For leadership excellence in developing and implementing NOAA law enforcement programs in Vessel Monitoring Systems, Accreditation, and Homeland Security.

Philip Steele
For extraordinary leadership in guiding an urgent and potentially inflammatory regulatory development in the Gulf of Mexico red grouper fishery to a highly effective resolution.

John E. Stein, Ph.D.
For exemplary leadership in the creation and development of NOAA’s first Watershed Ecology Program, a critical program for Pacific salmon recovery.

Rachel W. Sweeney
For exceptional leadership and dedication resulting in the successful design and approval of the single largest wetland restoration project in funding value ever undertaken by NOAA.

Rebecca J. Allee, Ph.D.
Mary B. Baker, Ph.D., NOS
Holly A. Bamford, Ph.D., OAR
Alyce T. Fritz, Ph.D., NOS
Jennifer M. Macal
For exceptional teamwork pioneering the implementation of matrix management within NOAA for Habitat Restoration.

Brian J. Brown
Ritchie J. Graves
Bryan D. Nordlund
Kristine K. Petersen
For excellence in using Habitat Conservation Plans to gain cooperative arrangements with hydropower projects that provide an unprecedented level of protection for endangered fish runs in the Columbia River.

Thomas A. Warren
Susan A. Murphy
George H. Darcy
Eric M. Thunberg, Ph.D.
John B. Walden
Jon Brodziak, Ph.D.
For outstanding leadership in the successful development of Amendment 13 to the Multispecies Fishery Management Plan in New England.

Randolph A. Wilkins
Mariam McCall, OGC
Leila J. Afzal, OGC
For significantly improving the NOAA Office of General Counsel’s efficiency and effectiveness by developing the innovative, Web-enabled Litigation Database.

Peter W. Christopher
Hannah F. Goodale
For outstanding persistent efforts leading to the successful development of Amendment 10 for the management of the Atlantic Sea Scallop fishery.

Jonathan Heifetz, Ph.D.
Dean L. Courtney
Patrick W. Malecha
Robert P. Stone
Bruce L. Wing, Ph.D.
For the momentous discovery and documentation of abundant deep-sea corals adjacent to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Eric W. Hutchins
James G. Turek
For leadership in conceiving, managing, and overseeing the implementation of the first dam removal project in coastal Massachusetts for the benefit of anadromous fish.

National Ocean Service (NOS)

Michelle A. Crockett
For developing and leading NOAA’s highly successful “Women’s History Training Month Conference.”

Randolph O. Grady, Jr.
For implementing a rapid and effective response to the threat of Hurricane Isabel by the Center for Fisheries Habitat Research, and for recovery actions to restore critical facilities and services and protect employees in the hurricane aftermath.

William C. Millhouser
For outstanding leadership in coastal management to improve the protection and management of coastal waters and coral reefs.

Christopher L. Ostrom
For establishing an outstanding facilities program for NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries across seven time zones with 27 locations in nine states and American Samoa.

William G. Sunda
For research into the biological function and regulation of a gas (DMS) produced by phytoplankton which influences global temperatures and climate change.

Nina H. Garfield
Theodore Beuttler, OGC
Steven A. Kokkinakis, PPI
Andrew W. Larkin, OLA
Laurie J. McGilvray
For the designation of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Patricia A. Tester
Steven R. Kibler
Richard W. Litaker
Mark W. Vandersea
For application of novel molecular techniques to detect harmful algal bloom species that threaten coastal resources and regional economies.

National Weather Service (NWS)

Geoffrey J. DiMego
For directing the development and implementation of the NCEP Eta Model and 3D-Var data assimilation system and for exceptional operational support to the NWS Forecast Offices.

Donna Layton
For outstanding support of NOAA’s performance goals through the provision of an exceptional level of leadership training.

Sallie M. Ahlert
Terrel Ballard
Mark Betsch
Joe N. Chrisman
Scott F. Enders
Christopher D. Gilbert
Franklin S. Hewins
Chris J. Hunt
Larry N. Kitchell
Paul D. Krenek
For innovation and advances in engineering development that enable faster implementation of new science into the Nation’s weather radars.

Kandis Y. Boyd
Dennis R. Cain
Steven G. Cooper
Hector R. Guerrero
Ronald F. Trumbla
Benjamin A. Weiger
For spearheading the “Turn Around Don't Drown,” nationwide safety campaign to increase public awareness about the dangers of automobiles involved in flash floods.

Brenda J. Alcorn
Victor T. Hom
Arleen C. Lunsford
A. Juliann Meyer
James Paul
Randall J. Rieman
Steven B. Shumate
Patrick Sneeringer
For developing a database to archive mission-critical hydrologic information and the tools to use these valuable data to improve NOAA’s fresh water forecasting services.

John H. Bravender
Steve C. Davis
Van L. Dewald
Donna M. Dubberke
Scott D. Dummer
Marc B. Kavinsky
Eric A. Helgeson
Kenneth D. King
Wendy L. Pearson
Douglas R. Kluck
For pioneering accomplishments to develop and demonstrate the National standard for web-based Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service information.

Donald Britton
Paul R. Flatt
Randall L. Weatherly
Mark J. Mitchell
For dramatically increasing NOAA's ability to provide highly specific digital forecast information through the Internet to numerous Web users.

Cheryl G. Demers
David B. Gilhousen
For applying information systems technology to unite existing NOAA and non-NOAA observing capabilities to improve NOAA’s marine safety and environmental assessment products and services.

Michael R. Terrell
Michael Lauderdale
Ronald J. Pattison
Thomas H. Page
James Fitzgibbon
Richard Petersen
Charlie A. Lake
For outstanding support in restoring NWS Radar and Upper Air Systems during and after the San Diego, CA Fire (October-December 2003).

John T. Ferree
Edward A. Mahoney
Edward L. Berkowitz
For enhancing the weather warning service to the public by formulating and successfully managing a project to rescue valuable weather radar training data.

NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations (NMAO)

LCDR Michele A. Finn
For leadership in the acquisition of a Twin Otter aircraft to improve NOAA’s capability to support endangered species surveys, ecosystem management and atmospheric research.

Neil S. Lamartin
James D. Hatchel
In recognition of engineering support to convert the NOAA Ships McARTHUR II and THOMAS JEFFERSON as viable NOAA research platforms.

Human Resources Management Office (HRMO)

Shirley A. Miller
For outstanding contributions in implementing the agency-wide Leadership Competencies Development Program to build future NOAA senior leaders.

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Ronald A. Warren, NWS
Jerry A. Britton
Thomas A. Henry, NWS
For planning, managing, and obtaining the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska.

Brandon W. Boyd
Tuineekia S. Brown
Barbara Cliborn
Anthony D. Harrison
Teresa J. House
Caredith M. Marlow
Philip P. Pernice
Patricia D. Stone
Patsy A. Ybarra
For promoting and valuing diversity in the workplace by providing an array of educational and motivational workshops and encouraging employee participation in diversity activities.

Mary Berklund
Candy Burke
Kathy Campbell
Sandra Cross
John Hanson, HRMO
Regina James
Jamie H. Johnson
Carolyn Lammering
Jana Perkins
Carolyn Riley-Payne
Megan Russell
Cynthia I. Sears
Carrie A. Sheets
Sharon Wilgus
Vivian Willman
For successfully converting 1050 positions within NOAA into the Demonstration Project.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Peter J. Olivere
For proactively devising a centralized, collaborative solution to the FY03 multi-year appropriation crisis, resulting in critical resource savings to NOAA.

Edward A. Wolfgang
For sustained financial management support to NOAA, including a clean financial audit in FY03, the smooth implementation of CAMS, and resolving the multi-year FY03 appropriation crisis.

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