The Secretary’s Award for Innovation recognizes individuals or teams that employ a strategic and enterprise-wide approach to strengthening the DHS mission and its operations. The nominees should exhibit an ongoing record of high standards of achievement and innovation. The work of the nominee(s) may have resulted in superior performance and/or significant operational improvements in the manner in which capabilities are developed and deployed. The nominee’s achievement/contributions should include maximizing the effectiveness of people, processes, and technologies; providing wise stewardship of resources; and enhancing the capabilities of Component/DHS employees.
Geoffrey Berry
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Kyle Nester
U.S. Coast Guard
Stephen Styk
Science and Technology Directorate
Addressing the Threats to HBCUs
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
William Byrd
Kevin Fitzgerald
Jennifer Grissom
Sean Haglund
Guy Johnson
Richard McKee
John McKenzie
Bradley Smith
Jason Stewart
Curt Tilley
Advance Travel Authorization Team
Office of General Counsel
Esther Allred
Andrew Fausett
Adil Haq
Katherine Ruhs
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Lori Vislocky
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
Casie Antalis
Daniel Delgado
Ihsan Gunduz
Mike Huston
Adam Hunter
Morgan Plumer
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Kathryn Anderson
Manpreet Dhanjal
Robert Mace
Avideh Moussavian
Shannon Slattery
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mike Balero
Matthew Davies
Katrina Deyo
Monte Hawkins
Matthew Kim
Adina Pantella
Fran Swearengen
ATD Micro App Support Team
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Pargat Bajwa
Dustin Bell
Kamillah Connolly
Bobby Jerath
Alberto Ramirez
Jose Villafane
Kevin Wetzel
Jeffrey Wilson
CISA's School Safety Task Force
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Lindsay Burton
Don Hough
Aimee Manjarres
Heather Steege
Katie Ross
Ryan Streeter
Julia Treanor
CISM Counseling Service Portal Team
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Vincent Fields
Sean McCue
Brandon Ridens
David Slusher
Brandon Spragins
Crystal Vazquez-Barrett
Detention Oversight Division
Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman
Akiyia Baines-Jackson
Christopher Brundage
Marjorie Ceant
Susan Collins
Amber Talian Corneiro
Melissa Corpancho
Adam Griffee
Joshua Grimm
Madeline Maysonet
Richard McCaffrey
Maryellen Meymarian
Richard Murphy
Melba Padilla
Emily Pukuma
Chiara Rodriguez
Edwin Rosado
Maciej Soboczynski
George Sullivan
Angela Williams
DHS Intelligence Mobile Application Team
Management Directorate
Anil Dewan
James Lanoue
Bruce Shortnacy
Courtney Winship
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Stevie Davis
Max Lassiter
Tony Sanchious
Benjamin Stefano
Lori Vislocky
HACK DHS CVAS Integrated Program Team
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Christian Cosans
Management Directorate
Hemant Baidwan
Wendy Core
Amanda Day
Joan DeJesus
Anil Dewan
Sohl Han
Lawrence Knachel
Martha Palacio
Brenda Peterson
Matthew Ryan
Kazankina Stewart
Homeland Security Start-Up Studio Team
Science and Technology Directorate
Benjamin Henry
Megan Mahle
Jennifer Peters
Kalpana Reddy
John Rein
Litigation Modernization Team
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Tahani Afaneh
Philip Ambrosi
Jacqueline Bettis
Suzanne Carmody
Leah Carter
Jim Czerwinski
Amanda D'Angelo
Elaine Dismuke
Tracy Dolphin
Stacey Falkoff
Kimberly Finley
Jonathan Fleshner
Carollyn Jackson
Alexandria Kaphle
Tate Keenan
Joey Lonjers
Diana Mondragon
Gregory A. Moore
Stephanie Muffett
Marc Salvia
Christie Sharpe
Louisa Slocum
Stephanie West
MMI Team
Management Directorate
Laura Chewning
Sara Lettie
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
Scott Meeks
Nadwa Mossaad
Marc Rosenblum
Justin Schon
Science and Technology Directorate
Lorraine Castillo
Damian Garcia
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Kenneth Blanchard Jr.
Brandy Urbine
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Debra Rode
Operation Bulwark
U.S. Department of Justice
Andrea Surratt
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Matthew Closson
Christopher Johnston
Mark Martinez
Arran McWhirter
Robert Nieves
Adam Ouzer
PREA Team
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Elena Feroz
Tammany Kramer
Thomas Sharp
Annie Wong
R6 FMI Data Analytics Team
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Brian Bartley
John Bowman
Donald Broadwater
Rebecca Dake
Darrin Dutton
Lauren Fulton
John Garvin
Gilbert Giron
Jeremy Hughes
Sabaa Ismail
Nicholas James
Lisa Jennings
Justin McBride
John Miles
Pedro Perez
Trey Rozelle
Lee Schmidt
Michael Segner
Matthew Valentin
Braydon Williams
Loukisha Williams
Burden Reduction Team
Management Directorate
Dawn Barton
Dana Chisnell
Robert Dorr
Tyrone Huff
Yvette Jenkins
Jeff Mitchell
Office of General Counsel
Holly Allen
Christina McDonald
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Michael McManus
Rita Young
Streamlined Case Processing Team
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Toshanna Barnett
Shawn Benjamin
Eimee Cook
Matthew Davis
Kristopher Deaver
Bonnie Douglas
Melanie Egan
Jacqueline Eaton
Cassandra Gilbert
Guani Gomez
Pamela Hensley
Kouassi Honnoukpe
Michael James
Andrew Jensen
Michael Jeter-Boldt
Nathaniel Lanfranca
Michael Lewis
Hui-Lan Lin
Joseph Lipinski
Daniel May
Marie McGee
Ryan McGuire
Melissa Myers
Paul Novak
Julie Powers
Elfriede Roberts
Kathy Sepponen-Gosh
Terri Steele
Dawn Stephens
Marilyn Teunis
Leslie Tritten
Kellie Weir
Jennifer Wilson
Joseph Wrightman
Bin Xu
Michelle Young
Support Services Branch Acquisition Team
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Donald Carter
Shunte Gray
Parker Holloway
Deonna Johnson
Denise Lynch
Matthew Rabkin
Patrick Tarleton
Brenda Taylor
Edward Taylor
Tri-Bureau Digital A-File
Management Directorate
Kim Kern
Emily Lattanzi
Penny Pastiva
Martha Rosa
Alice Tam
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Dana Barber
Rafael Castro
Yentzu Chen
Marcy Cullen
Andrea Freiberger
Rudy Gomes
David Jennings
Paul Johnson
Ryan Koder
Damien Long
Gil McManus
Rob Paulette
Marques Richardson
Ron Sartini
Nick Steele
Tae Um
Larysa Yarmolenko
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Tawada Adams
Bonnie Arellano Seagrove
Erik Aubin
Emilia Bakopoulos
Alex Bastidas
Stephanie Cuevas
Michael Davis
Carrie Davison
Delorean Dhillon
Leigh Erbe
Mark Ficco
Mark Garrison
Adriane Harris
Nathaniel Johnson
Eric Lafferty
Matthew Lightner
Brian Lorimor
Rocio Mora
Jake Ortiz
Courtney Ray
Kenneth Simpson
Jason Thompson
Kelly Tumminelli
Timothy Tyler
Roberto Venegas
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Pargat Bajwa
Dustin Bell
Steven Chen
Erin Clifford
Kamilah Connolly
Madelyn Dempsey
Bobby Jerath
Manuel Ramirez
Ronald Seely
Christopher St. John
Jose Villafane
Kevin Wetzel
Jeffrey Wilson
TSA ESVP and I&A Parsing Tool Team
Transportation Security Administration
Lindsey Alazraki
David Baker
Josh Martin
Dan Sears
Erinn Wagner
TSA RAPID Cloud Deployment Team
John BogersThomas Fealy
Kimberly Johnson
Aarika Lewis
Harender Marpu
Christopher McBroom
James Simoneau
USCG Base Galveston FAST Implementation Team
U.S. Coast Guard
Alexis Agaman
Chad Brick
Jessica Cramer
Megan Lange
Lauren Lukehart
USSS TSD eUAS Team
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Adam Jacoff
Science and Technology Directorate
Kai-Dee Chu
U.S. Secret Service
Latoya Armstrong
Jowone Avant
Robert Bryerton II
Andrew Burnett
Laura Conner
Justin Cosio
Brent Harris
Andrew Holcomb
Michael Reynolds
David Stoker
Christopher Taylor
Christopher Teschke
Jason Tucker