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The Secretary's Meritorious Service Silver Medal 2023

The Secretary’s Meritorious Service Silver Medal Award is the second highest award presented by the Secretary and recognizes outstanding leadership, superior public service, or unusually significant contributions to strengthening homeland security. New to this category are GS-11 and WG-8 employees serving in administrative, technical, clerical, and general support positions. It may recognize a body of work regarding remarkable innovation or notable resourcefulness and diligence that improved the effectiveness of one or more DHS missions.

Kathryn Anderson

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Shane Barney

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Jennifer Beasley

Management Directorate

William Bush

Management Directorate

Luu Do

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Jason Lim

Transportation Security Administration

Angela Meeks

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Mark Moore

U.S. Secret Service

Elva Muneton

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Adam Nikaj

Transportation Security Administration

Scott Allen Quick

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Mark Royer

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

Shercoda Smaw

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

Joshua Stemp

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Haris Tarin

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Operation Room Key

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Natalie Diaz

DHS National Capital Region Security Team

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Scott Breor
Robert Dew
Thomas Gagnon

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Heather Bartholomew
Holly Fuller
Matthew O'Shea
Teddy Robinson
Eric Soucie
MaryAnn Tierney

Federal Protective Service

Richard Cline
Christopher Hayes
Clifford Hughes
Dontrice Parry
Gabriel Russell

Management Directorate

David Ceasar

Office of General Counsel

Patrick Bruce

Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness

Shawn Phillips

Office of Intelligence and Analysis

James Dunlap
Trevor Wilson

Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

Jason Ackleson
Anne Armstrong
Edward Fluhr
Teresa Kennedy
Matthew King

U.S. Secret Service

Matthew Stohler
Joshua Wilharm

FEMA Operation Allies Welcome Team

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Marcia Applewhite
Richard Auletta
Miranda Berrio
John Bonanno
Daniel Brewer
Patrice Brown
Jason Burroughs
John Caton
Justice Colbert
Dennis Cribben
Scott Davidson
Corey Demuro
Diane Dooley
Charles Elison
Kia Evans
Catharine Fan
Christopher Foye
Latoya Frett
Amory Hillengas
Kerry Holmes
Lilian Hutchinson
Stephen Jaros
Sabrina Jefferson
Tara Johnston
Jeffery Knarr
Edward Levy
Gail Long
Charles Maltbie
Mark O'Hanlon
Timothy Pheil
Alexas Pickron
Richard Polley
Elizabeth Ranson
Victoria Sasek
Bryan Sizemore
Caleb Taylor
Leon Tucker
Jorge Vidal
Danielle Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Vanessa Winans
Katherine Yasser
David Zarnick
Robert Zucker

FEMA Peer Support Program

Megan Corley
Zachary Kittrie
Andre Pennardt

 

HSI Philadelphia 50 Lashes Investigations Team

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Thad Baxter
Richard Cerminaro
Joshua Conrad
Laura Gill
Mark Martinez
Patricia Mullin
James Munjone

Hurricane Agnes Campaign

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Michael Bilder
Margaret Dunn
Charles Elison
Kia Evans-Watson
Katarzyna Fertala
Gerard Hammink
Amanda Hancher
Renee Hupp
Regina Majercak
Nicholas Morici
Lynne Newman
Jacqueline Robinson
Julie Sobota
Melissa Wiehenstroer

Illegal Charters Enforcement Team

U.S. Coast Guard

Connor Acosta
Christian Alfonso
Giomar Alvarez Vargas
Cole Barfield
Gary Baxley
James Berry
Gilbert Blancarte
Stuart Burgess
Kelly Burkey
Mason Butler
Alain Carvajal
David Castillo
Michael Cline
Ebon Compton
Garyson Cook
Robert Copeland
Alejandro Cordova
Kelly Crossland
Greg Davenport
Tiffany De Las Alas
Brandon Earhart
Steven Elliot
Ricardo Fernandez
Alvaro Ferrando
Jeanne Fiorito
Andrew Fleming
Kevin Flood
Thomas Friess
Jussen Gonzales
Elvin Grullon
Nicholas Habrle
Brendan Hartford
Christopher Hernandez
Danny Hicks
Jeremy Holman
Matthew Huemme
Nicholas Kane
Thomas Kelly
Caleb King
Twynell Kimble
Wyatt Kraft
Justin Lansberry
Edgardo lnsignares
Melissa Lopez del Castillo
Julie Lowe
Brandon Martin
Peter Martinez
Sarah Martinez
Cody Mehalic
Michael Micucci
Abimalec Milan-Padin
Teudi Montalvo Rivera
Ariel Morel
Alejandro Negron Irizarry
Jeremy Naboa
Sean Northcraft
Eric Pare
Travis Park
Alexander Perez
Daniel Perez
Jesus Porrata
Laura Reece
Ricardo Regalado
Jason Reynolds
Joseph Richardson
Raphael Rispoli
Kristina Rivera
William Rivera
Emily Rodrigue
Jimmy Rodriguez
Andrew Sanchez
Olivia Sirles
Spencer Smeets
Aaron Solovay
Jody Stiger
Rajan Thomas
Cynthia Torres
Troy Townsend
Kurt Tremont
Jason Troup
Benjamin Tuxhorn
Fernando Vargas
Samuel Vicario
Matthew Vincent
Kyle Walmsley
Brian Wear
Dillon Whitaker
Evan Williams
Shane Williams
Edward Wright
Joshua Yanez

Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Team

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Elizabeth Dallam
Marian Drake
Regina Germain
Andrea McIntosh
William McKenney
Peter Mina
Jose Pitti
Victoria Porto
Natalie Prokop
Dana Salvano-Dunn
Carlos Tigreros
Rebekah Tosado
Carol Wu

OAW Unified Coordination Group (UCG)

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Maria Pastrana Lujan

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Gary Butler
Robert J. Fenton, Jr.
Daniel (Dan) Snedden
Philip (Phil) Shaw
Maria Bailey
Keva Ballard
Dawn Bissinger Clark
Kevin Coleman
Richard Douthit
Patrick Jameson
Jeffrey Knudson
Alicia Lee
Amanda Lemminga
Rachel Locke
David Morse
Francesca Munoz
Jenna Nelson
Benjamin Redmond
Teagan Reese
Karen Shatin
Eric Soucie

Management Directorate

Reginald (Reggie) McDonald
Beth Baden
Scott Brenner
Janel Cloutier
Polly Hall
Grace Lee
Katherine Mash
Shelley Mayo
Raul Montilla

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Peter Mina
Haris Tarin

Office of General Counsel

John Gereski
John Havranek
Kara Lynum

Office of Health Security

Herbert Wolfe

Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness

Nathan (Nate) Adams
Shawn Phillips

Office of Partnership and Engagement

Scott Genzink
Karinda Washington

Office of Public Affairs

Angelo Fernandez

Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

Nathaniel (Nate) Snyder

Office of the Deputy Secretary

Jackob (Jake) Braun

Office of the Secretary

Pritesh Gandhi
Ivan Zapata

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Ademide Adedokun
Robert (Bob) O'Malley
Eileen Earnhardt
Regina Garza
Lanny Hicks
John Lafferty
Elizabeth O'Brien

U.S. Coast Guard

James (Jim) Strack
Nicholas (Nick) Hilarczyk
Nicolas (Nick) Tymoczko
Theordore (Ted) Heinrich
Lori Archer
Russell Booker
Hon Chan
Jesse Diaz
Kate Higgins-Bloom
Joanna Hiigel
Michael Keleher
Neal Kite
Melissa Mercado
Cayley Miller
Michael Molnar
Kevin Ng
Jeffrey Noyes
Alisa Richardson
Michael Ruwe
Todd Salter
Kevin Thornton
Leon Turner
Kelsey Wilson

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Paul Rooney Jr.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

John Fabbricatore
William Kloiber
Hamza Rahman
James Stull

U.S. Secret Service

Andrew Murphy

Operation Allies Welcome

Office of General Counsel

Seth Brugger
Bruce Burkley
Marc Koblentz
April Mears
Marguerite Mills
Brian Puchalsky
Chris Reames
Jodi Silcox

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Toni Swanson

Operation Allies Welcome National Security Litigation Team

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Carolyn Abdenour Bogues
Christopher Antoni
Nicholas Bolzman
Tanya Bronsteen
Robert Davis
Michael Falcone
Ian Fiske
Justin Leone
Zachary Linsey
Adam Loiacono
Jorge Montesino
Lauren Ommanney
Jaired Stallard
Xiao Yan Huang

Operation Xeno

National Security Agency

Cynthia Parson
Kristina Robinson

Special Operations Command North

Alexander Hishmeh

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Samuel Assad
Steven Greskovic
Adriana Rosas-Carranza

U.S. Department of Justice

Jay Bauer

U.S. Department of State

John Bailey
Steven Hanna

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Francisca Quintanar-Bermudez

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Thiago Barcelos
Edgar Castillo
Victor Curley
Jacob Dumansky
Christopher Evans
Gina Garrett-Jackson
Mary Geha
Jerome Long
Alexander Nader
Denin Ozuna
Laura Peters
Patrick Simpson

U.S. Special Operations Command

Paul Sarat

U4U and Lawful Pathways Legal Team

Office of General Counsel

Esther Allred
Nader Baroukh
Melissa Bauder
Rene Brown
Jennifer Daskal
Timothy Dodd
Danny Fischler
Julia Follick
Brian Kelliher
Kara Lynum
Christina McDonald
Cathy Ng
Dominique Park
Katherine Ruhs
Mary Schnoor
Laura Smith

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Colleen Zengotitabengoa

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Julie Koller
Louisa Slocum

USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140)

U.S. Coast Guard

Joshua Anthony Pablo
Gene Asuncion
John Bartlett
Samantha Brann
Ernest Clarke
Tyler Clemmer
John Filippone
Kathan Fleming
Stephen Foster
Akeem Garcia
Dylyn Gonzales
John Hamel
Freddy Hofschneider
Sean Hunter
Malie Kozlowski
Benjamin Laguana
Daniel Leber
Dane lee
Dylan Lewis
Marissa Marsh
Justin Morgan
Breandan Muldowney
Jeb Myers
Thomas Perez
Russell Poole
Bradley Ragan
Amanda Roy
lkaika Ruiz
Brian Sink
David Somera
Joseph Suttles
Wyatt Van Dinter-Frydenburg
Brent Walsh

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Implementation Team

Office of General Counsel

Patrick Bruce
Amy Bunk
John Havranek
Jessica Yarnes

Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

Konrad Batog
Andrew Dolan
Gwen Dudley
Cynthia Echeverria
Tasha Hippolyte
Katie Lee
Rachel O’Meara
Ryan Olden
Tabitha Padilla
Hannah Peck
John Pickel
Shireen Yousef

Office of the Secretary

Beth Neitzel

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Dina Amato
Eric Choy
Bruce Coulliette
David Hampton
Kelly Johnson
Lesleyanne Kessler
Elva Muneton
Gregory Olsavsky
Emily Simon

Last Updated: 04/14/2023
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