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
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
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
