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Meet the 2024 Nominees Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership

Get to know the 2024 Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership nominees ahead of the awardee announcement in the Fall.

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About the Award

Since 1978, the Roger W. Jones Award has honored and recognized federal career executives for the Senior Executive Service who have demonstrated dedication to superior leadership in achieving their agency's mission and nurturing future managers.

Award recipients are not only committed to mission success, but also inspire those they lead, consistent with the career of the extraordinary public servant for whom the Award is named.

Roger Jones (February 3, 1908 - May 28, 1993) served seven U.S. presidents over four decades, including tours as Deputy Secretary of State, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission.

He extolled the importance of public administration and service, stressing the need to provide professional education for public managers.

Meet the 2024 Nominees

Byron Adkins, Associate Director Farm Credit Administration

James Clifford, Director Return Integrity & Compliance Services Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury

Patricia Davis, Deputy Division Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury

Christopher Heller, Operations Superintendent 691st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group Department of the Air Force

Kimberly Hutchinson, Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator Transportation Security Administration Department of Homeland Security

Michael Nedd, Deputy Director, Administration & Programs Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior

Melanie Reagan, Executive Officer/Deputy Director for Management National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Department of Health & Human Services

Christian Schrank, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General

Robert Smolich, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General

Pius Aiyelawo, Chief Operating Officer National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Department of Health & Human Services

LuCinda Comegys, Director, Accounts Management Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury

Robert Duerr, Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge Transportation Security Administration Department of Homeland Security

Veronica Hinton, Associate Director for Workforce Policy & Innovation U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Steve Lorincz, Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator Transportation Security Administration Department of Homeland Security

Nancy Nykamp, Assistant Administrator Transportation Security Administration Department of Homeland Security

Rodney Rivera, Executive Officer National Institute of Child Health & Human Development National Institutes of Health Department of Health & Human Services

Scott Schubert, Section Chief Criminal Justice Information Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice

Sarita Watts, Chief Financial Officer Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service U.S. Department of Agriculture

Karen Ames, Executive Director, Office of Operations Office of the Secretary/ Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals Department of Health & Human Services

Kenneth Corbin, Chief, Taxpayer Services Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury

Elke Franklin, Area Counsel Small Business/Self-Employed Division Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury

Camille Hoover, Executive Officer & Associate Director for Management National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health Department of Health & Human Services

David McConnell, Director Civil Division Department of Justice

Cheri Oz, Special Agent in Charge Drug Enforcement Administration Department of Justice

Lisa Russell, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Division Department of Justice

John Schwink, Assistant Director U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Department of Homeland Security

2023 Awardee Panel

For the first time since the awards were expanded in the 2019-2020 nomination cycle, all awardees were women, who hailed from various federal agencies: Caryl Brzymialkiewicz of the Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General; Francine Kerner of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Debbie Stephens of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Nomination Criteria

The criteria for this prestigious award for active federal career executives (members of SES) are demonstrated exceptional capabilities in the following areas:

  • superior leadership which has resulted in outstanding organizational achievements
  • a strong demonstrated commitment to develop the careers of people who will serve as managers and executives in the future federal service, contributing to the continuing excellence of government

Any career civilian employee of the executive branch of the U.S. government or member of the uniformed services who has at least three (3) years of service as of June 30, 2024, and who is not retirement eligible, may be submitted for nomination for the Roger Jones Award.

Presidential appointees, other administration appointees, and career civil service agency heads (acting or permanent) are invited each year to submit nominations of career executives responsible to them who have demonstrated outstanding executive leadership.

Award Presentation

Recipients of the Roger W. Jones Award will be honored in a ceremony hosted by 小蓝视频 during the Annual Key Executive Leadership Conference and receive a $1,500 cash award.

Roger W. Jones Award Selection Committee聽

Dr. Patrick Malone
Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs;聽Roger W. Jones Award Committee Chair, School of Public Affairs, 小蓝视频

David S. C. Chu
President, Institute for Defense Analyses; Co-Chairman, Transition 2017, National Academy of Public Administration

Lillian Cheng
Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Patricia Cogswell
Partner, Guidehouse & Former National Security Executive

Tyra Dent
Executive Director, African American Federal Executive Association

Ed Deseve
Co-Chairman, Transition 2017, National Academy of Public Administration; Executive in Residence, Brookings Executive Education; former Special Adviser to the President

Terry Gerton
President and CEO, National Academy of Public Administration

David Mader
Civilian Sector Chief Strategy Officer, Deloitte

Bob Tobias
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence; Former Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs

Reginald Wells
Executive-in-Residence (Retired), Key Executive Leadership Programs, School of聽Public Affairs, 小蓝视频