Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S. C. Chu hosted the 27th DoD Disability Awards Ceremony and 20th DoD Disability Forum today at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, in Bethesda, Md. On behalf of the secretary of defense, Chu presented awards to 16 outstanding DoD employees with disabilities and three DoD Components with outstanding affirmative action programs for people with disabilities.
Employees honored were:
Bruce E. Beyer, Department of the Army
Rocco V. Arizzi, Department of the Navy
Ronald B. Greenfield, Department of the Air Force
Steven R. Clark, Office of the Secretary of Defense/Washington
Headquarters Services
Maria T. Andrade, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Anthony Green, Defense Commissary Agency
Kane P. Urban, Defense Contract Audit Agency
Joseph P. Higginbotham, Defense Contract Management Agency
Nicole C. Richards, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Kimberly J. Pare, Defense Information Systems Agency
Linda L. Keel, Defense Intelligence Agency
Constance Gardener, Defense Logistics Agency
Jennifer L. Perry, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Michael J. Morgan Jr., National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Michael P. Herron, National Guard Bureau
John H. Loftis Jr., National Security Agency
Organizations honored were:
Department of the Air Force
Defense Logistics Agency
Office of the Secretary of Defense/Washington Headquarters Services