DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HONORS EIGHTEEN EMPLOYEES AT THE 16TH ANNUAL DISABILITY AWARDS CEREMONY
The Department of Defense will honor 18 disabled employees
and three DoD Components for their achievements at the 16th
Annual Department of Defense Disability Awards Ceremony on Oct.
15, at 3 p.m. in the Pentagon Auditorium, Room 5A1070.
Since 1945, October has been designated National Disability
Employment Awareness Month. President Clinton extended the
tradition this year. The Oct. 15, ceremony will highlight the
achievements of DoD employees with disabilities accomplishments
and the organizations which support employment of people with
disabilities.
This year's theme for National Disability Employment
Awareness Month is Ability for Hire. There will be ceremonies
and exhibits at DoD installations worldwide in celebration of
this special observance.
Former Congressman Tony Coelho will deliver the keynote
address. Coelho serves as the chairman of the President's
Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. He is also
chairman and chief executive officer of Coelho Associates, a New
York investment consulting and brokerage firm, and of ETC, the
Washington-based education, training, and communications
subsidiary of Tele-Communications, Inc.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy
Frederick Pang, will make opening remarks and present the awards
for outstanding employee with disabilities and for organizations
with outstanding affirmative action programs. William E. Leftwich
III, deputy assistant secretary of Defense of Equal Opportunity
will make closing remarks.
Award recipients were selected by their organizations from
among thousands of employees worldwide. This year's recipients
are:
James M. Barrier, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Michelle M. Bartkowiak, National Guard Bureau
Tova M. Bedolla, Defense Contract Audit Agency
Jonathon Beranek, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Cynthia A. Borges, Department of the Navy
Karen A. Cole, Department of the Army
Ann Cook, National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Gary R. Day, National Security Agency
Patricia S. Ganzzermiller, Defense Investigative Service
Mary Lynn Goblirsch, Department of the Air Force
Michael W. Gomoluh, Defense Commissary Agency
John Dennis Graham, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Colette Lewis, Defense Intelligence Agency
Wanda B. McCallum, Department of Defense Education Activity
James P. O'Harra, Defense Logistics Agency
Barbara Ann Sidawy, Office of the Secretary of Defense/
Washington Headquarters Services
Thomas W. Stumm, Defense Information Systems Agency
Patricia M. Zimmet, On-Site Inspection Agency
The Components to be honored for achievement in employing
people with disabilities are:
The Department of the Army, Best Military Department for
1996.
The Defense Logistics Agency, Best Mid-Size Component for
1996
The Defense Investigative Service, Best Small Component for
1996
