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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service Director's Awards

2021 Awardees

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony - Welcome Sign

Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers

Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers - Dr. Leonard Thomas, ABQ Area Director, Master of Ceremonies
Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers - Posting of the Colors Surgeon General’s Honor Guard
Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers - Traditional Opening Glorinda Segay, Ph.D., Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services
Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers - Room View of Guest Remarks by RADM (ret.) Kevin Meeks, Deputy Secretary of Health, Chickasaw Nation
Opening of Ceremony - Key Note Speakers - Guest Remarks by RADM (ret.) Kevin Meeks, Deputy Secretary of Health, Chickasaw Nation

Special Recognition – Elizabeth Fowler

Special Recognition – Elizabeth Fowler - With Presenters
Special Recognition – Elizabeth Fowler - A Beautiful Blanket
Special Recognition – Elizabeth Fowler - Wearing the Beautiful Blanket

IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks

IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - Close Up
IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - Close Up with Flag
IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - Room View from the Side
IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - From Back of the Room
IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - Front Facing from the Back
IHS Director Roselyn Tso's Remarks - The Podium with Flags

Director's Award - Individual Category

Director's Award - Individual Category - Doug Eby (Alaska )
Director's Award - Individual Category - Johannah Bizardi (Albuquerque )
Director's Award - Individual Category - Marla Jim (Albuquerque )
Director's Award - Individual Category - LCDR Jason Truax (Bemidji)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Monique Summers (Billings)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Crystal Pitts (Billings)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Ernest J. Gray (Billings)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Valencia Luckman-Haun (Billings)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Casey Kills Pretty Enemy (Billings)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Theresa Weber (California)
Director's Award - Individual Category - CAPT Brent Rohlfs (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Keri Fischer (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Individual Category - CDR Corey Sawatzky (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Robyn Black Feather (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Michelle Moore (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Jennifer Fry (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Sarah Hochuli (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Raven Ross (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Carlynne Worsham (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Individual Category - LCDR Marie Jeoboam (Nashville)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Melissa Wyaco (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Colleen Ben (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Gary Russell-King (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Valerie Tenequer (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Soon-Wy Taylor (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Stephen Neal (Navajo)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Johnelle Lamar (Oklahoma City )
Director's Award - Individual Category - Vijay Kannan (Phoenix )
Director's Award - Individual Category - Debra Ward Lund (Phoenix )
Director's Award - Individual Category - Naomi Hixson (Phoenix )
Director's Award - Individual Category - CAPT Thomas Weiser (Portland)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Travis Martin (Portland)
Director's Award - Individual Category - Taitum J. DeGarmo (Portland)

Director's Award - Team Category

Director's Award - Team Category - Rachael DeMarce on behalf of Alaska Area Tribal Health System Data Analytics Team (Alaska )
Director's Award - Team Category - Mary Bernal on behalf Taos-Picuris Service Unit Purchased Referred Care (Alaska )
Director's Award - Team Category - Danielle Weston behalf of Fond du Lac Pharmacies (Bemidji)
Director's Award - Team Category - Bethony Lennox on half of IHS Nuvolo Computerized Maintenance Management System/Datrend Integration Team (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Team Category - Robyn Black Feather on behalf of GPA Behavioral Health Leadership Team (Great Plains)
Director's Award - Team Category - Susan Anderson on behalf of Division of Innovation and Improvement Team (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Team Category - Dr. Akosua Asantewa Gyekye-Kusi on behalf of Division of Planning, Evaluation and Research (Headquarters)
Director's Award - Team Category - Robert Sanders on behalf of COVID-19 Vaccination Sharing Agreement with New York Nations (Nashville)
Director's Award - Team Category - Dr. Jennifer Floor receiving on behalf of Mid-Atlantic Service Unit Community Health Technician Program (Nashville)
Director's Award - Team Category - Gary Russell-King receiving on behalf of Navajo Area Health Information Management Archiving Team (Navajo)
Director's Award - Team Category - Aprell Bigthumb receiving on behalf of Navajo Area Personnel Security Team (Navajo)
Director's Award - Team Category - LCDR Nivedita Das receiving on behalf of Chinle Service Unit COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force (Navajo)
Director's Award - Team Category - Travis Meade receiving on behalf of Kayenta Service Unit Emergency Room Nursing Team (Navajo)
Director's Award - Team Category - Andrea Kilmo receiving on behalf of National Supply Service Center (Oklahoma City )
Director's Award - Team Category - Andrea Kilmo receiving on behalf of The IHS National Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (NPTC) (Oklahoma City )
Director's Award - Team Category - Alyassa Goodfox receiving on behalf of Pawnee Indian Health Center Revenue Enhancement Team (Oklahoma City )
Director's Award - Team Category - CDR Jonathan Flitton receiving on behalf of Uintah & Ouray Leadership and Clinic Staff (Phoenix )
Director's Award - Team Category - Dominick Maggio receiving on behalf of Whiteriver Service Unit Emergency Department (Phoenix )

Customer Service - Individual Category

Customer Service - Individual Category - Brenda Chase (Albuquerque )
Customer Service - Individual Category - Carol Begay (Albuquerque )
Customer Service - Individual Category - Laura Fisher (Bemidji)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Cheryl La Plaunt (Bemidji)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Kristi Gallagher (Billings)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Bethany Lennox (Great Plains)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Jacey Twiss (Great Plains)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Xavier Yazzie (Headquarters)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Jill Clause (Nashville)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Brandon Smith (Navajo)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Marcella Clyde (Navajo)
Customer Service - Individual Category - Aaron "Gabe" Wyatt (Oklahoma City )
Customer Service - Individual Category - Michelle Beshaw (Oklahoma City )
Customer Service - Individual Category - Roberta Arthur (Phoenix )
Customer Service - Individual Category - Sean Wease (Portland)

Customer Service - Team Category

Customer Service - Team Category - CAPT Christina Eldridge on behalf of Alaska Native Medical Center Pharmacy Team (Alaska )
Customer Service - Team Category - Delaine Alley receiving on behalf of Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Indian Health Center (Albuquerque )
Customer Service - Team Category - Lonnie R. Brewer receiving on behalf of Cheyenne River Health Center OIT Team (Billings)
Customer Service - Team Category - Jamie Brien receiving on behalf of Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital Appointment Desk Team (Billings)
Customer Service - Team Category - Luke Schulte receiving on behalf of California Area Operation and Maintenance Team (California)
Customer Service - Team Category - Tawnya Brockie receiving on behalf of Fort Belknap PRC Transportation Dept (Billings)
Customer Service - Team Category - Jeannie King receiving on behalf of Gallup Indian Medical Center - Outpatient Pediatric Clinic (Navajo)
Customer Service - Team Category - Kathy Tso receiving on behalf of Kayenta Service Unit Division of Information Technology (Navajo)
Customer Service - Team Category - CDR Adele Davis receiving on behalf of Portland Area Human Resources Team (Portland)
Customer Service - Team Category - Elizabeth Moss receiving on behalf of Collaborative COVID-19 Support of Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Portland )

Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category

Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - Kathleen C. Atene (Albuquerque )
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - Marcene Kane (Albuquerque )
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - LCDR Sara Lout (Great Plains)
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - CDR Andrea KIimo (Headquarters)
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - Tabitha Garrett (Nashville)
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - CDR Brian Johnston (Oklahoma City )
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - CDR Niki Haney (Oklahoma City )
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - Vanessa Leyvas (Phoenix )
Pandemic Heroism - Individual Category - Michael DuBois (Phoenix )

Pandemic Heroism - Team Category

Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Johannah Bizardi receiving on behalf of Jicarilla Service Unit (Albuquerque )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - CAPT Sheryl O'Shea & Jerrilyn Manning receiving on behalf of Canoncito Band of Navajos Health Center Staff (Albuquerque )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Darrell Miller receiving on behalf of Wagner IHS Team - Community Immunity (Great Plains)
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Jonathan Bratt receiving on behalf of University of Maryland COVID-19 Vaccination Partnership Team (Nashville)
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Elaine Sarganent Crooks receiving on behalf of Mashpee Wampanoag Dental Team (Nashville)
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Tracey Yazzie receiving on behalf of Chinle SU Mass Vaccination Team (Navajo)
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Dr. Steve Jones receiving on behalf of Cherokee Nation Health Services COVID-19 Task Force (Oklahoma City )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Dione Pruitt receiving on behalf of Claremore Indian Hospital Laboratory Team (Oklahoma City )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Benjamin Chavez receiving on behalf of National Supply Service Center Distribution Center (Oklahoma City )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Vinita Puri receiving on behalf of PIMC Hospitalist Group (Phoenix )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Benjamin Le receiving on behalf of Elko Service Unit Pharmacy Team (Phoenix )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - CDR David Collier receiving on behalf of PIMC Clinical Care Team (Phoenix )
Pandemic Heroism - Team Category - Lorena Obrien receiving on behalf of Peach Springs Health Center COVID Testing Team (Phoenix )

Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal

Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal - RADM Chris Buchanan (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal - RADM Francis Frazier (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal - RADM Brandon Taylor (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal - RADM Michael Toedt (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Distinguished Service Medal - RADM Michael Weahkee (Headquarters)

Commissioned Corps Meritorious Service Medal

Commissioned Corps Meritorious Service Medal - CAPT Christopher Bradley (Albuquerque )
Commissioned Corps Meritorious Service Medal - RADM Michael Toedt (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Meritorious Service Medal - RADM Travis Watts (Oklahoma City )
Commissioned Corps Meritorious Service Medal - CDR Andrea Klimo (Oklahoma City )

Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal

Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - LCDR Catherine Arnatt (Alaska )
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - LCDR Dustin Bergerson (Alaska )
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - LCDR Adele Davis (Alaska )
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - CDR Francis Chua (California)
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - CDR Sara Lout (Great Plains)
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - CAPT Francine Barnett (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - LCDR Tincy Maroor (Headquarters)
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - CAPT Jonathan Dando (Nashville)
Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal - CDR Brian Johnston (Oklahoma City )

Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal with Valor

Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal with Valor - LCDR Andrew Lu (Phoenix )

Length of Service – 40 Years

Length of Service – 40 Years - Ida Saenz (Albuquerque )
Length of Service – 40 Years - Isabelle Grover (Phoenix )
Length of Service – 40 Years - Kristi Gallagher (Billings)
Length of Service – 40 Years - Margaret Witt (Portland )
Length of Service – 40 Years - Gloria Baker (Billings)

Length of Service – 45 Years

Length of Service – 45 Years - Cecilia Baltazar (Billings)
Length of Service – 45 Years - Linda Leroy (Oklahoma City )

Length of Service – 50 Years

Length of Service – 50 Years - Felix Gonzales (Albuquerque )

Luana Reyes Award – Travis Scott

Luana Reyes Award – Travis Scott - Presenters: Kecia Reyes and Laura Wong Whitebear at Podium
Luana Reyes Award – Travis Scott - Kecia Reyes turning Podium over to Laura Wong Whitebear
Luana Reyes Award – Travis Scott - Laura Wong Whitebear Speaking
Luana Reyes Award – Travis Scott - Travis Scott (Oklahoma City )