The 2020 Secretary’s Award for Diversity Management recognizes an employee, supervisor, or manager who has excelled in efforts to promote diversity through exceptional, effective leadership, innovation, and perseverance. The award may acknowledge individual efforts exclusively within the department, or with external partners who assist the Department of Homeland Security in meeting our commitment to diversity.
Jason Lagria
Federal Emergency Management Agency
For counseling and advising the team on the FEMA Civil Rights Bulletin released in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to uphold civil rights and civil liberties in a historic time period.