The Secretary’s Exceptional Service Gold Medal Award is the highest award for service granted by the Secretary. The award honors exceptional leadership or service distinguished by achievements of unique national or international significance, reflecting great credit on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by markedly improving the security of our homeland. The Secretary may present the award to an individual or a group.
Katherine Andrews
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
David D'Arcangelis
Transportation Security Administration
Dorothea Lay
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Jennifer Tocco
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Lucy Wright
U.S. Coast Guard
CBP Enforce and Protect Act Transshipment and Country of Origin Investigation Teams
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Donald Anderson
Lee Baxley
Victoria Cho
Steven Emilius
Kristina Horgan
Courtney LeBlanc
TinaMaria Martell
Tara Mircovich
Dylan Pett
Deborah Scott
Aleta Sparano
Patricia Tran
Quoc Tran
Paul Walker
Jeffrey Wenc
CISA Cyber Notification Initiative Team
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Arielle Baine
Christopher Callahan
Gabriel Davis
Natasha Eastman
Antonio Enriquez
Morgan Jaffe
Geoff Jenista
Lauren Judd
Linda Kanz
Daniel King
Bradley Lundy
Sean McCloskey
Deron McElroy
Christopher Moretti
Joseph Oregon
Joseph Palmieri
Rich Richard
Brett Rouzer
David Sonheim
David Stern
Family Reunification Parole Team
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Jocelene M. Aquino
Anne M. Bloomberg
Manpreet Dhanjal
Graham Dudley
Scott Durrell
Phillip Elder
Samantha Enokian
Melanie Frank
Ihsan Gunduz
Tamar Hartman
Allison Kent
Phoenicia A. Lewis
Ramona L. McGee
Timothy Pape
Sasha Ridley
Joshua Rigney
Emily Saade
Carly Salazar
Brittany Simon
Shelly Sweeney
Timothy Tyler
Monica A. Vignier
Bryan Williamson
HSI Panama Bogota Cartegena
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Homeland Security Investigations
Hector Adames
Alejandro Aragon
Eric Arza
Adriana Brito
Michael Calvo
Carlos Campana
Edgar Castillo
Rocio Franco
Eliza Jeronimo
Matthew Larko
Julio Magallan
Antonio Marin
Roberto Eric Moreno
Adriana Ortiz
John Paez
Miguel Ramirez
Davis Ruiz
Guadalupe Sanchez
David Saucedo
Harry Schmidt
Samantha Sexton
Diego Tuberquia
Gabriel Uribe
Jairo Vargas
Brian Vicente
Management Directorate Secretary's Awards Team
Management Directorate
Cara Elias
Greg Halter
Scott Horowitz
Daniel Manso
Ms. L Litigation Team
Office of General Counsel
Ryan A. Corle
Jennifer C. Daskal
Stephen Jonas
Katherine F. Ruhs
Laura C. Smith
Michelle Tonelli
Alexander Wood
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Julie A. Endy
Maura Ooi
Colleen Renk Zengotitabengoa
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Justin M. Crofts
Julie A.G. Koller
Louisa C. Slocum
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Annemarie A. Brennan-Linnan
Yerin Cho
Julie Laughlin
Hilary Rainone
Geraldine K. Richardson
Private Sector Engagement Team
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Emily Appel
Nicole Gentempo
Deion Gipson
Stephanie Guzman
Tamara Hutchinson
James Jackson
Catalina McCarthy
Imani Midgette
Tammy Padilla
Shari-Ann Peart
Janet Womack
Southwest Border Coordination Center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Juan Luis Acosta
Robert Hagan
Kyle Hobart
Brian McShane
Kevin Raycraft
Cardell Smith
USSS Operation Crypto Runner
U.S. Secret Service
Michael Dawson
Jennifer Hamil
Teresa Healy
Danielle Kingston
Kevin Koch
William Mack
Christine Pellerin
Roger Roberts
Kali Schildecker
Brad Schley
Michael Stotler
James Wigley