The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its 31st Annual Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 2, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center to honor outstanding employees and their important contributions to the agency's success. During the ceremony, NRC will acknowledge recipients of Presidential Executive Rank Awards and the NRC's Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards.

The following individuals are NRC's Distinguished Executive Rank Award Recipients for 2007:

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Awards

R. W. Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations, Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Roy J. Caniano, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region IV

Geoffrey E. Grant, Former Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III

Brian E. Holian, Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Former Director, Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

James E. Lyons, Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of New Reactors

Bruce S. Mallett, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs, Office of the Executive Director for Operations

David B. Matthews, Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors

Victor M. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations, Region II

William H. Ruland, Director, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission, Office of the Secretary

NRC Honorary Distinguished Service Awards

James E. Dyer, Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

George A. Mulley, Jr., Senior Level Assistant for Investigative Operations, Office of the Inspector General

Edmund J. Sullivan, Jr., Senior Level Advisor for Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

NRC Distinguished Service Awards

Merri Horn, Senior Project Manager, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

Michael T. Lesar, Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of Administration

Hulbert C. Li, Senior Electrical Engineer, Office of New Reactors

Mark A. Ring, Chief, Division of Reactor Projects, Region III

Patricia A. Ryder, Human Resources Assistant, Office of Human Resources

NRC Meritorious Service Award for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Binesh Korah Tharakan, Resident Inspector, Division of Reactor Projects, Region IV

Lori Suto-Goldsby, Civil Rights Program Manager, Office of Small Business and Civil Rights

NRC Honorary Meritorious Service Awards

Dennis R. Damon, Senior Level Advisor for Risk Assessment, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

NRC Meritorious Service Awards

Russell L. Anderson, Chief, Specialized Technical Training Branch, Office of Human Resources

Virginia S. Bolding, Budget Analyst, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Lynne Broadwater, Human Resources Specialist, Division of Resource Management in Region I

Terrise D. Brown, Management Analyst, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Cheryl K. Buracker, Personnel Security Specialist, Office of Administration

Kathleen J. Clayton, Correspondence and Records Management Specialist, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Wayne E. Davis, Chief, ADAMS Development and Document Processing Section, Office of Information Services

Stephen Dembek, Chief, Export Controls and International Organizations Branch, Office of International Programs

Susan R. Dickerson, Chief, Document Control and Administrative Services Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Sheila H. Dubose, Secretary, Office of the Regional Administrator,Region II

David W. Esh, Senior Systems Performance Analyst, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

James K. Everly, Senior Program Manager, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

William B. Gloersen, Senior Project Inspector, Division of Construction Projects, Region II

Valarie Y. Gousha, Investigations Assistant, Office of Investigations, Region II

Samuel L. Hansell, Jr., Chief, Operations Branch, Division of Reactor Safety, Region I

James Heller, Senior Allegation Coordinator, Enforcement and Investigation Coordination Staff, Region III

Steven R. Jones, Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Grace Kim, Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel

Michael P. Lee, Senior Staff Scientist, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Janet L. Lepre, Secretary, Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Sharon L. Little, Licensing Assistant, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Erasmia Lois, Senior Reliability and Risk Engineer, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Lucia Lopez, Secretary, Office of Enforcement

Thomas M. Magee, IT Specialist, Division of Resource Management and Administration, Region III

Patrick D. Milano, Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Marie Miller, Chief, Materials Security and Industrial Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I

James L. Montgomery, Health Physicist, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV

Clifford G. Munson, Chief, Geosciences and Geotechnical Engineering Branch 2, Office of New Reactors

Karen S. Paradiso, Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Computer Operations Division, Office of Information Services

Kevin M. Ramsey, Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Thierry M. Ross, Senior Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, Region II

Mary Jane Ross-Lee, Chief, Operating Experience Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Frederick C. Sturz, Senior Safeguards Technical Analyst, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Robert R. Temps, Senior Transportation and Storage Safety Inspector, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

William K. Usilton, Team Leader, Office of New Reactors

Gregory G. Warnick, Senior Resident Inspector, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Region IV

Robert Morris Weisman, Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel