Nomination Cycle Closed
Please note the 2024 nomination cycle is closed. The nomination links listed below remain available for reference purposes only.
Since 1978, the Roger W. Jones Award has honored and recognized federal career executives for the Senior Executive Service who have demonstrated dedication to superior leadership in achieving their agency's mission and nurturing future managers.
Award recipients are not only committed to mission success, but also inspire those they lead, consistent with the career of the extraordinary public servant for whom the Award is named.
Roger Jones (February 3, 1908 - May 28, 1993) served seven U.S. presidents over four decades, including tours as Deputy Secretary of State, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
He extolled the importance of public administration and service, stressing the need to provide professional education for public managers.
Please note the 2024 nomination cycle is closed. The nomination links listed below remain available for reference purposes only.
For the first time since the awards were expanded in the 2019-2020 nomination cycle, all awardees were women, who hailed from various federal agencies: Caryl Brzymialkiewicz of the Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General; Francine Kerner of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Debbie Stephens of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The criteria for this prestigious award for active federal career executives (members of SES) are demonstrated exceptional capabilities in the following areas:
Any career civilian employee of the executive branch of the U.S. government or member of the uniformed services who has at least three (3) years of service as of June 30, 2024, and who is not retirement eligible, may be submitted for nomination for the Roger Jones Award.
Presidential appointees, other administration appointees, and career civil service agency heads (acting or permanent) are invited each year to submit nominations of career executives responsible to them who have demonstrated outstanding executive leadership.
Recipients of the Roger W. Jones Award will be honored in a ceremony hosted by 69传媒 University 69传媒 the Annual Key Executive Leadership Conference and receive a $1,500 cash award.
Dr. Patrick Malone
Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs;聽Roger W. Jones Award Committee Chair, School of Public Affairs, 69传媒 University
David S. C. Chu
President, Institute for Defense Analyses; Co-Chairman, Transition 2017, National Academy of Public Administration
Lillian Cheng
Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Patricia Cogswell
Partner, Guidehouse & Former National Security Executive
Tyra Dent
Executive Director, African 69传媒 Federal Executive Association
Ed Deseve
Co-Chairman, Transition 2017, National Academy of Public Administration; Executive in Residence, Brookings Executive Education; former Special Adviser to the President
Terry Gerton
President and CEO, National Academy of Public Administration
David Mader
Civilian Sector Chief Strategy Officer, Deloitte
Bob Tobias
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence; Former Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs
Reginald Wells
Executive-in-Residence (Retired), Key Executive Leadership Programs, School of聽Public Affairs, 69传媒 University