ASPA is pleased to announce it will honor more than 40 individuals and organizations when it convenes its annul awards program next month during our 2022 Annual Conference. These awards, as well as a number of Section awards, will be presented throughout the event. Section award honorees will be announced in the awards brochure distributed at the conference.

National Public Service Award (NPSA)
Presented during the Democracy under Threat Plenary, Sunday, March 20 at 1:45 p.m.

  • Sylvia Mathews Burwell (American University)
  • Hung Cao (U.S. Navy, Retired)
  • William H. Leighty (Virginia Commonwealth University)
  • James M. Shuler (U.S. Department of Energy)

NPSA Rosslyn Kleeman Keeper of the Flame Award
Presented during the Democracy under Threat Plenary, Sunday, March 20 at 1:45 p.m.
  • Joseph Vass (Virginia Capitol Police)
  • Mary Hamilton (University of Nebraska Omaha)

Nesta Gallas Award for Exemplary Professionalism in Public Service
Presented during the Nesta M. Gallas Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m.
  • Mary E. Guy (University of Colorado Denver)

Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award
Presented during the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Luncheon, Sunday, March 20 at 11:45 a.m.
  • Blue Wooldridge (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Public Integrity Award
Presented during the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Luncheon, Sunday, March 20 at 11:45 a.m.
  • William Haseltine (ACCESS Health International)

Elmer B. Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service
Presented during the Elliot Richardson Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 10:15 a.m.
  • Lyle D. Wray (Capitol Region Council of Governments)

Paul P. Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service
Presented during the Democracy under Threat Plenary, Sunday, March 20 at 1:45 p.m. 
  • Kenneth J. Meier (American University)

Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award
Presented during the Nesta M. Gallas Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m.
  • Diane M. Disney (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Gina Scutelnicu Todoran (Pace University)

Dwight Waldo Award
Presented during the Donald C. Stone Lecture, Sunday, March 20 at 9:00 a.m.
  • Donald F. Kettl (University of Maryland)

John W. Gaston, Jr., Award for Excellence in Public Service Management
Presented during the Elliot Richardson Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 10:15 a.m.
  • Thomas Liu (U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award
Presented during the Nesta M. Gallas Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m. 
  • The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  • Sacred Heart Center, Richmond, VA

Public Administration Review (PAR) Awards
Presented during the Donald C. Stone Lecture, Sunday, March 20 at 9:00 a.m.
  • Louis Brownlow Award: Agustin Leon-Moreta (University of New Mexico) and Vittoria R. Totaro (University of New Mexico)
  • Laverne Burchfield Award: Staci M. Zavattaro (University of Central Florida)
  • William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award: Thorbjorn Sejr Guul (Aarhus University), Mogens Jin Pedersen (University of Copenhagen) and Niels Bjorn Grund Petersen (Aarhus University)
  • Chester A. Newland Award: Faisal Ali Baig (World Bank Group), Xu Han (University of Maryland), Zahid Hasnain (World Bank Group) and Daniel Rogger (World Bank Group)

Public Integrity Awards
Presented during the Donald C. Stone Lecture, Sunday, March 20 at 9:00 a.m.
  • Best Article Award: Staci M. Zavattaro (University of Central Florida)
  • Best Book Review Award: Bruce D. McDonald (North Carolina State University)
  • Best Special Issue Editorial: Sean McCandless (University of Illinois at Springfield) and Nicole Elias (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY); and Brandi Blessett (University of Cincinnati) and Tia Sherèe Gaynor (University of Cincinnati)
  • Best Film Review: Vanessa Lopez-Littleton (California State University, Monterey Bay), Juliana Chiarelli (Washington University), Amber Ward (California State University, Monterey Bay) and William Shelby (California State University, Monterey Bay)
  • Jonathan West New Emerging Scholar Best Paper Award: Ting-An-Xu Lewis-Liu (Indiana University)

International Public Administration Award
Presented during the International Assembly, Sunday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m.
  • Alikhan Baimenov and The Astana Civil Service Hub

Wallace O. Keene Conference Scholarship
Presented during the Students and New Professionals Summit, Friday, March 18 at 2:30 p.m.
  • Ose A. Agho (University of Colorado Denver)
  • Intae Choi (University of Missouri)
  • Adam Croft (University of Colorado Denver)
  • Mingean Park (Pennsylvania State—Harrisburg)
  • Kayla Schwoerer (Rutgers University—Newark)

Walter W. Mode Scholarship
Presented during the Students and New Professionals Summit, Friday, March 18 at 2:30 p.m.
  • Kayla Schwoerer (Rutgers University—Newark)

Patricia J. Yearwood Section Newsletter Award
Presented during the Elliot Richardson Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 10:15 a.m.
  • Students and New Administration Professionals Section

Oveta Culp Hobby Training Award
Presented during the Elliot Richardson Lecture, Monday, March 21 at 10:15 a.m.
  • South Asian Section for Public Administration

Center for Accountability and Performance Awards
Presented after the Annual Conference at a CAP event of its choosing
  • Emerging Leaders Award of Excellence: Rudy de Leon Dinglas (Johns Hopkins Center for Government Excellence), Haley Kadish (Ohio State University), Jaime Lees (Arlington County Government) and Tim Moreland (Office of Open Data and Performance Management, Chattanooga, TN)
  • The Harry Hatry Distinguished Performance Management Practice Award: John M. Kamensky (IBM Center for The Business of Government)
  • The Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award: Sounman Hong (Yonsei University)
  • Organizational Leadership Award: New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee