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 2023 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)
Conveyed during the Elliot Richardson Lecture
- Jocelyn Benson (Secretary of State, State of Michigan)
- Daniella Levine Cava (Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Nesta Gallas Award for Exemplary Professionalism in Public Service
Conveyed during the Nesta M. Gallas Award and Lecture
- Janice Underwood (Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award
Conveyed during the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award and Lecture
- Michael Massiah (Ret., Former Chief Diversity Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
Public Integrity Award
Conveyed during the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award and Lecture
- Alan Kennedy (William & Mary)
Elmer B. Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service
Conveyed during the Elliot Richardson Lecture
- Parris Glendening (John Hopkins University; formerly Smart Growth America)
Paul Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service
Conveyed during the Through the Lens of the Media Plenary
- Mark Pisano (University of Southern California)
Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award
Conveyed during the Donald C. Stone Lecture
- James Perry (O'Neill School, Indiana University)
- Akhlaque Haque (University of Alabama—Birmingham)
Dwight Waldo Award
Conveyed during the Donald C. Stone Lecture
- Sanjay Pandey (Trachtenberg School, The George Washington University)
John W. Gaston, Jr., Award for Excellence in Public Service Management
Conveyed during the Nesta M. Gallas Award and Lecture
- James Herbeg (Ret., Orange County Sanitation District)
- Meta Loftsgaarden (U.S. Mount Hood National Forest)
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award
Conveyed during the Nesta M. Gallas Award and Lecture
- Colia Liddell Lafayette Clark
- Janice Underwood (Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
Public Administration Review (PAR) Awards
Conveyed during the Donald C. Stone Lecture
- Louis Brownlow Award: Stephen Coulthart and Ryan Riccucci—"Putting Big Data to Work in Government: The Case of the United States Border Patrol"
- Laverne Burchfield Award: Uday Desai—""Inequality, Federalism, and Politics in the U.S.: A Review Essay, A Review of Donald F. Kettl, The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn't Work and Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism"
- William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award: Ayesha Masood and Muhammad Azfar Nisar—"Repairing the State: Policy Repair in the Frontline Bureaucracy"
- Chester A. Newland Award: Galia Cohen and Brad G. Fortune—"Pandemic, Protest, and Unrest: Lessons Learned from a New Chief's First 100 Days"
International Public Administration Award
Conveyed during the International Assembly
- Calin Hintea and The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee)
Wallace O. Keene Conference Scholarship
Conveyed during the Student Summit, taking place April 4.
- Aline Alves da Costa (Vote Smart)
- Gretchell Cano (Florida International University)
- Min-kyeong Cha (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Kelsey E. Edmond (University of Massachusetts—Boston)
- Meng Ye (Georgia State University)
- Sun Gue (Susan) Yang (University of South Carolina)
Patricia J. Yearwood Section Newsletter Award
Conveyed during the Closing Plenary and ASPA Annual Membership Meeting
- South Asian Section for Public Administration
Center for Accountability and Performance Awards
- Emerging Leaders Award of Excellence: Rafael Baptista (Buncombe County, NC), Leah Tivoli (City of Seattle, WA) and Thomas Tippett and Sarah Dickinson (Montgomery County, MD)
- The Harry Hatry Distinguished Performance Management Practice Award: Cheryle Broom
- The Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award: Bert George, Sanjay K. Pandey, Bram Steijn , Adelien Decramer and Mieke Audenaert—"Red Tape, Organizational Performance, and Employee Outcomes: Meta-analysis, Meta-regression, and Research Agenda"
- Organizational Leadership Award: City of Alexandria, Virginia