Senior Executives Association Annual Awards Program
Honoring Meritorious Federal Executive Service

2022 Awardees

The Senior Executives Association’s Annual Awards (SEAAA) honors federal employees (SES, SL/ST, and their equivalents) whose achievements embody SEA’s mission-driven with an unwavering commitment to serve our nation’s top priorities. 

The SEA is proud to recognize outstanding federal service, characterized by exemplary executive leadership and outstanding professional performance on a major project with agency or department-wide impact that clearly exceeds expectations.

Outstanding Senior Executive/Professional of the Year Award

Aileen Nandi 

Executive Director for Asia

U.S. Department of Commerce

Recipients of the Outstanding Senior Executive/Professional of the Year Award are recognized for outstanding overall contribution and fundamental advancement in their particular field and functional responsibility for the previous calendar year.

Senior Executive/Professional Lifetime Achievement Award 

Michael McKenney (Ret.)

Deputy Inspector General for Audit

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

U.S. Department of Treasury

Recipients of the Senior Executive/Professional Lifetime Achievement Award are recognized for sustained excellence over the career of the employee; reserved for employees that are eligible for and/or pending retirement.

Spirit of Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Award 

Michelle Mainelli

Director, Office of Dissemination

National Weather Service

U.S. Department of Commerce

Recipients of the Spirit of Excellence in Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Accessibility Award are recognized for outstanding work in diversity, equity and inclusion to include efforts combating sexual harassment in the workplace, and making their functional area or agency more inclusive and diverse for the previous calendar year.

The 2023 nomination cycle begins January 31, 2023. For more information, click here.