On April 1, 2020, FMA announced the winners of the Gil Guidry Award, the President's Award, the Odell Green Award, FMA's Super Recruiter, and the top regional recruiters of new members. We hope that shining a light on these deserving public servants and sharing a little bit of their stories will help boost everyone's morale in these trying times. FMA is certainly impressed with their accomplishments and thankful for their service to our country and the Association.

 

The Gil Guidry Award is presented to the outstanding Federal Managers Association Chapter President in memory of the late Gilbert N. Guidry, former President of Chapter 4, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, whose leadership represented the finest tradition of service to the United States of America and to the principles of FMA.

This year, we are proud to recognize Sue Thatch, President of FMA Chapter 21, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, winner of the Gil Guidry Award.

Sue has been a member of the federal workforce since 1989, beginning her career in drafting, moving to engineering as a technician, then on to logistics.

Thank you, Sue, for all of your contributions to Chapter 21, FMA, the Marine Corps, and protecting America's interests at home and abroad!

 

This award recognizes a chapter in the Association that has displayed outstanding leadership and service to its facility, community, agency, and nation during the past year.

The 2019 winner of the President's Award is Chapter 6, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard - AKA the Wolf Pack. Chapter 6 exhibits camaraderie, an admirable team-spirit, pride in their shipyard - the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard - pride in the U.S. Navy and its role in national security, and pride in Team FMA.

It is with great honor that we present Chapter 6 - the Wolf Pack - with this year's President's Award. Congratulations, and thank you for all your great work on behalf of FMA, the U.S. Navy, and your local community!

 

This award recognizes excellence by a member of the National Executive Board in the preceding year. It was established in memory of Odell Green who performed exemplary service for FMA. Odell served for two years as the Zone 8 President and was former president of Chapter 16, Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. He passed away in 1992.

The winner of the Odell Green Award is Christine Parker, FMA National Secretary.

Christine retired from the federal workforce after a distinguished career of selfless service to our country working for the U.S. Air Force. She is a member of FMA's Air Force Caucus and has been an FMA member since January 1998. She is chair of FMA’s Retiree Conference and writes a quarterly retiree column for The Federal Manager magazine. 

Christine has a warm presence, a big heart, a wonderful sense of humor, and is always active on FMA Day on the Hill, engaging with congressional staff and other decision makers. She is a model ambassador for who FMA is and what we stand for, and a richly deserving recipient of this year's Odell Green Award. Thank you, Christine, for your exemplary service on the FMA Executive Board!

 

Congratulations to each of our deserving Federal Managers Association Award Winners! To read more about them, please click here.