The State Academy for Public Administration (SAPA) has two principal public service award categories 1) Public Service Excellence Awards, and 2) Nelson A. Rockefeller Award. More information below:
The Public Service Excellence Awards – The 2021 Public Service Excellence Award Ceremony was held on Thursday, May 20th via Zoom due to the COVID pandemic.
For 2021 SAPA Public Service Excellence Awards were awarded to 3 individuals, 3 teams and 2 honorable mentions to:
- Bob Rice, NYS DOT Region 1
- Daniel Martuscello III, NYS DOCCS (Corrections & Community Supervision)
- John WIlliams, NYS Energy Research & Development Authority
- Albany County Sheriff’s Office Homeless Improvement Program Team
- Battery Park City Authority Zero Waste Advisory Committee Team
- NYS Veterans’ Services DVS Learning Team
Honorable Mention to:
- Cody Baker, NYS DOT Finger Lakes
- Lindsey Foot, Office of Medicaid Inspector General
The Capital District Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants Awards were awarded to:
- Susan A. Rizzo, Albany County Comptroller
- Ken Shulman, NYS Office of the State Comptroller
2021 SAPA Essentials Graduates Acknowledged During the Award Ceremony:
- Emma Antolos
- Sofia Aronowitz
- Charlene Cordero
- Cate Degen
- Alex George
- Leslie Green
- Jennifer Gregory
- Winston Heslop
- Kimberly Jones
- Maria Volpe-McDermott
- Shelbi McIlroy
- Katelyn O’Leary
- Anthony Swingruber
2020 Public Service Excellence Awards were cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
For A Listing of Past Awardees
stateacademy.org 