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The following is a greeting given in one of the 20 indigenous languages recognized by the State of Alaska.

Cama-i, quyana tailuci!: (Central Yup'ik); "Greetings, thank you for coming!"

Governor's Denali Peak Performance Award

2007 Denali Award Winners and Honorable Mentions

Contents

Individual Winners
Team Winners
Individual Honorable Mentions
Team Honorable Mentions

Individual Winners

Category	Winner	Department
Co-worker recognition	Kathy Perham-Hester	Health and Social Services
Customer Service Individual	Irene Ferguson	Corrections
Exceptional Performance Individual	Bob Gerlach	Environmental Conservation
Leadership	Theron Powell	Health and Social Services

Team Winners

Category	Team Name	Team Members	Department
Customer Service Team	HS & EM Team	Claude Denver George Coyle Alan Cavallo Bruce Gazaway Greg Gould David Andrews Ervin Petty Grant Fry Patricia Winn Tom Smayda Brent Nichols Wanice Cowles Bob Stewart Deanna Humphreys Mark Ford	Military & Veterans Affairs
Exceptional Performance Team	BLM 2009 Selections Team	Pandora Willingham Forrest Weiant Karen Taylor Carl Brupbacher Leslie Sarten Ben Hagedorn Erik Johnson Michele Gorham	Natural Resources

Individual Honorable Mentions

Co-Worker Recognition

Employee Name	Department
Daniel Boone	Revenue
Bonnie Cedros	Military & Veterans Affairs
Mary Coulman	Transportation

Customer Service Excellence

Employee Name	Department
Marie Collins	Public Safety
Jason Sakalaskas	Transportation
John Carnahan	Environmental Conservation

Exceptional Performance

Employee Name	Department
William Herman	Transportation
Kathleen Ramage	Transportation
Larry Lewis	Fish & Game

Leadership

Employee Name	Department
Tony Newman	Health and Social Services
Bill Griffith	Environmental Conservation
Brad Whistler	Health and Social Services

Team Honorable Mentions

Customer Service Excellence Team

Team Name	Team Members	Department
Mat-Su M&O team	Adams, Curt Barickman, Michael Bee, Martin Bushnell, Larry Byers, David Chapman, Michael Clark, Tara Devon, Kurt Edwards, Laura Friedricks, Harvey Fullerton, Jack Hammonds, Kenneth Hanson, Stephen Hensel, Christopher Henslee, Neal Johnson, Robert Koffard, Vernon Lee, Leslie Martin, Jon Mathes, Sharon McCavit, Joy Lynn Mccorkell, Warren Mciver, Galen Meehan, Allen Miller, Terry Miranda, David Pitzer, Dallas Sleighter, Steven Smith, Kent Spain, David Spain, James Sumpter, Timothy Thorne, John Weiland, Andrew	Transportation
Carrie Holba & Cherri Womacs	Carrie Holba Cherri Womacs	Fish & Game
DNR Public Information Ctr team	Kathleen Johnson Mary Gleason Russell Spargo Kelley McGuirk Owen Coskey Catherine Heroy Timothy Shilling George Deaton	Natural Resources

Exceptional Performance Team

Team Name	Team Members	Department
Training Academy Staff	Elisa Huffman Sgt. Jacob Wyckoff Sgt. David Fredericks Sgt. Kurt Reichard	Correction
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Team	Wayne Rush George Mayberry Dennis Lundine Romeo Rescober Woody Sander	Military & Veterans Affairs
Water Info Management	Michelle Bonnet Janice McLean Nattinee Nipataruedi Suzanne Bauer Amber Bennett Ben Shier Pamela Clemens Nikitha Daniel Anthony Arriage Sara Manning Nicholas Dallman	Environmental Conservation