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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

2009 Denali Award Winners and Honorable Mentions

Contents

Individual Winners
Team Winners
Individual Honorable Mentions
Team Honorable Mentions
All Nominees (PDF)

Individual Winners

Category	Winner	Department
Co-worker recognition	Melanie Bosch	Fish and Game
Customer Service Individual	Patience Frederiksen	Education and Early Development
Exceptional Performance Individual	Elizabeth Manning	Fish and Game
Leadership	Patrick Shier	Administration
Heroic	Todd Richardson	Administration

Team Winners

Category	Team Name	Team Members	Department
Customer Service Team	Epidemiology Vaccine Depot	Della Fisher Brenda Snelson Maurice Lockhart Tinna Thomas	Health and Social Services
Exceptional Performance Team	Career Guides	Gary Abernathy Laura Hohman	Labor and Workforce Development
Heroic Team	Public Facilities	Doug Webster Kevin Knotek Karl Severance Bill Redmond Terry Quantrille	Transportation and Public Facilities

Individual Honorable Mentions

Co-Worker Recognition

Employee Name	Department
Cindy Brewster	Administration
Jeffrey D. Hermanns	Natural Resources
Marie Crosley	Natural Resources

Customer Service Excellence

Employee Name	Department
Tamika M. Anderson	Corrections
Nancy Sisinyak	Fish and Game
Deborah Brooks	Revenue

Exceptional Performance

Employee Name	Department
Doug Avara	Natural Resources
Klaus Wuttig	Fish and Game
Wayne Biessel	Natural Resources

Leadership

Employee Name	Department
Jeff Ottesen	Transportation and Public Facilities
Robert Froehle	Health and Social Services
Ellie Fitzjarrald	Health and Social Services

Heroic

Employee Name	Department
Drew Motsinger	Transportation and Public Facilities
Jeff Jeans	Administration

Team Honorable Mentions

Customer Service Excellence Team

Team Name	Team Members	Department
Field Counselors	Brian Schmidt Judy Hall Michele Michaud Pamela Couzin	Administration
Fairbanks Division of Motor Vehicles	Charlene Corman Melissa Jurdi Mary Ella Davis Joanne Olsen Nichole Lee Debra Leonardo Zuzanna Bobinski Shawna Nayduch Claudia Neetz Annamarie Pettit Christina Griffith Christine Reiland Lois Corrigan Dana Arnold Andrea Hill Cindy Gentz	Administration
Westward Region Support	Sandra Moore Lori Ryser Renee Canete Blair Murray	Fish and Game

Exceptional Performance Team

Team Name	Team Members	Department
Economic Modeling Tool	Rich Hughes Andrew Tainter Richard Fredericksen Ian Laing Johanna Bales Dan Stickel Nels Tomlinson	Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, and Revenue
Purchasing Section	Walt Harvey Jason Soza Tom Mayer Victor Leamer Ted Fosket Kate Hudson	Administration
BLM	John Baker Gerald Jennings Sandra Singer Brian Raynes	Law and Natural Resources