Alaska BLM execs win national awards

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One current and two former senior executives with the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska received Presidential awards for service on May 28.

Thomas P. Lonnie, state director for the BLM in Alaska, received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award, while BLM Deputy Director Henri R. Bisson and Linda S.C. Rundell, State Director for BLM-New Mexico, each received a Secretary’s Executive Leadership Award, Silver.

Bisson served as BLM-Alaska State Director from 2002 to 2006, while Rundell served as BLM-Alaska Associate Director from 1999 through 2002.

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne presented Presidential Rank Awards, also known as the Secretary’s Executive Leadership Awards to 36 Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of the Interior at a ceremony held at the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C.

Each year, the President of the United States recognizes and celebrates a small group of career senior executives and senior professionals with the Presidential Rank Award for long-term accomplishments.

Lonnie was one of 13 Department employees to receive a Presidential Rank Award.

—Petroleum News