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Annual Awards Luncheon for Excellence in Border Security Initiatives

The 2010 Awardees:

• Alonzo R. Peña, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

• Major General Michael Kostelnik USAF (Ret), Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine

• Pennie Gillette-Stroud, Former Deputy Director, Arizona Department of Public Safety

The 2009 Awardees:

• HIDTA
  • Terry Azbill, HIDTA Director, Arizona Sector

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Mickey A. Valdez, Assistant Chief of Special Operations for Customs and Border Protection, Office of Border Patrol, San Diego Sector

  • Arturo Angulo, Assistant Chief, U.S. Customs and Border Security, U.S. Border Patrol, Yuma Sector

  • Joseph E. Gleason, Deputy Chief Patrol Agent for Customs and Border Protection, Office of Border Patrol, El Paso Sector

• Impact Task Force
  • Kevin Robinson, Assistant Police Chief, Phoenix Police Department

  • Commander Joe Klima, Phoenix Police Department

  • Patricia Schmidt, Assistant Special Agent in-Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  • Armando Garcia, Assistant Special Agent in-Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  • Dan Wells, Commander, Arizona Department of Public Safety

  • Tim Chung, Commander, Arizona Department of Public Safety

• East Valley Fusion Center
  • George Gascon, Chief, Mesa Police Department

The 2008 Awardees:

• Al Peña, Attache-Mexico, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Members of Tucson Sector, U.S. Border Patrol SBInet Team – nominated for this award by David Aguilar, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, DHS:
  • PAIC Matthew Harris, Technology Team Member, EPT-Intel and Tucson Sector SBInet

  • SBPA Stephen Sims, Technology Team Member, Tucson Sector SBInet

  • BPA Christopher Chmiel, Technology Team Member, Tucson Sector SBInet

  • BPA Oisborne Wilder, Operations Team Member, Tucson Sector SBInet

The 2007 Recipients:

• Lic. José Luís Santiago Vasconcelos, Deputy Attorney General for International Affairs, Government of Mexico

• Acting Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Phillip Calk, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Department of Homeland Security