Mary Kicza(third from left) honoring the recipients of the Group Silver Medal for installing a new U.S. ground system for Europe's Jason-2 satellite to support worldwide weather forecasting and climate study. From left to right: Larry Ledlow, Kathy Kelly--Director OSO/OSDPD, Mary Kicza--AA NESDIS, Walid Bannoura, Linda Stathoplos, John Lillibridge, Angelo Wade and Mark Mulholland

Mary Kicza(left) honoring the recipients of the Group Silver Medal for providing timely ocean information for improved global monitoring and management of coral reef ecosystems. From left to right: Mary Kicza--AA NESDIS, C. Mark Eakin, Mary C. Penland de Garcia, Lauri MacLaughlin and Rik Wanninkhof