• Manuel Carballo sitting

    Performance Recognition Program logo The Manuel Carballo Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Service is the Commonwealth's highest honor for Executive Department employees. The award recognizes and honors state employees who personify excellence in public service. Seven individuals and three groups have been selected to receive the award this year. The recipients have demonstrated exemplary leadership, creativity and innovation, and their efforts have resulted in significant improvements in productivity and cost savings to their agencies.

    A special Selection Committee reviews nominations received from state agencies and makes recommendations to the Governor. The committee is comprised of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and various appointees chosen by the Governor from business, labor, academia, media and community groups.

    As Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Manuel Carballo oversaw fourteen state agencies. His dedication and commitment to the physically and mentally challenged, older citizens and children, families in crisis and the less fortunate is remembered through the twenty-first annual presentation of the Manuel Carballo Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Service.

    2012 Recipients of the Manuel Carballo Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Service 

  • The GIC Reenrollment Project Team

    Group Insurance Commission

  • Margaret Bovill-Hawkins, Director, Student Success Program

    Bunker Hill Community College

  • Monson Tornado Response Team

    Department of Developmental Services

  • Project IMPACT

    Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

  • DTA D-SNAP Key Contributors

    Department of Transitional Assistance

  • Yvette Smith, Assessment Manager

    Department of Industrial Accidents

  • Lee Anne St. Martin, Director of Operations

    Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke

  • MassDEP Tornado Team

    Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

  • The Educator Evaluation Implementation Team

    Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Alvina Brevard, Assistant Director of Field Operations

    Department of Housing and Community Development