July 1, 2009
TSA Team Oregon Receives Seven National Awards For 2008
TSA Team Oregon received seven awards for 2008 at the Transportation Security Administration's national honorary awards ceremony. The seven awards were the highest number given to any airport operation in the country.
The ceremony is an annual event that recognizes TSA employees and stakeholders from across the nation for their accomplishments, commitment, innovation and creativity.
Terry Coleman, National Deployment Office area coordinator at PDX, received the Leadership Award; James Esse, PDX behavior detection officer manager, received the Heroism Award; Christina Urbach, Oregon customer service coordinator, received the Customer Service Award; David Garcia, supervisory transportation security officer at Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport, received the Transportation Security Officer of the Year Award; Tina Burke, Oregon stakeholder and customer service manager, was selected as the TSA Employee of the Year; and the Oregon Advisory Council received the Team Award.
