The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
On receiving the Roger Herriot Award in June 2001, Jeanne E. Griffith said: “One of the most rewarding aspects (of Federal statistics) for me was the opportunity to promote creative activities and energies among my staff…When I have had the blessing to mentor young people in their careers, I have tried to emphasize…(that) only they, themselves, can make the most of (the)…chances that life presents.”
Dr. Griffith died in August 2001 after working for more than 25 years in the Federal statistical system. Throughout her career, and especially in her latter senior management positions at the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation, one of Jeanne’s highest priorities was to mentor and encourage younger staff at all levels to learn, to grow, and to recognize and seize career opportunities as they came along.
The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award has been established to encourage mentoring of junior staff in the Federal statistical system. It is presented annually to a supervisor, technical director, team coordinator, or other member of the Federal statistical staff who is nominated by co-workers and supervisors, and chosen by the Award Selection Committee.
The award is co-sponsored by the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, the Council for Excellence in Government, the Washington Statistical Society, the Social Statistics and Government Statistics Sections of the American Statistical Association, and the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics.
Nominations for 2009 will be accepted beginning in January 2009. The last date for submission of nominations is March 27, 2009, and the Award Committee will make its determination of the award winner by May 8, 2009. The award will consist of a $1,000 honorarium and a citation, which will be presented at a ceremony arranged by the co-sponsors in June 2009.
The winning mentor will be selected for his or her efforts in supporting the work and developing the careers of junior staff. Examples of typical mentoring activities include:
- Advising junior staff to help them create career opportunities, networking skills, and contacts for growth and development;
- Counseling junior staff and providing resources to help develop their technical writing, analysis, presentation and organizational skills and knowledge;
- Encouraging junior staff growth and career development through attendance and oral presentations at meetings with higher level officials, staffs of other agencies, professional associations, training courses, and conferences;
- Motivating junior staff and building self confidence through feedback on their efforts, being a listener when that is needed, and creating a caring and supportive environment;
- Serving as a role model for junior staff through professional expertise, information and insights, balancing collegial and personal roles, and including everyone across rank, race, ethnicity, and seniority.
Past Award Winners include:
2003 Rich Allen
2004 Beth A. Kilss
2005 Renee Miller
2006 Martin O’Connell
2007 Stephanie Shipp
2008 Rosemary D. Marcuss
For further information on the award, contact Monica Clark at (703) 684-1221 ext 1858 or at
monica@amstat.org.
The nomination cover sheet and guidelines form-or a photocopy of it-should be attached to a nomination memorandum or letter. A nomination form can be obtained by downloading it from
http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/JEGform09.doc
in MS Word format or
http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/JEGform09.pdf
in Adobe pdf format.
All nominations should be mailed or emailed no later than March 27, 2009. Please send to:
The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award Committee
c/o Monica Clark
The American Statistical Association
732 N. Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1943
monica@amstat.org.
Government Statistics Section pages prepared by: Bill Wong.
Last updated: February 20, 2009.
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