Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award
Nominations Sought
Beth Kilss, 2010 Chair, Griffith Award selection Committee
I
t is time to start thinking Award committee
about nominating an out-
emerson elliott Beth Kilss (chair)
standing supervisor, techni-
cal director, team coordinator, or
Carol House stephanie shipp
other member of a governmental
Dan Kasprzyk Clyde tucker
statistical staff who encourages
mentoring of junior staff in the
Andy Orlin, Jeanne Griffith’s husband, serves as
federal, state, or local statistical
emeritus member, thus providing continuity and
system for the 2010 Jeanne E.
historical perspective.
Griffith Mentoring Award.
Nominations will be accepted
beginning in January and must
—Serving as a role model for junior staff through profes-
Griffith
be submitted by March 26. The
sional expertise, information, and insight; balancing colle-
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award winner(s) will be deter-
hot
gial and personal roles; and including everyone across rank,
os
mined by May 7.
race, ethnicity, and seniority
of
The award consists of a
C
ec Nominations should be prepared in the form of a letter or
$1,000 honorarium (to be split if
c
o
and
memorandum summarizing the nominee’s actions that support
there is more than one awardee),
and encourage junior staff in the federal, state, or local statisti-
a citation, and a plaque, which
Lin
c
cal community. Nominations may be accompanied by up to
will be presented at a ceremony
our
six supporting letters, which should be attached to the nomina-
in June.
t
esy
tion. Photo and email copies of support letters are acceptable.
Winners are selected for
of
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Descriptions of what nominees actually do are the strongest
their efforts to support the
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demonstration of candidate mentoring. Examples include “the
work and develop the careers of
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v
mentor is a source of advice … counsels with long-term goals in
junior staff. Examples of typical
y
Cecco
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hot
mind … thought I was well qualified even though I had some
mentoring activities include the
og
doubts … encourages staff to seek out positions that will increase
following:
r
aph their visibility and stretch their professional capabilities.”
—Advising junior staff to
y
The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award was established to
help them create career
honor Griffith, who died in August of 2001 after working for
opportunities, network-
more than 25 years in the federal statistical system. Throughout
ing skills, and contacts for
her career, and especially in her later senior management posi-
growth and development
tions at the National Center for Education Statistics and National
Science Foundation, one of Griffith’s top priorities was to mentor
—Counseling junior staff
and encourage younger staff at all levels to learn, grow, and recog-
and providing resources to
nize and seize career opportunities as they came along.
help develop their technical
This year marked the first time in the award’s seven-year his-
writing, analysis, presenta-
tory that two winners were chosen, as well as the first time the
tion, and organizational skills Lin
ASA’s Government Statistics Section oversaw the award selection.
and knowledge
Kevin Cecco, chief of the Corporation Statistics Branch, Statistics
of Income Division, IRS, and Lillian Lin, mathematical statisti-
—Encouraging junior staff growth and career development
cian in the Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention at the Centers
through attendance and oral presentations at meetings with
for Disease Control and Prevention, received their awards at a
higher-level officials and the staffs of other agencies
ceremony held on June 17, 2009, in Washington, DC.
—Becoming involved in professional associations, training
Nomination packages may be mailed or emailed to Jeanne E.
courses, and conferences
Griffith Mentoring Award Committee, The American Statistical
Association, 732 N. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-
—Motivating junior staff and building self confidence
1943;
monica@amstat.org. For more information, visit www.
through feedback on their efforts, being a listener when
amstat.org/sections/sgovt or contact Monica Clark at monica@
needed, and creating a caring and supportive environment
amstat.org or Beth Kilss at
bakilss@msn.com. n
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