Alcoa Vice President Michelle O'Neill Receives U.S. Presidential Award
Michelle O'Neill, Vice President Government Affairs and Trade Policy for
Alcoa (NYSE:AA), was honored recently with a 2012 Presidential
Distinguished Rank Award, the nation's highest civil service award, for
outstanding achievement in public service. The award recognizes Ms.
O'Neill's extraordinary success as the Deputy Undersecretary for
International Trade ? the position she held before joining Alcoa ? in
which she led more than 2,300 Commerce Department employees worldwide.
Michelle O'Neill, Vice President Government Affairs and Trade Policy for Alcoa, was the recipient of a 2012 Presidential Distinguished Rank Award, the nation's highest civil service award. O'Neill was recognized for extraordinary success as Deputy Undersecretary for International Trade, a position she held before joining Alcoa in August 2012. (Photo: Business Wire)
The annual awards are presented by the President to senior federal
managers. Of the 6,800 senior executive service employees in the U.S.
Federal Government, no more than 1 percent are recommended to the
President by a panel of private citizens to receive the award each year.
Ms. O'Neill joined Alcoa in August 2012 and serves as the company's top
government liaison executive in Washington, D.C. She leads Alcoa's
federal and state government affairs activities and is responsible for
international trade policy supporting Alcoa's global businesses.
Throughout her career with the government, Ms. O'Neill had been active
on critical trade and commercial issues affecting the U.S. economy,
ranging from addressing market access barriers for U.S. firms in China,
Russia and Europe to helping companies across the U.S. expand their
export markets.
The 54 Distinguished Rank awardees were honored at a banquet hosted by
the Senior Executive Association, the professional association for
career federal employees, last week in Washington, D.C. These federal
executives together saved the government approximately $94 billion. The
Distinguished Rank awards have been given annually by the President of
the United States since the establishment of the Senior Executive
Service in 1978.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary and fabricated
aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of
alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry,
Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace,
automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30
countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com,
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