NATCA members nominated their Union brothers and sisters to receive the Archie League Medal of
Safety Award. The National Safety Committee (NSC) – chaired by Chrissy Padgett (Washington Center,
ZDC) – facilitated the effort of organizing the nominations, acquiring all related material to complete
each one, and applying an initial evaluation. Then, the selection panel reviewed all the nominations
and recommended award recipients from the nominees in each region. The final decisions in 2022 were
made by President Rich Santa.
Since 2020, this selection process has been kept within our Union, meaning there were no selection
panelists from outside NATCA. For 2022, the selection panel included NATCA's Director of Safety
and Technology Tom Adcock; ATSAP Committee member Al Arcese (Engineer, ENE); National
Training Rep Jamaal Haltom (Las Vegas ATCT, LAS); Reloaded Committee, Historical Committee,
and Onboarding Committee member Sam Navarro (Seattle-Tacoma ATCT, SEA); NSC and ATSAP
Committee member Cher Oxenburg (Atlanta Center, ZTL); and Union Synergy Committee member
Amanda Richardson (Oakland Center, ZOA).
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Left to right: Tom Adcock, Al Arcese, Jamaal Haltom, Sam Navarro, Cher Oxenburg, Chrissy Padgett, Amanda Richardson
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