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24 NATCA congratulates the 2024 recipient of the Region X Commitment to Safety Award, Troy Swanberg (Engineer/Great Lakes Region, EGL). e Region X Commitment to Safety Award is given annually to a Region X member who has shown a profound dedication to ensuring the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS). e award is peer-nominated, and any Region X member in good standing can be nominated for work done in their role as an aviation safety professional. Troy is a Mechanical Engineer with the FAA and has worked to keep the NAS safe for the last 33 years. Troy was a charter member of NATCA when the engineers rst petitioned to be represented by NATCA in 1997. He has been involved with NATCA in various leadership roles within the Union and is currently serving as the EGL Region X Representative. About 8 years ago, NATCA presented Troy a role to participate in safety-related activities, and he's grown and ourished in that role over the years. During project implementations in 2017, unscheduled outages at New York TRACON (N90), Washington Center (ZDC), and other FAA facilities caused major issues within the NAS. Following these incidents, Troy led a collaborative workgroup tasked with creating and delivering training to Engineering Services which resulted in the Project Implementer Operational Risk Management (ORM) workshop. In 2019, he facilitated this training to more than 1,000 employees which resulted in a reduction in unscheduled outages during project implementations in the forthcoming years. Troy was also the lead NATCA member on the collaborative e ort to create the Project Strategic/Tactical ORM (STORM) workshop. During the creation of the workshop, Troy ensured the training was an in-person o ering and provided the greatest value to the workforce by championing its format, which brings personnel from the three primary parties involved in the implementation of projects in the NAS: Technical Operations, Engineering Services, and Air Tra c. He has facilitated most of the 160 Project Wri en by Shannon Lyman (Boston Center, ZBW) Wri en by Shannon Lyman (Boston Center, ZBW) REGION X REGION X REGION X REGION X REGION X REGION X Troy Swanberg Engineer/Great Lakes Region EGL

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