Image of the Green Environmental Management Systems (GEMS) Professional Advisory Group (PAG) receiving VA Environmental Excellence Award in recognition of significant collaborative efforts to develop Veterans Health Administration guidebooks for environmental compliance, and the development and implementation of GEMS at VA Medical Centers.

Pictured from l.-r. Charles E. Roberson, Don Campbell, Vernon Wilkes, Richard A. Wannemacher, Victoria Lay, Bill Kulas, Edwin Piñero (Federal Environmental Executive), Diane Lynne (EPA), Secretary Nicholson, Arnold Bierenbaum, Jack Staudt, Linda Martin, Freddie Martinez, Barbara Matos, Steve Morris.

Team members not pictured include Nancy Adams, Tina Beckner, Mary (Bernie) Foster, Marian (Marylou) Scholz, Adeline (Addie) Wall; Tom Boos, Topeka, Kansas; Keith Davidson, Sheridan, Wyoming; Michael Frydach, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jim Holland (VISN 15), Becky Lemen, Keith Repko, St. Louis, Missouri; Ruben McCullers, EPA Region 7.