Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org NASA’s Claire Parkinson Named Finalist for Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal May 5, 2020 On May 3, 2020, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service announced 27 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) finalists for 2020 – outstanding federal employees who serve the public good and are addressing many of our country’s greatest challenges. One of those winners is climatologist and author, Claire Parkinson of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.