Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Vail resident receives national award for breakthrough in 3D printing November 17, 2021 In the fashion of a true mountain woman, Higgins was climbing Denali in Alaska with her husband when the honorees were announced. She was just getting back into cell service, fresh off the high of climbing North America’s tallest peak, when she got a call from her supervisor telling her to reach out to the Partnership for Public Service about the award.