Lifetime Distinguished Service Award

Every year at the HSDBC's Annual Dinner members of the Council, together with senior leaders in government and the community recognize outstanding leaders in homeland security who have dedicated themselves to the service of our nation. The recent recipients of this award are as follows: 2011, U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs 2010, Mark Sullivan, Director, U.S. Secret Service 2009, Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard 2008, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff 2007,Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson, Department of Homeland Security 2006, U.S. Representative Peter King (R-NY) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)