We\u2019ll honor all five on June 3, at Fitler Club. (RSVP here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n Sweeney\u2019s fellow winners are:<\/p>\n Michelle Bailey, Public Relations Specialist, Public Affairs Division, Philadelphia Water Department: Faith Harris, Director of Social Service and Operations, Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Public Safety for the City of Philadelphia: Dr. Mandy Manna, Principal and Farm Manager at Fox Chase Farm, School District of Philadelphia: Keith Scott, Director of the Community Crisis Intervention Program (CCIP) and Incarcerated Crisis Intervention Program (ICCIP), Division of Safe Neighborhoods, Office of Public Safety: This year\u2019s winners were once again selected by a panel of high-integrity judges:<\/p>\n Amy Kurland served as a federal prosecutor for 24 years before becoming Philadelphia\u2019s first Inspector General and then a consultant for Bloomberg Associates, where she assisted cities worldwide in their efforts to prevent public corruption. Cynthia F. Figueroa is President and CEO of JEVS Human Services, and a former Deputy Mayor for the City of Philadelphia\u2019s Office of Children and Families (OCF). Raymond Smeriglio, Director, State & Local Government Communications at Comcast, was previously First Deputy and Chief of Staff for the City\u2019s Rebuild program (and penned this excellent call<\/a> to civic action). <\/p>\n With the announcement of this year\u2019s inspiring winners comes an invitation for you: Please join us at our annual Integrity Icon party at Fitler Club Ballroom on Wednesday, June 3, from 6 until 7:30pm to honor the winners. We\u2019ll have light bites and drinks. Attendance is free, but you must fill out the RSVP form here.<\/a><\/p>\n We can\u2019t wait to celebrate our winners with all of you!<\/p>\n PHILADELPHIA\u2019S INTEGRITY ICONS FROM PAST YEARS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Sweeney has spent 15 years working for the Philadelphia Department of Sanitation, but his commitment to his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82798,82799,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-185347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-2026-integrity-icon","tag-integrity-icon","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
With 20 years of city service under her belt, Bailey prides herself on \u201cbeing a connector for people\u201d \u2014 getting residents the right resources to resolve their issues. Among other accomplishments, Bailey proactively gets people to sign up for assistance programs. \u201cShe is motivated to try new things and is constantly innovating and putting things into action,\u201d says Glen Abrams, PWD\u2019s Deputy Commissioner of Communications and Engagement. \u201cShe is the epitome of a civil servant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris helped launch the Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC) as Director, which is no easy feat: JAC is geared towards triaging law enforcement issues for young people and their families. She often takes calls and texts outside of work hours and meeting with colleagues across the city to build new reform initiatives and systemic change. \u201cShe goes above and beyond to advocate for kids and their families,\u201d says Police Lieutenant Dennis Johnson. \u201cShe leverages her contacts to lessen sentences for kids and makes sure their families are informed. Faith exhausts resources to help, reaching across departments and making folks work together.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the helm of one of two public high schools that are also working farms is Dr. Mandy Manna, who runs Fox Chase Farm\u2019s innovative program in agricultural and environmental education, serving more than 62,000 students annually across 60 schools. Manna\u2019s role entails giving students real-world experiences on the farm, putting agricultural science into schools, as well as managing crops, livestock, and hydroponic growing. Manna has expanded experiential agricultural learning to more than 62,000 students across 60 schools, ensuring access regardless of zip code and hiring workers from the community to ensure that locals are a part of the system that raises its kids.\u201cI love knowing that I\u2019m changing lives and empowering students to be global citizens,\u201d she says. \u201cI get to see change happen right in front of my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Supervising Philly\u2019s credible messengers and liaising with the Police Department are no easy tasks. Scott relishes the opportunity to oversee both, in a role that has him sometimes working nearly 24\/7. He also recognizes the power that comes from working with communities: \u201cI deal with people who are closest to the problem \u2014 violence \u2014 and also closest to the solution,\u201d he says. \u201cI have to be a leader and role model to them and lead by example.\u201d Deion Sumpter,<\/a> a 2024 Integrity Icon winner and Deputy Director in the Division of Safe Neighborhoods, says Scott \u201cis a leader and a teacher. He is the heartbeat of the division.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n