{"id":8498,"date":"2025-02-05T08:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrityicon.org\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:36:15","slug":"who-are-the-most-outstanding-city-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrityicon.org\/es\/who-are-the-most-outstanding-city-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are The Most Outstanding City Workers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-headline-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-headline\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h2-fix\"><em>Written by Jessica Blatt Press at the <a href=\"http:\/\/We\u2019re kicking off our 5th Integrity Icon Awards, and we need your help to find Philadelphia employees going above and beyond their job description to make Philly better for all BY Jessica Blatt Press Feb. 03, 2025 Print Whatever your feelings about the new administration, you have to admit: The November presidential election in Philadelphia ran totally smoothly \u2014 no rumors of tampering, no threats of interference, no claims about corruption. It was an election success story \u2014 in no small part thanks to Deputy Commissioner Eric Kapenstein and his hardworking team. \u201cOur staff did a phenomenal job under a big international spotlight, and I\u2019m happy to have been a small part of that,\u201d Kapenstein says. \u201cWe proved yet again that Philadelphia\u2019s elections are safe, secure and accessible.\u201d Looking ahead, Kapenstein says his team is already preparing for the 2025 primary election and anticipating \u201csignificant interest in candidates running [for] election board so that our election boards can truly represent the voices from voters on every block in Philadelphia.\u201d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Citizen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whatever your feelings about the new administration, you have to admit: The <a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November presidential election<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia ran totally smoothly \u2014 no rumors of tampering, no threats of interference, no claims about corruption. It was an election success story \u2014 in no small part thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/2024-integrity-icon-eric-kapenstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deputy Commissioner Eric Kapenstein<\/a>\u00a0and his hardworking team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentArea\">\n<section class=\"mainText\">\n<article>\u201cOur staff did a phenomenal job under a big international spotlight, and I\u2019m happy to have been a small part of that,\u201d Kapenstein says. \u201cWe proved yet again that Philadelphia\u2019s elections are safe, secure and accessible.\u201dLooking ahead, Kapenstein says his team is already preparing for the 2025 primary election and anticipating \u201csignificant interest in candidates running [for] election board so that our election boards can truly represent the voices from voters on every block in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>It\u2019s that level of passion and commitment that earned Kapenstein a 2024 Integrity Icon award, alongside four other city workers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/2024-integrity-icon-adara-combs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Adara Combs<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b>\u00a0the City\u2019s first Victim Advocate;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/2024-integrity-icon-lesha-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Lesha Sanders<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b>\u00a0Director of Problem Solving Courts for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/2024-integrity-icon-tracey-t-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Tracey T. Williams<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b>\u00a0Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Records; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/integrity-icon-2024-deion-sumpter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Deion Sumpter<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b>\u00a0then the Director of the City\u2019s Gun Violence Intervention program, who has since been promoted to Deputy Director of Violence Intervention Strategies at the Office of Safe Neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing named Integrity Icon has boosted my profile,\u201d Sumpter says. \u201cThe recognition of honesty, transparency, and ethical leadership played a key role in advancing me to the conversation for the promotional opportunity I received. The credibility that comes with the award has also inspired other leaders to follow that same standard of integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Integrity Icon is a program of the Washington, D.C.-based Accountability Lab; The Citizen has been partnering with the nonprofit for five years, adopting their mission to highlight the work of city employees worldwide who not only go against the all-too-common stereotype of corrupt government workers \u2014 but go above and beyond their job description to make their city better for all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/It\u2019s that level of passion and commitment that earned Kapenstein a 2024 Integrity Icon award, alongside four other city workers: Adara Combs, the City\u2019s first Victim Advocate; Lesha Sanders, Director of Problem Solving Courts for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Tracey T. Williams, Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Records; and Deion Sumpter, then the Director of the City\u2019s Gun Violence Intervention program, who has since been promoted to Deputy Director of Violence Intervention Strategies at the Office of Safe Neighborhoods. \u201cBeing named Integrity Icon has boosted my profile,\u201d Sumpter says. \u201cThe recognition of honesty, transparency, and ethical leadership played a key role in advancing me to the conversation for the promotional opportunity I received. The credibility that comes with the award has also inspired other leaders to follow that same standard of integrity.\u201d Integrity Icon is a program of the Washington, D.C.-based Accountability Lab; The Citizen has been partnering with the nonprofit for five years, adopting their mission to highlight the work of city employees worldwide who not only go against the all-too-common stereotype of corrupt government workers \u2014 but go above and beyond their job description to make their city better for all.\">Read the rest of the article on the Philadelphia Citizen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Jessica Blatt Press at the Philadelphia Citizen Whatever your feelings about the new administration, you have to admit: The November presidential election\u00a0in Philadelphia ran totally smoothly \u2014 no rumors of tampering, no threats of interference, no claims about corruption. It was an election success story \u2014 in no small part thanks to\u00a0Deputy Commissioner Eric Kapenstein\u00a0and his hardworking team. \u201cOur staff did a phenomenal job under a big international spotlight, and I\u2019m happy to have been a small part of that,\u201d Kapenstein says. \u201cWe proved yet again that Philadelphia\u2019s elections are safe, secure and accessible.\u201dLooking ahead, Kapenstein says his team is already preparing for the 2025 primary election and anticipating \u201csignificant interest in candidates running [for] election board so that our election boards can truly represent the voices from voters on every block in Philadelphia.\u201d It\u2019s that level of passion and commitment that earned Kapenstein a 2024 Integrity Icon award, alongside four other city workers:\u00a0Adara Combs,\u00a0the City\u2019s first Victim Advocate; Lesha Sanders,\u00a0Director of Problem Solving Courts for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania;\u00a0Tracey T. Williams,\u00a0Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Records; and\u00a0Deion Sumpter,\u00a0then the Director of the City\u2019s Gun Violence Intervention program, who has since been promoted to Deputy Director of Violence Intervention Strategies at the Office of Safe Neighborhoods. \u201cBeing named Integrity Icon has boosted my profile,\u201d Sumpter says. \u201cThe recognition of honesty, transparency, and ethical leadership played a key role in advancing me to the conversation for the promotional opportunity I received. The credibility that comes with the award has also inspired other leaders to follow that same standard of integrity.\u201d Integrity Icon is a program of the Washington, D.C.-based Accountability Lab; The Citizen has been partnering with the nonprofit for five years, adopting their mission to highlight the work of city employees worldwide who not only go against the all-too-common stereotype of corrupt government workers \u2014 but go above and beyond their job description to make their city better for all. *Read the rest of the article on the Philadelphia Citizen<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,187,13,194,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-integrity-icon","category-news","category-philadelphia","category-united-states"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Are The Most Outstanding City Workers? 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