Nominees & Awardees 2026
Congratulations to all our 2026 nominees!
Award winners will be announced soon, and celebrated at the Excellence Awards Reception Event, Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
Culture of Belonging Nominees
Meaghan Austin
Erinn Brainard
Sarah Burshan
Aisha Burton
Peyton Lee Carpen
Jeff Ceria
Juana Elizabeth Disla
Ala Dorvil
Kathryn Margaret Dupnik
Sarah Hunley Fiorello
Calyn Fisher
Michelle Fongyee Whelan
Lindsey Girodo
Genesis Maribel Gomez
Noa Livernois
Roxana Elizabeth Mesias
Katherine Morel-Perez
Caitlin Ann Moran
Luciano Felice Mulazzi
Tim Olivieri
Eric Shawn Palazzo
Jasson Ruiz
Zaire Azura Rush
Emely Patricia Tamayo
Sharifa Wip
Game Changer Nominees
Caitlin M. Adriance
Paul J. Albert
Michael J. Alfonzo
Craig R. Ariano
Kiara Elizabeth Badalo
Cooper Jay Baldwin
Carolina Alisa Balbuena
Erin Bard
Amy M. Bennett
Rajesh Bhaskaran
Antonio Cornelio
Sara Cram
Sadiyah Deane
Grace Corinne DePaull
Matthew Deyell
Adinah East
Vail Eubanks
Aaron Joel Evans
Ebube Chinaemezi Ezeh
Jessica Falero
Kath Fenzel
Madeline Elizabeth Galbraith
Adam Joseph Garcia
Michelle Golabek
Fernando Gómez-Baquero
Andre Hafner
Sarah Elizabeth Hayes
Andrea Christine Hirschy
Miel Hostens
Christopher Kager
Charissa King-O'Brien
Stacey L Kratz
Erin M Lara
Alyssa Lopez
Mohammad Mansour
Paige Elizabeth McMillan
Tiffany Kyoung Jin Min
Jeannie Nguyen
Lauren Ilse Obenauer
Martha Lee Pagan
John Putnam
Amy L. Robinson
Jessica Romero
Casey O. Shew
Evan Sholle
Katie Elizabeth Slack
Ananya Sen
Alexander Mark Stephan
Michael Stanzione
Seth Taylor
Brooke L Tobey
Lisa-Marie R Trotman
Michael Weissman
Sharifa Wip
Shaylana Marie Zeigner
Mission-Possible Nominees
Kaitlin Aasen
Kathryn Elena Acosta
Kimberlyn Christine Alava
Alison Brooke Ambach
Rajalakshmi Anand
Caroline Marie Andy
Robin D Andrews
Farhan Aziz
Roselle Bajet
Melissa Banta
Rachel Barna
Luzvisminda Pisalbon Bacrang
Jessica Beebe
Anna Marie Bennett
Sophie Lanchez Bhatt
Anthony Anthony Brown
Adona Pangilinan Canlas
Stala Charalambous
Marissa L. Consalvi-Little
Gianna Lynne Constantine
Katherine De Lima Marinas
Melisa DeGroot
Ashley Del Carmen Ovalle
Jessica Del Valle
Nina Drake
April Duckworth
Heidi Lyn Duss
Stacey A. Edwards
Christina Esteban
Jessica Falero
Judith Lillian Farber
Rosie Edith Ferris
Katie Flynn
Cheyanne Frutchey
Cosmo M. Genova
Patrycja Golinska
Madeline Janitza Gomez
Teresa Ann Griffin
Gurveer Kaur Guron
Aleta Gunsul
Christine Han
Monica Glenn Patrao
Gray Graylin Hughes
Mehrin Islam
Giselle R. Isner
Shamika S. Jackson
Briana A James
Jason Jennings
Margaret Kadish-Bruns
Nydia Josephina Kappstatter
Kelly King-O'Brien
Lejla Kolenovic
Kathryn Diane Kvasnica
Jane C. Lee
Leo V Louis
Gissela Mera Lourido
Nicole MacPherson
Liesl Schaper Margolin
Joice Mathew
Samson Mathews Samuel
Chase Gabriel Mayers
David James McDermitt
Bill Barry McGrane
Jorge Luis Medina
Felicity Kate Miller
Roger Dale Miller
Emily Vanessa Morales
Beatrice Jessica Moy
Deepa Sreedharan Nair
Donna L. Newton
Ahlanna Jade Olson
Joan M Olson
Joanna Ortiz
Youngsun Palmer
Taasha Liza Ramsay
Jessica Reynolds
Grace Victoria Ritter
Miosodiz Rivera
Kristina Riverias
Amal Robay
Lisa Rose
Albert Rosado
Erica Richards
Audrey Mae Saccio
Gene Sczepanski
Charles R. Snajdr-Trinch
Judith Lastenia Soriano-Fingal
Jamie Lynn Sprague
Patrick H. Suits
Chen Tan
Shrinette Taveras
Elizabeth Thomas
Emily Traylor
Paul Treadwell
Laura Weiss
Kelsey Whiting
Sharifa Wip
Marilene Zapanta
Thoughtful Leader Nominees
Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad
Anita Ahmed
Edwin Ahn
Leydi Dayana Aldana Tejada
Raya K Alirani
Gustave Axelson
Cooper Jay Baldwin
Amy Marie Barkley
Ian T. Barrie
Ramatu Bishop
Brittney Shannon Blakeney
Ryan Michael Brown
Maria Bustillo
Yuan Cai
Sam Carney
Estela Castilla Vargas
Margaret K Clarkson
Levi Crawford
Shannon David
Foula Dimopoulos
Luisa F Di Lorenzo-Aydin
Sara Eddleman
Kesha A Eleazer
Jonathan Edmond Elias
Michael Escosia
Aaron Joel Evans
Tembela Eweje
Ashley R. Fazio-Delviscio
Raina Faisca
Calyn Fisher
Nicole Lauren Gerber
Frances H Gillen
Marcus Antwon Goines
Genesis Maribel Gomez
Jennifer Gundersen
Tori Ann Hershey
Martika Alexanderia Hill
Jason Wesley Hoo-Fatt
Diana Hoteit
Evelyn Miriam Horn
Stephen J Hunt
Julianne Leonore Imperato-McGinley
Odell Jones Jr.
Steven L. Jordan
Beth Kutler
Matthew Laghezza
Yomeirys M Liriano
Helena Ma
Tanya Maistry
Florencia Marcucci
Kinge-Ann Marcelin
Monia Mariani-Besch
Joshua A. Manser
Mohammad Mansour
Dylan Richard McNally
Kira Minkis
Amanda Miller
Gregory E Mruk
Heather Lynn Muniz
Deepa Sreedharan Nair
Thomas A Nesdill
Elizabeth Christina Ontaneda
Sheryl Orwel
Nicole Paulino
Samantha Pennell
Colin Peterson
Taasha Liza Ramsay
Samara L. Reck-Peterson
James Roach
Mert Sabuncu
Gina Marie Schaefer
Manu Sharma
Jill M. Short
Mallory Rose Stabile
Natalie Tocci
David M. Tofano
Devin E. Trammell
Vanessa Urbina
Rita Vayman
Daniel Watson
Nancy C. Weislogel
Kim Yeoh
Culture of Sustainability Nominees
Arnab Kumar Ghosh
Muhammad Amin Hunzai
Oneika R. Sewell
Justine T Sproul
Howard Chang Sun
Health Promoting Campus Nominees
Erin E. Atkins
Jennifer Austin
Sarah Burshan
Amy E. Layton
Lona Prasad
Yanill Mercedes Sanchez
Sarah Schneider
The Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment, and Belonging: Michelle Van-Ess Grant
CopeGME: Anna Halperin Rosen, Judith R. Cukor
Indigo Kitchen: Joshua David Holden, Michelle Elizabeth Nardi, Brian Welch
Stress Free Zone, Office of Access, Belonging, and Student Success/Office of Career and Professional Development: Yazmin Carrasco, Aubrey Decarlo Leukart, Roxana Elizabeth Mesias
One Cornell Nominees
Administrative Team (AT) of the Global Institute for Population Health (GIPH)
Amit Thomas Abraham, Sharika Agnes, Rajalakshmi Anand, Samaah Shams Chalil, Sohaila Omer Cheema, Ravinder Mamtani, Sandhya Vijayakumar
Biotechnology Resource Center (BRC) Core Facilities and Operations Team
Nancy Bolduc, Jen Grenier, Tami J. Magnus, Jaroslaw Pillardy, Shawna Robertson, Emily M. Sampson, Qi Sun, Rebecca M. Williams, Sheng Zhang
Buckler Lab Staff Team
Edward S. Buckler, Bethany Fallon Econopouly, Cinta Romay
Business Analytics
Johan Abdullaev, Craig R. Ariano, May Chan, Fei Chen, Irina Desyatnikov, Jayzel E Dionisio-Yee, David M. Freeman, Jamie Lee French, Michelle M Gebhardt, Harriet Hartofilis, Se Iee Emily Kim, Barry Kwan, Jing Yan Yin Lee, Jenny Li, Paul Ronald Malecot, Dan Lee McClure, Eric Ng, Mythili Raghunath, John Paul Reyes, Sana Rifat, Judith Lastenia Soriano – Fingal, Cameron A Thomson, William Peter Wisnieski, Judy Yip
CCE/CALS People Platform and Digital Ecosystem Team
Sherry Machado Santini Baker, Mike Barre, Brigit Fosmire, Christina Konstantinidou, Jie Ma, Sarah Degen Muzio, Anna Spring
Cornell Career Network
Erica Kryst
Dyson Faculty Support Team
Monica Adhikari, Michelle Cranston, Karen MacCheyne, Jennifer Marshall, Kate Martin, Kathy L. Mix, Karin Steigerwald
EAAA and AM/PM Sexual Violence Education Team
Sam Benson, Perdita Das, Jordan Ferrari, Jason Hecht, Bill Barry McGrane, Antonia Pellegrini, Laura Weiss
Finance Operations Team
Luzvisminda Pisalbon Bacrang, Joice Mathew, Uma Ravindran, Marilene Zapanta
Make@Cornell
Charles V. Beach, Jake Bodtke, Kurt William Brosnan, Vincent A. Chicone, Noah H. Hamm, Craig Higgins, Deanna Kocher, Niti Parikh, Elan Nathaniel Reuven, Kenneth S. Rother, Asa J. Schindler, Zachary J. Shulman, Lauren Stulgis, Michael L. Swartwout, Jennifer Gioffre Todd, Nancy M. Wells
Math Student Support
Mikki Klinger, Jonathan N. Lafler, Kelsey R. Nemeth, Heather K. Peterson
Office of Communications
Mustafa Ahmed, Nesreen Al-Rifai, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelaziz Eissa, Catherine Wairimu Gichuki, Nada Hassen, John Alexander Hayward, Hanan Lakkis, Julietta Mirghani, Rola I. Mohsen, Karim Ziad Saade, Kenneth Ta-asan
Office of Curriculum Support
Hina Ansari, Anna Lizza Paulina Mariano Baul, Marilyn Fernandez Fabio, Rochelle Gatdula, Harsha Moidu, Asma Iqbal Ibrahim Parkar, Chiradee Panadero Santos
Operations Development and Analytics
Erin Bard, Jordan Fernandez, Kamal Khan Naeem, Alexander Ryan Simpson, Seth Taylor
Presidential Awards for Employee Excellence Project
Vail Eubanks, Ashley R. Fazio-Delviscio, Rebekah Lilly, Taylor Marie Mikula, Alina Guerrero Morgade
Qatar Office of Clinical and Faculty Affairs
Sheryl Badiola Alivarvar, Sunhwa Cho, Mai A. Mahmoud, Jasna Saleem Palliparambil
Student Disability Services
Beth Parrott
Student Evaluations of Teaching Project
Adara Alston, Michelle Lamarre Jackson, Preslava Staneva, John S. Udall
Student Outreach and Educational Development Office
Ahmed Abdelrahman Lotfy Abdelrahman, Rachid Bendriss, Syed Ahmed Hasnain, Angelita Pamintuan Landicho, Noha M Saleh, Dina Zourob
Utilities Reliability and Energy Transition Core Team
Kimberly Anderson, Wayne Bezner Kerr, Cheryl Ann Brown, Sarah Carson, Stacey A. Edwards, David Frostclapp, Mark J. Howe, Josh LaPenna, Meredith Rutherford, Cole M. Tucker, Jaimee Wilson
WCM-Q Admissions Team
Farhan Aziz, Anieth Ann Mathai, Claudia Mihaescu, Shalini Monthero, Buran Mohammed Said Zu'Bi
WCM-Q Student Affairs Division
Amjad Omar Abdo, Blair Cheigh Aboutaleb, Raya K Alirani, Hala Awada, Sarah Burshan, Floi Orbista Cunanan, Katherine De Lima Marinas, Lara Osama Fadayel, John Paul Fowler, Sara Sayed Ramadan Mohamed, Jyothi Rosario, Saly Walid El Said, Faten J. Shunnar, Elizabeth Thomas
Weill Cornell Medicine Internal Communications Team
Diane Deely, Peter Anthony LoFrumento, Dorysel Mora
Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar AV Team
Ali D Al-Jabir, Adrian Bernardo, Mushtaq Ali Bukhari, Alan Husseyin
World Gratitude Day Team – Health and Wellness Student Affairs, Human Resources & Deans Office
Sinead Marie O’Rourke
Yang Tan Institute Admin Staff
Heather Cobb, Lydia Mitchell Dempsey, Tiffany Gibson, Barbara C. Gillen, Lauren Kessler, Katherine K MacDowell, Lucy L McDonald, Sharon C. Vitello