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Nominees & Winners 2023

President's Awards for Employee Excellence "Congratulations Nominees!"

Awardees are highlighted in yellow below

Please note: Trustee Award winners will be announced at the President's Awards for Employee Excellence Recognition Event on November 7, 2023. 


Thoughtful Leader

Amy Dygert - LIBR

Asa Schindler - SCLVP

Casey Bosley - TREAS

Chad Oliveiri - eCRNL

Cristina Carter - CVM

Dan Sweeney - SCLVP

Debbie Philip - HR

Denise McCarthy - CIO

Dianne Dietrich - LIBR

Elaine Kim - ILR

Erika Rose - ILR

Erin Mulrooney - EN

James Whitaker - eCRNL

Jared Snowden - SCLCL

Jennifer Royer-Barnett - ILR

Jessie Hilliker - EN

Jim Morris - eCRNL

Jon Gregory - AAD

Katherine Ballard - SCLCH

Kevin Harris - ILR

Lauren Stulgis - EN

Laurie DeNardo - CALS

Lisa Hatfield - eCRNL

Margaret Rolfe - CAS

Maria Montesano - CAS

Marybeth Tarzian - AAD

Melissa Alario - SCLCL

Michael Sawyer - SCLAP

Monique Naomi Staats - eCRNL

Nicole Svonavec - AAD

Pamela Tan - VPE

Paul Heliseva - FCS

Rhonda Clouse - ILR

Ryan Sexton - GR

Sara Lynn Ianni - GM

Tori Hershey – SCLCH


Culture of Belonging

Apikanya McCarty - LIBR 

C.J. Burnett - AAD

Casey Moore - CALS

Chris Lastovicka - EN

Christopher Christensen - CAS

Christopher Kelly - AAD

Duarte Santo - CALS

Elizabeth Kirk - CAS

Ewa Borejsza-Wysocka - CALS

Garry Gale - SCLCH

Johanna Williams - LIBR

Meaghan Austin - CALS

Megan Whitman - EN

Natalie Kimbrough - BPP

Peter Krieger - JCB

Rose Howard - EN

Scott DeHollander - CALS

Shannon Gleeson - ILR

Tammy Bean - SCLCH

Yaqin Xu - CHE

Yosef Al Shoffe – CALS


Mission-Possible

Alan Martinez - AAD

Amanda Massa - AAD

Amanda Miller - eCRNL

Andrea Haenlin-Mott - FCS

Andrew Noyes - RSRCH

Annie Heckel - CIO

Anton Ochoa - SCLCH

Basil Safi - VPELGA

Betsy Elswit - LIBR

Caitlin Fields - CIS

Celia Evans - EN

Christina Clifford - eCRNL

Christopher Tessaglia-Hymes - CALS

Clay Ellis - eCRNL

Corey Earle - AAD

Heather Nickerson - FCS

Jennifer Hovencamp - SCLCH

Jessica Del Rí­o - AAD

Joseph Jacoby - JCB

Kimberly Phoenix - CHE

Kristie Devine - RSRCH

Laura Landphair - JCB

Lisa Wesche - CAS

Margaret Kent - CALS

Marissa Consalvi-Little - CALS

Mary Blomfield-Brown - CHE

Natalie Kimbrough - BPP

Pamela Cunningham - CAS

Patrick Feely - GM

Patrick Graham - VPAINN

Rachel Abbott - CVM

Ray Strong - FCS

Reeve Hamilton - EN

Rhonda Clouse - ILR

Romano Miojevic - CAS

Scott Pesner - AAD

Steven Hatfield – CALS


Game-Changer

Allison Washburn - AAD

Calyn Fisher - JCB

Carla Ingrando - AAD

Jody Marnell - SCLCL

Julie Edwards - SCLCH

Mary Ball - VPIA

Mollie Bagwell - AAD

Myrian Alarcon - EN

Penny Lane Spoonhower - AAD

Rob Scott - VPELGA

Robert Merlo - eCRNL

Sara Hernandez - GR

Shelley Keith-Panulla – JCB


One Cornell

Cornell '23 Dead and Company Show Team

Amanda Massa, Ashley Budd, Casey Lucier, Diane Pierce, Fred Van Sickle, Harlan Work, Jennifer Campbell, Joseph Scaffido, Kristen Ciferri, Lisa Bushlow, Magdalena Bartishevich, Michelle Vaeth, Tracy Cary, Travis Virgadamo

Cornell Academic Materials Program (CAMP) Advisory Committee

Amy Gaulke, Amy Godert, Becky Maxson, Benjamin Stein, Brian Kay, Brian Young, Casey Washburn, Dan Sweeney, Ed Dormady, Elizabeth Hayes, Emily Nester, Eric Lavin, Eve DeRosa, James Best, Jane McClellan, Joshua Smith, Karen Brown, Lisa Clark, Marla Love, Martyn Beeny, Matthew Bell, Michael Ramsey, Shannon Austic, Wendy Wilcox

Cornell Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention Committee

Cheyanne Scholl, Denise Hubbard, Jessica Withers, Laurie Conlon, Michelle Artibee, Michelle Moyal, Rebecca Rypkema, T. Daniel Richter
Student Members: Bianca Beckwith, Brandon Rathwell, Cameron Coles, Daniel Petticord, John Grealish, Katherine Gorton
Community Outreach Members:
Scott MacLeod: The Sophie Foundation Organization
Karen Heisig: T
he American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Greater Central NY Chapter

Custom Development

Alison McCauley, Annie Heckel, Bill Juda, Chuck Jessop, David Cutri, Eric Woods, Gennie Harris, Hank De Leo, Hugh Edwards, Hunter Schindo, Irina Naydich, Jane Henion, Katie Hoff, Leon Lilly, Melissa Gore, Melissa Sweeney, Nazrin Tingstrom, Nick Tubbs, Richard Marisa, Ryann Levo, Sean Gnau, Stacy Pendell, Irina Zhankov

HLOA Advisory Group

Andrea Kiely, Casey Bosley, Catherine Ramirez Foss, Cyrus Hamilton-Ferguson, David Reetz, Elizabeth Howard, Emma Cruz, Hersh Sisodia, Janna Lamey, Jeff Dahlander, Kara Lombardi, Kent Bullis, Mar Pérez, Markeisha Miner

ILR Classroom Technology (CT) Support Team

Allison Zdunczyk, Jon Stern, Michael "Chief" Haflett

Office of Global Learning - International Services team

Adam B. Blakeslee, Asha Sanaker, Ashley England Reedman, Brandon Lanners, Elizabeth Shedd, Hersh Sisodia, Jenny Machette, Kathy Lynch, Kimberlee Jaenson, Laura Taylor, Lauren Gabuzzi, Leigh Anne Hahn, Nicholas Ray Mahan, Scott Anthony Griffith. Scott Livingston Beemer, Tamara Heiss

Organizational Development and Effectiveness (ODE) team

Ari Mack, Dane Cruz, Deb Billups, Jennifer Fonseca, Kathryn Burkgren, Marcus Brooks, Radhika Nayak, Steve Jackson, Tanya Grove

Residential Life leadership Team (Director and Assistant Directors)

Abby Priehs, Abha Huckoo, Anneke Darling, Brandee Nicholson, Scott Voss

Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ashley Blank, Leon Stoll, Lyn Park, Rose Howard, Trisica Munroe

The Colleague Network Groups (CNGs)

Nicki Button, Ashlee Cherry, Debra Howell, Foula Dimopoulos, Jayla Greene, Jennifer Royer-Barnett, Marcus Brooks, Perdita Das-Humphrey. Randi Rainbow, Stephen Kim, Ten Van Winkle, Toral Patel

The SC Johnson College of Business Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Jennifer Majka, Michelle Duguid, Nicole LaFave, Patty Gabriel, Victor Younger

Workday Merit Grid System

Cynthia Sedlacek, Lisa Wesche, Mary Ammerman, Michelle Stepanok, Tara Wilder


Culture of Sustainability

Jessica Walker – TECH

Juliette Corazon – CAS