FIU HR Service & Recognition Awards 2023

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TOGETHER

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our First 5o

Florida International University opened September 14, 1972, on an abandoned airfield at the edge of the Everglades. We opened with a historic enrollment of 5,667 students and a committed group of faculty and staff. The occasion marked the beginning of a new era, one in which we made a pact with our community to deliver on the promise and purpose of higher education.

The seeds of the impact on our community and higher education were planted more than 50 years ago by FIU Founding President Charles E. Perry. It was the 32-year-old President Perry, after being appointed in 1969 to lead FIU, who said, “In a changing world, the role of the university is changing also. It must equip itself to meet all of the new and varied challenges for which higher education must find answers.”

Our vision remains driven by a seemingly simple question: What do our students, our community, our state and our world need us to be? Fifty years after opening, we are a leading 21st century American public research university because we have never stopped asking ourselves that question.

The success of our students and graduates has its foundation in the hard work and dedication of faculty and staff who create an environment that encourages those who pass through our halls. Our valued faculty and staff are the portals through which our learners soar as innovators and leaders in the world and on the global stage.

The Next 5o

We’ve learned a few things in 50 years. FIU is bigger than our individual dreams and greater than our differences. Our journey is one of hope, opportunity and excellence.

Today our physical presence has grown to include multiple academic locations from the Florida Keys to Port St. Lucie to Washington, D.C., and beyond. Our student enrollment is one of the largest in the country and reflects our community’s vibrant diversity. Our researchers are working on therapies to save lives and scalable solutions to ensure the sustainability of our precious natural resources. Our faculty and students are thriving by every measure of academic success. Our alumni are igniting industries, educating our children, healing the most vulnerable and contributing to the greater good. Our faculty and staff are a testament to our collective belief that through collaboration, a shared commitment to excellence and a prevailing atmosphere of respect, we elevate our student body, institution and community.

We have become one of the most innovative public universities in the country and a leader in 21st century higher education. Our name is now found at the top of consequential rankings and respected indicators of excellence, alongside prestigious public and private universities. We are the fastest-rising university of the past 10 years in U.S. News & World Report’s public university rankings and a top employer according to Forbes and the Great Colleges to Work For® program.

We enter our next 50 years with clarity and confidence, knowing we will face every challenge and meet every moment together as we continue rewriting the narrative of American higher education.

Thank you for being part of something that is making a real difference in the lives of so many.

2023

FIU SERVICE AND RECOGNITION AWARDS PROGRAM

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES

El pagnier K. Hudson

Senior Vice President, Division of Human Resources

Vice Provost, Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

OPENING REMARKS

Kenneth A. Jessell President

IN MEMORIAM

FIU SERVICE RECOGNITION

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Florida TaxWatch Productivity Awards

Generations Ahead Scholarship

FIU RECOGNITION AWARDS

FIU Community Award

FIU Torch Award

FIU Opportunity Award

FIU Sustainability Award

FIU Service Excellence Award

FIU Safety & Loss Prevention Award

President’s Access & Equity Award

Presidential Excellence Award

CLOSING REMARKS

Kenneth A. Jessell President

FIVE YEARS

Arlet Maria Acanda De La Rocha

Sandra M. Adorno

Emily N. Afre

Giancarlo Aguero

Andrea Aguirre Ramos

Abderrahman Akhiyat

Alberto Alberto Jr

Lletielth R. Aleman

Elsa M. Alfonso

Fernando C. Alfonso

Elias A. Alwan

Teresa Amador

Steve A. Anderson

Christine N. Angel

Yesim Anter

Alejandro C. Arana

Trevor F. Atkins

Alejandro R. Avalos Gonzalez

Alejandro Baez

Latisha C. Barfield

Tylor E. Barnhart

Maylin Bermudez

Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan

Anthony R. Bolanos

Nancy Bonny

Camilo E. Borrajero

Samira Boulahia

Lilia Y. Bourzac

Marina A. Brillas

Deborah R. Brooks

Sofia Burgos

Christina A. Burns

Catherine B. Busatto

Rodolfo Cabrera Jr

Mustafa O. Caglayan

Michelle D. Caldera

Garamis S. Campusano

David Capote

Yvonne Capote

Leonardo Carbajo

Justin H. Carmel

Mitzi L. Carter

Francisco A. Castellon Molina

Reynaldo F. Castilla

Adam J. Castillo

Eymi P. Castillo

Susana V. Castillo

Alessandro M. Catenazzi

Dimitry Chamy

Lidson M. Charite

Yan Chen

Michelle L. Chernicoff

Rachel D. Clarke

Jose F. Colon

Andrea S. Cuadra

Michelle M. Cumming

Grisel d’Elena

Andre L. Da Costa Da Silva

Sophie A. Dargoltz

Benjamin A. D’Avanzo

Michael P. Davidson Jr

Donna E. Davis

Lazaro L. De Armas

Atria De la Cruz Montejo

Tony Dennis

Yelena Diaz

Marcia Diaz Gonzalez

Ana Diez Sampedro

Shelly A. Dominguez

Remy Dou

Bill J. Duffin

Amal M. Elawady

Eduardo J. Enriquez Lazo

Mylin K. Espinoza

Christopher M. Esposito

Cory A. Fairfield

Dana A. Fernandez

Sofia B. Fernandez

Denise Fernandez Moris

Yanara Ferreiro

Massiel Ferro

Patrick J. Fleming

Dana A. Foligno

Laura L. Fothergill

Carl-Frederick Francois

Trudy R. Gaillard

Ravi Gajendran

Gina M. Gallian Oubrar

Amy K. Galpin

Tatiana Gaona Narvaez

Erick Garcia

Amarillys E. Garcia-Perez

Luis A. Garibaldi

Kianoush Gholamiboroujeni

James F. Gibson

Megan M. Gillespie

Tracy A. Goetz

Deborah L. Goldwasser

Cristina Gomes

Jorge H. Gomez

Fabiola A. Gonzalez

John R. Gonzalez

Lydia M. Gonzalez

Natalie M. Gonzalez

Victoria Gonzalez

Hannah Gorman

Michael G. Grafals

Justin T. Gramling

Kirk M. Grates

Dollie D. Green

Erica H. Gregoire

Carlos W. Grenier

Chelsey L. Grenier

Jay J. Grossman

Dulis V. Grullon

Diana C. Gutierrez

George A. Guzman

Jeanely Guzman

Fereshteh Hamidi Toosi

Colette M. Harrington

Dirk F. Hart

Shane D. Haughton

Timothy B. Hayes

Lotfi Hermi

Antonio Hernandez

Dariel A. Hernandez

Nasreen J. Hidmi

Eric L. Holmstrom

Brantanique C. Homicil

Amy R. Huseby

Samuel Hyppolite

Ivone J. Ildefonso

Oliver G. Ionita

Jeffrey D. Isgrigg

Diego Jacome

Marc C. Jean

Evelyn Jimenez

Karla D. Kennedy

Donna R. Kiley

Nagesh Kolishetti

Graciela D. Lacombe

Laura Lamour

Luther D. Lancaster

Claudia B. Larramendi Ferras

Lisa P. Lee

Cynthia M. LeRouge

Erin K. Loeb

Anabel Lopez

Jenille Lopez

Brenda I. Lopez Ortiz

Yessenia Lopez Reyes

Kevin L. Lothridge

Lorena Lozada Villena

Marie Luque-Oster

Xuan Lv

Jacqueline S. Lynch

Margarette Mahotiere

Javier Maldonado

Adele J. Mann

Michael A. Martin

Emely A. Martinez

Israel Martinez

Rodrigo E. Martinez

Yucymy C. Martinez

Janet Martinez Padron

Christine D. Martorana

Mark X. Masters

Andrea N. Matamoros

Marshal A. Maurice

Caitlin L. Maxcy

Steve P. McDowell

Adjua M. McGill

Armin B. Mehrabi

Julian L. Mendel

Javier J. Mendoza

Ana M. Menendez

Vilma Mesa

Gregory W. Miller

Lizeth Miralda Guerra

Tanya A. Mishra

Rebecca Mojica

Maria J. Monje Ramos

Alberto Morales

Bismarck Morales

Merlyn Morales

Jose M. Morcillo Gomez

Federico L. Moscoso

Rima Mullins

Juan C. Murata

Jeffrey A. Napier

Tamara Nathai

Daniel R. Nichols

Merary D. Nieves

Mabelly Nino

kelvis E. Noa Melo

Brandon S. Norton

Robert I. O’Brien

Jan H. Ocampo

Jessica B. Oliveira

Brian J. Oliver

Akorede K. Oluwo

Kathleen E. Oneal

Julian Ospina

Hugo H. Ottolenghi

Miguel Pachon

Claudia M. Packer

Cristina Palacios

Julia H. Parker

Randall W. Parkinson

Devin M. Parra

Casey C. Pastor

Bridget A. Pelaez

Josefa Pena Leonard

Anelys Perez

Betsy A. Perez

Camila Perez

Julia E. Perez

Lilien Perez

Jimmy Pertil

Alexandria M. Pipitone Schworn

Ryan W. Pontier

Tonia L. Porter

Stephanie Price

Markondeyaraj Pulugurtha

Gilbert Ramirez

Helen A. Ramirez

Neil D. Ramsay

David W. Ramsey

Alexander F. Ravelo

Rachel L. Reed

Luis F. Restrepo

Laura G. Reyes

Monica Reyes

Shabnam Rezapour Behnagh

Kimberly R. Rickenbrode

Alice E. Ricketts

Kimberly E. Rivera

Melanis Rivera

Camilo C. Roa Penarete

Estefania Roberts

Carlos R. Rodas

Cristina V. Rodriguez

Ivan A. Rodriguez

Jonathan M. Rodriguez

Kettia Romage

Emillia V. Roque

Francesca L. Rosario

Ricky J. Ruckman

Yudania Salas Navarro

Katherine P. Salgado

Steven M. Samartino

Natalie M. San Martin

Laura Sanchez Diaz

Ivonne Sarria

Stefan Schmitt

Jorge Seijas

Yio C. Selva

Matthew H. Shirley

Alfred E. Simpson Jr

Monica S. Smith

Susan M. Solman

Rebecca D. Solomon

John P. Sotham

Christopher J. Soto

Jorge E. Sotolongo

Jacob T. Stay

Maria C. Stevens

Cynara Suarez

Lori L. Sullivan

Fiorella A. Suyon

David L. Sylvester

Ashley B. Taylor

Anthony G. Teague

Tony Thomas

Elizabeth Torres

Abraham J. Trewin

Alejandro Troetsch Jr

Marlies K. Tumolo

Jolan J. Uber

Laura M. Ucros

Alexa N. Urra

Jorge Valdes

Gisela M. Valencia

Melonie E. Vanderpool

Wendy P. Vargas Morua

Jennely M. Vasquez

Michael S. Vela

Victor L. Velazco

Icxe Vidal

Carolina Villalba

Leopoldo Villar

Jason J. Villarroel

Annelise Villiers

Anna J. Virani

Octavio J. Visiedo

John Volakis

Charity N. Watson

Jacqueline R. Wittenstein

Nivia T. Woodard

Linda G. Woolfson

Marie A. Wray

Kunie Yoshinaga Sakurai

Charles W. Young II

Elizabeth H. Yourkievitz

TEN YEARS

Irene B. Abad

Lillian Abreu

Yasbel Acuna-Borrero

Jennifer Aguiar

Iqbal S. Akhtar

Enna Alcaine

Maikel J. Alendy

Paula A. Alger

Sergio N. Allende

Jacqueline H. Alonso

Nancy Alonso

Wilfredo J. Alvarez

Frederick W. Anderson

Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai

Esther B. Aserraf

Jennifer M. Barajas

Robert L. Barnum

Sybille S. Baylard

Tovah L. Bender

Sonia O. Benitez

Judith D. Bernier

Sarah I. Bisono-Gonzalez

Liliana Blanco

Benjamin P. Boesl

Dayanis Borges

Heather D. Bracken-Grissom

Nancy M. Bradbury

Janet S. Branch

Randee G. Breiter

Andres Brito

Stephen A. Bromfield

Kathleen A. Bulger

Angel Burgos

Enrique Caboverde

Hilda C. Callahan

Helcio Camargo

Ana M. Canetti Valdesuso

Yesenia Capi

Agatha S. Caraballo

Mary A. Carabeo

Diana C. Cardenas

Ivan E. Carrandi

Flavio Carrillo

Amilcar A. Castellano Sanchez

Juan C. Castillo

Elizabeth A. Catalan

Natacha Cesar

Paule L. Champagne

Leep-Mien Chan

Mido Chang

Calvin S. Cheng

Jaclyn M. Coello

Darcy Cosano

Rebecca J. Covey

Stefany J. Coxe

John F. Cozza

Bridgette E. Cram

Kristin E. Cundle

Christian Curbelo

Kaleena M. Czaykowsky

Leslie Dallemand

Donna J. De Cordova

Paulo H. De Hendonca Chaves

Grizelle De Los Reyes

Irene C. Delano

Pierre W. Delerme

Jessica Delgado

Mark D. Demello

Newsoul Deus

Veronica Diaz

Alberto J. Diaz Jr

Ricardo J. Diaz Rubio

Rebeca A. Diep-Kondla

Jiali Ding

Dailyn Docina

Gricel Dominguez

Charles A. Donate

Xiaofen Dong

Jorge L. Duany

Sandra M. Duran

Eliza L. Eccles

Bilal M. El-Zahab

Ming Fang

Beatrice Farnsworth

Eric M. Feldman

David E. Felix

Amarilys T. Fernandez

Claudia Fernandez

Francisco Alberto Fernandez Lima

Cristine Figueroa

Jannette P. Fleming

Daniela F. Foerch

Emily G. Furton

Ronny Gadea

Elizabeth Garami

Arlene Garcia

Maria D. Garcia

Maria M. Garcia

Rogelio Garcia

Rolando Garcia

Mark L. Gardiner

Armel Garzon Carrillo

Sat Gavassa Becerra

Nicholas R. Gelpi

Timothy M. Goddard

Drew S. Golburgh

Jacqueline M. Goldstein

Juan C. Gomez

Vanessa Gondar

Shara W. Gonzalez

Raul Gonzalez Jr

Teresairis Gonzalez-Serrano

Alialy Guillaume

Paulette M. Gulke

Ali Gungoraydinoglu

Daniel A. Gutierrez

Gloria A. Guzman

Janessa Guzman

Matthew D. Hagood

Katie C. Hart

Ariel Hernandez

Pedro P. Hernandez

Michael A. Holness

Katrina L. Holts

Martha R. Horta Garcia

Jeremiah K. Hower

Francisco H. Hoyos

Debaro D. Huyler

Stephen G. Jefferson

Shuliang Jiao

Myrtha Jocelyn

Shivani Joshi

Barbara A. King

Priya Kirpalani

Jeremy Kiszka

John S. Kominoski

Maria Krol

Angela M. Laird

Robert W. Laird

Amalia M. Landa Galindez

Jason A. Lashbrook

Kingsley Lau

Gregory A. Lebowitz

Gali M. Lefkowitz

Claudia E. Leiva

Olema M. Leon Gonzalez

Rhesia C. Lewis

Jiehua Li

Tan Li

Ileana J. Lindsay

Yu Liu

Timothy J. Long

Yasmira L. Lopez

Cristina Lopez Yakimenko

Rosario Lozada

Lynette Luis

Stephanie H. Luis

Miriam C. Machado

George M. Marakas

Jackelyn Marcos

Arlein Marin

Mark A. Marine

Luis H. Marrero

Yamile G. Marrero

Aileen M. Marty

Paul A. Masforroll

Osmel Matos

Koumba N. McKinnon

Megan C. Meeks

Maria D. Melendez-Vargas

Ashley Mendez

Gabriela Mendez

Ronald Mesia

Marissa K. Miles

Silvia Molleda

Marco A. Moreno II

Nodalys Mosquera

Gisela Muniz

Shivaun M. Naylor

Christopher Necuze

Kristin A. Nichols

Manuel A. Nino

Elisama Nunez

Karina A. Ocampo

Monica N. Ochoa

Lisardo J. Ortiz

Julia Y. Osei-Tutu

Okezi T. Otovo

Ozde Oztekin

Mark B. Padilla

Christina E. Pajon Ascanio

Jessy L. Palma

Carlos E. Pareja

Tudor V. Parfitt

Carlos M. Parra

Ebonie N. Parris

Angelica M. Paz

Alexandra M. Pecharich

Erasmo M. Perera

Kaitlyn S. Pereyra

Luisa M. Perez

Katarina Petrovic

Darel C. Ponce Fernandez

Deidre G. Portela

Thomas A. Potts

Dipesh Pradhan

Anthony J. Prandi

Yun Qian

Wanda S. Raiford

Adolfo R. Rassi

Natalie M. Rassi

Andrea D. Raymond

Clony Raymonvil

Joshua T. Rees

Amy D. Reid

Jennifer L. Riccardi

Jorge J. Riera Diaz

Jessica Robb Mazzant

David B. Roberts

Ernesto F. Rodriguez

Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod

Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty

Raymond C. Rody

Margarita M. Romaguera

Milton R. Ron Arias

Alex Ronquillo

Jan Pierre Ruiz

Otto C. Rutten

Paola Salavarria Romero

Nathalie N. Salgado

Mariana Sanchez

Mario E. Sanchez

Venkadesh Sarkarai Nadar

Arif I. Sarwat

Yusimi Sayus

Helena Schmidtmayerova

Derrick A. Scott

Jennifer M. Sheran

Cinthya R. Silva-Cruz

Hock-Peng Sin

Sherryma S. Smith Chow

Michael A. Sohan

Vanessa K. Sohan

Juan C. Sosa

Jessica M. Sotomayor

Kirk L. Staley

Sandra R. Stojanovic

Travis L. Stokes

Yuanchang Sun

Matthew T. Sutherland

Stephanie Tadal

Kwesi A. Tarradath

Rashida L. Taylor

Fiorella Terenzi

Tami L. Thomas

Assali N. Torres

Lizvette Torres

Malena Torres

Sofia C. Trelles

Leslie-Anne Triana

Ines R. Triay Melendez

Yukching Tse Dinh

Carlota C. Valdes

Ileana L. Varela

Ariel Vecino

Joliett Vega-Klucevsek

Horatiu V. Vinerean

Julie M. Wade

Melissa K. Ward

Marcie R. Washington

Maria C. Wilkinson-Diaz

Nara N. Williams

Ning Xie

Lidu Yi

Wendy Y. Zepeda

Lian Zhang

Adam G. Zimmerman

Ioannis Zisis

FIFTEEN YEARS

Emanuela Alexander-Rolle

Ana M. Alfaro

Hilda A. Alfaro

Diana M. Alfonso

Jimmy E. Almansa

Julio A. Alvarez

Marlene Alvarez

Rosaivys Alvarez

Dongmei An

Shahana Anis

Monique A. Archibald

Lori A. Arroliga

Rosa Babino

Hyejin Bang

Sofia T. Baralt

Madeline Baro

Beatriz Barzaga Sanchez

Judith Basualdo

Jose A. Batista Cabrera

Randall E. Beaver

Claudia S. Benitez

Jose R. Bermudez

Mabel R. Berrios

Reina Berrios

Edward J. Blanco

Rita Borre

Emmanuele A. Bowles

Rita Brito-Rodriguez

Ellen L. Brown

Emily Burtt

Jacqueline R. Cabrera

Elena B. Cabrera Menendez

Mercedes Cabrerizo

Hector D. Cadavid

John M. Cal

Helen E. Cantos

Ivette Capote

Joan M. Carney

Joel D. Carton

Linda Carty-Dumitrescu

Margarita Casas

Mabel M. Castaneda

Danilo A. Castillo

Melissa A. Castriota

Jorge L. Castro

Aura L. Cerda

Jiuhua Chen

Vivian Y. Chen

Allyn L. Childress

Jorge L. Chirino

Cyra A. Choudhury

Michael C. Christie

Yisell Cirion

Claudia M. Collado Vides

Kristine L. Colunga

Aymee M. Correa

Gilda Y. Corzo

Ernesto J. Crucet

German M. Cruz

Maria De Armas

Mairelys De La Guardia

Maria I. De Los Santos

Alessandro M. De Oliveira

Marlene Delgado

Sanjay Dhawan

Alexis Diaz

Vernon G. Dickson

Diana Dizon

Lucie Dlugasch

Kinte Dolceme

Karelia Dominguez

Pelagia M. Dominguez

Desiree Elias

Darrel R. Elmore

Daisy Enamorado

Martha Espino

Marlene Espinosa

Gail B. Excell

Ana M. Fabregas

Stephanie C. Felisme

Daisy D. Fernandez

Maria I. Fernandez

Maria L. Fernandez

Violeta E. Fernandez

Idelmis Fernandez Perez

Jamie L. Flexon

Rosa A. Flores

Gloria Florez Aguirre

Maria I. Frias

Francisca Fuentes

Dagoberto Fuentes Ferreiro

Julia A. Galeano

Carlos F. Galindo

Felipe Garcia

Francisco R. Garcia

Manuel E. Garcia

Maria I. Garcia

Nancy M. Garcia

Stavros Georgakopoulos

Florence George

Carole Gilot

Andrew P. Golden

Jairo J. Gomez

Manuel A. Gomez

Rosana Gomez

Efigenia A. Gonzalez

Isabel Gonzalez

Martha B. Gonzalez

Michael Gonzalez

Yrania Gonzalez

Rene Gonzalez Alderete

Rosaida Gonzalez Ramirez

Scott C. Graham

Monica I. Grandal

Jesus Grisales

Dora Guerra

Magaly Guerra Doria

Barry H. Gump

Lesbia P. Gutierrez

Matt A. Halfhide

Garth D. Headley

Blanca O. Hernandez

Maria de las Mercedes Hernandez

Vladimir Hernandez

Yanelis Hernandez Valladares

Johanna A. Hodgson

Laurie J. Holmes

Michelle M. Hospital

Kai Huang

Sharon J. Jackson

Andrea D. Jay

Xiaoquan Jiang

Johanna Jimenez

Veronica Jimenez

Cameron W. Jones

Jaclyn G. Jonusas

Mark D. Kershaw

Wayde J. Klipper

Naoko Komura

Noelle F. Laforest

Linda Lara

Edward Leao

Margie Leonard

Barry S. Levitt

April F. Lewis

Lisa Li Celorio

Christine Lisetti

Jason X. Liu

Israel Lopez

Ana I. Lorenzo

Maria K. Lovett

Stephen P. Loynaz

Alaa Maaliki

Caridad M. Machado

Gretter Machin

Leslie A. Marine-Marill

Lourdes Martin

Adelfa Martinez

Antonio J. Martinez

Lilian C. Martinez

Lilliam E. Martinez

Diana Medina

Dolores Medina

Ana Y. Mejia Garcia

Suyapa Mencia

Danay Menendez

Maria J. Miguez

Jaroslava Miksovska

Mayra Mireles

Keyla Misas

Alina Morales

Deliana M. Morales

Melanie A. Morales

Laura M. Morales Calderwood

Ricardo A. Moran

Joelle A. Moreno

Pallab Mozumder

Javier A. Munoz

Alexander Murga

William E. Newburry

Michelle L. Odai

Elizabeth A. Olafson

Sara M. Ormaza

Margoth K. Osco

Ebru Ozer

David Paan

Deng Pan

Richard J. Pareja

Vrushali B. Patil

Ciara Perez

Katherine Perez

Lourdes C. Perez

Marianne Pineda

Norma Pizarro Marin

Melissa M. Pozo

Bianca C. Premo

Evangelia M. Prevolis

Alma P. Puerto

Eva M. Ramirez

Jesus Ramirez

Reynaldo M. Ramirez

Mercedes I. Ramirez Patino

Norma H. Ramos

Ian Rand

YEARS

Thomas G. Reio

Caridad M. Reyes

Andres M. Rico

Nilvia Rios

Jennifer E. Rivera

Gonzalo A. Rodriguez

Jason J. Rodriguez

Tatiana Rodriguez

Cinthya C. Rojas

Alireza Rostamian

Jeremy D. Rowan

Arcecio Rubio

Seema Sah Prasad

Juan M. Saiz

Esther Saldarriaga

Alexander Sanchez

Alina Sanchez

Marina Sanchez

Sara M. Sanchez

Maria G. Sandigo

Roberto U. Sandoval

Hilda Santamarina

Ileana Santamarina

Ana T. Santos

Carlos A. Santos III

Jannette S. Sawzak

Saara Schwartz

Sigal Segev

2o YEARS

Concepcion Selva

Joshua B. Shear

Maria Shpurik

Beatriz M. Sigler

Renee M. Silverman

Joe L. Simpson

Lilian Solorzano

Alfredo L. Soto

Maria I. Sotolongo

Fabian V. Stallworth

Georgette Stille

Kerri L. Stone

Andrew T. Strycharski

Maria Suarez Gil

Grisel Suarez Martinez

Thomas J. Tarangelo

Paige Telan

Nathalie J. Theodore

Felson S. Thomas-Watson

James T. Todd

Jonathan A. Torrey

Christopher M. Townsend

Ira L. Turner

Wendy C. Turner

Jessica Ugaz

Barbara R. Valdez

Juan M. Valle

Noemi Valle

Carlos E. Varona

Shahin Vassigh

Malena Y. Vergara

Consuelo Vergara Henao

Ana M. Villafana

Maria Elena Villar

Carleen Vincent Robinson

Herman L. Watson

Marc G. Weinstein

Gayle A. Williams

Hugh E. Willoughby

Paulette Wilson

Weidong Xia

Michael P. Yawney

Franklin Zambrana

Angela Zapata Arbelaez

Jin Zeng

Jorge N. Zumaeta

TWENTY YEARS

Arvind Agarwal

Thomas E. Baker

Kerry S. Ball

Isbel M. Basulto

Laura I. Benavides

Jesse L. Bull

Angela L. Bullard

Ana N. Cabrera-Luna

Charmaine P. Cave

Sanya Checo

Anu T. Chirinos

Elizabeth D. Cramer

Tamara R. Cratit

Laura De Carli

Enrique Del Rio

Jessy G. Devieux

Rachel S. Duchastel de Montrouge

Gustavo A. Echeverri

Jorge L. Esquirol

Jorge C. Estay

Dawn M. Fagnan

Ahiza M. Fernandez

Carlos M. Fernandez

Rafael Figueroa

Elizabeth P. Foley

Maria A. Garcia

Ofelia M. Garcia

Jeffery M. Gonzalez

Gueo V. Grantcharov

Danilo R. Guerrero

Roberto M. Gutierrez

James J. Hardiman

Ya Li Hsu

Kerland Jacques

Michele M. Jean-Gilles

Audrey M. Johnson

Yelena P. Katsenovich

David B. Lajes

Hilary C. Landorf

Meira A. Langsam

Angelique R. Lawrence

Jorge R. Leniv

Juan C. Lopez

Peng Lu

Ivan L. Macchi

Tatayana Maltseva

Yusimit Martinez

Jose C. Mencia

Matthew C. Mirow

Rajamani S. Narayanan

Oscar E. Negret

Karla Y. Ortega

Rebeca Payo

Hiselgis Perez

Anna M. Pietraszek

Luis Quintana

Thaddeus S. Randall

Nelson Ripoll

Jose A. Rodriguez

Nanett A. Rojas

Ediberto Roman

Rhonda K. Rosenberg

Angela K. Salmon

Oliver Y. Setien

Kateel G. Shetty

Maria T. Sierra

Anezka M. Sousa

Deanna H. Sydnor

Ricardo Tijero

Sailaja Tumrukota

Lisaidy Turino

Silvia R. Valdes

Pushyamitra Veeramachaneni

David D. Walter

Leanne M. Wells

David A. Wernick

Jingying Zhou

TWENTY FIVE YEARS

Jesus J. Arias

Ana O. Arteaga

Caridad Babot

Angelo E. Barrios

Ruben Bermudez

Francisco G. Cabrera

Gisela C. Cabrera

Yong Cai

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Terese P. Campbell

Lauren Christos

Jeannette Cruz

Robert Davidovici

Sharon V. Duchatelier

Robert B. Dundas

Marylin Fontanilles-Cast

Steve Forero Paz

Mariela V. Gabaroni

Piero R. Gardinali

Jerry N. Haar

Steven Heine

Gail M. Hollander

Mark R. Kelly

Winny Lau

Stephen P. Leatherman

Thomas G. Leness

Bao Qin Li

Francis X. Luca

Raul Martinez

Jeffrey A. McNamee

Sonia Meneses

Richard C. Miltner

Priscilla Muniz

Richard S. Olson

Sulaiman Paperwalla

Aixa J. Perez-Prado

Elizabeth Rizo

Steve Rodriguez

Carmen Rosado

Joslyn A. Smith

Tiana Solis

Michael A. Stuart

Theodore Tachim Medjo

Mandayam O. Thirunarayanan

Ivy Torres Morales

Yvonne Vina

Nicole A. Wishart

Stanislaw F. Wnuk

Margarita Zabalo

Abraham N. Zuriarrain 25 YEARS

YEARS

THIRTY YEARS

Patricia M. Barbetta

Pascale S. Becel

Maureen M. Braham

Bobby L. Cain

Maryann Camps Gato

Sandra B. Caprioli

Garry L. Catlin

Jennifer L. Cooper

Maria E. Corrales

Mary K. Cruz

Tiffany A. Forsberg

James W. Fourqurean

Hector R. Fuentes

Eva Marie Gasson

Marta A. Lee

Cristobal R. Molina

Frederick A. Moss

Roderick P. Neumann

Camilo Rosales

Philip K. Stoddard

Carlos M. Suris

Lesley-Ann Timlick

Blanca I. Perez

“THE BEST WAY TO FIND YOURSELF IS TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.”

—MAHATMA GANDHI

Philip K. Stoddard, Jennifer L. Cooper, Maureen M. Braham, Sandra B. Caprioli, Eva Marie Gasson, Maria E. Corrales, Blanca I. Perez

YEARS

THIRTY FIVE YEARS

Lynne M. Barrett

Yesim Darici

Maneck H. Daruwala

Evelyn B. Enrione

Orlando J. Garcia

Janice H. Lopez

Dario Moreno

Maria C. Purvis

David Quesada

Naphtali D. Rishe

Van R. Robinson

Fausto M. Romero

Althea M. Silvera

Richard S. Tardanico

Felecia D. Vines Townsend

Mark A. Weiss

4O YEARS

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Mary Helen Hayden, Jainendra K. Navlakha Ali M. Parhizgari

FORTY FIVE YEARS

Michelle C. Beer

Ronald P. Fisher

Julio E. Ibarra

Kenneth E. Johnson

Asher Z. Milbauer

Ali M. Parhizgari

James M. Quirke

FIFTY YEARS

F. B. Seaton

Mary Helen Hayden

Steven V. Moll

WE’VE DONE IT TOGETHER WE’LL KEEP THRIVING 13

Janice H. Lopez, Felecia D. Vines Townsend, Maria C. Purvis

FORTY YEARS

2O23 FIU RECOGNITION AWARDS

FIU COMMUNITY AWARD

Sponsored by Gabor Financial Solutions

Supported the university’s mission by promoting high quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity or collaborative engagement with our local and global communities during the past year. This award is being sponsored by Gabor Financial Solutions.

Agatha S. Caraballo

Marie Alexandra Cornelius

Melissa M. Howard

FIU TORCH AWARD

Gabriela M. Izaguirre

Anjana Mishra

Cristina Palacios

Raquel E. Perez

Jamie L. Rogers

Jorge N. Zumaeta

Exemplified FIU’s institutional values of truth, freedom, respect, responsibility and excellence by exhibiting the highest standards of character and ethical behavior.

Talina Almonor

Stephen Thomson Moore

Evangelia M. Prevolis

Louis Roder Tcheugoue Tebou

John A. Zweibel

FIU OPPORTUNITY AWARD

Computer Information Sciences (CIS) Mentors

Peter J. Clarke

Raju Rangaswami

Promoted FIU’s vision of being a leading urban public research university by contributing outstanding service with a focus on student learning, innovation, and collaboration.

Jacqueline H. Alonso Bernadette L. Chung Janice H. Lopez

FIU SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Promoted FIU’s respect for the environment by providing knowledge, education and modeling ways to achieve climate preservation as well as capitalize on the economic opportunities of the solutions developed.

Todd A. Crowl

Marianne Pineda

Gregory Reis

Media Technology Services

Stephen A. Bromfield

Christian Dauden

Stephen Escudero

FIU SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD

continued

Martin E. Kupferman

Celvin A. Marquez

Jocelyn Martinez

Leon O. McNeil Jr

continued

Oscar G. Rios

Milton R. Ron Arias

Jason O. Webster

Possessed the job knowledge, people skills, motivation, and drive for continuous improvement that provides a level of service excellence that exceeds the expectations of FIU customers and colleagues. They are known for service excellence beyond their mandated job responsibilities. Consistently sought opportunities for collaboration and cross-functional improvements to better serve the university community.

Alberto Alberto Jr

Diana M. Alfonso

Elizabeth A. Alvite

Jean Michel G. Andre

Jessica M. Arguello

Magali Autie

Annie Brigido

Odelvis Brito Acosta

Gilda E. Castillo

Jessica I. Castro

Henry K. Cheng

Vasilka S. Chergarova

Bernadette L. Chung

Ines D. Companioni

Donald D. Corbitt

Kristian J. Cosculluela

Laura E. Creel

Ricardo A. Del Valle

Yelena Diaz

Eric M. Feldman

Mabel Fernandez

Javier R. Franco

Brittny M. Freire

Edward A. Furnas

Brenezza D. Garcia

Milagros Garcia Chica

Christian M. Gomez

Jacqueline Gonzalez

Kizzy Gonzalez

Maria D. Guiribitey

Dirk F. Hart

Jose H. Hemen

Steven V. James

Eric S. Johnson

Linda Lara

Suzanne N. Lebin

Cindy Lopez

Luz S. Maharaj

Samantha E. Martin

David A. Miranda

Vanessa Morera

Nancy Napolitano

Natalie M. Naranjo

Natalie K. Nunez

Jennifer N. Osejo

Robert R. Parhizgari

Rebeca Payo

Erasmo M. Perera

Iliana R. Perez

Jose A. Perez

Linda Perez Valenzuela

Ana J. Pineda

Lucila J. Pineda

Douglas T. Pitts

Elizabeth Ponce De Junco

Sean A. Prospect

Alexis Puentes

Jordan E. Quintana

David M. Ramirez

William Ramirez

Mercedes I. Ramirez Patino

Indira K. Reyes

Elise P. Rodriguez

Maria A. Rojas

Robert J. Romano

Martha E. Rosa Rundlett

Nika M. Salemi

Gaitree Seepersaud

Bernadette B. Sexton

Sandra Solis Hazim

Aaron L. Thompson

Anthony A. Ulloa

Sandeep Varry

Jennely M. Vasquez

Ana M. Villafana

Gerald C. Waugh

Margarita Zabalo

FIU SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD continued

Advising Brown Bag Series

Christine N. Angel

Gina M. Bretos

Genesis Dieguez

Brantanique C. Homicil

Gabriela M. Izaguirre

Jennely M. Vasquez

African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Program

Valerie L. Patterson

Andrea J. Queeley

FIU Athletics Trainers Team

Jeffrey R. Birchell

Kelsey L. Greenwald

Michael A. Walker II

Dustin C. West

Athletics Facility Department

Sergio N. Allende

Andrew B. Auguste

Jean M. Byron

Chelsey L. Grenier

Aaron A. Gutierrez

Kate E. Lopez

Richard J. Pareja

John R. Reynolds III

SpecialThanks:

KevinL.Serpa

BBC Facilities Team

Ramon A. Chavez Abadin

Edward A. Furnas

Matthew M. Mielke

Abel Rodriguez Dicks

Central ProcurementIT Contracts Team

Pamela L. Johnson

Yakov Pinas Zade

College of Business

Office of Academic Advising

Jennifer Aguiar

Christine N. Angel

Esther B. Aserraf

Gina M. Bretos

Angela L. Bullard

Isabel F. Capella

Genesis Dieguez

Judy G. Echeverria

Kelly G. Ferguson

Darren M. Hargrove

Justin T. Helton

Elaine M. Hodge

Brantanique C. Homicil

Gabriela M. Izaguirre

Margie Leonard

Wanda Petit Louis Pena Davila

Angeline J. Pierre

Alan G. Raudez

Estefania Roberts

continued

Fidencia R. Sanchez

Melissa Silveira

William A. Solis

Ira L. Turner

Jennely M. Vasquez

Commodity in Life Science

Purchasing Team

Cheryl A. Cobb

Donald D. Corbitt

Compensation Support Team

Claudia E. Morales

Paola Tatiana Rodriguez

Education Technology Services

Bruce A. Duffy

Brenda I. Lopez Ortiz

Mabel Morales

Marco A. Moreno II

Arden Napier

Rafael A. Perez

Rafael Perez Jr

Karina Rodriguez

Robert J. Romano

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Ashley E. Rosario

Ivan E. Santiago

Engineering Advising Team

Maria J. Monje Ramos

Sacha Perez

Lilian Sanchez Monterde

Facilities Custodial Services

Aymee Alfonso Gonzalez

Gloria Angel

Verena Baca

Nidia Castillo

Gilda Y. Corzo

Martha Espino

Francisca Fuentes

Carlos F. Galindo

Maria I. Garcia

Rosana Gomez

Adolfo A. Gonzalez

Rosaida Gonzalez Ramirez

Maria R. Guarin

Magaly Guerra Doria

Ivone J. Ildefonso

Maria D. Lopez

Madays Matos James

Ana Y. Mejia Garcia

Juan C. Murata

Eduardo R. Perez Menendez

Misseleine Pierre

Norma Pizarro Marin

Yamile Ramirez

Mercedes I. Ramirez Patino

Horacio Sanchez

Marina Sanchez

Maria G. Sandigo

continued

Concepcion Selva

Aurora M. Sosa Ozoria

Maria Suarez Gil

Marlen Urquiza

Jorge H. Velasquez Buitrago

Margarita M. Wray

Financial Aid Team

Diana Clavijo

Katharine A. Conrad

Jessica Y. Ly

FIU Online Recruitment Managers Team

Marija Forster

Teresairis Gonzalez Serrano

Rafael F. Gutierrez

Kathleen E. Oneal

FIU Online Success Coach Team

Jaclyn M. Coello

Janessa Guzman

Global Sales Program

Gabriela Alpizar

Guethshina V. Altena

Google to Microsoft 365 Migration

Odalys Diaz

Robert J. Ferrer

Rafael Figueroa

Michael R. Kirgan

Winny Lau

Chak S. Leung

Barbara I. Peres Furones

Maria C. Purvis

Juan J. Quintanilla

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Jason J. Villarroel

SpecialThanks:

Jessica Elliot Parra

Humanities, Health, and Society’s Green Family Foundation

NeighborhoodHELP Outreach

Talina Almonor

Hansel Frias

Lazaro A. Guzman

Zipporah Hayes

Samuel Hyppolite

Kerland Jacques

Myrtha Jocelyn

Erma L. Johnson

Sophia Lacroix

Aaron I. Mitchell

Ingrid P. Moss

Nancy Napolitano

Virama Oller

Jimmy Pertil

Sujay C. Rodriguez

Paulina Saldarriaga

Housing & Residential Life Human Resources Team

Natalie M. Rassi

Ashley B. Taylor

Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS) Grant Administration

Scott C. Graham

Lian Zhang

Media Technology Services

Stephen A. Bromfield

Christian Dauden

Stephen Escudero

Martin E. Kupferman

Celvin A. Marquez

Jocelyn Martinez

Leon O. McNeil Jr

Oscar G. Rios

Milton R. Ron Arias

Jason O. Webster

Operations & Safey Sign Shop

Bus Wrap Team

Geikel Cabrera Diaz

Silvio Machado Alfonso

Malkia L. Panthier

Outstanding Service Excellence Professionals

Javier A. De La Llama

Richard Del Forn

Jose Lopez Varela

Larry Misrahi

Jorge L. Sanchez

Tashaun A. Williams

Post Award Billing Team

Veronica Garcia

Gabriela L. Gonzalez

Maria L. Mejia

SpecialThanks:

JoyceV.Garcia

Christian M.Gomez

DeborahA.Muñecas

Holistic Professional DevelopmentInitiative EranArbel

MarielA.Romero Guerra

Robert J.Romano

ArdenNapier

Talel Issa

JairoM.Lagos

FIU SAFETY & LOSS PREVENTION AWARD

Promoted safety by demonstrating proactive efforts to reduce accidents and promote safety-related initiatives. Reported unsafe work conditions, promoted safe behaviors, a safe environment and a stronger safety culture. They are instrumental in resolving unsafe work conditions and/or safety deficiencies.

Birgitta M. Rausch Montoto Fire Safety Team

Alejandro Baez

Armando R. Garrido

PRESIDENT’S ACCESS & EQUITY AWARD

Demonstrated efforts exceeding their mandated job responsibilities to support the goals and objectives of diversity and inclusion. A demonstrated commitment to the spirit of diversity through participation in extracurricular activities and/or formal or informal initiatives at the institutional, community, state, regional, or national level; shown leadership through positive interaction among persons of different cultural backgrounds; and behavior which illustrates commitment to inclusion of persons within the institution who are members of traditionally under-represented groups.

Estefania C. Delgado

Trina L. Fletcher

Garth D. Headley

Glenn C. Hutchinson Jr

Kenia Z. Junco

Meredith A. Newman

Susan M. Solman

Mark A. Weiss

PRESIDENTIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

(DEI) Fellowship Program

Trina L. Fletcher

continued SpecialThanks:

AshneyG.Francis

JayP.Jefferson

DestinyM.Washington

Supported institutional, strategic, and operational excellence by restructuring processes to improve efficiency, productivity and quality; and/or implementing critical programs; receiving recognition from peers in the academic community for excellence in research, scholastic, or creative activities.

Arvind Agarwal

Jeronimo Aguiar Bezerra

Amy B. Aiken

Christine N. Angel

Reginald Belizaire

Jessica I. Castro

Darcy Cosano

Shlomi Dinar

Karen S. Fuller

Jorge H. Gomez

Julio E. Ibarra

Sundararaj S. Iyengar

Mark D. Kershaw

Yusimit Martinez

Nestor E. Mateus

Sara Moats

Katherine R. Perez

Nanett A. Rojas

Svetlana A. Roudenko

Hoshang J. Unwalla

Center for Advancement of Teaching (CAT) Team

Erica Caton

Leanne M. Wells

Education Technology Services

Bruce A. Duffy

Brenda I. Lopez Ortiz

Mabel Morales

Marco A. Moreno II

Arden Napier

Rafael A. Perez

Rafael Perez Jr

Karina Rodriguez

Robert J. Romano

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Ashley E. Rosario

Ivan E. Santiago

FIU Online Quality Management Team

Jacqueline Cruz

Gladys Diaz

Herminia D. Lezcano

Google to Microsoft 365 Migration

Odalys Diaz

Robert J. Ferrer

Rafael Figueroa

Michael R. Kirgan

Winny Lau

Chak S. Leung

Barbara I. Peres Furones

Maria C. Purvis

Juan J. Quintanilla

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Jason J. Villarroel

SpecialThanks:

Jessica Elliot Parra

Media Technology Services

Stephen A. Bromfield

Christian Dauden

Stephen Escudero

Martin E. Kupferman

Celvin A. Marquez

Jocelyn Martinez

Leon O. McNeil Jr

Oscar G. Rios

Milton R. Ron Arias

Jason O. Webster

PantherSoft and University Graduate School

Marina A. Brillas

Brandie D. Course

Ernesto J. Crucet

Jiali Ding

David W. Driesbach

Lidia Kos

Ashley Mendez

Karla Y. Ortega

John R. Vargas

PantherSoft Business Intelligence Unit

Alejandro Camacho Gonzalez

Jorge M. de Varona

Adriana Korin Mendez

Tomas D. Mendez Romeo

SpecialThanks:

KarlaV.Garcia

2022 FLORIDA TAXWATCH PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS

The TaxWatch Productivity Awards program is a major government improvement initiative co-sponsored by Florida TaxWatch, The Florida Council of 100, and the state of Florida to recognize state employees whose work significantly and measurably increases productivity and promotes innovation to improve the delivery of state services and resources.

Division of Human Resources

Eran Arbel

Division of Information Technology

Stephen A. Bromfield

Matthew D. Hagood

Environmental Health and Safety, Division of Information Technology, and Enterprise Services Group

Sybille S. Baylard

Alejandro A. Carreno

Gina M. Gallian Oubrar

Irina Rabinovich

Noemi Valle

GENERATIONS AHEAD SCHOLARSHIP

Environmental Health and Safety, Division of Information Technology, and Media Technology Support

Alejandro A. Carreno

Tamece T. Knowles

Robert J. Romano

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Florida International University Health Care Task Force

Eneida O. Roldan

Office of Business Services

Kenia Z. Junco

Sponsored by Gabor Financial Solutions

Exclusive to FIU faculty, staff and their dependents, the Generations Ahead Scholarship recognize students who have excelled academically and are also making a difference in our communities. These scholarships are sponsored by Gabor Financial Solutions.

Diego E. Aguila Nunez (Susan Nunez)

Catarina V. Vale (Catharine D. Vale)

Elysse C. Viena (Tatiana D. Viena)

Francisco N. Castro

Eric S. Raslich

IN MEMORIAM

Jeanette Martin Basulto Data Analyst III College of Arts, Sciences and Education

Daniel B. Cormany Clinical Assistant Professor, Events Management & Entertainment Management Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management

Liesel I. Diaz Fernandez Enrollment Process Officer I, Office of Admissions Operations Enrollment Services

Megan A. Fairlie Professor College of Law

Anna M. Glitzer Office Coordinator, Center for Translational Science Research

William F. Humphrey Jr. Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and Logistics College of Business

Chengxian Lin Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Computing

Peter Machonis Professor, Modern Languages

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs

Alejandra Parra Executive Director, Office of Global Mobility Office of Regional and World Locations

William H. Perez Police Service Technician Library Operations

John F. Stack Founding Dean

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs