Recognizing Excellence
The Recognizing Excellence program was developed to recognize and reward employees
for outstanding contribution to the campus, based on the Finance and Administrative
Services (FAS) Values and Core Competency.
All previous nominees and awardees: Previous Recognizing Excellence Awardees
2024 Recognizing Excellence Awardees & Nominees:
- Legendary Leader: Mitch Tran (awardee), Virginia Berman, Terri Georgopoulos, Rayanne Weber, May Flores, Pablo Chavez,
Sharon McIntosh, Eve McDonald, John Humes, Karleen Miller, Brittani Brown, Lindsay
Swensen, Barbara Taylor.
- Legendary Service: George Williams (awardee), Brittany Piche, Eduardo Quezada, Jacob Dorsey, Kristin
Erickson, Shelley Ross, Jason Mendoza/Garrett Hollenbeck, Karina Orea, John Adams,
Heather Petersen, Susan Eldridge.
- Rising Star Award: Jocelyn Rivas (awardee), Brian Hammock, Zinab Sahial.
- PAW Award Collaboration: Ashley North (awardee), Tammy Marchand, Ricardo Jacobo/Raul Vaca/Sid Alvarez, Nicolas
Magana, Drea Wilson, Sandi Deinhardt, Veronica Ohm, Megan Lombardo, Carlos Arciniega,
Terri Georgopoulos/Monica Munoz.
- PAW Award Continuous Improvement: Melannie Munoz (awardee), Megan Lombardo, Brianna Madson, Charlease Tyson, Angela
Sanchez.
- PAW Award Positive Spirit: Eve McDonald (awardee), Brianna Madson, John Miles, Becky Williams, Michelle Kinzel,
Marta Merlin.

Selection process:
- Nominations are opened to the Division.
- All nominations are scrubbed of all identifying information and provided to a Selection
Committee comprised of awardees from the previous year.
- The Selection Committee reviews the anonymous nominations and then scores each from
1 to 5. The nominee with the highest overall score receives the award and is recognized
during the Division Meeting.