Incentive Program recognizes staff who exemplify College values
Several staff members received the 2021 Staff Incentive Award for living the values of Michigan Engineering in their daily work.
Michigan Engineering News
After a one-year hiatus, the College of Engineering Staff Incentive Program has been re-launched to honor outstanding staff from the past year. The program recognizes staff who consistently demonstrate the College’s vision, mission and values with a monetary award of $1,500.
This initiative is part of the culture pillar of Michigan Engineering’s strategic plan.
“The culture pillar is crucial to our success as a College. It is a recognition that our core values aren’t something we think about only on special occasions,” said Debbie Mero, Senior Executive Director of Resource Planning and Management. “They are instrumental to achieving our vision. We need to live our values every day, and recognize and reward those who exemplify them.”
The Staff Incentive Program recognizes staff who live the College’s core values of:
- Leadership and excellence
- Creativity, innovation and daring
- Diversity, equity and social impact
- Collegiality and collaboration
- Transparency and trustworthiness
The recipients of the 2021 Staff Incentive Award are:
- ADG&PE: Katy Mattingly, Executive Secretary
- ADR: Elaine Meinzer, Assistant Director of Research Development
- ADUE: Grenmarie Agresar, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives, CRLT-ENGIN
- ADUE: Mike Dailey, Honors & Engagement Programs Assistant Director
- ADUE: Gene Kim, Administrative Assistant, Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety
- ADUE: Vanessa Korte, Administrative Assistant for the Wilson Student Team Project Center and Multidisciplinary Design Program
- ADUE: Tershia Pinder-Grover, Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering
- Advancement: Kim Joffe, Business Systems Analyst
- Advancement: Robert Pierce, Regional Director, Northeastern States
- AERO: Lydia Marks-Wilt, Research Administrator Senior
- AERO: David McLean, Systems Administrator
- BME: Dana Jackson, Facilities Manager
- BME: Rachel Patterson, Academic Advisor/Couns Senior
- BME: Maria Steele, Senior Academic Advisor/Counselor
- C&M: Zach Robertson, News and Communications Specialist
- C&M: Amy Whitesall, Sr. Usability Experience and Accessibility Strategist
- CEDO: Chelsea Hanson, Administrative Assistant Sr.
- CEE: Ethan Kennedy, Electronics Technician
- CEE: Justin Roelofs, Engineering Technician
- CFE: Brooke Krempa, Marketing and Communications Specialist
- ChE: Michael Africa, ChE IT Manager
- ChE: Susan Hamlin, ChE Graduate Program Coordinator
- ChE: Mina Zeinali, Research Laboratory Specialist – Nagrath Lab
- CLaSP: Darren Britten-Bozzone, Systems Administrator Inter
- CLaSP: Jodi Holbrook, Administrative Assistant Intermediate
- CLaSP: Dustin Murphy, Research Administrator Inter
- CSE: Taylor Bruns, CSE Staff Advisor to Undergraduate Students
- CSE: Magdalena Calvillo, Project Manager
- CSE: Zachary Champion, Marketing Specialist CSE
- CSE: Sylvia Galaty, CSE Financial Aid Coordinator
- ECE: Michele Feldkamp, ECE Research Administrator
- ECE: Catherine Lawrence, ECE UGAO Coordinator
- ECE: Kim Novak, ECE Administrative Assistant
- ECE: Paula Pernia, ECE Facilities Manager
- ECE: Amy Wicklund, ECE Senior Administrative Assistant
- EECS: Robert Giles, Senior Computing Consultant
- ERC-Battery Lab: Shelly Christian-Sherman, Business Administrator Inter
- ERC-Biointerfaces: Sarah Spanninga, Engineer in Research
- ERC-LNF: Jorge Barreda, Engineer in Research Senior – LNF User Services
- ERC-LNF: Matthew Gutierrez, Engineer in Research – LNF Operations
- ERC-MC2: Tao Ma, Research Lab Specialist Senior
- ERC-Robotics: Dan Newman, Communications Specialist
- ERC-SPRL: Bradley Angelocci, Electronic Tech Supervisor
- ERC-SPRL: Kenneth Arnett, Engineer in Research Lead
- ERC-SPRL: David Boprie, Electronics Technician Senior
- IOE: Rod Capps III, Web Application Developer
- IOE: Sherri Cranson, Research Administrator Lead
- ISD: Kathy Bishar, Graduate Coordinator/Student Admin Asst Sr
- ISD: Ronda Hamilton, Graduate Coordinator/Student Admin Asst Int
- IT: Justin Laby, App Programmer/Analyst Lead
- IT: Melani Palen, HR Assistant Sr
- IT: David Parkin, Desktop Support Spec Inter
- IT: Atisha Vaughan-Shaw, Business Analyst Intermediate
- ME: Diane Brouwer, Research Administrator
- ME: Matt Jastrzembowski, Facilities Manager
- ME: John Laidlaw, Engineering Technician
- ME: Amber Smith, Research Admin
- ME: Addy VanSledright, HR Support
- MSE: Keith McIntyre, Senior Facilities Engineer
- MSE: Patti Vogel, Undergraduate Program Student Advisor
- NAME: Jason Bundoff, Engineer in Research Lead
- NERS: Jan Beltran, Administrative Specialist
- NERS: Robert Blackburn, Facilities Manager
- NERS: Sara Norman, Communications Specialist
- NEXUS: Dru Bartos, Program Manager
- NEXUS: Molly Garczynski, Web Multimedia Designer
- OSA: Matthew Faunce, College of Engineering Graduate Registrar
- OSA: Haley Hart, Assistant Director, Michigan Engineering Zone
- OSA: Elizabeth Kinney, Student Support Case Manager
- OSA: Melanie Ordway, ECRC Recruiting Coordinator
- OSA: Andria Rose, Graduate Program Coordinator
- RPM: Michael Lee, Facilities Coordinator/Manager
- RPM: Jennifer Piper, Associate Director, CoE HR
- RPM: Crystal Stubleski, RPM Senior Administrative Assistant
- UMTRI: Tracey Branam, Human Resource Generalist Intermediate
- UMTRI: Michelle Douglas, Administrative Assistant Senior
- UMTRI: Andrew Leslie, Senior Statistician
- UMTRI: Carl Miller, Lead Engineer In Research
- UMTRI: Jamie Moore, Lead Research Technician
- UMTRI: Nicole Zanier, Research Area Specialist
Units developed individual plans for collecting nominations, which were reviewed by the chair and unit administrator (or by the director in administrative units) before being submitted to the College. Units were able to nominate up to 10% of their regular staff headcount. Winners must have a minimum of one year of service in the College, be in good standing and may only receive this award once every five years.