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Academic Affairs Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Nominees
2006-2007

The UCSD Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Award Program annually recognizes staff members who demonstrate exemplary service or make exemplary contributions to the UCSD and San Diego communities. Academic Affairs is proud to recognize the nominees from its divisions and units, and thanks all of those who took the time to nominate them.

Academic Affairs 2007 Star Performers

DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

  • Hedi Jafari, Financial Manager, Theatre & Dance Department

  • Josef Kucera, Recording Engineer, Music Department

  • Heather Fowler Zion, Academic Files Coordinator, Literature Department

DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  • Kim-Loan Huynh, Academic Personnel Specialist

  • Heather Pratt, Executive Assistant to the Dean, Biological Sciences Dean’s Office

  • Jackie Vignes, Project Assistant

  • Richard Weymouth, Principal Electronics Technician

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

  • Felicia Arredondo, Signature Program Representative

  • Daphne Pleasant, Cashiering Manager

  • Karen Roberts, Web Developer

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF IR/PS

  • Portia Bibb, Assistant Director, External Relations

JACOBS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

  • Tommy Duong, Programmer Analyst, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

  • Cheryl Hile, Fund Administrator, Computer Science & Engineering Department

  • Harriet Kounaves, Academic Personnel Manager, Jacobs School Dean's Office

  • M'Lissa Michelson, Manager, Human Resources and Payroll, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

  • Mira Morse, Data Manager, Jacobs School Dean's Office

  • Ann Tatro, Payroll/Personnel and HR Assistant, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department

  • Van Wong, Development Engineer, Bioengineering Department

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

  • Scott Paulson, Library Assistant, Geisel Library

COLLEGE PROVOST OFFICES

  • Trudy LaDue, Executive Assistant to the Provost, Provost's Office, Muir College

DIVISION OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

  • Shanley Miller, Financial Manager, Chemistry/Biochemistry Department

  • Lois Stewart, Graduate Program Officer, Mathematics Department

  • Yongxuan Su, Senior Development Engineer, Chemistry/Biochemistry Department

RESEARCH AFFAIRS / ORUs

  • Mary Brown, Administrative Specialist, Office of Contract & Grant Administration

  • Robert Buffington, Programmer Analyst, Center for Research in Language

  • Matthew Kullberg, Manager, IT Support, San Diego Supercomputer Center

  • Melissa La Bouff, Events Coordinator, Institute for International, Comparative & Area Studies

  • Sarah Leon, Student Affairs Coordinator, Center for Iberian & Latin American Studies

  • Janie Orwig-Sacchetti, Senior Animal Technician, Animal Care Program

  • Luis Palacios, Programmer Analyst, Center for Research in Language

  • Margaret Paulson, Project Assistant, Center for Research in Language

  • Reyna Stallings, IAEP Programs Coordinator, Institute for International, Comparative & Area Studies

  • Julie Vitale, Program Advisor, Institute for International, Comparative & Area Studies

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • Laurie Castillo, Student Affairs Assistant

  • Brian Churchwell, Lead Programmer Analyst

  • Karen Cordero, Assistant Program Manager

  • Olivia Fernandez, Financial Administration Specialist

  • Veronica Garcia, Fiscal Assistant

  • Jill Gibson, Assistant Director of Development

  • Suzanne Patti, Staff HR Manager

  • Lea Sapinoso, Administrative Assistant

  • Gladys Selfridge, Special Assistant to the Dean

  • Eric Williamson, Programmer/Systems Administrator

DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • Davyda Johnson, Human Resources Coordinator, Education Studies

  • Antonio Mora, Senior Animal Technician, Psychology Department

  • Robert Sundberg, Senior Animal Technician, Psychology Department

  • Giselle Van Luit, Student Affairs Officer, Education Studies

  • Julie Williams, Business Officer, Linguistics Department

  • April Bjornsen, Manager, Graduate Student Admissions, Office of Graduate Studies

Academic Affairs Award Program Committee: Bobb Barile, Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Earline Ventura, Judy Keane, Linda Thai, Carmen Rodriguez, Angela Lee

Special thanks to the following for their generous donations in support of this program: Art of Espresso, Birch Aquarium, Chipotle, Espresso Roma, Golden Spoon, La Jolla Playhouse, Mission Bay Aquatic Center, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Porter’s Pub, Real Mex, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Natural History Museum, Shogun of La Jolla, Subway, UCSD Recreation, Yellow Bird Scrapbooking