Hundreds of awards were given to UCF employees on Founders’ Day, a day-long celebration of those who power our impact at UCF.

Employees were recognized for reaching their five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 45 years of service milestones, and recent retirees were also honored. The university also presented Employee Excellence awards, which highlight A&P, USPS and OPS non-student employees who made exceptional contributions to the campus community.

“Our talented and dedicated employees foster a supportive environment and a culture of bold exploration for our students, faculty, and community,” says UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright. “We are so grateful that each of you has selected UCF as your professional home and that you choose to make your impact here.”

The excellence awards recognized honorees in five categories:

Employee Excellence Awards for Community Well-Being

Ana Hernandez, Housekeeping Services

Amber Charles, UCF Police Department

Employee Excellence Awards for Discovery and Innovation

Hector Polit, UCF IT

Ahmad Altaher Alfayad, Digital Learning.

Employee Excellence Awards for Operational Excellence

Patricia Kentish, Office of the Provost

Rafael Conde, Facilities and Business Operations

Employee Excellence Awards for Service and Partnership

Tamara Gabrus, Research Initiatives

Christin Saro, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

Employee Excellence Awards for Student Success

Jade Laderwarg, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Lucas Noboa, Office of Academic Advocacy

Employee Excellence Awards Nominees

Taher Alfayad

Nathan Aultman

Danae Barulich

Nathalia Bauer

Herlinda Bedoya

Herlinda Bedoya

Josh Bedwell

Lesanne Brunswick

Barbara Busch

Tyler Campbell

Amber Charles

Shafaq Chaudhry

Kristina Chavers

Nicholas Colon

Manuel Colon Gonzalez

Carl Compston

Rafael Conde

Brian Creel

Jacquelyn Daigneault

Katherine Del Cid

Hipatia “Veronica” Donoso

Tim Donovan

Gabe Fernandez

Stefani Francisco

Cynthia Gabriel

Tamara Gabrus

Neftali Garcia

Heather Gibson

Lana Gidusko

Amy Giroux

Kariss Grissom

Pauline Heinz Strauss

Ana Hernandez

Tiffany Hughes

Danielle Hutson-Irizarry

Sarah Job

Patricia Kentish

Zachary (Zack) Knauer

Katie Korkosz

Jennifer Krolowitz

Jade Laderwarg

Toni Leonard

Nick Leyva

Maria Lopes

Robyn Lorfink

David Maldonado

Andy Marin

Lauren Maroon

Sandra McCall

Tammie McClellan

Justin McGill

Amber Mullens

Lucas Noboa

Ann Parker

Diana Perez

Charlie Piper

Hector Polit

Kyle Pritchard

Yoannie Quinones

Frances Ragsdale

Jodi Reinhart

Elexis Ritz

Patricia Riva

Adriel Rivera Aponte

Holly Robbins

Aida Santana

Christin Saro

Carolina Silva

Terri Smith

Orin Smith

Ashley Turner

Pablo Vargas

Jaclyn (Jaci) Velez

Andrea Velez

Mark Wagenhauser

Additional 2024 employee honorees include:

Champion of Student Success and Well-Being Award

Karemah Mansele, UCF Financial Aid

Emerita Status Awardee

DeLaine Priest, Student Success and Well-Being


Employee Service Awards

45 Years of Service

David Douglas

35 Years of Service

William Brown

Edward Brown

Don Harper

James Mccully

James Ross

Gina Seabrook

Tad Simmons

Patricia Tiberii

Barry Wick

30 Years of Service

Eric Anderson

Diane Claudio

Lynn Gonzalez

Martha Hamann

Charlese Hilton-Brown

Tammie McClellan

25 Years of Service

Yousef Ayoub

Giatry Bacchus

Richard Berwanger

Vanessa Butts

Rick Catasus

Chi Chan

Eunice Choi

Terri Daly

Cam Dang

Varsha Das

Maritza Diaz

Cecilia Dolandolan

Marva Ellington

Jason Ellmyer

Yvette Glasgow

Isha Guerrero-Londeree

Robin Hofler

Aaron Hose

Lisa Isham

Allison Jefferson

Kathleen Kirwan

Eugene Manselle

Janice Matley

Oscar Mauricio

Carrie Mcdowell

Ravi Melaram

Scott Milbuta

Patsy Moskal

Yolanda Reddick

Sumatie Singh

Kimberly Spence

Amy Swinford

Joshua Thomas

Andrea White

20 Years of Service

Douglas Backman

Bryan Bazemore

Marco Bedoya

Brandy Blue

Roanne Brice

Rose Carpenter

Willis Chico

Diego David

Bill Dotson

Matthew Fazi

Cortright Francis

Christopher Gavette

Lana Gidusko

Kristina Grabnickas

John Gracey

Robert Haas

Heather Houser

Li-Mei Hung

Waheeda Illasarie

Kristal Jackson Hale

Brooke Kamp

Felicia Kendall

Phyllis Kornegay

Michelle Ku

Angie Leary

Louis Lubin

Janki Maraj

John McInerney

Pablo Mercado

Clare Middlekauff

Lauren Miller

Joe Muley

Greg Norris

Aymee Pabon

Kristell Padel

Marita Pascua

Christy Pasnisin

Barbara Reeder

Ryan Retherford

Cristina Rever

Rex Roberts

Alison Schultz

Jessica Simmons

Parker Snelson

Leith Tussing

Meredith Varner

Nicholas Waters

Kerry Welch

Scott Wiles

Trevor Zarnowiec

15 Years of Service

Richard Baro

Chris Beaman

Joe Beissner

Andrea Berry

Sandra Brasch

Emily Coburn

Nathan Fields

Michelle Greco

Troy Hahr

Francisco Henriquez

Beverly Johnson

Heather Junod

Joy Kittredge

Joel Levenson

Adam Lucas

Thomas Maggart

Sean McConnell

Donna Mercado

Ted Molina

Neida Mora-Maus

RJ Mueller

Samantha Mundell

Tim Neubrander

Ginger Nielsen

Donna Phillips

Luis Reichard

Hosanna Rivera-Maldonado

Libby Sanders

Lucia Schweitzer

Elena Sequera

Lisa Sklar

Lisa Sorrentino

Carmen Sosa-Miranda

Stephanie Spies

Jesse Sunski

Genyth Travis

Mildred Vega Cousino

Luis Velozo

10 Years of Service

Rhonda Anderson-Robinson

Laury Anthony

Valeria Aponte

Rebeca Barrios

Melissa Baxter

Miriam Beckles

Kamille Birkbeck

Marcus Bowan

Jennifer Branson

Alexis Brown

Gary Burkhart

Paul Byron-Kelly

Angie Carloss

Alex Carrero

Wendy Cartier

Amethyst Castro

Kristina Chavers

Juliette Choinski

Nicholas Colon

Jennifer Cook

Brian Creel

Michele Cristinzio

Laura Czerkies

Jacquelyn Daigneault

Diane D’Avanzo

Dario Del Pilar Reyes

Beatriz Diaz

AL Dies

Paul Doerr

Julie Driskel

Lisa Dunn

Ashley Duprat

Michael Figueroa

Nino Frederico

George Fulginiti

Beth Ganz

Kimberly Gault

Michelle Ginsburg

Nicholas Godbolt

Sheryl Goins

Dawn Graziano

Arvis Grier

John Guildford

Kerri Haren

Connie Hawkins

Bethsy Hernandez

Brittany Hofmann

James Hovell

Jaime Hucorne

Danielle Hutson-Irizarry

Kate Ingraham

Brenda Jackson

Nelita Kaleel

Adriana Kelly

Omar Khan

Shelley King

Annatolee King

Betty Lahens

Alvin Laughton

Karissa Lawson

Kimberly Lemonakis

Nina Leonard

Cameron Leonard

Silpa Limbachia

Stephanie Livigni

Lindsey Lombardi

Matthew Lowe

Mark Lundstrom

Bill Martin

Melody Martinez

Sandra McCall

Todd McMahon

Ronaldo Mendoza

Shella Mercado

Carl Metzger

Alicia Miller

Shaheen Miller

Michele Monteith

Thaismary Morales

Phong Ngo

Jessica Nguyen

Yung Nguyen-Siddiqi

Nellie Nido

Edwina Norvelus

Brittany Nsouli

Emilia Paris

Shena Parks

Jikal Patel

Marcy Persaud

Savita Persaud

Mandy Pleie

Gregory Potts

Kyle Pritchard

Odus Radford

Raiza Ramos-Deatherage

Katherine Ramsey

Nakia Randell

Dawn Ransome

Gerardo Reano

Mariuccia Reano

Christine Rivera

Luis Rivera

Stephanie Rivera-Velazquez

Aimara Rodriguez

Shanice Rodriguez

Joselyne Rodriguez Olan

Nelson Roman

Toni Rooney

Noel Roque

Tara Roquevert

Pamela Ross

Ryan Roupe

Ana Santiago

Hector Santos

Kavita Sawh

Karyn Scanlon

Jordon Schagrin

Stephen Schrauger

Jenny Shen

Michael Shumack

Erin Sibauste

Duane Siemen

Hans Singh

Steve South

Jillian Stafford

Alina Stefanov

Ryan Stoner

Dharry Sumair

Jennifer Sumner

George Tabone

Robert Taft

Manny Torres

Sandra Trexler

Chris Upchurch

Ashli Vanhorn

Pamela Von Graff

Kimberly Walz

Debora Whittaker

Alicia Willenberg

Robert Wilson

Kellie Wise

Jenna Wittmann

Jennifer Wolf

Crystal Zavallo

5 Years of Service

Christopher Abreu

Daniel Acosta

Andrew Adkins

Karen Anderson

Joey Asti

Ameera Bacchus

Priyanka Badhwar

Jairo Batista

Kasey Bennett

Rhonda Bishop

Erica Bodin

Elizabeth Borelli

Austin Bott

David Braun

Jana Breburdova

Noha Bukatwa

Felicia Bussie

Yolanda Cabrera

Melissa Carli

Jaclyn Carney

Audrey Carr

Danny Cavallo

LaNique Chesterfield

Eric Chrisman

Kelly Christensen

Raevaun Clarke

Heather Cohen-Stanley

Ivan Colon Torres

Carl Compston

Victor Cosme

Amanda Coveney

Mary Dailey

Jim Daniel

Tyler Daugherty

Regina Dennison

Bina Deva

Rob Diaz

Andrew Diehl

Tiffany Dombrowski

Brendan Donahue

Elishama Douglas

Nicole Dudenhoefer

Edlira Dursun

Wendy Dye

Sara Dye

Bryan Ellison

Stacey Embry

Andrea Espina Rey

Emma Espinet

Gerard Flood

Jennifer Floyd

Allison Freitas

Elisabeth Fry

Kara Gajentan

Andrea Gandy

Luician Goudeau

Jim Graf

Irene Green-Marshall

Tracy Griffith

Liangely Guilbe-Perez

Amiko Hall

Rachel Hammock

Samantha Hanna

Rebecca Hanus

Minoska Hernandez

Janet Hernandez

Rob Hill

Jennifer Hopkins

Gwen Hubbs

Maureen Hurysz

Michael Jacobs

Troy Jarvis

Stiliyana Jeyasingam

Natasha Jones

Elizabeth Kalatzis Manolakis

Maxwell Kaplowitz

Arijeta Kavaja

Sheila Kramer

Lindsay Kuznia

Michael Leavitt

Jorge Lopez

Magali Lopez

Melly Lopez

Kirk Lundblade

Aaron Maldonado

Patrick Maloney

Ann Marie Bryan

Lauren Maroon

Kidany Marrero Cruz

Gabrielle Martinez

Julie Martorana

Keith Martorana

Kernon McDonald

Janice McFarlane

Mirelys Medina

Jenny Meyer

Karen Minor-Steven

Juan Morales Pabon

Chris Moretti

Elizabeth Mork

Michele Morrell

Stephen Mort

Ed Moses

Brittny Mouyal

Melanie Musone

Mikita Nayee

Trinh Nguyen

Peggy OConnell

Luis Orbegoso

Omar Ortiz-Roche

Carol Oteham

Gerardo Otero Soto

Jeremiah Oyer

Christine Parsons

Binita Patel

Mrudula Peddinti

Yelva Pereira

Liana Perez-Hernandez

Gabriel Perez-Mercado

Maria Pichardo

Cherry Place

Sara Potter

Kevin Price

Scott Pritchett

Ana Ramirez

Tavares Richards

Kari Ridgely

Janette Rivera

William Rivera Diaz

Erin Rolle

Delia Rosado Santana

Brandon Ruff

Pierre Saintvil

Glen Samuels

Erick Santiago Rosario

Christin Saro

Melissa Scott

Paul Sepulveda

Christopher Serafin

William Smith

Karen Solla

Elizabeth Sparks

Erika Staiger

Lynn Svenson

Chiung-Ya Tang

Jose Tavera Martinez

Billie Taylor

Brodie Taylor

Tim Telkamp

Ashley Turner

Ericka Vargas

Leida Vera Nater

Susan Viglione

Sheri Waddill

Lauren Wallace

Katy Weilant

Angela Whelan

Michael Williams

Matt Winstel

Kelly Young

Aaron Young

Ziomara Zamora

Alicia Zimmerman


Recognition of Retirees

Maureen Au

Serena Bell

James Bell

Alexander Boodoo

Sheryl Brown

Pam Cavanaugh

Karen Cobbs

Dale Dennany

Son Do

Sharon Ekern

Patrice Fairweather

Olga Fajardo

Carmen Figueroa

Bendetta Fuller

Danton George

William Harding

Karl Johnson

Jackson Jones

Cindy Kirk

Kate Knowles

Rebekah McCloud

Lea Mignone

Margaret Mlachak

Mary Montgomery

Donna Oppenheim

Michael Palmer

Salliann Phrampus

DeLaine Priest

Donna Reed

Karen Reinemund

Edwin Rivera

German Rivera

Daniel Roberts

Marian Rodriguez

Jorge Santiago

Evelyn Sedlak

Juanita Sembrano

Robert Sharps

Tish Sheppard

Thomas Silarek

Helen Sterbach

Laura Stylianou

Linda Sullivan

Jorge Talavera

Steven Webb

Esther Wilkinson

Cathy Woolwine

Dorothy Yates

David Zambri