HR Service & Recognition Awards 2024

Thanks to you, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE

FIU’s upward trajectory was launched on a foundation provided by you and your fellow Panthers.

Together, we are unstoppable working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, from college affordability to sea level rise.

2024

FIU SERVICE AND RECOGNITION AWARDS PROGRAM

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES

El pagnier K. Hudson

Senior Vice President, Division of Human Resources

OPENING REMARKS

Kenneth A. Jessell President IN MEMORIAM

FIU SERVICE RECOGNITION

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

GENERATIONS AHEAD SCHOLARSHIP

FIU RECOGNITION AWARDS

FIU Community Award

FIU Torch Award

FIU Opportunity 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

Carla V. Abad

Tawona E. Adedokun

Miguel I. Aguirre-Urreta

Sahar Ajabshir

Nicolo Alaimo

Stephanie G. Alber

Dallin M. Alldredge

Rafael A. Alonso

Gabriela Alpizar

Rito W. Altheme

Yamila Alvarez

Patricia M. Amado

Hortensia D. Amaro

Emily W. Anderson

Zavier Anderson

Gloria Angel

Alvaro J. Antequera

Michael A. Aquino

Gabriel J. Arce

Diamela Arencibia

Rokeshia R. Ashley

Erika L. Ayers

Timothy J. Aylsworth

Verena Baca

Jennifer L. Baker

Jeremy K. Ballard

Sherrie R. Beeson

Reginald Belizaire

Ana Paula D. Benaduce

Jose L. Benitez

Lazaro J. Benitez Orozco

Stephanie L. Bergin

Jesse R. Blanchard

Agata A. Bober

Jesse K. Bopp

Shedrick J. Boren

Dayan Borges

Kevin Boutsen

Francisco Brenes

Jamaal D. Brown

Konstantin Bukhryakov

Zoran Bursac

John D. Buschman

Alfredo E. Cabanillas

Roxana Cabrera

Justin E. Campbell

Yasmine N. Campbell

Mayte H. Capo

Walter Carballosa Torres

Rossana C. Cardoso

Tana B. Carson

Andres F. Castellanos

Suray Castillo

Jessica Castillo Fernandez

Anne M. Castro

Indranil Chakraborty

Gustavo A. Chaparro Baquero

Ramon A. Chavez Abadin

Dejiang Chen

Silvien Chin

Rebecca C. Christ

Davina S. Clarke

Roger O. Clegg

Alfred Comabella

Mariceli Comellas Quinones

Ines D. Companioni

Brian P. Connors

Raymundo Corrales

Barbara D. Cotto Jimenez

Jacqueline Cruz

Merlin Cruz

Jaime R. Cueto

Verligia B. Daniell

Brittany N. Davis

Michael A. Degregorio

Richard Del Forn

Dinesh Devadoss

Gladys Diaz

Oscar A. Diaz

David R. Drucker

Sally Duarte

Lynette Duque-Santana

Alain Duran

Maria E. Echarri

Albert J. Elias IV

Kristin D. Elink Schuurman Laura

Mohamed Elzomor

Pedro J. Espina

Antonio A. Estevez

Cody J. Fairfield

Alesailec Figuerola

Trina L. Fletcher

Annette I. Flores

Yameli Flores

Lillian L. Fraginals

Carolynne Framil

Vanessa Franco

Edgar J. Fuller

Luisa Galecio

Tamika A. Gallimore

Lauren M. Gentile

Deborah A. Goldfarb

Christian M. Gomez

Daniel Gomez

Eduardo Y. Gomez

Priscilla D. Gomez

Alexandra C. Gonzalez

Annette Gonzalez

Ingrid Gonzalez

Omar Grass

Shayl F. Griffith

Ji Gu

Catherine Guinovart

Diego A. Guiu Portuondo

Orhun Guldiken

Greter A. Gutierrez

Hector J. Gutierrez

Robert H. Hacker

Adriana R. Harris

Scott M. Harvey

Zipporah Hayes

Jeffrey S. Heebner

Martin Hernandez

Melissa Hernandez

Reinier A. Hernandez

Grace A. Herrera

Malene N. Heyliger

Ivette M. Hidalgo

Muhammad M. Hossain

Amy R. Hyman Gregory

Roberto R. Iglesias

Emilio A. Jaquez

Xuan Jiang

Levente Juhasz

Deborah E. Jutan

Kamal Kadel

Vivek A. Kamat

Mark B. Kelley

Claudia Kettel

Adriana Korin

Jason R. Kostrna

Andrew J. Laginess

Cheng-Yu Lai

Madepalli K. Lakshmana

Tomas H. Lazo

Gabriela A. Leeming

Sophia V. Legido

Todd L. Lengnick

Arturo S. Leon

Victoria H. Lerma

Alice C. Lezcano

Jorge M. Limia

Ida Judith Litt Pine

Michelle M. Londono

Jonathan B. Lowe

Yasshin A. Lozano

Michelle Luzuriaga

Habarakada L. Madanayake

Vytautas A. Malesh

Carlton J. Maloney

Marina T. Marchena

Adolfo J. Marengo

Pablo Martin

Samantha E. Martin

Jennifer C. Martinez

Leyandra M. Martinez

John N. Masi

Norihiko Matsuda

Kevin J. McGary

Keisha S. McIntyre-Mccullough

Morgan H. McKie

Teresa J. Medina

Colette G. Mello

Yeikier Mendez Socorro

Jennifer M. Mirabal

Vian T. Mirani

Marla P. Mitjans

Lance Monaco

Ananda M. Mondal

Jorge A. Montes

Kiesha Moodie

Ciara Morell

Mubarak A. Mujawar

Sheetal Munavalli

Natalie M. Naranjo-Garcia

Fabrice H. Nelson

Mei Yi Ng

Juan Carlos L. Nobrega

Jacqueline O. Nusz

Michael C. O’Sullivan

Jayantha T. Obeysekera

Carla M. Pagan

Antony G. Page

Alexander A. Pantin

Christine A. Parra

Alessandro L. Paul

Dimitrios Pavlidis

Peggy E. Peralta

Emma E. Perez

Raul Perez

Shenira A. Perez

Trang T. Phan

Hector M. Piedra

Carolina I. Pilla

Robert A. Pollack

Andrew S. Pompa

Quentin A. Powell

Shelby E. Powell

Vincent C. Pre

Alena Prikhidko

William J. Pulido

Abraham R. Quant

Daniela R. Radu

Mohammad Ashiqur A. Rahman

Jenesis J. Ramirez

Gira J. Ravelo

Charlotte M. Raynaud

Gregory Reis

Margarita Rentis

John R. Reynolds III

Karel Riesco Trujillo

Lesly A. Rivera

Yaritza Rivera

Emanuele Rizzi

Nicola D. Robertson

Andres L. Rodriguez

Katherine M. Rodriguez

Llaremis Rodriguez

Mabel A. Rodriguez

Neylin Rodriguez

Jose H. Rodriguez IV

Sheilla L. Rodriguez Madera

Charles P. Roig

Fatima Rojas

Alexandra M. Rokaw

Ashley E. Rosario

Svetlana A. Roudenko

Matthew J. Ruddell

Ericka S. Ruiz

Leonel L. Ruiz

Maria Cristina C. Ruiz Amarista

Robert Sackstein

Fahad Saeed

Meer N. Safa

Thomas Saintel

Anna C. Sanchez

Lilian Sanchez Monterde

Trina Sanders

Yeilem Santos

Jean-Philippe Sasore

James F. Sculerati Jr.

Arijit Sengupta

Sophia V. Serrano

Dana R. Sherman

Abu S. Shonchoy

Kesha Shrestha

Candace C. Sierra

Nicholas P. Smith

Sabrina M. Smith

Gracia G. Solis

Sandra Solis Hazim

Aurora M. Sosa Ozoria

Lili D. Steiner

Alexandra C. Strong

Dulce M. Suarez

Kathlene M. Suarez

Christopher A. Sullivan

Kenley A. Sullivan-Thomas

Krystal Sutherland

Jessica D. Szmuler

Victoria E. Tomas

Gabriel Torre

Kevin M. Triana

Sarah M. Troya

Jose F. Trujillo

Luis E. Turmero Freytez

Megan L. Turner

Emiri Uchiyama

Ena R. Urbina

Tahmina B. Urmi

Raquel D. Vallecillo

Adriana G. Velado Salazar

Carlos A. Vesco

Tatiana D. Viena

Carina B. Vo

Justine M. Wallace

Meng Wang

Minho Wang

Weize Wang

Amber R. Webber

Richard Whittaker

Kela M. Williams

Lauren C. Williams

Trevor L. Williams

Kourtney M. Wilson

Margarita M. Wray

Andrew P. Yap

Tina Yeung

Konstantinos L. Zekios

Chun Zhou

Fabio Zucatto

TEN YEARS

Cristina Aballi

Deborah M. Abel

Tigran Abrahamyan

Jeronimo Aguiar Bezerra

Dania M. Aguirre

Jose M. Aldrich

Laura D. Almaguer

Brenton F. Alston

Jose Alejandro Alvarado

Gregory J. Anderson

Jean Michel G. Andre

Alejandro Arrieta

Miguel A. Asencio

Magali Autie

Lauren N. Azicri

Muhammad A. Aziz

Ramon Barba

David W. Barman

Ashley J. Bates

Leonard B. Bickman

Claudia A. Biscardi

Beatriz Blanco Hernandez

Jaime L. Bobadilla Molina

Gina M. Bretos

Diego A. Bueno

Alien Cabrera Ross

Carmen L. Caicedo

Rigoberto J. Campos

Ashley T. Capo

Yolanda Capote

Stephanie Carballido

Amin Carbonell

Luis M. Carcache

Eric R. Carpenter

Cecilio C. Carrillo

Joyce D. Castro

Zhe Cheng

Yun Seok Choi

Diana L. Cimadevilla

Catherine C. Coccia

Nancy D. Cohen

Jonathan S. Comer

Magdalena Concepcion Hernandez

Joseph M. Corey

Brandie D. Course

Laura E. Creel

Todd A. Crowl

Laura G. Cruz

Marta D’elia

Lisa A. Davis

Andre R. Dawson

Fabian E. De la Flor

Antonio M. Delgado

Yordanka V. Delionado

Nathalie J. Desrayaud

Cynthia M. Diaz

Valerie J. Diaz

Jacqueline Dipp

Sara M. Ducuennois

Robert J. Duncan

Marco A. Echeverri Jr.

German Espinosa

Jacqueline R. Evans

Mabel Fernandez

Raquel C. Fernandez

Enzo Ferrari

Leonardo C. Ferreira

Ayelen Ferrer

Scarlett E. Franzblau

Christina J. Frith

Jami M. Furr

Rosa A. Fuste

Maydelin Galvez

Jennifer M. Gamarra

Nana Aisha A. Garba

Jeanette Garcia Montes

John H. Geiger

Sergio A. Giglio

Kimberly S. Gilchrist-Wynter

Marina Gitelman

Jody E. Glassman

Lisa S. Gomes

Lourdes A. Gomez

Arnaldo Gonzalez

Kizzy Gonzalez

Norma M. Goonen

Adam D. Gorelick

Christopher S. Goslin

Pedro M. Guerra

Susana Guerra

Benjamin Guerrero

Maria P. Guillem

Luis C. Gurdian

Mariel Gutierrez

Rafael F. Gutierrez

Mileyvis Guzman

Christopher R. Harding

Thomas R. Hartley

Gia G. Hawkins

Zahra S. Hazari

Larry A. Herde

Marcia Herdy Varella

Sonia G. Hernandez

Yoaime Hernandez

Yolangel Hernandez Suarez

Kuei-Ying C. Hsu

Xiao Chuan Huang

Boubakari Ibrahimou

Kristen A. Ingram

Susan L. Jacobson

Charles C. Jalloh

Doreen Jambu

Javarris L. Jones

Errol E. Joseph-Guevara

Mais H. Kayyali

Emmet M. Kiliddjian

Hagit S. Kornreich Leshem

Alexander Kroll

Onelia A. Lage

Curba M. Lampert

Hebin Li

Jessica U. Liberles

Katherine A. Lineberger

Twila Mae Logan

Daniella S. Long

Denise A. Lopez

Jose Lopez-Varela

Cristina Loreto

Alejandra A. Lugo

Carolin Lusby

Gregory G. Maloney

Adrian Manganelly

Livan Martell Iglesias

Samantha Marticorena

Alejandro Martinez

Christy Martinez

Jocelyn Martinez

Kristina D. Medina

Joseph Meira De Eirin-Lopez

Marie Flor V. Meneus

Kimberly A. Miles

Larry Misrahi

Sara Moats

Stephen Thomson Moore

Francisco Mora

Alejandro Morejon

Sophonie B. Morno

Jessica M. Moro

Sabyasachi Moulik

Erica D. Musser

Tekla Nicholas

Natalie K. Nunez

Nicholas P. Ogle

Paulo C. Olivas

Aiko K. Ortega

Mesut Ozgen

Claudia A. Page

Marco A. Parra

Dayana C. Paula

Joseph D. Paulick

Madelyn Perdomo

Silvia M. Pereiro

Cindy L. Perez

Jose A. Perez

Magdalena Perez

Heber L. Perez Garcia

Rafael Perez Jr.

Alexander E. Perez-Pons

Yakov Pinas Zade

Katherine M. Pita

Geoffrey D. Potvin

Miriette M. Presendieu

Barbara M. Quesada

Jessica C. Ramella Roman

Ana I. Ramos

Raphael G. Raptis

Rakesh Ravikumaran Nair

Diana M. Reyes

Rafael O. Reyes

Lynne F. Richard

Nancy L. Richmond

Jehnny P. Rivera

Jose S. Rivera

Luis A. Rivera

Michael Robinson

Idaykis Rodriguez

Shannonlee Rodriguez

Wilfredo Rodriguez Jr.

Robert J. Romano

Martha E. Rosa-Rundlett

Stephanie L. Rosas

Edgardo L. Salazar

Joanna L. Sanabria

Juan C. Sanchez

Luis F. Sanchez

Justo Sardina

Naisy Sarduy

Nancy S. Savoie

Rebekah F. Schulze

Louis N. Schulze Jr.

Laura R. Serbus

Maryam N. Shakir

Deborah W. Sherman

Theodore Shields

Fang Shu

Jayati Sinha

Kelecia Smith

Rafael Soltero Venegas

Jacqueline B. Sousa

Henry J. Stark

Casey P. Steadman

Valeria E. Stevenson

Susana L. Stoffella

Ruth N. Suarez

Douglas E. Sykes

Jeff Taluy

Odalis Toledo

Peter Tome

Rebecca L. Toonkel

Alexandre G. Torre

Michelle M. Troche

Brenda E. Tyminski

Catharine D. Vale

Reyni R. Valerio

Sussan M. Valqui

David Vanegas Tobon

Allen L. Varela

Gipsy Velez

Estella Vera

Lissvett Vergara

Nancy Viera

Michelle R. Vires

Ochieng F. Walumbwa

Shenggao Wang

Tracey A. Weiler

Erin L. Weston

Shelley D. Wick

Maritere Williams

Matthew B. Woodfork

Fangyu Xu

Bruce P. Yap

Jaime A. Young

Adolfo Zambrana

Susanne Zwingel

FIFTEEN YEARS

Ramiro Acosta

Alexander Agoulnik

Irina Agoulnik

Frances Alonso

Jessica Aristizabal

Rebeca D. Arocha

Jose E. Arteaga Villaquiran

Hafida Assif

Andrew B. Auguste

Whitney A. Bauman

Mathew Bendet

Aron W. Berkman

Michael A. Black

Alejandra M. Blanco

Rodolfo Bonnin

Henry O. Briceno

David R. Brown

Andrea D. Bynum

Jean M. Byron

Martha B. Cabrera

Nathaniel E. Cadle

Christine I. Caly

Fannie N. Castellanos

Shaoming Cheng

Wen-Hsiu Chou

Maricel Cigales

Anthony P. De Caprio

Javier A. De la Llama

Timothy A. Dean

Monica D. Delgado

Alok Deoraj

Luda Dolinsky

Stephanie P. Doscher

Vadym Drozd

Judy G. Echeverria

Kelly G. Ferguson

Maria C. Fernandez

Brian Fonseca

Jenny Fortun

Carmen V. Framil

Angelique Ortega Fridman

Edward A. Furnas

Anthony S. Galaska

Tricia J. Galiano

Jairo Galvis

Karla V. Garcia

Kirk R. Gastrich

Heath L. Glick

Larisa Goldberg

Victoria C. Gray

Sheng Guo

Lazaro A. Guzman

Reyna M. Hernandez

Patricia A. Houle

Larissa M. James

Benjamin P. Jarrell

Ila J. Klion

Roberto Leal

Ingrid M. Ley

Xiaosheng Li

Yinghui Li

Yuepeng Li

Hong Liu

Juan P. Liuzzi

Juan J. Lopez

Maria Lorenzo Perez

Alfonso A. Lovo

Kenneth M. Manuel

Javier I. Marques

Matthew D. Marr

Elizabeth J. Marston

Janet V. Medina

Maria L. Mejia

Vanessa Merine

Matthew M. Mielke

Ileana C. Molina

Joongho Moon

Erika P. More

Vijaya S. Narayanan

Milena I. Neshkova

Leslie D. Nisbet Gonzalez

Daniel F. Nolan

Rasheed O. Oladele

Ana C. Ortega

Steven J. Ory

Cassandra A. Otero

Nezih Pala

Kuppusamy Panneerselvam

Jason H. Pearl

Lina F. Perdomo

Margarita Pereiro

Wanda Petit Louis Pena Davila

Abilene P. Pinzon

Juan J. Quintanilla

Rosangel D. Quintero

Jennifer S. Rehage

Yasmin Rey

Joselyn M. Roane

Douglas L. Robertson

Alexandra V. Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez Perez

Marco E. Rojas

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Dianne Roque-Espinales

Milza Rosales

Barry P. Rosen

Sammi M. Rosin

Juan Pablo Sarmiento

Ashley G. Shapiro

Pablo Simon

Diane M. Singh

Sandro A. Stumpf

Diana Taveras

Katherine A. Torgerson

Catherine A. Torres

Sonia Y. Williams

Lingshan Xiong

Jorge E. Yi

TWENTY YEARS

Danayde Alfonso

Frances Aliaga

Sean J. Allen-Hermanson

Rosemanie Anacacy

Wilmer Arellano

Zoraya Arguello

Elizabeth M. Bejar

Leonid Bekker

Prasad V. Bidarkota

Deanne Butchey

Rolier Cabrera

Carlos Cano

Mayte T. Cantillo

Leonel F. Caraballo

Glenda E. Centeno

Aya S. Chacar

Kristina M. Chavez

Bernadette L. Chung

Joseph M. Cilli

Peter J. Clarke

Alberto Diaz Albertini

Bruce A. Duffy

Brice V. Dupoyet

Lia J. Duran

Susie P. Escorcia

Alex Gil

Darren R. Gold

Dale R. Gomez

Annia Gonzalez

Clara Gonzalez

Helen C. Gonzalez

Robert N. Grillo

Maria P. Guedes

Michael R. Heithaus

Crystal O. Herrera

Laura C. Herring

Ingrid A. Huysmans

Pamela L. Johnson

Lou W. Kim

Sumit K. Kundu

Watson J. Lees

Wenzhi Li

Xiang Li

Isabel E. Lopez

Jorge R. Maecha

Jerry W. Markham

Urias A. Martinez

Saul D. McClintock

Jean S. Mead

Alexander M. Mebel

Desiree K. Mesa

Stephanie C. Miller

De Etta Kay Mills

Suchismita Mishra

Anthony D. Miyazaki

Tonja E. Moore

Edivaldo S. Mota

Amanda L. Niguidula

Daniel Paan

Ida I. Pabon

Mihaela Pintea

Irina Rabinovich

Kannan Raghunandan

Dasaratha Rama

Birgitta M. Rausch Montoto

Jaime A. Rivas

Helen J. Robbins

Barbara C. Rodriguez

Juan C. Rodriguez

Patria Rojas

Heather D. Russell

Alicia E. Sagastume

Jay P. Sah

Lazara F. Sardinas

Rolda M. Serieux

Amy E. Silverman

Harold T. Smith

Dionne Stephens

Michael C. Sukop

Steven W. Switzer

Ralph D. Torres

Jose M. Toscano

Mary Jo Trepka

Nikolaos M. Tsoukias

Ana A. Valenzuela

Julio R. Vidal

Haifeng Wang

Howard M. Wasserman

Anna Wlodarczyk

TWENTY FIVE YEARS

Hilda Aguilera

Alfredo Andia

Tori J. Arpad-Cotta

Clara Barman

Cynthia C. Chinelly

E Judith Cohen

Tracye L. Eades Mickle

Michelle Enamorado

F. Javier Francisco Ortega

Evelyn E. Gaiser

Cheng-Tin Gan

Michael J. Hughes

Walfried M. Lassar

Kenneth J. Lipartito

James P. Mickle

Veronica Molina

Aileen Perez

Ivan Perez

Jean Rahier

Joerg Reinhold

Allan Richards

Pura E. Rodriguez De la Vega

Leonard J. Scinto

Oren B. Stier

Deborah K. Taylor

Adelfa Ukenye

Eric F. Wagner

Joseph Wong

Kirsten E. Wood

FIU’s culture of excellence and innovation infuses the university with an energy that is infectious. It’s just one of the many reasons that make FIU a great place to work. Leading that culture is our faculty and staff, who are fully invested in the success of our students.

—Kenneth A. Jessell FIU President

THIRTY YEARS

David A. Becker

Amaury A. Caballero

Yiding Cao

Cheryl A. Cobb

Ellen G. Cohn

Julian K. Edward

Zhaohui J. Fu

Marilyn A. Gabriel

Joel T. Heinen

Ricardo A. Jimenez

John M. Kakalik

Suman Kakar Sirpal

Campbell J. Mc Grath

Angela S. Obando

Richard Pabon

Miriam Potocky

Mohammad A. Qureshi

Michael S. Ross

Carmen E. Schenck

Bennett L. Schwartz

Victor M. Uribe

Chockalingam Viswesvaran

Dean Whitman

Yifu Zhu

THIRTY FIVE YEARS

Pedro D. Botta

David Y. Chang

Odalys Diaz

Howard A. Frank

Kenneth G. Furton

Robert Griffith

Shahid Hamid

Steven Luis

Mohiaddin S. Messbahi

Steven F. Oberbauer

Allan Rosenbaum

John Tsalikis

Walter V. Van Hamme

Paul R. Warren

Stephen A. Winkle

FORTY YEARS

Lorraine Bahrick

Georgia Bazos

Gregory H. Burdine-Coakley

Sushil Gupta

George J. Kyparisis

Osama A. Mohammed

Gustavo Roig

FORTY FIVE YEARS

Jaime Canavés

Grenville Draper

Philip J. Lazarus

Shearon A. Lowery

FIFTY YEARS

Gauri L. Ghai

Susan P. Himburg

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver

Florentin Maurasse

THANKS TO YOU, WE’RE UNSTOPPABLE.

Your contributions make a profound impact on our students, our institution, and the world. We are deeply grateful for your service and proud to have you as part of our team.

2O24 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.

Kathryn Depalo Gould

Aleksandr Krasnok

Jordana Pomeroy

Evangelia M. Prevolis

Sandeep Varry

FIU TORCH AWARD

FIU Sales Center Co-Directors

Nicolo Alaimo

Rafael Soltero Venegas

International Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) Conference Logistics Team

Wilfredo J. Alvarez

Merary D. Nieves

John R. Reynolds III

Vanessa Y. Vazquez

Continued

Ayxa A. Vecino

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at FIU

Jesus Padilla

Brian R. Van Hook

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

Nathaly S. Desmarais

Lucie Dlugasch

Erik W. Larson

Stephen Thomson Moore

Maria L. Naranjo

FIU OPPORTUNITY AWARD

Lisardo J. Ortiz

Reinier Pardo

Mercedes M. Ponce

Amber R. Webber

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.

Cathleen Carvajal

Timothy A. Dean

David D.Fernandez

FIU EdIT Team

Antonio Acevedo

Stephen A. Bromfield

Nelson A. Cairo Palazuelos

Stephen Escudero

Matthew D. Hagood

Continued

Christopher R. Harding

Jocelyn Martinez

Arden Napier

Richard Pabon

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Ashley E. Rosario

Michael A. Stuart

Kristen L. Vilchek

FIU SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD

FIU Online Content Creation Team

Ryan Blanco

Teresita Davis

Fabian E. De La Flor

Antonio M. Delgado

Teresa N. Garcia Cadenas

Diego Jacome

Ivan F. Marchena

Gabriel E. Marchisio Jr.

Continued

Michael A. Martin

Reynaldo O. Martinez II

Mark X. Masters

Juan A. Palenzuela Pulve

Jacqueline Sardinas

Jared A. Stein

Special Thanks:

Juan Carlos Granda Jr

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.

Carol Akinmade

Consuelo M. Amram

Jean Michel G. Andre

Kenylia P. Andre

Alejandro Baez

Prasad B. Bhoite

Juan A. Bido

Nathalie Brenner

Elena B. Cabrera Menendez

Celine Cambara

Joseph I. Camps

Saulai L. Chan

Vasilka S. Chergarova

Caridad B. Coll

Nina M. Crutchfield

Richard Del Forn

Monica D. Delgado

Jessica A. Diaz

Layla El Hilu

Stephanie T. Escoto

Mabel Fernandez

Luis Fernandez Lopez

Javier R. Franco

Eva Marie Gasson

Martha G. Gonzalez

Younna S. Gooden

Andrea E. Green

Catherine Guinovart

Jose H. Hemen

Jessica R. Herrera

Pamela L. Johnson

Mark R. Kelly

Katherine S. Lacayo

Zoraya M. Ledesma

Yusimay Lorenzo Gonzalez

Luz S. Maharaj

Luis F. Marin Vera

Manuel A. Matus

Eduardo R. Mecias

Daniela Millan Ramirez

Cynthia E. Minguez

David A. Miranda

Kamora L. Moss

Edivaldo S. Mota

Deborah A. Munecas

Sandra Ocampo Ciak

Cassandra A. Otero

Jacqueline M. Pena

Emma E. Perez

Clotilde M. Picart Laguer

Douglas T. Pitts

Jeslyn Quintero

Rosangel D. Quintero

David M. Ramirez

Mercedes I. Ramirez Patino

Birgitta M. Rausch Montoto

Jason J. Rodriguez

Sujay C. Rodriguez

Kettia Romage

Maria S. Rosado

Barbara Y. Ruiz

Luisa M. Ruiz

Marquita N. Samuels

Vanessa Sandrino

Christina M. Schettini

Paul V. Steinsland

Ariana Taglioretti

Aaron L. Thompson

FIU SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD continued

Anthony A. Ulloa

Ena R. Urbina

Reyni R. Valerio

Jessica L. Vallejo

Michelle R. Vires

Tashaun A. Williams

Abraham Zabielinski

College of Business (COB) Tech Support Center

Juan A. Bido

Daniel Brillas

Michael J. Chao

Alfonso A. Lovo

Christine N. Angel

Ericka P. Emiliani Salois

Brantanique C. Homicil

William A. Solis

Jennely M. Vasquez

Education Technology Services (ETS)

Bruce A. Duffy

Brenda I. Lopez Ortiz

Mabel Morales

Marco A. Moreno II

Arden Napier

Rafael A. Perez

Rafael Perez Jr.

Robert J. Romano

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Ashley E. Rosario

Kristen L. Vilchek

FIU Beer Team

Roger O. Clegg

Nicole A. Cuadra

Carl Frederick Francois

Alexander J. Kelley

Rafael G. Prohias

FIU Law Admissions and Financial Aid Team

Ariana M. Arguello

Jorge R. Leniv

Alma N. Ocasio

Virginie Plawecki Illescas

Special Thanks:

Chase A. Buchanan

Continued

Faitherly C. Caudio

Justin D. Coffie

Justin E. Degen

Jefflyne Desilme

Rene A. Diaz

Sydney L. Gass

Briana A. Harris

Abigail M. Hunt

Dalen J. Hutchison

Ciara L. Jeneske

Michelle Jules

Hayden A. Kemp

Mateo Lopez

Maria Molano

Dominique M. Pierre

Lauryn Reed

Deidra E. Rogers

Megan Thermes

Sunnaz Toreihi

FIU One Card Office Team

Fernando J. Molina

Brian R. Woodard

Special Thanks:

Camila V. Carvajal

Juan M. Cintron Rufat

Allison R. Chiuz

Melissa Corral

Miguel A. Gomez

Daniel Hernandez

FIU Online Student Success Coach Team

Jaclyn M. Coello

Stephanie L. Grossman

Janessa Guzman

Nahum Jean Louis

Sara A. Oramas

Cynara Suarez

FIU School of Music Team

Nathalie Brenner

David D. Fernandez

Yusimay Lorenzo Gonzalez

Paul V. Steinsland

Michelle R. Vires

Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) Office of Faculty Affairs Team

Priscilla Chaves

Dalia M. Perez

HR Customer Service Team

Alexander Dauphin

Edward Leao

Daniela Millan Ramirez

Special Thanks:

Tonya D. Kirkland

HR Relations Team

Ashley M. Ares

Special Thanks:

Thalia A. Centeno

Institute of Environment Support Staff Team

Dolores Dominguez

Sergio A. Giglio

Rafael Gonzalez Collazo

Jessie G. Guevara

Catherine Guinovart

Mark D. Kershaw

Miguel A. Marquez

Vanesa Montes

Office of Analysis and Information Management (AIM) Board of Governors (BOG)

Reporting Team

Madelyn E. Cintron Rodriguez

Maria E. Corrales

Office of Employee Assistance Team

Isabel Alfonsin Vittoria

Dalismar A. Morales Morales

Office of Orientation and Family Programs Team

Carol Akinmade

Vanessa Franco

Melany Freiria

Alexandra M. Gutierrez

Special Thanks:

Emily Fornairs

Amin Saleh

Parking and Transportation Team

Michel Barroso

Martin Hernandez

Research Team

Darcy Cosano

Concepcion P. Ricardo

Technology Evaluation Group (TEG)

Nicole A. Attong

Dulce M. Beltran

Oscar Blanco

Helen C. Gonzalez

Matthew D. Hagood

Helvetiella Longoria

Vilma Mesa

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Ashley E. Rosario

Carlos E. Varona

Martha B. Wong

Hassan Zahedi Jasbi

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.

Walter A. Conklin

Thomas Scicluna

Victoria M. Villa

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.

Deborah M. Abel

Jacqueline H. Alonso

Nirmala Arunachalam

Nicole A. Attong

Shanna L. Burke

Caridad B. Coll

Nahum Jean Louis

Juliette S. Saint Louis

PRESIDENTIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Miami (BBBS) Team

Emmanuele A. Bowles

Garth D. Headley

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.

Jeronimo Aguiar Bezerra

Kemal Akkaya

Noel C. Barengo

Carmen Baute

Sonia O. Benitez

Marcelo Bigliassi

Amin Carbonell

Karen S. Fuller

Bladimir Galvez Prado

Arnaldo Gonzalez

Deidra Hodges

Glenn C. Hutchinson Jr.

Julio E. Ibarra

Audrey P. Miller

Ana I. Ramos

Estefania Roberts

Althea “Vicky” M. Silvera

Joliett Vega Klucevsek

Special Thanks

Brian K. Drewke

Earned & Owned Content Creation Team

Madeline Baro

Nicole A. Cuadra

Ashley Fornaris

Carl Frederick Francois

Christopher Necuze

Oscar E. Negret

Angela M. Nicoletti

Alexandra M. Pecharich

Margarita Rentis

Maria L. Rives

David B. Roberts

Gisela M. Valencia

Special Thanks

Isabella S. Gonzalez

Michelle N. Gonzalez

Genesis J. Ibarra

Vincent J. Rives

Camber M. Seither

FIU Online Leadership Team

Gabriela M. Icabalceta

Evangelia M. Prevolis

Amber R. Webber

International Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) Leadership Team

Lindsay E. Dudley

Guadalupe “Elizabeth” Marin Amador

Melisah G. Miller

Office of the Registrar Team

Dulce M. Beltran

Calvin S. Cheng

Henry K. Cheng

German M. Cruz

Jenel Patterson

Simple Syllabus Implementation Team

Maricel Cigales

Odalys Diaz

Sara Moats

Eduardo J. Monteiro

Robert R. Parhizgari

Raquel E. Perez

Rafael Perez Jr.

Daniel A. Ramirez

Birgitta M. Rausch Montoto

Robert J. Romano

Mariel A. Romero Guerra

Carlos E. Varona

Leanne M. Wells

GENERATIONS AHEAD SCHOLARSHIP 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.

Edgar Collazo (Mabel Fernandez)

Isabella Gonzalez (Annia Gonzalez)

Lennox E. Scholl (Jennifer J. Scholl)

Haley Fonseca

Olivia P. Williamson

IN MEMORIAM

Marisa S. Browne

Senior Library Specialist, Information and Research Services FIU Libraries

Bobby L. Cain Locksmith II, Key Control Facilities Management

Helio U. Farinas Voice Technician, Network Management Services Division of Information Technology

Joel P. Feigenheimer Assistant Professor Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management

James W. Hacker

Teaching Professor, Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts

Asuka Haraguchi Mashav

Teaching Professor, Department of Modern Languages

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs

Zakina A. Ogbourne

Coordinator of Administrative Services, Center for Testing and Career Certification Innovative Education and Student Success

William E. Pelham Jr.

Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychology College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Marcia M. Rodriguez

Manager of Administrative Services, Department of Emergency Management Operations and Safety

Allan Rosenbaum

Distinguished University Professor, Department of Public Policy & Administration

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs

Stephanie R. Simeon Instructional Design Supervisor, Web Based Courses FIU Online

Sergeant

David L. Sydnor Law Enforcement Sergeant, University Police Department Operations and Safety

John Tenenholtz

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Math and Statistical Sciences College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Raymond Vina

General Maintenance Mechanic III, Parking and Transportation Operations and Safety

CARNEGIE R1

Carnegie Classification

Very High Research Activity

Only the top 3% in research production among the nation’s 4,300 colleges and universities (Source: Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education)

$1 BILLION

Research Expenditures in Last Five Years

(Source: ORED)

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

TOP 10

Research Expenditure Growth from 2012-2022

Carnegie R1 Public Universities

(Source: Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of National Science Foundation data)

$317 MILLION

Research Expenditures in FY 2022-2023

(Source: ORED)

TOP 25

Most Innovative Universities

(Source: U.S. News & World Report)

TOP 20

U.S. Utility Patents Granted U.S. Public Universities

(Source: National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association)

UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY

We are a Hispanic Serving Institution and a Minority Serving Institution focused on making sure every student succeeds.

Top producer in awarding bachelor’s degrees to minorities

(Source: Diverse Issues in Higher Education)

No. 1

awarding Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees to Hispanics

TOP 10

awarding Bachelor’s degrees to African Americans

TOP 10

Economic Diversity

(Source: New York Times)

Our Pell Grant-eligible students (who account for more than half of our undergraduate population) graduate at a higher rate than their classmates.

(Source: AIM)

AMPLIFYING OUR IMPACT

#2 IN THE WORLD

Positive Impact on Life Below Water (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023)

TOP 10

Undergraduate Student Enrollment

(Source: U.S. News & World Report)

#12 IN THE WORLD

Positive Impact on Life on Land (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023)