Staff Appreciation

Rice Staff Appreciation

Celebrate Staff Accomplishments With President Reginald DesRoches

Friday, April 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
Rice Memorial Center, Grand Hall
In person or by livestream

All staff are invited to attend this event, formerly known as Staff Town Hall.
In addition to recognizing staff accomplishments, President DesRoches will share high-level university updates.

Light breakfast served at 8:30 a.m.

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5-Year Honorees
  • Dalton Andrepont
  • Elizabeth Asma
  • Michelle Atkinson
  • Tino Avitia
  • Andrew Baines
  • Jorge Barro
  • Joyce Beebe
  • Sonya Bennett-Brandt
  • Michael Bloomgren
  • Robert Blumrick
  • Doug Boeker
  • Kailen Bond
  • Ashley Booher
  • Maciej Borgiel
  • Tarah Bounds
  • Barbara Brave
  • Kate Brennan
  • Korin Brody
  • Christopher Brown
  • Ryan Brown
  • Rob Bruce
  • John Burum
  • Pia Byrd
  • Armi Cahoy
  • Elizabeth Cashiola
  • Kelly Castro
  • Xun Chen
  • Yuda Chen
  • Travis Cochran
  • Nathan Cook
  • Ross Cooper
  • Neil Coraza
  • Cathryn Councill
  • Fernando Cruz
  • Lori Cykala
  • Katherine De Lara
  • Tricia Delone
  • Chelsey Denny
  • Kimberly Edwards
  • Vanessa Espinoza
  • Bryan Evans
  • Osiris Flores
  • Terry Frye
  • Drew Fucci
  • Kevin Gaastra
  • Bin Gao
  • Sandra Garcia Romero
  • Maria Gomez
  • Chris Gray
  • Van Green
  • Kevin Grimes
  • Guillermo Guerra
  • Dylan Gulbronson
  • Dawn Hancock
  • Devonne Harris
  • Curtis Henry
  • Petre Herbert
  • Sondra Hernandez
  • Carrie Hodgeson
  • Autumn Horne
  • Jon Hughes
  • Paul Janish
  • Tamara Jones
  • Chris Jones
  • Julia Juarez
  • Jerusha Kasch
  • Dale Kelly
  • Dawn Kinsey
  • Michael Koenig
  • Katelyn Kosted
  • Irene Kwan
  • Joseph Lau
  • Kerry Lawrynovicz
  • Lien Little
  • Elena Marks
  • Terie McClintock
  • Colleen Mosley-Hunt
  • Jasmine Nguyen
  • Audrey Nguyen
  • Barry Ouellette
  • Matthew Patterson
  • Candice Pauley
  • Chris Perez
  • Lilian Perez Gonzalez
  • LeCresha Peters
  • Patrick Phelps
  • Canek Phillips
  • Daniel Potter
  • Rosemary Price
  • Robert Purvis
  • Catherine Radcliffe
  • Sara Ralston
  • Jennifer Rimmer
  • George Ristow
  • Jeff Rodriguez
  • Nicole Rogers
  • Michael Rojas
  • Yvonne Romero da Silva
  • Rose Rougeau
  • Rochelle Salazar
  • Catherine Santamaria
  • Ryan Schroeder
  • Katharine Shilcutt
  • Maurice Smith
  • Brian Smith
  • Sonia Sosa Saenz
  • Bruno Sousa
  • Sarah Sullivan
  • Tao Sun
  • Yubo Tang
  • Jordan Thompson
  • Cristy Torres
  • Shetera Turner
  • Michelle Van Horn
  • Munira Vejlani
  • Catalina Viamontes
  • Marilyn Wade
  • Melonie Walker
  • Fernando Cruz
  • Tara Williams
  • Matt Wilson
  • Laurie Winchester
  • Sarah Wolfe
  • Jun Zhang
  • Yifan Zhu
  • Khadija Ziauddin
  • Pavlo Zolotavin
10-Year Honorees
  • Nidia Aguilar
  • Nyeva Agwunobi
  • Wondimu Aka
  • Patricia Aviles
  • Kyung-Hee Bae
  • Nancy Baise
  • Meredith Bonner
  • Alloysius Budi Utama
  • Marcie Carlson
  • Gloria Carrera
  • Beth Cassidy
  • Rachel Chao
  • Kelly Cline
  • Amy Close
  • Ken Cross
  • Fabiola Currarino
  • Matthew Cushing
  • Dale Dufner
  • Jeff Falk
  • Xiaodong Gao
  • Lisa Giron
  • Frank Gonzalez
  • Lynn Gosnell
  • Cecilia Guerra
  • Norie Guthrie
  • Guadalupe Gutierrez
  • Trent Herrod
  • Agnes Ho
  • Michelle Kaltenbach
  • Heba Khan
  • Shannon Kipphut-Smith
  • Morris Knight
  • Haejin Koh
  • John Lawrence
  • Ericka Lawton
  • Brenda Laymance
  • Heather Lazare
  • James Lenz
  • Araceli Lopez
  • Maria Lopez
  • Maritza Lopez
  • Bob Martin
  • Anthony Mathews
  • Brandy McDaniel
  • Cindy Melton
  • Mitchell Miller
  • Yvette Mirabal
  • Chris Mize
  • Claudia Murray
  • Paul Negrete
  • Bret Newcomb
  • Lina Nguyen
  • Aaron Parvis
  • Tony Payan-Alvarado
  • Noe Perez
  • Alberto Pimpinelli
  • Jenny Plante
  • Samuel Quinones
  • Kim Raptis
  • Emily Reichenbach
  • Sara Rice Shafer
  • Froilan Rojas
  • Rebecca Russell
  • Karen Shelton
  • Jonathan Stein
  • Ben Stevenson
  • Ryan Stickney
  • Bojan Szumanski
  • Sandy Tanner
  • Carrie Toffoletto
  • David Toombs
  • Abby Vacek
  • Abel Valdivia
  • Michael Volo
  • Ted Walker
  • Anita Walker
  • David Xu
  • Jennifer Zinn-Winkler
  • Melissa Zuniga
15-Year Honorees
  • Laksono Adhianto
  • Shar’-Lin Anderson
  • Drahomira Brejchova
  • Kendall Burnett
  • Cynthia Chavez
  • Maria Corcuera
  • Mia Culton
  • Lena Delgado
  • Starr Dickerson
  • Sarah Diez
  • Linda Evans
  • Crystal Gant
  • Hope Gatliff
  • Juventino Gavarrete Paz
  • Jennifer Gigliotti-Labay
  • Maria Gonzales
  • Lolita Gray
  • Thomas Henderson
  • Carol Hernandez
  • Chris Higgins
  • Adele James
  • Edmond Jasinski
  • Amanda Jurovic
  • Christene Kimmel
  • Rhianna Laverell
  • Ligia Leismer
  • Angela Lipari
  • Alice Llanos
  • Carolyn Lovett
  • John Martinez
  • David McDonald
  • Denise Michalak
  • Jeremy Miller
  • Joel Moake
  • Dewayne Mosquinski
  • Amy Nelson
  • Albert Neumann
  • Elesabeth Pesina
  • Chan Pham
  • Michelle Potoczniak
  • Zack Pruit
  • Maya Reine
  • Sara Rice
  • Raul Salazar
  • Binoy Samuel
  • Linda Scott
  • Maria Solis
  • Mang Sun
  • Veronica Villasenor
  • Larry Vossler
  • Chapman Welch
  • Kevin Young
  • Neda Zafaranian
20-Year Honorees
  • Francis Aguilar
  • David Anderson
  • Dagmar Beck
  • Franco Bladilo
  • Sandra Bloem Curtis
  • Jade Boyd
  • Joe Buchanan
  • Dominador Camba
  • Robert Castillo
  • Susan Cates
  • Guillermina DeLaGarza
  • Beatriz Farciert
  • Amanda Focke
  • Wenhua Guo
  • Seth Huston
  • Karen Lavelle
  • Rosa Lopez
  • Adam Marshall
  • Kenneth Medlock
  • Lucia Millan
  • Rosalina Osorio
  • Keith Poli
  • Cecelia Price
  • Angela Rabuck
  • Lisa Spiro
  • Hilda Tanaka
  • Charlie Tauber
  • Chuck Throckmorton
25-Year Honorees
  • Mauro Alcorta
  • Rosa Almendarez
  • Rachel Boyle
  • David Bynog
  • Judy Duncan
  • Sandra Flechsig
  • Leticia Gonzales
  • Christine Hebert
  • Mark Krentel
  • Frank Layton
  • Linda Lerma
  • Mikhail Matveev
  • Mona Grant Nashed
  • Anita Norwig
  • J. Frank Rodriguez
  • Moises Romero
  • Tod Sandman
  • Sonia Shankle
  • April Stephens
  • Helen Toombs
  • Olga Trejo
  • Eric Valentine
30-Year Honorees
  • Ruben Davila
  • Joan Guthrie
  • Judy Hua
  • Greg Marshall
  • Lanita Martin
  • Guadalupe Mayer
  • Luis Morales
  • Jeff Murray
  • Duc Pham
  • Gwendolyn Ross
  • Terry Savoie
  • Tamara Siler
  • DeAndrea Smither
  • Hugh Ton-That
  • Harvey Willis
  • Juany Zamora
35-Year Honorees
  • Rose Berridge
  • Liz Brigman
  • Sandra Carrettin
  • Gil Cepillo
  • Marselo Escalante
  • Bobbie Stull
40-Year Honorees
  • Hubert Daugherty
  • Joseph Gesenhues
  • Kenneth Nipe
  • Nancy Turner
  • Harvey Williamson
  • Bill Wilson

Read more about the Staff Appreciation: Excellence in Action event in Rice News. A recording of the event can be found here.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES STAFF RECOGNITION

Rebecca Salinas
Rebecca Salinas

February 2022

Human Resources


Lisa Birenbaum
Lisa Birenbaum

May 2022

School of Social Sciences

2022 recipient of the Elizabeth Gillis Award for Exemplary Service


Anne Walker
Anne Walker

December 2022

Enrollment

ELIZABETH GILLIS

ELIZABETH GILLIS AWARD

“In recognition of her dedication, the Board of Trustees of Rice University established the Elizabeth Gillis Award for Exemplary Service to Rice University, to annually recognize the outstanding achievements and services by a staff member in support of the mission of the university. Recipients shall, like the woman for whom the award is named, show consistently outstanding performance and embody an exceptional attitude of service”.

Tina Villard

Tina Villard is the senior associate athletic director in charge of managing the Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center. Tina has been at Rice and in the Recreation Center for 22 years.  

“Central to the Rice values lies an underpinning of willingness to give back to the greater good of the university. Tina is always willing to step up and fill the gap, to lead and work in whatever way is needed. Her attitude is always one of service, and she approaches problems as a challenge to be solved. She is a bridge builder and her solutions-oriented approach helps build bridges across the university.”

Read more about Tina and the Gillis Award in Rice News.

Tina Villard
Y. PING SUN

Y. PING SUN AWARD

“The Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement will be established to honor members of the Rice community who have provided unusually devoted service to the city of Houston. The award is named after Y. Ping Sun to recognize and honor her service to Houston as an ambassador of Rice and as a person of thoughtful leadership and engagement with her community.”

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