
UConn strives to recognize employees throughout the year and their careers. Each spring, the University celebrates several employees through the UConn Spirit Awards, and HR also coordinates the annual recognition of employees who have reached a milestone in service to UConn or the State of Connecticut.
UConn Spirit Awards

- Build community within the University and University departments;
- Provide an opportunity for employees to be recognized for their contributions to the University, which are not specifically academic but related to teamwork and civility; and
- Create an event that acknowledges the efforts of all employees, especially staff members.

For questions, please contact worklife@uconn.edu.
5 Years
Sarah Aggarwala
Lynne Alexander
Racheal Allen-Foley
Ghada Almashaqbeh
Michael Anderson
Jason Anderson
Daniel Angles-Alcazar
Fayekah Assanah
Nadeen Atiq
Michelle Augustyn
James Bailey
Stacy Baker
Abhijit Banerjee
Weining Bao
Alexandra Beer
Georgina Benoit
Lynda Biron
Kristin Bissell
Vanessa Blakely
Zoe Blanchard
Kyle Booten
Samuel Boss
Diana Boucher
Daniel Boyington
Thomas Brinsko
Darcy Browne
Jeffrey Bruel
Christopher Burton
Nicole Butler
Jacqueline Caemmerer
Peter Carcia
Edward Carini
Jon Carlisle
Kelsi Carolan
Vicki Carstens
Eileen Carter
Caitlin Caspi
Alexis Cassan
Heather Cassano
Davis Chacon Hurtado
Steven Chirdon
Sangyong Choi
Elaine Chu
Daniel Chykow
Erin Ciarimboli
Victoria Clark
Rachel Cohen
Ryan Coles
Cristina Colon-Semenza
James Coltrain
Elena Comay del Junco
Elizabeth Connole-Pond
Cristina Connolly
Emily Cormier
Christi Cowles
John Cropp
Austin Darley
Christyn Davidson
Wiley Dawson
Elizabeth Della Zazzera
Yao Deng
Yomarie Diaz
Robert Dolan
Pawan Kumar Dubey
Jacob Earp
Christianne Eason
Amanda Ehrhardt
Devin Ellsworth
Tracy Evans-Moyer
Miles Evers
William Eyre
Amineh Farzannia
Laura Feliciano
Denise Fernandes
Carlos Fernandez Varela
Stephen Fitzgerald
Meredith Friedman
Meng Gao
Emily Gedney
Julie Gehring
Salih Emre Gercek
Jonathan Gilbert
Kerry Gilmore
Neal Glaviano
Guojin Gong
Sandy Grande
Melissa Grebinec
Lori Gresham
Jack Griguoli
Cyndi Guest
Stacey Hanlon
Katherine Hannah
Rachel Hatch
Susan Hayes
Kim Hearn
Andrew Hoagland
Giovanni Iacono
Farhad Imani
Roberto Isidro Vazquez
Eddie Jimenez
Jolaade Kalinowski
Christina Kan
Mikala Kane
SeungYeon Kang
Tiffany Kelley
Michael Kienzler
James Klaben
Steven Kligerman
Allison Knight
James Knighton
Richard Knowlton
Srikanth Kodati
Roslyn Kohlbrecher
Justin Kratovil
Avyank Kuncha
Ruth Kustoff
Susan Langley
Leslie Lawrence
Quynh Le
Remy Levin
Junhao Edward Lim
Raquel Lopez
Tao Lu
Megan Lucia
James Luther
Kathleen Lynch
Valorie MacKenna
Mary Malerba
Michele Maltz-Matyschsyk
Zachary Marchand
Deirdre McAvoy
Sarah McCart
Kimberly Menard
Katrina Menard
Shea Middleton
Kathryn Milligan-McClellan
Rachel Mongillo
Jackalyn Montalbon
James Moran
Amanda Moreau
Meghan Moriarty
Denise Morris
Samantha Morris
Stephen Mullane
Cullen Mulliken
Minor Myers
Ella Myles
Rajiv Naik
Victoria Neel
Eboni Nelson
Rebecca Newcomer
Laura Nolan
Cheyne Nye
Caitlin O'Connell
Quatura Ogueri
Jennifer Oliveira
Victor Osorio
Tyler Page
Erika Paine
Mary Painter
Jorge Paricio Garcia
Gihong Park
Lajos Patrissi
Irvine Peck's-Agaya
Kenneth Perez
Kaitlyn Pfau
Kathleen Pierro
Sade Pramberger
Diandra Prescod
Yang Qin
Shi Qiu
Sara Raffia
Evan Rawley
Chalynne Reed
Emily Reinhardt
Joseph Revander
Henry Reyes
Vincent Ricci
Rene Rivera
Karen Robbie
Veronica Roberts
Leonel Romero
Rene Rovozzo
Michael Rubin
Kristina Santasiere
Stephany Santos
Tobias Saule
Erin Scanlon
Susan Scarbeck
Natale Sciolino
Alicia Scolaro
Steven Semaya
Mahmoud Sharawy
Timothy Sheffield
Roman Shrestha
Jay Sicklick
Tracy Sinclair
Subprasiri Siriviriyakul
Sandra Sirota
Cheryl Slane
Scott Slater III
Christine Smith
Dongjin Song
Sarah Sportman
Jake St. Amand
Tadarrayl Starke
Joshua Stein
Jocelyn Steinke
Kristina Stevens
Saran Stewart
Alyssa Suhr
Ryan Talbert
Daniel Teague
Jacqueline Thompson
Rachel Timm
Masaaki Tomii
Julian Torres
Hsinfen Tu
Bradley Tudisca
Franklin Tuitt
Alyssa Valentine
Daniela Vidart
John Wanczyk
Xueju Wang
Daniel Watt
Edward Wazer
Alyssa Webb
Mark Welintukonis
Alyssa Wojcik
Torri Woodruff
Gee Su Yang
Kaveh Yazdani
Gang George Yin
Jianzhong Yu
Alexander Zaleski
Ruodan Zhang
Na Zhang
Yi Zhang
Ting Zhou
Youli Zou
15 Years
Jose Aponte
Suzie Arildsen
Wesley Ayers III
Robert Babcock
Jeremy Bachand
Nathan Bedard
Jinbo Bi
Timothy Bilyeu
Georgios Bollas
Robert Boncoddo
Danielle Bova
Alexis Boylan
Daniel Burkey
Jamie Caruso
Herman Casaol
Christopher Charrette
Michael Cunningham
Daniel Daleb
Philip Dean
Kenneth Delnicki
Brian Delventhal
Brianna Diaz
Adalbelto Diaz
Jessica Dunn
Rebecca Earp
Bret Eckhardt
Mary Foley
David Fontenelle
Eileen Gallicchio
Stefanie Gannon
Ann Garran
Anne Gebelein
Nicole Gelston
Beth Ginsberg
Lindsey Gionfriddo
Christopher Gisleson
Wendy Glenn
Daniel Gonzalez
Aubrey Grabber
Scott Greenwood
Marc Hanna
Gideon Hartman
Oliver Hiob-Bansal
Charles Hoffman
Elizabeth Holzer
Miguel Jara
Lara Juenger
Svetlana Kalnova
Rahul Kanadia
James Kane
David Kaputa
Waleed Khazaal
Kathleen Koji
Shawn Kornegay
Michael Kovach
Eric Krantz
Joseph Landry
Pedro Lebron
Ji-Young Lee
Sandy Li
James Lowe
Elisave Malave
Stefanie Malinoski
Radenka Maric
Michael Martel
Jennifer Martin
Robert McBride
Rory McGloin
Eileen McHugh
Patrick McKenna
Kathleen McKinney
Patrick McShane
Liansu Meng
Enrique Miras-Alonso
Vanessa Mitchell
Ariel Morales
Brandon Murray
Thomas Neborsky
Mu-Ping Nieh
Carey O'Brien
Cheryl Ordway
William Ouimet
Young-Ki Park
Keith Parks
Kenneth Pugh
Bo Reese
Meghann Rice
David Richards
Amelinda Rossitto
Stacy Russolino
Carissa Rutkauskas
Lesley Salafia
Joel Salisbury
Marissa Salvo
Richard Sarvas
Daniel Schwartz
Victor Serdyukov
Priya Shah
Jeffrey Shapiro
Maureen Sims
Amanda Spada
Laura Stone
Christine Strand
Kelly Stygar
Christopher Trovarelli
Diego Valente
Christine Vasington
Victoria Wallace
Rhonda Ward
Sharon Watson
Kay Wille
Paula Wilmot
Kathleen Woods
Charles Woods
Terry Yanaway
25 Years
Stephen Anthony
Dianne Beer
Samuel Best
Paul Bloomfield
Karen Bresciano
Stephen Bustamante
Matthew Butwill
Sandra Chafouleas
Amy Crim
Christina Dahl
Alexander del Campo
Laura Donorfio
Tammy Eldredge
Monty Escabi
Danielle Farrands
Radmila Filipovic
Kaheta Garvey
Joseph Golec
Rachel Greene
Charles Kearns
Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw
Ryan Kocsondy
Angela Lambert-Hustus
Christopher Larosa
Peter Lindseth
Louise Locke
Jacqueline Loss
Earl MacDonald
Donalyn Maneggia
Kerry Marsh
Mark McDonald
Erika McNeil
Jennifer Morenus
Dorine Nagy-Rowntree
Kristine Nowak
Michael Rozman
G Saba
Catherine Salai
Frank Sciuto
Richard Sosis
Hendrikus Van der hulst
Howard Vizthum
William Wan
Terry Whalen
Emily Wilson
Roderick Wilson
35 Years
Rosa Chinchilla
Bruce Cohen
Anne Dailey
Mary Duberek
Patricia Dunn
Catherine Dunnack
Antonio Flores
Robert Henning
Marisol Hernandez
Rigoberto Lopez
James Mayo
Kevin McBride
Michael Mitchell
David Ouimette
Frederick Pettit
Bartolo Roccoberton
Cheryl Sellers
Farhed Shah
Denis Shannon
Karen Sommer
Stephen Walsh
Gary Yakstis
Steven Zinn
45 Years
Joseph Glaz
Faye Griffiths-Smith
Steven Suib
Mary Welch
10 Years
Kadri Ademi
Jose Albino
John Allen
Lina Anastasio
Marisa Auguste
Peter Babin
Michele Back
Scott Bender
Emma Bojinova
Jonathan Brown
Kayla Burgess
Robert Burns
Suzanne Cansler
Kathleen Carnelli
Jesenia Casiano
Ernesto Castromonte
Justin Cheney
Vasileios Chousionis
Brandy Ciraldo
Sarah Cooper
Jennifer Cushman
Kathy Cyr
Maryanne Daly Doran
Francesca D'Antonio
Danielle Delage
Brett DeMarchi
David DeNuzzio
Michael Dethlefsen
Fabia Dominguez-Difot
Cindy Drost
Christopher Eimerman
Caitlin Elsaesser
Jose Escalera-Salgado
Robert Fahey
Bin Feng
Nicole Ferrari
Sarah Fillion
Joshua Forest
Amanda Foxen
Jeremy Friedman
Nicole Gallagher
Valeria Garrido Bisceglia
Charles Grasso
Emily Gray
Jennifer Grunwald
Patricia Guardiani
Regina Hackett
Trisha-Ann Hawthorne-Noble
Susannah Hildebidle
Ben Honer
Robert Huggins
Maribel Jimenez
Kieran Jones
Barbara Kamm
Arminda Kamphausen
Brian Kelleher
Craig Kennedy
Amy Knight
Lisa Knight
Yaacov Kopeliovich
Brittany Kowalyshyn
Jolanta Krucinska
Lisa LaBelle
James Lanham
Steve Lavallee
Beth Lawrence
Lynn Lesniak
Prescott Littlefield
Heriberto Lopez
Emma Lopez
Jurybell Lopez
Denise Marrero-Badillo
Caroline Martinez-Rodriguez
Amanda Masztal
Mark McConnel
Elisa Medeiros
Karen Menuz
Neha Mishra
Joanne Moquin
Pedro Morales
Oleksii Mostovyi
Sheida Nabavi
Thanh Nguyen
Abigail Novak
Christopher O'Connell
Jean Ose
Eleanor Ouimet
Lisa Perkins
Jill Petrello
Michael Pietras
Dennis Recchia
Melissa Rembish
Alain Richard
Richard Ritchie
Tomas Rivera
Anthony Rizzie
Erin Rizzie
Jesus Rodriguez
Benjamin Roper
Ilsa Rosario
Jessica Rouge
Marie Ruiz Martinez
Amanda Salas
Joyce Santiago
Annemarie Seifert
Deborah Smith
Ilya Sochnikov
Lisa Stiepock
Mark Sweeney
Geoffrey Tanner
Paul Tarsa
David Thomas
Celina Torres
Steven Utke
Angela Valentin
Rebecca Lee Vicki
Alejandro Villicana Lopez
Stepan Voronchak
Alexandra Walker
Christine Ware
Wei Wei
Amelia Wheeler
Laurel White
John Wilson
Kristin Winot
Brian Woodard
Fan Yang
Christa Yung
Rachel Zilinski
20 Years
Daniel Adler
Tracy Anderson
David Atkin
Shawn Bates
Constance Bedan
Pamela Bedore
Bryan Bessette
Alexa Biron
Alyssa Boucher
Andrew Bush
Matthew Cahill
Amanda Cannada
Zhiyi Chi
Richard Christenson
Eric Colantonio
Susanna Cowan
Thomas Craemer
Dean Cruess
Martha Cutter
Jennifer Darius
Thomas Deans
James Doran
Assaf Eisdorfer
Kimberly Figiela
Louis Frati
Kenneth Fuchs
Jon Gajewski
Cynthia Garrison
Steven Garvin
Justin Gilbert
Robin Grenier
Ethan Haggerty
Christine Haines
Ofer Harel
Megan Hastillo
Jason Henderson
Patrice Holiday
Michael Illuzzi
Andrew Iverson
Michelle Judge
Brendan Kane
Neena Kapoor
Clare King'oo
Yulia Kuzovkina-Eischen
Marsha Lee
Kyu-Hwan Lee
Thomas Levine
Xinxin Li
Cuihong Li
Haili Lin
David Luberto
Ryan Mankus
Florence Marsal
Caroline Mavridis
Tina McCarthy
Kerry Ann McCaughey
Holly McGinnis
Nicholas McIntosh
Richard Miller
Christina Mohr
Thomas Moore
Brandi Morrell
Gustavo Nanclares
Marjorie Ouimette
Lillian Palacios
Joseph Pancras
Ugur Pasaogullari
Anabel Perez
George Plesko
Angelo Quaresima
Roberto Rios
Adamil Rivera
Jon Rizzo
Jamie Robbins
Thomas Roby
Kimberley Rourke
Heather Ryan
Leonardo Sanchez
Rian Savage
Debra Schuler
Ingrid Semaan
Brandi Simonsen-Gaines
Stephanie Singe
Karen Skudlarek
Alexia Smith
Darshana Sonpal
Cyndi Soucy
Megan Staples
Danuta Stopa
Maxine Tobias
Kathleen Tonry
Fiona Vernal
Bing Wang
David Weber
Michael Whitney
Dana Wine
Bryan Wosczyna
Dennis Wright
John Zack
Jeannine Zemienieski
Jessica Zoldak
Adam Zweifach
30 Years
David Barbera
Cheryl Berry
Renee Boggis
Margaret Breen
Carol Chesko-Cavallaro
Gary Ciezynski
Florence Colacurcio
Kenneth Couch
Nicole Dore
Martin Dzenis
Kristen Flower DeLisle
Kimberley Giard
Charles Giardina
David Kaplan
Walter Kupchunos
Ralph McNeal
Gail Metsack
Peter Morenus
Sonda Parker
Matthew Proulx
Bandana Purkayastha
Sironda Scott
Jennifer Seyford
William Snyder
Jacqueline Soroka
Lorraine St. Clair
Merlita Taitague
Stephen Trumbo
Cara Workman
Ping Zhang
40 Years
Geno Auriemma
Lillian Bosques
Christine Dailey
Dipak Dey
Ralph Dicapua
Darla Hollister
Ramesh Malla
Nitis Mukhopadhyay
Robert Petrin
How are years of service calculated?
Eligibility for Employee Recognition Service Awards is determined by total state service. Milestones reached are awarded each year by who has achieved the years of service milestone by February 1st. Certificates for employees meeting milestone are distributed in the late Fall.
Military Service is not included in total State service.
I think my Years of Service are incorrect; who can I contact about this?
Please email worklife@uconn.edu for initial contact. If we are unable to answer your question, we will notify you of your need to contact the Length of Service Specialist.