Excellence Award Winners
During the 2016-17 recognition cycle, 170 individuals were nominated for their exceptional contributions. Of these nominations, a total of 101 individuals received awards through our Make Your Mark Program. We also received 69 nominations for employee recognition in our strategic excellence categories.
From the strategic excellence nominees, the RISD Recognizes Committee selected the following Excellence Awards Winners:
Efficiency/Innovation Excellence: Douglas Borkman
Inclusion/Diversity: Jalessa Bryant
Leadership Excellence: Kristy Behan
Service Excellence: Carrie Miller
Teamwork/Department Excellence: RISD Dining & Catering — William Andreozzi, Ruben Bautista–Bautista, Thomas Bernstein, Rhoda Blakey, Brian Boisse, David Brown, Maria Cabral, John Calia, Shirley Carlow, Anne Colasanto, Joao Costa, Edward Crowe, Antoinette Dantas, Amanda Depina, Ginnie Dunleavy, Maria Ferreira, William Flacco, David Gould, Vincent Guadalupe, Linda Gustafson, Briana Hill, Damaniq Jacinto, Narjette Jackson, Isaac Jolcimat, Rose Jolcimat, Stephanie Kirwan, Karapet Kozinian, Jolie Leach, Tracy Lopes, Mainor Marin, Matthew Martin, Tim McFate, Blanco Mejia, Jose Mejia, Sindia Mejia, Micaela Miranda, Tiffanie Mitchell, Flora Molina, Brenda Moreno, Bernadette Morrell, Arturo Moscoso, Wanda Nash, Dianne Natalizia, Rebecca Neveu, Roberto Nolasco, Rackell Pacheco, Scott Pacheco, Linda Paolozzi, Kristina Price, Ricardo Robert, Bolajoko Sanni, Rachel Sibley, Pierre St-Germain, Alexander Tavares, Kathleen Taylor, Andre Torres, Todd Torres, Adalgisa Vieira, Tracey Wells, Douglas Williams, Michael Wingert, Maureen Young, John Zeitounian
Service Longevity Honorees
5 years:
Michael Andreozzi
James Barbosa
Meredith Barrett
Kristina Behan
Matthew Berry
Rilla Bieberbach
Laura Bullard
Peter Carney
Janine Connelly
Nicole Da Cruz
Robin Dessler
Spencer Dhupa
Ned Draper
Joanne Duval
Rose Emlein
Jane Fleury
Charles Flora
Cecilia Gil
Brittany Goodwin
Danielle Kachapis
Harry Kohn
Sydney Lake
Daniel Lilly
Flor Lopez
Scott Malloy
Hannah Martin
Thomas Mattos
Claire Moitra
Ann Newman
Scott Pacheco
Robert Papp
Rebecca Paquette
Amy Pickworth
Holly Pimental
John Smith
Angelica St. John
Traci Vaspol
10 years:
Justin Bazar
Laurie Brewer
Anne Bulin
Andrea Claudio
Kristen Cronin
Stephanie Darling
Robert Dolan
John Duarte
Gail Duarte
Jorge Ferraria
Elaine Hetu
Nelly Hoffens-Vargas
Jennifer Howley
Narjette Jackson
Karapet Kozinian
Mariani Lefas-Tetenes
Lina Lopez
Jaime Marland
Maria Napolitano
Andrew Norquist
Michael Perry
David Perry
Elizabeth Rainone
James Rosner
Derek Schusterbauer
Denise Siomkin
John Zeitounian
15 years:
Joao Andrade
Denise Bastien
Rhoda Blakey
Kevin Burns
James Castelano
Alfred Chin
Kevin Houlihan
Steven McDonald
Blanca Mejia
Todd Miller
Laura Ostrander
Jaime Pacheco
Mark Sweeney
I Made A. Winangun
20 years:
Cidalia Bairos
Daniel Cavicchi
Deborah Clemons
Maria Ferraira
Shawn Gilchrist
Eric Hanson
Arlene Hyatt
Ulysses Johnson
Teresinha Nunes
Glenn Stinson
Thomas Szilagyi
Karen Zucconi
25+ years:
Sandra Amaral
Matthew Antonucci
Douglas Borkman
Mark Johnston
Kathleen Kelly
Susan Mazzucco
Duarte Mendonca
Libby Rodriguez
Mary Anne Shanahan
Peter Sousa