Excellence Award Winners
During the 2018-19 recognition cycle, 131 individuals and teams were nominated for their exceptional contributions. Of these nominations, a total of 115 individuals received awards through our Make Your Mark Program. We also received 36 nominations for employee recognition in our strategic excellence categories.
From the strategic excellence nominees, the RISD Recognizes Committee selected the following Excellence Awards winners:
Diversity/Inclusion Excellence: All Staff Dialogues Team, RISD Museum — Lily Benedict, MJ Robinson, Kajette Solomon
Efficiency/Innovation Excellence: Mia Downes
Leadership Excellence: Tara Emsley
Service Excellence: Mary Fernandez
Teamwork/Department Excellence: RISD Museum Installation & Preparation Team — Thomas Morin, Laura Ostrander, Michael Owen, Kris Samuelson, Stephen Wing
Service Longevity Honorees
5 years:
Lauren Allen
Kimberly Almeida
Kenneth Arruda
Thomas Bernstein
Jennifer Bissonnette
John Cabral
John Calia
Diane Coelho
Vera Correia
Lisa Cramer
Nelia Cunha
Cynthia Driscoll
Katrina Ellis
Kevin Forti
Helena Fragata
Julia Gualtieri
Claudia Hernandez
Amy Horschak
Damaniq Jacinto
Bruce Jensen
Steven Johnson
Barbara Kluesner
Kerci Marcello Stroud
Anuradha Meschisen
Thomas Morin
Jacqueline Parker
Christopher Petrocchi
David Prudencio
Regina Santos
Rachel Sibley
Tiara Silva Gardner
Sarah Sligo
Arian Solomon
Amee Spondike
Hanni Stadanlick
Timothy Welsh
10 years:
Babette Allina
Rebecca Bardsley
Sarah Caggiano
Brian Clark
Stephen Cooke
Kathryn Fassnacht
William Flacco
Sarah Ganz Blythe
Nathaniel Smith
15 years:
Liz Camara
MaryJane George
Marny Kindness
Matthew Martin
Phillip Oliveira
Antonio Peters
Claire Robinson
20 years:
Wendy Abelson
Brian Bergeron
Alan Cantara
William Chenel
Christian Dailey
Tony Johnson
Joseph Lamontagne
Richard Lescault
Beth Mitchell
Peter Paniccia
Robert Prata
25 years:
Edward Crowe
Maria DaSilva
Alice Geoffrey
Monique Hauser
Tracy Voccio
Stephen Wing
26+ years:
Tila Adams
Sandra Amaral
Margarida Andrade
William Andreozzi
Matthew Antonucci
James Barrett
Michael Bilodeau
Diane Blair
Brian Boisse
Douglas Borkman
Antonio Braga
Anne Butler
Ann Cabral
Robert Cabral
Linda Catano
David Chandler
Alfred Chin
Suzanne Cullion
Catherine Davis-Hayes
Deborah Domaingue
Isabel Ferreira
Joseph Flanagan
Fred Flori
John Florio
Gail Geisser
Carol Grabbert
Richard Haynes
Lurdes Hilario
Gail Hughes
Kevin Jankowski
Mark Johnston
Isaac Jolcimat
Kathleen Kelly
Stephanie Kirwan
Peggy Lewis
Sue Mazzucco
Stephen McCaughey
Timothy McFate
Kevin McNeil
Joe Melo
Duarte Mendonca
Ronald Moniz
Bernadette Morrell
Mark Moscone
Maureen O’Brien
David Oberlander
Libby Rodriguez
Michael Scimeca
Nancy Severance
Judi Sheldon
Liisa Silander
Maria Silva
James Silverthorn
President Rosanne Somerson
Peter Sousa
Trish Straube
Joanne Stryker
John Supancic
Richard Tamborelli
Cecile Theroux
Alecia Underhill
Robert Vennerbeck
Diane Walker
Randy Waterman
Bonnie Wojcik