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Spring 2021 President’s Excellence Awards

The President’s Excellence Awards are conferred on faculty, staff, departments, and teams who have gone above and beyond in their service to Tulane University. In a typical year, I present the President's Excellence Award to 10 individuals and two teams or departments. In December 2020, I presented awards to more than 300 Tulanians for their roles in achieving what many said was impossible. This year, for the first time ever, I am launching a spring cycle of the President’s Excellence Award to recognize the work of our incredible colleagues after another unprecedented semester. The threat of COVID-19 has continued into 2021, and so have the extraordinary efforts of members of the Tulane family throughout all schools, campuses, departments, centers, offices and segments of our university. Supporting innovative teaching strategies, sustaining safety and testing protocols, coordinating vaccine distribution, finding creative and COVID-safe alternatives for students to engage with one another and much, much more are all part of the many ways Tulanians have gone above and beyond in 2021.

Thank you to all of these remarkable Tulanians whose dedication and hard work propelled the university to success, despite historically challenging circumstances.


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Individual Award Recipients

Tetyana Antoshchenko, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jessica Bourne, Grants & Contracts Accounting
Lisa Ezaki, Institutional Planning/Budget
Jinaki Flint, Student Health Center
Dustin Gaspard, Information Technology
Jamieka "Charvi" Greer, Center for Academic Advising
Anita Jobson-Wolfe, Department of Social Behavioral and Population Science
Monique Labat, Advancement, Major Gifts
Marie Maywalt, TNPRC - Administration
Petey Peterson, Multicultural Affairs

Departmental/Team Award Recipients

Team #1: IT Data Science Team:

Melissa Lang
Bryan Stroebel

Team #2: Grounds Department:

Eric Anderson
Michael Case
Evan Currier
Michael Duceung
Christopher Dunn
Andrew Grimes

Garry Jones
Jonathan Labbe
Brian Lawrence
Domingo Lopez
William Mizell
Alexis Pierce

Thomas Powell
Alberto Rojas
Gregory Steele
Josh Tapia
Wayne White

Milestone Anniversaries

45 Years

Madonna Covington
Garry Rolland
Gus West

40 Years
Noel Hernandez
Gayle Hicks
Nicholas Manno
Aubrey Releford
Corlis Trepagnier
35 Years

Carolyn Barber-Pierre
Charles Fox
Roxanne Johnson
Troy Jordan
Calvin Lanclos
Deirdra Lawrence
Sheila Lawshe

Cecile Levert
Denise Lovrovich
Trina Mccormick
Douglas Olson
Melvin Richard
Marcia Taylor
Dionne Weber

30 Years


Rozanne Bailey
Jill Barbay
Susan Barrera
Dwayne Brown
Sherrie Calogero
Terry Clark
Patricia Cooper
Anquienetta Dickerson
Lynell Dupepe
Kathrine Falkenstein
Donna Fasullo


Pamela Fatland
Michael Goodman
Michael Guidry
Paul Hammothe
Sonda Johnson
Lisa Lamonte
Randall Legeai
Eileen Luquette
Kathleen Maier
Gail Mast
Noemi Mercado
Toni Mochetta


Renetta Montegut
Ann Mullin
Catherine Osborne
Rose Prieto
Neelam Sikka
Peter Simonson
Ternell Smith
Ronald Toliver
Shirley Tubre
Penny Vicari

25 Years


Janet Angelo
Ronica Braun-Guidry
Joy Cazenave
Jason Chretien
Madeline Cominos
Sharon Courtney
Carol Coyne
Mary Crawford
Lisa Cunningham
Karen Douglas
Roselee Douglas
Lisa Dragna


Elizabeth Duquesne
Rosemary Green Charles
Sharon Gu
Zina Harris
Sue Hutto
William Hydrick
Cherie Joseph
Vernell Keller
Kathleen Leblanc
Valerie McGinley
Antoinette Mills


Keith Muller
Lelia Peyronnin
Linda Ricks
Barbara Ridereddleman
Melissa Riley
Lisa Stockton
Derek Toten
Karyn Van Buren
Kelly Venable Carroll

20 Years


Julie Acosta
Kevin Ammentorp
Rebecca Ancira
Michael Anderson
Sharon Augillard
Melody Baddoo
Patricia Barrows
Christopher Bishop
Denise Breaux
Amanda Buberger
Renita Bundy
Paula Burch
Raymond Busche
Rosalind Butler
Denise Carroll
Gwendolyn Chavez
Sandra Chiasson
Alicia Cole
Lasanya Crawford
Bryan Daigle
Elizabeth Davey
Claudia De Brito
Larissa Devlin
Clyde Dixon
John Drwiega
Carrie Fisher


Louis Franchina
Michelle Frederick
Guillermo Garcia
Bobbie Garner-Coffie
Dina Gaupp
John Gerone
Alicia Gillentine
Lanissa Grogan Stewart
Evan Hart
Acy Hartfield
Jean Hotard-Mouton
Kelvin Jackson
Mary Jacobs
Nicole Labranche
Amelie Lanaux
Yvonne Lapre
Angelica Leonard
Kathy L'Hoste
Dan Liu
Bruno Lossi
Avery Maclean
Belinda Malley
Justin Manges
Shannon Mckendall
Robert Mcrae
Kim Melerine


Michelle Mirpuri
Clare Moncrief
Tracy Newby
Debbie Olavarrieta
Brian Oubre
Nita Randolph
Colette Raphel
Thomas Reese
Laurence Richardson
Cherrell Robinson
Lashanda Robinson
Craig Rock
Richard Rodriguez
Barbara Ryan
Debbie Sanders
Faith Schiro
Norine Schmidt
Carol Spansel
Judy Taplin
Yolanda Thomas
Wanda Thompson
Cheri Touchard
Boyanna Trayanova
Hugh Tucker
Tammy Vaccaro
David Zeringue

15 Years


Laney Armstrong
David Baker
Mary Barnes
Frank Batchen
Amber Beezley
Melissa Bender
Jesus Bermejo
Jered Bocage
Arnold Bodenheimer
Deirdre Boling
Stefanie Bradshaw
Drishoka Brock
Shadrika Brock
Michael Brown
Toni Penney
Shannon Perron
Michael Pilman
Michael Pizzolatto
Glenda Rachal
Kishana Ramee
Swarnamala Ratnayaka
Claire Roberts
Ama Rogan
Eric Roque


Tanya Burns
Shawn Cadres
Gerard Callahan
Anna Charles
Christopher Cheramie
David Core
Sonia Cutno
Kellie Cutrera
David Epstein
Charlene Esteves
Jeanne Frois
Cassandra Green
John Howard
Emily Ross
Johnathan Rushing
Maria Sanchez
Jeffrey Schiffman
Christian Smith
Jennifer Smith
Barry Spanier
Cynthia Stowe
Nancy Tatarski
Dawn Taylor
Colleen Timmons


Mir Islam
Michael Johnson
Michael Jones
Carlos Le
Brad Leblanc
Aigerim Magavina
Lourdes Mega
Andrea Meyer
Agnieszka Nance
Tammy Naramore
Shanon Olivier Lusk
Tess Passey
Merisa Pasternak
Melissa Pattison
Huyen Tran
Romy Vargas
Kimberly Vega
Alan Velasquez
Justin Vinette
Katina Walker
Marilyn Wilson
Shaletta Wilson
Edith Wolfe
Shulin Xiang
Qi Zhao

10 Years


Katherine Acuff
David Akirtava
Jermaine Allen
Roosevelt Amador
Sheldreka Anderson
Sara Ariff
Ashli Baham
Nora Barquero
Rebecca Barre
Sheila Bauer
Jessica Bean
Joshua Beezley
Melody Benton
Marva Boisdore
Sabrina Braxton
Mark Brown
William Burdette
Loula Burton
Terrence Camel
Jason Catt
Alan Clerk
Larry Cooper
Jeanie Crispin
Teresa Croon
Lucelia Daniels
Tsetsa Dankova Rosensteel
Alvin Davis
Gaynelle Davis
Lifang Nieburg
Jennifer O'Brien-Brown
Kendre Paige
Niyoka Payton
Jeremy Pelegrin
Eric Peterson
Pamela Phillips
Jackie Phillips
Devon Ponoroff
Robert Pourciau
Anthony Randolph
Alex Reed
Patricia Reese
Juanita Reid
Paul Reynaud
Bradford Rhines
Alison Rinehart
Erick Robinson
Parker Robinson

Dawn Deharo
Janice Dennison
Rebecca Derbes
Susan DeRocha
Tara Desko
Socorro Espiritu
Janice Eugene
Lisa Ezaki
Melita Fasold
Stephanie Feely
Gregory Feiling
Traci Fonseca
Maria Fredericks
Taylor Fuselier
Medea Gabriel
Ragan Gankendorff
Hong Gao
Nadia Golden
Samantha Greenspun
Trase Guidry
Nicole Hasenkampf
Lindsay Hellwig
Monique Hodges
Marjola Hotchkiss
Jennifer Huber
Celven Hulbert
Bobbie Iovenitti
Sheila Jackson
Gaynell Robinson-Watkins
Amanda Roques
Tyler Rorison
Hasani Roseby
Walter Saenz
Elizabeth Schafer
Lori Schexnayder
Marlon Sennette
Steven Sheffrin
Samuel Smalley
Mona Smith
Julie Smith-Price
Peggy Spencer
Charlton Starcke
Tory Taylor
Chandra Teddleton
Glenn Theobold
Valencia Thomas
Paul Tran
Jonathan Tran

Anita Jobson
Harolyn Johnson
Dornese Jones
Joseph Jones
Ryan Kambur
Sally Kenney
Domonique Keys
Nicole LaBauve
Lorraine Landry
Cynthia Lane
Barbara Lassalle
Peizhu Li
Nicholas Lindner
Luz Lobos
James Locke
George Logan
Jason Lorino
Norah Lovell
Brian Lowe
Lisa Martin
Edith Martinez
Laura Meagher
David Meyer
William Mizell
Michael Moore
Mel'isa Morel
Gregory Murphy
Geraldine Neville
Valerie Nguyen
Thanh Tran
Timothy Trepagnier
Christina Wallace
Chanel Warren
Meagan Watkins
Shervais Weary
James Welty
Quivanier Wilkerson
Cathy Willard
Angel Williams
Dwan Williams
Micahla Williams
Matthew Winchester
Virginia Wise
Laura Wolford
Cathy Woodard
Shannon Woodward
Les Young
Peter Young
Yan Zhuang

5 Years

Jean Alimia
Deanna Allen
Miguel Alonso Solares
Virginia Alpaugh
Rosa Alves
Eric Anderson
Ilea Andino
Michael Argue
Lory Arnold
Paula Aubert
Catavia Banks
Erinn Banks
Kelly Bankston
David Banush
James Barnes
Rupert Barshop
Robin Baudier
James Bauguss
Dena Belcher
Rachel Cruthirds
Evan Currier
John Curtis
Jessica Daigle
Clare Daniel
Troy Dannen
Adam Danner
Jennifer D'Aquin
Revonda Darensbourg
Oscar Davila
Joshua Davis
Laura Decuir
Cynthia Dejean
Gabriel Delatte
Brian Dew
Michele Dillon
Shanda Domango
Anthony Dominguez
Nicolas Douglas
Erin Douglas
Jennifer Dubin
Michael Duceung
Kimberly Duncan
Tracy Duronslet
Greyson Durr
Dalton Esneault
Jeanne Feindel
Lane Fernandez
Nicholas Ferreirae
Robert Fink
Rebecca Fisher
John Fitzpatrick III
Tara Fleetwood
Gary Forrest
Jasmine Fournier
Christopher Freeman
Stephanie French
Wesley Fritz
William Fritz
Tiffany Gaines
Victoria Garon
Sara Gershen
Keith Martin
Sirri McCormick
Jessica Melancon
Shane Meyer
Ashley Miller
Patrick Miller
Morgan Minix
Kathleen Moises
Jamie Montelepre
John Moorse
David Mora
Julia Mord
Lily Moret-Kittok
Janet Morgan
Debra Mulvenna
Michael Mutz
Sydney Nelson
Kelly Nicoll
Todd Nielsen
Jeremy Norman
Carol Osborne
Maricel Paramesh
Jeanelle Parent
Sandeep Karun Pasham
Adam Peltz
Deborah Pennison
Jamella Percy
Jean Perrilliat
Shantell Peters
Randolph Philipson
Duane Pitre
Latrisha Poole
Jeffrey Pope
James Porter
Lindsey Purcell

Margaret Bell
Terry Bell
Hope Bennett
Eric Beyer
Angela Birnbaum
Rachel Bonacorso
Melissa Booth
Chelsea Borries
Chantelle Boucher
Casey Bourgeois
Jessica Bourne
Howard Boyd
Victoria Breyer
Lauren Briggs
Troy Brooks
Benjamin Brubaker
Tex Bruce
Kathryn Bunting
David Burch
April Butler
Theresa Gibson
Adolfo Girau
Christine Glynn
Perry Goings
Sheila Gold
Tania Gomez
Christopher Gonzalez
Caitlin Gottstine
Kevin Grant
Jennifer Grisbaum
Diane Gromelski
Chandra Growe
Yajun Guo
Hulette Hankton
Aiasha Hardin
George Harley
Sandra Harmon
Byron Hawthorne
Darren Hayes
Sedia Hebert
Jessica Heilman
Amanda Hill
Kabir Hingorani Punjabi
Allison Hjortsberg
Wesley Hollingsworth
Patrick Hopewell
Michele Huck
Amy Hurd
Madison Hurwitz
Summer Iqbal
Cynthia Jackson
Janice Jacobi
John Jarvis
Vickie Jeffery
Fielding Johnson
Brian Johnson
Roy Johnson
Kevin Jordan
Myriam J Juarez
Jennifer Jumonville
Wendy Jung
Tuan Quach
Christine Quebedeaux
Kathryn Rabstejnek
Archana Ragula
Michael Ramos
Philip Rauch
Catherine Rigby
Megan Ritterbusch
Ashanti Roberts
Latara Robinson
Maisha Robinson
Vanessa Rodriguez
Rachel Rosenberg
Jennifer Roth
Betty Roussell
Carolyn Scofield
Dennis Serena
John Shaw
Scott Silva
Rachel Silvestri
Tamara Simmons
Faith Simmons
Katherine Simon
Christopher Simpson
Prabal Kumar Singh
Meredith Smith
Rebecca Snedeker
Matthew Sobesky
Rodrigo Solorzano
Fernando Sosa
James Spears
Kyle Speer
Brittani Starr
Krystine Statho
Jessica Stephenson

Julie Caballero
Robert Calabresi
Kathleen Cannella
Angela Cantrell
Angel Carter
Maria Casati
Jason Chamberlain
Aisha Champagne
King Chan
Ginger Chaney
Kelsey Chapman
Stephanie Clough
Alison Cofrancesco
Jakob Cohen
Deidra Colin
Brooks Cook
Robert Cook
Claudia Cornejo
Phylis Cothern
Shannon Couhig
Benjamin Karczewski
Jozette Kauffman
Dana Keren
Charles Keyes
Jared Kimball
Danielle King
Dedra King
Carrie King
Evan Kirk
Owen Knight
Rebecca Knox
Ross Koblentz
Sarah Koehler
Makenzie Kozojet
Kevin Krivchuk
Evan La Roche
Monique Labat
Andre Labat
Jaminnette Laguna Mercado
Raymond Lambert
Maria Luis Landry
Nancy Lauland
Victoria Law
Lesley LeBlanc
Molly LeBlanc
Christiana Lederman
Willie Lee
Jean Lefort
James Lien
Stefanie Loeb
Stefanie Loeb
Philip Lopez
Mary-Elizabeth Lough
Ruby Lowe
Lindsey Lowenberg
Christopher Mabee
Anna Mahoney
Charlotte Manogue
Hillary Margherio
Jasman Marks
James Markway
Rachel Stickney
Christopher Stokes
Lindsey Sudduth
Sherryl Sund
Katie Swan
John Swindle
Andrew Szypula
Jevon Tate
Chonique Taylor
Patrice Taylor
Jennifer Thelen
Alice Thompson
Jonathan Tingley
Mario Torres
Yvette Trapani
Robert Traylor
Cathy Tsagournos
Kattie Veals
Julie Vullo
Brandon Vyhnalek
James Walsh
Kathryn Wampold
Ryan Washington
Mary Margaret White
Shanta Williams
Charlie Williams
Treb Winegar
Emily Wojna
Shelby Wood
Anita Wood
Adrienne Woods
Chengxiang Wu
Ning Yang
Sharon Zarders
Xiguang Zhao