About

The Gillings School’s Staff Excellence Award recognizes the outstanding achievement and performance of staff members within a variety of categories:

  • Diversity, equity and inclusion or inclusive excellence: demonstrates commitment to diversity and inclusion.
  • Adaptability and flexibility: demonstrates ability and willingness to manage changes in work priorities, procedures and organization.
  • Collaboration and communication: within and across School departments, units and centers: consistently and substantially demonstrates an ability and willingness to work positively, respectfully and effectively with others; has significantly improved customer service or has increased student satisfaction in their area.
  • Initiative and innovation: has significantly improved a work process or system, or has significantly increased the efficiency of an operation or department.

Eligibility

Left to right are Melvin Powell, Cortney Pylant and Stephanie Forman, the recipients of 2019 Staff Excellence Awards.

Left to right are Melvin Powell, Cortney Pylant and Stephanie Forman, the recipients of 2019 Staff Excellence Awards.

All faculty, staff and students are invited to nominate candidates.

All permanent (full- and part-time) SHRA and EHRA non-faculty employees of the Gillings School of Global Public Health are eligible for the Staff Excellence Award, with the exception of previous winners and selection committee members.

Selection Committee

The Staff Excellence Awards Committee membership changes annually and includes up to five members, one of whom serves as committee chair. Committee members represent the following groups: business managers, registrars, clerical and/or administrative staff, research staff (social research assistant/associate or EHRA non-faculty research associate), central administrative units, EHRA non-faculty (if not already represented by a manager or research representative), and a recent award recipient.

The committee will make recommendations to the dean, who will make the final award selections.

Online Form and Deadline

The December 2023 nomination deadline has passed.
Please contact Linda Mitchell, assistant director for human resources, if you have any questions.

Past Recipients

2023 – Tyyeest Baker (BIOS), Kia Barbee (MCH), Tiffany Farina (Finance), Shawn Johnson (Finance), Meg Palmer (Communications and Marketing), Kaitlyn Stubblefield (PHLP)

2022 – Cassandra Davis (Security Services), Teri Smith (Finance), Tiffany Harris (BIOS), Nick Perrone (SABI)

2021 – Cassie Nakamoto (Academic Affairs), Julia Bourg (CGBI), Samantha Ling Luu (UNC-CH Peer Support Core, Peers for Progress), Paige Schmadeke (EPID), Alexia Kelley (Research), Julie Theriault (MCH)

2020 – Charletta Sims Evans (Student Affairs), Naya Villarreal (Solutions), Tom Laney (IIS), Lisa Lindesmith (EPID), Terri Gault (HPM)

2019 – Stephanie Forman (HPM), Melvin Powell (IIS), Cortney Pylant (EPID)

2018 – Jonathan Earnest (NUTR), Pamela Lee (Dean’s Office/Academic Affairs),
Chantal Donaghy (PHLP)

2017 – Joseph Love (IIS),  Da’Esha McPhaul (HB), Corey Sanders (IIS)

2016 – Angelica Figueroa (Dean’s Office), Andrew Ochs (IIS), Cindy Reilly (PHLP)

2015 – Kathy Biancardi (MCH)

2014 – Joanne O. Lee (NUTR)

2013 – Meg Ellenson Landfriend (HB)

2012 – Sherry Rhodes (Student Affairs)

2011 – Lisa Perry (MCH)

2010 – Chris Perry (Communications)

2009 – Sue Robeson (PHLP)

2008 – Brent Wishart (Facilities)

2007 – Jeno Bratts (IIS)

2006 – Linda Southern (MCH)

2005 – Janet Scearce (NUTR)

2004 – Carmen Woody (EPID)

2003 – Charles Ayres (IIS)

2002 – CL Lassiter (ESE)

2001 – Donna Cooper (HPAA)

2000 – Lynn McPherson (Dean’s Office)

1999 – Betsy Seagroves (BIOS)

1998 – Melinda Walden (HBHE)

1997 – Pam McDonald (HPAA)

1996 – Donna Simmons (ESE)

1995 –  Helen Dark (IIS)

1994 – Gail Gibbs (Dean’s Office)

1993 – JoAnn Roth (NUTR)

1992 – Joyce Allen (EPID)

1991 – Linda Cook (HBHE)

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