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Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Program 2024 Honorees

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Faculty)

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Department of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Camden

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Staff)

Rory Maradonna
School of Business
Rutgers University–Camden

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students)

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Hend El Buri
Student Health
Rutgers University–Newark

TEAM HONOREE
One Stop Student Services Center
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Jay Stefanelli
Deepa Bhalla
Justin Makowski
Jim Stapleton
Dawn Gandy
Beth LaBarbera
Stephanie Jones
Kathy Dowden
Kenny Kolanko
Misun Kim

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees)

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Kathleen Howell
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rutgers University Spirit Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Neela Patel
Student Centers and Activities
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

TEAM HONOREE
Center for Adult Autism Services
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Christopher Manente
James Maraventano
Julia Iannaccone
Ian Bober
Erin Walker
Amy Gravino
Joshua Langberg

Rutgers Outstanding Service Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Emilia Iwu
Global Health Nursing at Rutgers School of Nursing
Rutgers Health

TEAM HONOREE
Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Luanne Hughes
Julie Frazee
Joan Healy
Brian Quilty
Katelyn Waldeck
Pierrera Brown
Elizabeth Vargas
Dawn Mcginnis
Carly Truett
Chantielle Harris
Melanie Brill
Angela Alexander De Ramos
Catherine Diamond
Odalis Macario
Heather Doerr
Marissa Colanzi
Isabella Tullio

Pride of Rutgers Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Helene Derisi
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Rutgers Health

TEAM HONOREE
Radiation Oncology of Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Health
Gulam Rather
Devora Schiff

Learn more about the honorees

Celebrate those who do so much for our students, for our employees, for the university itself, and for the broader society.

Read the Rutgers Today story.