We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Distinguished Employee Leadership and Team Awards! In this 14th year of DELTA, we recognize superior performance and leadership as well as outstanding contributions to the System Offices. In recognition of the extraordinary efforts of system office employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are also honoring two additional employees who provided exceptional contributions related to COVID for a special COVID-19 response award. Thank you to all system office employees for your unwavering dedication and resilience during this unprecedented year. You are what makes this organization altogether extraordinary!
Congratulations to the 2021 DELTA recipients:
Individual Awards:
- Sonja Bean, Office of the Executive Vice President & VP for Academic Affairs
- Bradley Edwards, Office of Technology Management Urbana-Champaign
- Kasey Wilken, University Accounting & Financial Reporting
Special COVID-19 Response Awards:
- Christina Molitor, Administrative Information Technology Services
- Melissa McMullen, System Human Resource Services
Project Team Awards:
I-Share Migration Project Team, CARLI |
Service Activity Project Team, System Government Costing
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Deborah Campbell Christopher Delis Gordon Fellows Jessica Gibson Denise Green Kristine Hammerstrand Amy Maroso Jennifer Masciadrelli Todd Pavlik Christopher Saunders Theodore Schwitzner Nicole Swanson Bradley Woodruff
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Hend Abdelfattah Andre Britten Judah Farha Brittney Gehrt Maureen Johnson Anne Marshall Chelsa Moore Jennifer Otto Tyler Wilson
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The remaining nominees were also recognized by their supervisors or colleagues for meeting the high level of excellence set by the DELTA criteria:
- Marissa Brewer, Office of Governmental Relations
- Todd Burgener, System Human Resource Services
- Gerald Douglass, University Accounting & Financial Reporting
- Daniel Gambrell, Illinois Ventures
- Richard Getty, Administrative Information Technology Services
- David Grogan, University Ethics & Compliance Office
- Sarah McPhee, University Ethics & Compliance Office
- Julie Wagner, Administrative Information Technology Services
- Seth Yoder, Office of Organizational Effectiveness
- Gretchen Yordy, Office for University Relations
Cash Handling Certificate Project Team |
Contract Services/Formerly Office of Business Development
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System Data Website Committee |
BOT KPI Dashboard, University Office for Planning & Budgeting |
Derek Briles Mark Brink Johnnie Greene-Freeman Catherine Griffiths Filip Przybysz Deborah Rahn Alice Seaton Tyler Tanaka Athanazia Varner
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Mary Cooke Rosetta Houston Lenis Lee Patricia Menguito Ed Seighman
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Marissa Brewer Jennifer Creasey Daryl Fritchey Karen Greenwalt Edwin Lee Christopher Lehman Steven Martin David Mercer Kirsten Ruby Benjamin Taylor Dimuthu Tilakaratne Sarah Zehr
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Christopher Lehman Sally Mikel Nicholas O'Dea Benjamin Sands Siew Szetho
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The System Offices are proud of this year’s DELTA recipients and nominees! Visit the DELTA page for more information about this recognition program.