Planning & Facilities Management
Planning & Facilities Management

PFM Annual Awards

Planning and Facilities Management staff members are encouraged to nominate their peers within the department for the following awards, which will be announced at the PFM Annual Awards Ceremony each summer. Award nominations are rolling until the summer event date is announced, with a deadline. Please note that past recipients of individual awards are ineligible for 3 years.

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Award Descriptions

  • Performs work thoroughly and reliably
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude

  • Assists others with both personal and professional challenges

  • Shares personal knowledge and skills with others

  • Provides peers through advice, guidance, feedback and encouragement

  • Helps onboard new employees or supervisors

  • Serves as a positive role model

  • Active in current position for 6-18 months since hire date

  • Performed duties above expectations

  • Demonstrates extensive knowledge and competence in a wide array of work related topics

  • Take initiative to improve individual skills and knowledge

  • Identifies and addresses work problems and helped to resolve them

  • An individual or department that displayed exceptional dedication in fostering collaboration with PFM, enhancing synergy and effectiveness

  • Contributions and innovative initiatives led to measurable outcomes, directly supporting PFM’s goals and objectives

  • Strong engagement with PFM resulted in successful alignment of resources and elevated university’s success

  • Performed duties above and beyond expectations

  • Demonstrates extensive knowledge and competence in a wide array of work related topics

  • Managed a large workload in an effective and timely manner

  • Acts as a team player

  • Suggested/developed new work methods that increase productivity and/or reduce costs

  • Two or more individuals that came together as a project team who partnered on a significant and specific, one-time project since last award ceremony
  • Exhibited a high degree of professionalism
  • Ensured quality control
  • Collaborated successfully as a team, including sharing knowledge and skills

Past Award Recipients

  • Dependable as the Sunrise
    • Kristjan Hollo, Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
    • Michael Hannegan, Grounds Manager
  • Mentor / Motivator
    • Rachel Kohli, Director of Campus Planning
  • Rookie of the Year
    • Jay Jugler, Executive Assistant to the Vice President
    • Rabia Shinaishin, Accessibility Project Manager
    • Wayne Dorsey, Custodial Supervisor
  • Outstanding Campus Partner
    • Office of Communications (Gabrielle Keene, Lydia Sullivan, Hannah Williams)
  • Excellent Individual Performance
    • Khoa Tran, HVAC Mechanic
    • Chris Painter, Project Manager, Energy and Utilities
    • Tasia Manson, Senior Operations Manager
  • Excellent Team Performance
    • Residential Access Project Team – Headed by Bill Huff (Housing Operations Staff), Matt Wise (Lock Shop Staff), Marty Johnson (UIS)

  • Dependable as the Sunrise
    • Robinson Rivera, Bus Driver III
  • Mentor / Motivator
    • Mengistu Dessalgne, Associate Director of Energy and Utilities Operations
    • Thomas Wilson, Automotive Mechanic
  • Rookie of the Year
    • Marshall Dressler, Construction Safety Specialist
    • Reemberto Rodriguez Jr., Project Manager
  • Outstanding Campus Partner
    • Georgetown Stockroom (Chris Butler, Albert Edwards III, Stanley Johnson and Maurice Vaughn)
  • Excellent Individual Performance
    • Momoh Conteh, HVAC Mechanic
    • Alexis Hersh, Senior Project Manager
    • Maryam Siddique, Assistant Director of Summer Conference Operations
  • Excellent Team Performance
    • Georgetown Plumbing Shop (Mario Amaya, Shawn Brown, Marcos Chung, Victor Escobar, Amyas Gordon, Tyrone Hagans, Shawn Hunt, Trevor Kerr, Todd Murphy and Davie Young)

  • Dependable as the Sunrise
    • Sharon Hickman, Custodian
    • Stanley Murphy, Occupational Health and Safety Technician
    • Natalie Smith, Parking Attendent
  • Mentor / Motivator
    • Joe Dawson, Electrical Department Floor-person
    • Jim Duffy, Senior Project Manager
  • Rookie of the Year
    • Luis Gutierrez, Custodian
    • Nico Hohman, Senior Project Manager
    • Charles Weidner, Environmental Compliance Specialist
  • Outstanding Campus Partner – GU Real Estate Team, including:
    • Kelly Blevins, Assistant VP of Real Estate and University Counsel
    • Mrinal Oberoi, Assistant Director of Real Estate and Contracts
    • Bryce Parks, Space and Interior Designer
  • Excellent Individual Performance
    • Joanna Groberg, University Archivist
    • John Leonard, Fire Marshal/Manager of Safety and Training
    • Renad Uri, Zero Waste Manager
  • Excellent Team Performance
    • SwitchTech Implementation Project
    • MGUH Surgical Pavillon Commissioning
    • Henle Transition Project

  • Dependable as the Sunrise
    • Nghiep Huynh, HVAC Mechanic
    • Flor Medina, Facilities Coordinator
  • Mentor / Motivator
    • Elizabeth “Liz” King, Performance and Operations Engineer
  • Rookie of the Year
    • Nancy Martin, Director of Business Development & Summer and Conference Housing
  • Excellent Individual Performance
    • Alex Berley, Senior Project Manager
  • Excellent Team Performance – Fire Safety Project Team, including:
    • David Campbell, Life Safety Service Manager
    • John Leonard, Fire Marshal/Manager of Safety and Training
    • Adam Rogers, Associate Director of Fire Protection Engineering