PFM Annual Picnic & Awards

Planning and Facilities Management staff members are encouraged to nominate their peers within the department for the following awards to be announced at the PFM Annual Picnic & Awards Ceremony each summer. Nominations can be submitted anytime during the year. Award nominations are rolling until the summer event date is announced with a deadline. Please note, 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
    • 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