Staff Service Award Recipients

Joshua Baker

Lecturer

Janice Bethany

Lecturer

James Clardy

Assistant Professor

Danielle DeChellis

Research Technician

Charity English

Manager, Autism Services Program

Victoria Fletcher

Manager, Autism Services Program

LeeBrian Gaskins

Sr. Associate VP, IT/CIO

Priscilla Gonzalez

Financial Aid Counselor

Jennifer Grace

Associate Professor

Shivani Gupta

Assistant Professor

Charitha Hettiarachchi

Assistant Professor

Kyle Hjorth

Chemist/Scientist 

J’Naudia Hunter-Phillips

Director, Accessibility Support Center

Regan Joswiak

Assistant Director, Writing Center

Elizabeth Lewis

Associate VP/COO, Pearland

Xinying Liu

Assistant Professor

Monica Martinez

Coordinator, Therapist/Outreach

Kimberly McGough

Visiting Assistant Professor

Jennifer McNaspy

Lecturer

Keila Mendez Caceres

Custodian

Christian Payne

Sr. Grounds Keeper

Jeremy Piercy

Assistant Professor

Skylar Rolf

Assistant Professor

Jacquelyn Rose

Administrative Assistant 

Andrea Sears

Division Business Administrator

Amanda Solis

Department Assistant

Tamara Umana

Testing Specialist

Elizabeth Walsh

Clinical Assistant Professor

2015 - Spring 2026

Veronica Alderete

Lead Custodia

Anne Anders

Associate Professor

Comeka Anderson Diaz

Clinical Associate Professor

Albert ‘Al’ Black

Director, Emergency Management

Christina Cedillo

Professor

Marietta Dahanayake

Accountant

Soma Datta

Associate Professor

Natasha De Gracia

Admissions Evaluator

Kimberly Duren

Department Assistant

Jonathan Everhart

Associate Professor

Betsy Flores

Custodian

Maria Gallardo

Lead Custodian

Anne Gessler

Clinical Associate Professor

Henry ‘Hank’ Grotewold

Coordinator, Environmental Health & Safety

Dhammika Gunawardena

Coordinator, Graduate Admissions

Jun Hao

Associate Professor

David Hilden

Plumber

Henda Hsu

Associate Professor

Vanessa Johnson

Associate Professor

Brent Kice

Professor

Livia Kidd

Sr. International Student Counselor

Jiang Lu

Associate Professor

Brittany Matherne

Supervisor, Student Business Services

Sherrie Mueller

Director, Planned Giving/Major Gifts

Kathaline Mullikin

Accountant

Robert Phalen

Professor

Jennifer Ray

Learning Tech Administrator

Teresa Rivas

Senior Lecturer

Sharnae Sanderson-Archer

Coordinator, Environmental Health & Safety

Cengiz Sisman

Professor

Yi Su

Associate Professor

Nanfei Sun

Assistant Professor

Steven Sutherland

Professor

Omah Williams-Duncan

Associate Professor

Sandra Windham

Administrative Assistant

Jingshan Xiao

Associate Director, Technology & Research Management

Lauren Yandell

Senior Lecturer

Lin Yi

Associate Professor

Se-Hyoung Yi

Associate Professor

Richard Zalesak

Sr. Development Officer

Megan Bearden

Department Assistant

Ipek Bozkurt

Associate Professor

Martin Calderon

Supervisor, System/Network Infrastructure

Brittany Hamilton

Education Abroad Advisor

Melissa Hernandez

Director, Student Business Services

Samantha Houston

Learning Technology Administrator

Lakeisha Johnson

Master Dispatcher

Bubba Jones

Manager, Facilities Services

Sarah Lechago

Professor

Jian Lin

Associate Professor

Alex Milam

Associate Professor

Rita Patel

Sr. Academic Advisor

Maria Rodriguez

Administrative Assistant

Gregory Schroll

Supervisor, Academic Computing

Marlene Thomas

Department Assistant

2005 - Spring 2026

Magdy Akladios

Professor

Mary Ayadi

Professor

Thinh Dang

Accountant

Kathleen Garland

Lecturer

Latosha Hawkins-Ford

Admissions Evaluator

James Isaacks

Supervisor, Theater

Michael Lacina

Professor

Jason Makepeace

Associate Professor

Kathryn Matthew

Vice Provost

Jason Murasko

Professor

Miriam Qumsieh

Director, Institutional Research

Araceli Rodriguez

Custodian

2000 - Spring 2026

James Dabney

Professor

Matthew Fendley

Coordinator, Computing Lab Systems

Thomas Fox

Associate Professor

Gokhan Gercek

Professor

April Harris

Executive Assistant

Cindy Lamb

Accountant

Alexandra MacDermott

Associate Professor

Carol Pruitt

Administrative Assistant

Michael Smith

Sr. Systems Specialist

Mary Washington

Manager, Space Inventory

Jana Willis

Professor

Chunlong Zhang

Professor

1995 - Spring 2026

Sharon Andrews

Professor

Debra ‘Debbie’ Carpenter

Executive Director, Auxiliary & Procurement

Phillip Decker

Professor

Lois Lewis

Administrative Assistant

John McMullen

Professor

Linda Walker

Professor

Mark Adams 2000 – 2025

Sue ‘Charise’ Armstrong 2002 – 2025

Kimberly August 2009 – 2025

Milagros ‘Mila’ Bautista 2018 – 2025

Susan Clark 2012 – 2025

Cynthia Cook 1999 – 2025

Yolanda Edmond 2023 – 2025

Karen Elliott 2014 – 2025

Patricia Gibson 2014 – 2025

Olga Gonzalez-Wong 1985 – 2025

Javier Gutierrez 1994 – 2025

James Helm 1998 – 2025

Beth Hentges 2000 – 2025

Norman Hilburn 2017 – 2025

Margarita Jones 2010 – 2025

Barbara Kelley 2007 – 2025

Raymond Khoury 2009 – 2025

Diana Leggins 2021 – 2026

Michael Livingston 1997 – 2025

Shelly Matejka 2018 – 2025

Deborah Mitchell 2007 – 2025

Janice Newsum 2017 – 2025

Veronica Ortiz 2004 – 2025

Charles Phillips, Jr. 2014 – 2025

Beryl Ricard 2012 – 2025

Rebecca Rivera Saldana 2014 – 2026

Debra Ross 2014 – 2025

Cynthia Saltzman 2011 – 2025

Catalina Sanchez Rojas 2000 – 2025

Charito Steed 2004 – 2025

Jewel Story 1993 – 2025

Eliseo Torres 2016 – 2025

Maria Vargas 1999 – 2025

Laura Velie 2008 – 2025

Sandra ‘Sandy’ Windham 2015 – 2026

Xiaoman Zhang 2001 - 2025