{"id":140551,"date":"2024-04-03T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=140551"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:55:14","slug":"celebrating-employee-excellence-on-founders-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrating-employee-excellence-on-founders-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Employee Excellence on Founders\u2019 Day 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 500 awards were given to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ employees on Founders\u2019 Day, a day-long celebration of those who made an impact in advancing Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ as the University for<\/em> the Future.<\/p>\n

Employees were recognized for reaching their 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service milestones, and recent retirees were also honored. The university also presented Employee Excellence awards, which highlight A&P, USPS and OPS-non-student employees who made exceptional contributions to the campus community. Shane Juntune, director of the Office of Student Involvement, received the Champion of Student Success and Well-Being Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe begin this Founders\u2019 Day by recognizing the remarkable spirit of teamwork, commitment, and dedication of our talented employees,\u201d says Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ President Alexander N. Cartwright. \u201cThis is a special opportunity to show you our gratitude and to celebrate the difference you make \u2014 every day of the year \u2014 at our university, in our community and in the lives of our students and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The excellence awards recognized honorees in five categories:<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards for Community Well-Being<\/h2>\n

Nissa Suarez Saldana, Office of Military and Veteran Student Success<\/p>\n

Roman Watkins, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Police Department<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards for Discovery and Innovation<\/h2>\n

Avra Kundu, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences<\/p>\n

Venessa Nieves, College of Sciences<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards for Operational Excellence<\/h2>\n

Austin Bott, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Downtown<\/p>\n

Patrick Higman, Human Resources<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards for Service and Partnership<\/h2>\n

Rick Catasus, Utilities and Engineering Services<\/p>\n

Margaret Zorrilla, Rosen College of Hospitality Management<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards for Student Success<\/h2>\n

Jenna Nobili, Student Success and Advising<\/p>\n

Judy Rechsteiner, College of Nursing<\/p>\n

Employee Excellence Awards Nominees<\/h2>\n

Sarah Miklos<\/p>\n

Rodger \u201cLee\u201d Smith<\/p>\n

Edwanna Andrews<\/p>\n

Kimberly Banks<\/p>\n

Morgan Bauer<\/p>\n

Joshua Bedwell<\/p>\n

Bonnie Belot<\/p>\n

Robin Chan<\/p>\n

Padmini Coopamah Waldron<\/p>\n

Regina Dennison<\/p>\n

Mario DeVera<\/p>\n

Andrea Gandy<\/p>\n

Nancy Gayton<\/p>\n

Mary Gladding<\/p>\n

Christina Grosso<\/p>\n

Jordan Grushka<\/p>\n

Isha Guerrero-Londeree<\/p>\n

Louann Huynh<\/p>\n

Lee Anne Kirkpatrick<\/p>\n

Stacy Little<\/p>\n

Carla Markx<\/p>\n

Mike McKee<\/p>\n

Stephanie Mederos<\/p>\n

Vanessa Nixon<\/p>\n

Kyrie Ottaviani<\/p>\n

Kristell Padell<\/p>\n

Marilez Pagan<\/p>\n

Debbie Pope<\/p>\n

Michael Pugh<\/p>\n

Raiza Ramos-Deatherage<\/p>\n

Ryan Retherford<\/p>\n

Rex Roberts<\/p>\n

Josefina Rosario<\/p>\n

Kimberly Santiago<\/p>\n

Jessica Scheck<\/p>\n

Heather Simeon<\/p>\n

Jenny Shen<\/p>\n

Barbara Smith<\/p>\n

Nicole Stahl<\/p>\n

Jennifer Steele<\/p>\n

Farrah Torres<\/p>\n

Suzette Turner<\/p>\n

Ashli VanHorn<\/p>\n

Kristin Wetherbee<\/p>\n

Danta White<\/p>\n

Deanna Williams<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Additional 2024 employee honorees include:<\/p>\n

Champion of Student Success and Well-Being Award<\/h2>\n

Shane Juntunen, Student Involvement<\/p>\n

Emerita Status Awardee<\/h2>\n

Lynn Hepner, associate dean emerita and retired from the College of Arts and Humanities after more than two decades of service<\/p>\n

Employee Service Awards<\/h2>\n

40 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia Hall<\/p>\n

35 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marisa Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Antionette Lee<\/p>\n

Delores Lewis<\/p>\n

Karen Norum<\/p>\n

Kari Stiles<\/p>\n

Lisa Matty<\/p>\n

Lisa Wayte<\/p>\n

30 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeanine Clements<\/p>\n

Kellie Dearmas<\/p>\n

Larry Eflin<\/p>\n

Michelle Embach<\/p>\n

Perry Fraser<\/p>\n

Jamie LaMoreaux<\/p>\n

Judith Montilla<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Morales<\/p>\n

Vallery Morton<\/p>\n

Amy Perry<\/p>\n

Ray Ramotar<\/p>\n

Lori Safford<\/p>\n

Carolyn Standner<\/p>\n

Lisa Vaughn<\/p>\n

Mark Wagenhauser<\/p>\n

David Zambri<\/p>\n

25 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grisette Acevedo<\/p>\n

Rebeca Alonso<\/p>\n

Melissa Anderson<\/p>\n

William Atkinson<\/p>\n

Ray Bacchus<\/p>\n

Elena Beredo<\/p>\n

Joseph Bizon<\/p>\n

Jeanne Blank<\/p>\n

Yasmin Brady<\/p>\n

Thomas Campana<\/p>\n

Pedro Cordero<\/p>\n

Carla Cordoba<\/p>\n

Laura Crouch<\/p>\n

Stefanie DelGiudice<\/p>\n

Madi Dogariu<\/p>\n

Jeffery Golub<\/p>\n

Susan Hicks<\/p>\n

Pamela Jaggernauth<\/p>\n

Barbara Kelly-Hursey<\/p>\n

Jennifer Krolowitz<\/p>\n

Narene Lindauer<\/p>\n

Julio Luna<\/p>\n

Dennis Maddox<\/p>\n

Paula McClure<\/p>\n

Robin Mccormick<\/p>\n

Douglas O’Brien<\/p>\n

David Pavlonnis<\/p>\n

Esther Pennepacker<\/p>\n

Miyerladi Perez<\/p>\n

Rebecca Piety<\/p>\n

Emily Rank<\/p>\n

Debra Reynolds<\/p>\n

Susan Schroen<\/p>\n

Lavonia Scott<\/p>\n

Bradley Smith<\/p>\n

Kimberly Smith<\/p>\n

Mary Stanley<\/p>\n

Kelly Stevens<\/p>\n

Cheryl Stripling<\/p>\n

Dale Voorhees<\/p>\n

20 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rocio Alfonso<\/p>\n

Maria Alvarez-Medina<\/p>\n

Benton Anderson<\/p>\n

Edwanna Andrews<\/p>\n

Alia Asi<\/p>\n

Chad Binette<\/p>\n

Joseph Bizon<\/p>\n

Patrick Blount<\/p>\n

Margaret Bolinger<\/p>\n

Michelle Brooks<\/p>\n

Nikki Cason<\/p>\n

Nataly Chandia Viano<\/p>\n

Jordan Clark<\/p>\n

Richard Colon<\/p>\n

Cynthia Contreras<\/p>\n

Debra Copertino<\/p>\n

Sophie Cortes-Thomas<\/p>\n

James Costa<\/p>\n

Maria Cseh<\/p>\n

Christopher Dahlstrand<\/p>\n

Nicholas Deavellar<\/p>\n

Esther D’Silva<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Exner<\/p>\n

Joseph Fauvel<\/p>\n

Bendetta Fuller<\/p>\n

Patrick Hadlock<\/p>\n

Laurence Jaffe<\/p>\n

Kathryne Janeiro<\/p>\n

Dana Juntunen<\/p>\n

Shane Juntunen<\/p>\n

Frederic Kittinger<\/p>\n

Ana Mack<\/p>\n

Enrique Martinez<\/p>\n

Vivian Martinez<\/p>\n

Lisa Massi<\/p>\n

Erica Mendoza<\/p>\n

Mary Montgomery<\/p>\n

Susan Nisavic<\/p>\n

Stephen O’Connell<\/p>\n

Suphi Ogreten<\/p>\n

Fredrick Okumu<\/p>\n

Jennifer Parham<\/p>\n

Nelson Perez<\/p>\n

Maria Piloto<\/p>\n

Cheryl Piper<\/p>\n

Robert Ramos<\/p>\n

Jan Reason<\/p>\n

Tracey Robinson-Crawford<\/p>\n

Jose Santos<\/p>\n

Gregory Saunders Jr<\/p>\n

Victoria Sharp<\/p>\n

Angelia Smith<\/p>\n

Kellie Tabor<\/p>\n

Martha Tirado<\/p>\n

Thien-Thanh Tran<\/p>\n

Kinte Vickers<\/p>\n

Pete Wallace<\/p>\n

Heidi Watt<\/p>\n

Kristin Wetherbee<\/p>\n

Mary Williams<\/p>\n

15 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Alfieris<\/p>\n

Abby Amo Snipes<\/p>\n

Heather Anderson<\/p>\n

Maria Aragon<\/p>\n

Elba Arroyo-Cid<\/p>\n

Teresa Ayers<\/p>\n

Edilu Becerra<\/p>\n

Leslie Brunswick<\/p>\n

Rafael Caamano<\/p>\n

Adelino Cardona<\/p>\n

Katie Connolly<\/p>\n

Morayma Cubero<\/p>\n

Annette Gamarra<\/p>\n

Caryn Garcia<\/p>\n

Leben Goldman<\/p>\n

Monique Gregory<\/p>\n

David Griffin Jr<\/p>\n

Lynn Hansen<\/p>\n

Mark Hartman<\/p>\n

Arne Hestad<\/p>\n

Fazal Jameer<\/p>\n

Erick Jauregui<\/p>\n

Aaron Keyser<\/p>\n

Jade Laderwarg<\/p>\n

Nicole Lamoureux<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lozada-Rivera<\/p>\n

Yee Lui<\/p>\n

Liara Maharaj<\/p>\n

Jessica Mays<\/p>\n

Christy Miranda Perez<\/p>\n

Aisha Morfe-Bencosme<\/p>\n

Amber Mullens<\/p>\n

Trang-Minh Nguyen<\/p>\n

Jenna Nobili<\/p>\n

Christey Oberbeck<\/p>\n

Joel Okun<\/p>\n

Annette Ortiz-Rivera<\/p>\n

James Padel<\/p>\n

Brandy Pieper<\/p>\n

Brooks Pingston<\/p>\n

Laurel Poole<\/p>\n

Patricia Potashner<\/p>\n

Cynthia Rahrle<\/p>\n

Evelyn Ramos<\/p>\n

Iris Rios<\/p>\n

Elexis Ritz<\/p>\n

Cassandra Schauff<\/p>\n

Jeanette Schreiber<\/p>\n

Svetlana Shtrom<\/p>\n

Lisa Simcoe<\/p>\n

Karen Smith<\/p>\n

Soraya Smith<\/p>\n

Emily Stettner<\/p>\n

Patricia Stroupe<\/p>\n

Cheryl Suter Thorn<\/p>\n

Carlee Thomas<\/p>\n

Paul Turner<\/p>\n

Katherine Vazquez<\/p>\n

Jacqueline West-Lee<\/p>\n

Spencer Williams<\/p>\n

10 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luribel Abreu<\/p>\n

Joseph Alcala<\/p>\n

Nicole Arft<\/p>\n

Aaron Banfield<\/p>\n

Bill Barker<\/p>\n

Gesa Barto<\/p>\n

Danae Barulich<\/p>\n

Lauren Becker<\/p>\n

Bonnie Belot<\/p>\n

Amelia Bray<\/p>\n

Derick Brown<\/p>\n

Allison Bryant<\/p>\n

Arian Bryant<\/p>\n

Gabriel Camejo<\/p>\n

Jordan Castillo<\/p>\n

Amy Childs<\/p>\n

Jennifer Cicia<\/p>\n

Luisa Cintron<\/p>\n

Ashley Connors<\/p>\n

Carla Craig<\/p>\n

Danielle Darwich<\/p>\n

Reshard Denard<\/p>\n

Matthew DeSalvo<\/p>\n

Kristin Donnelly<\/p>\n

Sarah Drehoff<\/p>\n

Keely Duffy<\/p>\n

David Dumke<\/p>\n

Allen Dunn<\/p>\n

Jodi Elder<\/p>\n

Kimberly Esterline<\/p>\n

Jennifer Fackler<\/p>\n

Lawrence Falkenhausen<\/p>\n

Jennifer Farran<\/p>\n

Vilma Ferrer<\/p>\n

Maria Ffrench<\/p>\n

Amy Floyd<\/p>\n

Heliana Forero Martinez<\/p>\n

Anita Gabbard<\/p>\n

Javier Gioia<\/p>\n

Casey Goerg<\/p>\n

Sue Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Sandra Griggs<\/p>\n

Melissa Guadagnino<\/p>\n

Miguel Guzman<\/p>\n

Lavera Henderson<\/p>\n

Sunny Heyl<\/p>\n

Ashley Hilyer<\/p>\n

Jackie Hop<\/p>\n

Latoya Jackson<\/p>\n

Louisdor Jean<\/p>\n

Michael Jimenez<\/p>\n

Stephen Johnson<\/p>\n

Alicia Keaton<\/p>\n

Schuyler Kerby<\/p>\n

Jeannie Kiriwas<\/p>\n

Christina Kittipatarin<\/p>\n

Zachary Knauer<\/p>\n

TJ Krattinger<\/p>\n

Nasrin Lakhani<\/p>\n

Tonya LaPrarie<\/p>\n

Vernet Lasrado<\/p>\n

Elizabeth LaTorre<\/p>\n

Celia Linton Walker<\/p>\n

Ashley Longoria<\/p>\n

Maria Lopes<\/p>\n

Philip Lopez<\/p>\n

Keanna Machado<\/p>\n

Leslie Marchand<\/p>\n

Jesus Martinez<\/p>\n

Kim Martinez<\/p>\n

Ashley McConnell<\/p>\n

Mike McKee<\/p>\n

Derrick McQuern<\/p>\n

Adam Meyer<\/p>\n

Shawna Meyers<\/p>\n

Eric Michael<\/p>\n

Christine Michel<\/p>\n

Lisa Miller<\/p>\n

Oscar Monzon<\/p>\n

Laurie Morin<\/p>\n

Beejal Nana<\/p>\n

David Nelson<\/p>\n

Aracelis Nieves<\/p>\n

Venessa Nieves<\/p>\n

Martin Nyenkan<\/p>\n

Stephanie Odierno<\/p>\n

Dana Pagan<\/p>\n

Alex Parlato<\/p>\n

Leonardo Pascua<\/p>\n

Brenda Perez<\/p>\n

Sean Pinto<\/p>\n

Jon Pizzo<\/p>\n

Macrina Raghunanan<\/p>\n

Taneisha Ralph<\/p>\n

Chauntrice Riley-Stanford<\/p>\n

Sarahis Rodriguez Pacheco<\/p>\n

Stacey Royalty-Rose<\/p>\n

Marisa Salazar<\/p>\n

Rachel Schaefer<\/p>\n

Jessica Scheck<\/p>\n

Donald Scrip<\/p>\n

Mary Scroggs<\/p>\n

Christina Serra<\/p>\n

Michelle Shirzad<\/p>\n

Shela Siegrist<\/p>\n

Giji Skaria<\/p>\n

Tracy Slavik<\/p>\n

James Smith<\/p>\n

Erica Spaulding<\/p>\n

Vanessa Stein<\/p>\n

Kimberley Thrash<\/p>\n

Dawn Tripp<\/p>\n

Ashley Turner<\/p>\n

Steven Valdez<\/p>\n

Nicole Williams<\/p>\n

Lee Williams-Lana<\/p>\n

Mark Wright<\/p>\n

Maria Yebra-Teimouri<\/p>\n

Chip Youngblood<\/p>\n

5 Years of Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Melinda Abreu<\/p>\n

Amber Abud<\/p>\n

Gabriella Agosto<\/p>\n

Christina Alecse<\/p>\n

Amanda Allman<\/p>\n

David Amaro<\/p>\n

Amanda Ammirati<\/p>\n

Christine Anderson<\/p>\n

Karen Austin<\/p>\n

Joshua Bedwell<\/p>\n

Kelly Belga<\/p>\n

Claudia Bello Punto<\/p>\n

Caitlin Bradbury<\/p>\n

Tia Bramwell<\/p>\n

Sherry Brown<\/p>\n

Ida-Raquel Burgos<\/p>\n

Edwin Cabral<\/p>\n

Jennifer Calame<\/p>\n

Shannon Callahan<\/p>\n

Tianna Campbell<\/p>\n

Tyler Campbell<\/p>\n

Ramon Candelaria Rivera<\/p>\n

Carmen Caraballo<\/p>\n

Edgar Castellanos<\/p>\n

Tiffany Chestnut<\/p>\n

Christopher Childs<\/p>\n

Padmini Coopamah Waldron<\/p>\n

David Correia<\/p>\n

Victor Cosme<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Cravero<\/p>\n

Aaron Davis<\/p>\n

Jennifer De Leon Diaz<\/p>\n

Jerald DeFord<\/p>\n

Kathiana Desir<\/p>\n

Silvia Diaz<\/p>\n

Elimar Diaz Martinez<\/p>\n

Katelyn Dillon<\/p>\n

Janeza Dino<\/p>\n

Sharon Doras<\/p>\n

Henry Dubel<\/p>\n

Amy Duvall<\/p>\n

James Ehmer<\/p>\n

Hannah Estes<\/p>\n

Anne Everett<\/p>\n

Kathryn Feehrer<\/p>\n

Bin Feng<\/p>\n

Melissa Findling<\/p>\n

Joseph Finnigan<\/p>\n

Michelle Flis<\/p>\n

Wantao Frashier<\/p>\n

Tattianna Fuentes-Duarte<\/p>\n

Nester Garcia<\/p>\n

Sara Garrabrant<\/p>\n

Stephanie Gavarrete<\/p>\n

Karina Girgis<\/p>\n

Christina Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Jennifer Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Darryl Gordon<\/p>\n

Rose-A-Lee Guillemi<\/p>\n

Iolanda Guseman<\/p>\n

Kimberly Hannush<\/p>\n

James Hardy<\/p>\n

Heather Hargreaves<\/p>\n

Cherie Herrin<\/p>\n

Randy Holmes<\/p>\n

George Holt<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Hopkins<\/p>\n

Yujun Huang<\/p>\n

Louann Huynh<\/p>\n

Bernadette Isidro<\/p>\n

Angela Jackson<\/p>\n

Carl Jackson Jr<\/p>\n

Carmen Jarquin<\/p>\n

Roy Johnston II<\/p>\n

William Kent<\/p>\n

Ashley Khalil<\/p>\n

Bryan Kirk<\/p>\n

David Kramer<\/p>\n

Joshua Kuhn<\/p>\n

Rebecca Lasala<\/p>\n

Hayden Lau<\/p>\n

Alex Lazin<\/p>\n

Heather Lovett<\/p>\n

Bernice Lugo<\/p>\n

Eva Lynch<\/p>\n

Barbara Macias Castaneda<\/p>\n

Jay Malcolm<\/p>\n

Frederick Marshall II<\/p>\n

Kyle Martin<\/p>\n

Jennifer Mckinley<\/p>\n

Carlos Medina<\/p>\n

William Mollenkopf III<\/p>\n

Laszlo Molnar<\/p>\n

Carmen Montijo<\/p>\n

Kelli Morales<\/p>\n

Norma Morell<\/p>\n

Megan Morris<\/p>\n

Robert Mott<\/p>\n

Devindra Narine<\/p>\n

Gregg Nelson Jr<\/p>\n

Adam Novak<\/p>\n

Eduardo Ortiz<\/p>\n

Janet Owen<\/p>\n

Andres Pagan<\/p>\n

Santos Pardo<\/p>\n

Nicole Phanstiel<\/p>\n

Thomas Porter<\/p>\n

Mari Rains<\/p>\n

Marisa Ramiccio<\/p>\n

Patricia Riva<\/p>\n

Yadira Rivera-Vazquez<\/p>\n

Katherine Rocco<\/p>\n

Lorna Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Sandra Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Stephanie Rodriguez-Makhlouf<\/p>\n

Lorena Roedan<\/p>\n

Jillian Rogero<\/p>\n

Tijuana Rollins<\/p>\n

Wrenz Ronas<\/p>\n

Amber Ryder<\/p>\n

Melissa Saint James<\/p>\n

Michelle Salcedo<\/p>\n

Albert Sammelian<\/p>\n

Vanessa Sanchez<\/p>\n

Natalia Santana<\/p>\n

Evaristo Santana Estrella<\/p>\n

John Settle<\/p>\n

Stephen Shier Jr<\/p>\n

Daniella Shuch<\/p>\n

Carolina Silva<\/p>\n

Sean Simmons<\/p>\n

Rachel Sims<\/p>\n

Quinton Smith Jr<\/p>\n

Cindy Spiers<\/p>\n

Louis Stevens<\/p>\n

Paul Sturgis<\/p>\n

Yariela Thompson<\/p>\n

Amanda Tier<\/p>\n

Sharon Tinny<\/p>\n

Emily Troilo<\/p>\n

Zenobia Turk<\/p>\n

Jaclyn Velez<\/p>\n

Jairo Vidal<\/p>\n

Whitney Walker<\/p>\n

Jennifer Walters<\/p>\n

Robert Wells II<\/p>\n

Maichoua Yang<\/p>\n

Dorothy Yates<\/p>\n

Julianna Zink<\/p>\n

Recognition of Retirees<\/h2>\n

Sandra Austin<\/p>\n

Griselle Baez-Munoz<\/p>\n

Elena Beredo<\/p>\n

Wayne Bonacci<\/p>\n

Carmen Brache<\/p>\n

Deirdre Campbell<\/p>\n

Ron Carey<\/p>\n

Ina Carpenter<\/p>\n

Laurie Carroll<\/p>\n

Brenda Catrett<\/p>\n

Patricia Coderre<\/p>\n

Amparo Contreras<\/p>\n

Theresa Corral<\/p>\n

Angie Feliciano<\/p>\n

Allan Garnett<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Irizarry<\/p>\n

Bunnie Jackson<\/p>\n

Kathleen Janda<\/p>\n

Michael Jimenez<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Johnson<\/p>\n

Tamara Jones<\/p>\n

Thomas Lancione<\/p>\n

Maggie Leclair<\/p>\n

Toni Lee<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Livingston<\/p>\n

Fanny Lopez<\/p>\n

Ivette Martinez<\/p>\n

Ellen McDade<\/p>\n

Russell Muller<\/p>\n

Dorann Mullins<\/p>\n

Janet Nettles<\/p>\n

Karen Norum<\/p>\n

Sophie Overlock<\/p>\n

Cindy Padilla<\/p>\n

Renee Phillips<\/p>\n

Buddy Pittman<\/p>\n

Susan Pruchnicki<\/p>\n

Ray Ramotar<\/p>\n

Wylette Robinson<\/p>\n

Edna Rolle<\/p>\n

Miriam Rosario<\/p>\n

Maryline Rosario<\/p>\n

Jerry Ross<\/p>\n

Rajendra Shah<\/p>\n

Alana Shepherd<\/p>\n

Kari Stiles<\/p>\n

Yu Tang<\/p>\n

Debra Urban<\/p>\n

Jose Vazquez<\/p>\n

Julie Wagner<\/p>\n

Paul White<\/p>\n

Jan Whitehouse<\/p>\n

Chip Youngblood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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