Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Program 2024 Honorees

Gloria Bonilla, Board of Governors, Professor of Public Policy, recipient of the Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award - Faculty

Rory (Cal) Maradonna (CCAS '74, SBC '79), Director of the Off-Campus BBA Program, Director of Learning Abroad, and Coordinator of Alumni for the School of Business–Camden

Hend Elburi, Director of Nutrition & Food Security in the Department of Student Affairs (Rutgers-Newark), recipient of the Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students) - Individual

recipients of the Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students)-Team for their contributions at the One Stop Student Services Center

Kathleen Howell (LC '93, GSE '96), Associate Director of Administration at Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Neela Patel (CC '98), Executive Director of Student Centers and Activities, recipient of the Rutgers University Spirit Award - Individual

Recipients of the Rutgers University Spirit Award - Team, all from the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services

Emilia Iwu, Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the Center for Global Health, honored with the Rutgers Outstanding Service Award-Individual

Department of Family & Community Health Sciences, recipients of the Rutgers Outstanding Service Award - Team

Helene DeRisi, Grants & Contracts Analyst I at the Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute

Radiation Oncology, recipient of the Pride of Rutgers Award - Individual, and Gulum M. Rather, Assistant Professor in the Radiation Oncology Department, recipient of the Pride of Rutgers Award - Team

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Faculty) Honoree, Gloria Bonilla-Santiago

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Staff) Honoree, Rory Maradonna

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students) Individual Honoree, Hend El Buri

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students) Team Honoree, One Stop Student Services Center, Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees) Individual Honoree, Kathleen Howell

Rutgers University Spirit Award Individual Honoree, Neela Patel

Rutgers University Spirit Award Team Honoree, Center for Adult Autism Services

Rutgers Outstanding Service Award Individual Honoree, Emilia Iwu

Rutgers Outstanding Service Award Team Honoree, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Pride of Rutgers Award Individual Honoree, Helene Derisi

Pride of Rutgers Award Team Honoree, Radiation Oncology of Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Faculty)

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Department of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Camden

Rutgers Lifetime Contribution Award (Staff)

Rory Maradonna
School of Business
Rutgers University–Camden

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students)

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Hend El Buri
Student Health
Rutgers University–Newark

TEAM HONOREE
One Stop Student Services Center
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Jay Stefanelli
Deepa Bhalla
Justin Makowski
Jim Stapleton
Dawn Gandy
Beth LaBarbera
Stephanie Jones
Kathy Dowden
Kenny Kolanko
Misun Kim

Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees)

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Kathleen Howell
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rutgers University Spirit Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Neela Patel
Student Centers and Activities
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

TEAM HONOREE
Center for Adult Autism Services
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Christopher Manente
James Maraventano
Julia Iannaccone
Ian Bober
Erin Walker
Amy Gravino
Joshua Langberg

Rutgers Outstanding Service Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Emilia Iwu
Global Health Nursing at Rutgers School of Nursing
Rutgers Health

TEAM HONOREE
Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Luanne Hughes
Julie Frazee
Joan Healy
Brian Quilty
Katelyn Waldeck
Pierrera Brown
Elizabeth Vargas
Dawn Mcginnis
Carly Truett
Chantielle Harris
Melanie Brill
Angela Alexander De Ramos
Catherine Diamond
Odalis Macario
Heather Doerr
Marissa Colanzi
Isabella Tullio

Pride of Rutgers Award

INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Helene Derisi
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Rutgers Health

TEAM HONOREE
Radiation Oncology of Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Health
Gulam Rather
Devora Schiff

Learn more about the honorees

Celebrate those who do so much for our students, for our employees, for the university itself, and for the broader society.

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