This is an employee of the month and employee of the year program that runs on the calendar year (January through December). The selection process is designed with fairness in mind: employees are nominated by their peers and selected anonymously based on the contents of their nomination form.

Since Business Affairs is a large division that performs diverse functions, the staff is divided into two groups of approximately equal size whose employees work in related fields:

• Facilities management, planning and construction, and real estate
• Financial services/controller; resource management; budget and analysis; and administration services

Nominations should explain how an employee’s actions exceed expectations for their role. When nominating a co-worker consider these criteria:

To be eligible for the program, an employee must:

• Be a current UNLV Business Affairs employee
• Have worked in UNLV Business Affairs for at least six (6) months
• Be in good standing (e.g., not in a progressive disciplinary process, last performance appraisal was satisfactory, etc.)
• No self-nominations allowed!

Note: While an employee can be nominated more than once for the employee of the month award, he/she cannot win more than two monthly awards in a calendar year. A nominator cannot nominate the same employee more than once in a calendar year.

Employees nominate other employees for this award. Only one employee may be included per nomination. Group or team nominations will not be accepted. The nominator does not need to be the employee’s supervisor.

To nominate an employee, fill out the Business Affairs Employee Appreciation nomination form.

Nominations are due by the 25^th of each month.

Winners are announced monthly in the Business Affairs Bulletin.

Nomination Review Committees

Business Affairs employees are divided into two groups. One group is comprised of the facilities management, planning & construction, and real estate departments. The other group is comprised of financial services, controller, resource management, budget & analysis, human resources, and administration services departments.

Each employee group has a dedicated nomination review committee that evaluates nominations and selects monthly winner(s).

• Each committee has at least five (5) members. Committees always include an odd number of members if membership exceeds five.
• Committee members rotate biennially.
• Committee members do not report directly to the vice president of Business Affairs. The committees consist of employees’ peers.
• The Office of the Vice President of Business Affairs assists in the selection of committee members as members rotate off the committee.

Anonymity

• Members of the review committees do not see the nominees’ names, which are replaced by an identifying number, when evaluating the submissions.
• Per the nomination form instructions, please do not use the employee’s name in the nomination narrative.
• The committees evaluate nominees based on the nomination narrative.

Number of Winners

• For the monthly award, each group may have one winner, for a possible total of two monthly winners for the division.
  • The review committees do not have to select a monthly winner.
• For the annual award, each review committee will choose one winner from a pool of up to 12 monthly award winners, for a possible total of two annual winners for the division.

• Cory Martin, Facilities Management
• Karlie Passey, BA Business Partner - Human Resources

• Jennifer Cozzolino, Cashiering
• Maisara Abebe, Facilities Management

• Matthew Diggins, Financial Services
• Rob Howard, Facilities Management

• Julie Moos, Risk Management & Safety

• Kaytie Hackett, Planning & Construction

• Craig Topple, Electronic Document Services

• Bonita Johnson, Facilities Management

• Jesse Burnett, Facilities Management

• Yahsin Armstrong, Facilities Management
• Logan Cohen, Parking & Transportation Services

• Gina Gamble, Real Estate

• Michael Archibald, Shadow Lane Facilities Management

• Rodney Woodwall, Delivery Services
• Calvin Milling, Facilities Management 

• Cory Martin, Building Automation System Specialist 2, Facilities Management
• Jennifer Cozzolino, Accountant Technician 1, Cashiering & Student Accounts

• Stephen Valine, senior software developer, administration technology services
• Maisara Abebe, assistant director, facilities management 

• Rose Cummings, Program Officer, Cashiering and Student Accounts
• Mike Kwiecien, Senior Project Manager, Planning and Construction

• Dave Coleman, Facility Manager, Facilities Management

• Jarred Achong, Custodial Worker 2, Facilities Management

• Bill Knox, Maintenance Repair Worker 3, Shadow Lane Facilities Management
• Daniel Landeros, Fire & Life Safety Inspector 2, Risk Management & Safety

• Jeff Lagesse, Parking Operations and Events Administrator, Parking & Transportation Services
• Andres DeLeon, HVACR Specialist 2, Facilities Management

• Robin Love, Administrative Assistant IV, Risk Management & Safety
• Haysam Selim, System Administrator, Facilities Management

• Kim Seifert, Administrative Assistant III, Risk Management & Safety 
• Jeffrey Hahn, Maintenance Repair Specialist 2, Shadow Lane Facilities Management

• Kelly Owsley, Senior Purchasing Analyst, Purchasing
• Jeremy Malone, Plumber 2, Fire/ Life Safety

• Elora Paik, Principal Systems Analyst, Financial Systems

• Jemil Galang, Equipment Mechanics 2, Facilities Management
• Darren Paulson, Director of Telecommunications, Business Affairs - Administration

• Kinesha Davis, Project Coordinator Facilities Management
• Deon Day, Safety Representative Risk Management & Safety

• Rose Cummings, Program Officer Cashiering and Student Accounts
• Mike Kwiecien, Senior Project Manager Planning and Construction

• Joshua Payne
  • HVACR specialist 2
• Nathan Frieders
  • Accountant

• Erin Messer
  • Associate Budget Director

• Alexandra Nikolich
  • Executive Director, Financial Systems and Special Projects
• Beau Barnett
  • Landscape and Grounds Manager
     

• Rebecca Paulson
  • Senior Software Developer
• Orlakdy “Dee” Douangprachanh
  • Custodial Worker 1

• Jason Hargis
  • Occupational Safety Program Coordinator
• Leslie Matys
  • Assistant Manager, Rebel Recycling

• Gilda Holliday
  • Supply Technician 2

• Julie Moos
  • Safety Training Specialist
• Antonia Contreras
  • Custodial Worker 1

• Nichole Staker
  • Project Manager, Planning and Construction
• Betty Nielson
  • Systems Analyst, Cashiering and Student Accounts

• Liliana (Lily) Magana
  • Benefits Manager

• Lori Church
  • Deputy Controller
• Ronald Rieger
  • Equipment Mechanic 3

• Bridget Hahn
  • Real Estate Property Manager, Real Estate
• William Smith
  • Fire & Life Safety Inspector 2, Risk Management

• Johannes Pikel
  • Associate Software Developer, Administration Services
• Georgi Batchvarov
  • HVAC Specialist 2, Facilities Management

• Lori Church
  • Deputy Controller
• Leslie Matys
  • Assistant Manager, Rebel Recycling