About 175 staff members at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus were thanked for their years of service at a breakfast at CU South Denver last week.
Receiving invitations to the recognition event, organized by Human Resources, were all active CU Denver and CU Anschutz exempt professional and classified staff who achieved years-of-service milestones at five-year increments in calendar year 2017, beginning with 10 years and going up to 45 years.
The two longest-tenured staff members were Susan Hom, a resource management professional at the Auraria Library, at 45 years, and Sharon Funk, who currently serves as a physical therapist in the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center in the CU School of Medicine at CU Anschutz, at 40 years.
CU Denver Chancellor Dorothy Horrell and CU Anschutz Chancellor Don Elliman each extended congratulations and thanks to the staff members for their contributions to the university.
“This institution is what it is because of you,” Horrell said. “Our impact on the city, the state and beyond has been forged because of your hard work.”
Elliman recalled visiting the Fitzsimons site shortly after the decision was made to relocate the CU Health Sciences Center to the former Army base. “I remember taking the elevator all the way to the top of Building 500 and looking out over a field of weeds and thinking, ‘What did we just do?’” he said. “But today, I look out over the campus and it’s an amazing sight.”
He added, “You built the past of this campus; the future of our campus stands on your shoulders.”
The honorees:
10 years of service
Daniel Almaraz
Suzanne Arnold
Julie Atwood
Sandra Backus
Justin Bain
Mary Baker
Sudabeh Balakhani
Leonard Barrett
Richard Beall
Katherine Beatty
Debra Best
Tobin Bliss
Christopher Bufmack
Ken Bullard
Delores Cano
Dwayne Carrington
Maria Carvajal
Christina Cass
Vaquero Cooper
Jodi Cropper
Julia Cummings
Amy Dahlbach
Brian Davis
Cynthia Davis
Marlene Davis
Addis Dessalegn
Laurel Dodds
Essi Ellis
Joey Failma
Camden Farmer
Philip Faulkner Jr.
Esperanza Fernandez
John Filippone Jr.
James Fisher
Krystal Fox
Sandra Fradenburg
Joy French
Donald Fulton
Kelli Giacomini
Kathryn Gray
Tracy Gray
Helen Gurnee
Heather Hallman
Tai-Ping Hartwell
Donahue Hayes
Brittany Heer
Jennifer Helgeson
Paulina Hernandez
Eric Herrera
Carol Heun
Tamara Hoegerl
Sherry Holden
Herman Houston
Patricia Houston
Tristine Huerta
Justin Jaramillo
Devra Keyes
Oksana Korsunskaya
Tina Kutsuma
Catherine Lacey
Lily Landry
George Lanford
Michelle Larson-Krieg
Gary Lee
Bryan Less
Jeannie Losh
Kevin Lyster
Shannon Maes
Jennifer Maitlen
Archie Mallo
Brittney Mangravito
Gabriel Mascarenas
Sarah Massena
Kirk McCrimmon
Curtis Meadows
Sara Miller
Carlos Miron
Lisa Montano
Debbie Morrison
Morag Nairn
Roderick Nairn
John Neal
Katharine Nejkauf
Carol Palmer
Michelle Paul
Maria Portelli
Kurt Proffitt
Jeffrey Quinones-Finch
Julie Rea
Allison Reeds
Ganchimeg Rinchinjugder
Jody Robertson
Daniel Robinson
Cecilia Romero
Michael Shalhoub
Carolee Silvey
Brian Slentz
Jarrett Smith
Jennifer Smith
Shana Spears
Susan St. Pierre
Melissa Stanford
Robert Stiner
Spencer Stretz
Deanne Sylvester
Thomas Thuis
Aleksandr Tovbis
Perla Vamos
Dennis Vander Houwen
Emily Warren
David White
Vicki Wright
Kevin Young
Gail Zander
15 years of service
G. Arge
Patricia Ball
Richard Benson
Lonnie Bergman
Edith Butts
Christine Cook
Linda Corn
Rachel Cornelius
Lethi Cussen
Melanie Ellison
Salina Evans
Shannon Hains
Christine Lukvec
David MacLean
Lynn Magnuson
Galit Mankin
Shaun McMullin
Carol Morken
Kyle Osborn
Jennifer Peterson
James Salmen
Cynthia Subia
20 years of service
Yuriy Belits
Debra Dorsey
Gwen Frederick
Quynh Nhu Hoang
Katherine Honda
Abigail Jaquez
Jessica John
George Johnston
Supak Kerdpanthong
Melissa Lemieux
Becky McGowan
Hiep Nguyen
Joann Porter
Robert Riley
Jay Rodenburg
Christina Smith
Luana Tadolini
Boris Umanskiy
25 years of service
Paula Avey-Cook
Denise Donnelly
Timothy Edwards
Thomas Frost
Rachel Gallegos
Vaughn Larsen
Antoinette Sandoval
Victoria Saulsberry
30 years of service
Beverly Brunson
Sarah Fuhr
Egegayohu Michel
David Regennitter
Scott Roen
Lisa Solorzano Atencio
Frank Whispell
35 years of service
Julie Kim
Maureen Pasquale Bloom
Iris Williams
40 years of service
Sharon Funk
45 years of service
Susan Hom