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The U-M Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award

The selection committee congratulates all those nominated and chosen for the inaugural Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award. Awardees were recognized at an event on May 5, 2009.

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Individual Awardees

Charles Ransom
Cinda-Sue Davis
George Myers III
Jackie Simpson
Kate Van Valkenburgh
Evans Young
Pam Fowler
Dorothy McLeer
Megan Piersma
Marlys Deen

Derrick Scott (honorable mention)
Andrace Deyampert (honorable mention)

Team Awardees

Women of Color Task Force
Health Occupations Partners in Education (HOPE)
Faculty and Staff of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Deborah Goldberg and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Frontiers Masters Program Team
Division of Student Affairs - Workgroup for One Division

Office of Financial Aid - Outreach (honorable mention)
Ypsilanti Health Center (honorable mention)

 

 
INDIVIDUAL NOMINATIONS

Nominee

Title

Department

Juliet Ballard
(jwballar)

Marketing & Communications Specialist

Cardiovascular Center Marketing

J. Sybil Biermann
(biermann)

Associate Professor & Director

Orthopedic Oncology

Anthony Boney
(tones)

Clinical Care Coordinator

UMH Homecare

Bridgette Bortz
(bbortz)

Administrative Assistant Senior

Cancer Center

Mark D. Comstock
(alco)

Inventory Control Manager

Property Control / Financial Analysis

Charles N. Ellis, M.D.
(cellis)

Professor &  Associate Chair

Dermatology

Mary Filipek
(mfilipek)

Interim Manager UM Carelink Training

Orders Management Project - Training
(Carelink)

Evelyn Foster
(evelynf)

Entrance Services Manager

Security & Entrance Services

Mariko Foulk
(mfoulk)

Social Worker

Social Work - Geriatrics

Larry Gant
(lmgant)

Professor of Social Work

School of Social Work

Gerald P. Hoff
(ghoff)

Insurance Verification Representative

UMH Registration & Insurance Verification

Holly Hughes
(hahughes)

Associate Professor

School of Art & Design

Richard Hume
(rhume)

Professor & Chair

Department of Molecular, Cellular &
Developmental Biology

Carmella Jordan
(cljordan)

Physical Therapist Technician

Canton OT PT PMR

Randy Kamin
(rkamin)

Orthotic & Prosthetic Technician Lead

Orthotics & Prosthetics

Sherry Kelly
(hairston)

Director of Business Operations

Alumni Association

Scott Klee
(scoklee)

Patient Services Assistant

UMH Employee Health Service

Jeffrey Long
(longjc)

Professor

Department of Human Genetics

Monica Lypson, M.D.
(mlypson)

Assistant Dean & Assistant Professor

Graduate Medical Education & Internal
Medicine

Kyla McMullen
(kyla)

Graduate Student

Computer Science & Engineering

Ramaswami Mahalingam
(ramawasi)

Associate Professor & Assistant Research
Scientist

Psychology

Sonya Miller, M.D.
(sonyamil)

Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation

Jun Ni
(junni)

Shien-Ming (Sam) Wu Collegiate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Winifred W. Northcross
(wnorth)

Administrative Specialist

Internal Medicine - Geriatrics Center

Deborah Orlowski
(orlowski)

Training & Organizational Development
Consultant

Human Resource Development

Tiffany Porties
(stonestr)

Director of Recruiting

Program in Biomedical Sciences

Kate Restrick
(restrick)

Project Manager

Institute for Research on Women and
Gender

Vivanne Schnitzer-Hendrickson
(vsh)

Hispanic Communications Coordinator

Office of the Vice President for
Communications

Donald L. Sims, Jr.
(donalds)

Business Administrator Intermediate

Center for Afroamerican & African Studies

Luann Stewart
(luanns)

Administrative Assistant Senior

Psychiatry

Tricia Tang, Ph.D.
(tangts)

Research Investigator & Assistant Professor

Medical Education

Carol Van Huysen
(cvanh)

Senior Clinical Research Project  Manager

Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health
Research

Thomas Wakefield, M.D.
(thomasww)

Division Head - Vascular Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Nichole Washington
(washingn)

Assistant Office Manager

Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health
Research

Molly White
(mollycd)

Community Engagement Program Manager

Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health
Research

 
TEAM NOMINATIONS

Nominee

Title

Department

The Diversity & Career
Development Office

 

University of Michigan Medical School

Engage Redevelopment
Team

 

Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health
Research

General Pediatrics / Child
Health Evaluation &
Research Unit

 

Pediatrics

David Gordon (dgordon) &
Joseph Fantone (jfantone)

Professor & Associate Dean
Professor & Associate Dean

Pathology

Patricia Hall (patlhall) &
Elaine Reed (elainere) &
Harold Green (haroldg)

Program Coordinator
Program Assistant
Program Aide

Silver Club Programs - Geriatrics

Healthy Asian American
Project

 

School of Nursing

Interpreter Services

 

Interpreter Services

Stacey Klett (solinger) &
Dr. Lourdes Velez (lvelez)

Clinic Manager
Physician

Ypsilanti Family Practice

Benedict Lucchesi (benluc),
Dennis Ondreyka
(ondreyka)

Professor of Pharmacology
Chief Department Administrator

Pharmacology

The Staff Team of the
Michigan Community
Scholars Program

 

Michigan Community Scholars Program

Multi-Cultural Awareness
Committee

 

University Health Service

New Hope Outreach Clinic
Staff

 

Geriatrics Center

Department of Outpatient
Registration & Insurance
Verification

 

Outpatient Registration & Insurance
Verification

April Pichlik (apichlik) &
Geri Durka-Pelok (gpelok)

Regional Program Coordinator
Instructional Designer

Society for College & University Planning

Programs for Educational
Opportunity

 

School of Education

Rachel Rush () &
Patricia Cox (pacox)

8C Nurse Manager
8C Clinical Nurse Specialist

Nursing, 8C Main Hospital

SAPAC Staff

 

Division of Student Affairs

Livonia Dialysis Team

 

Livonia Dialysis

 

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and University Human Resources, and reflect our deep and enduring commitment to the value of diversity.