2009 Recipients
The selection committee congratulates all those nominated and chosen for the inaugural Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award.
Individual Awardees
Delphine Byrd
Patricia Coleman-Burns
Tendaji Ganges
Robert Koonce
Inel Lewis
Tiffany Porties
Greg Snyder
Mary Stewart
Debbie Taylor
Team Awardees
Michigan Community Scholars Staff
Business and Finance Diversity Committee
UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Center
Division of General Pediatrics/Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit
Cancer Center Community Outreach Program
List of Nominees
| Nominee | Department | Nominated by: |
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Business & Finance Diversity Committee |
Office of the EVP CFO |
Maureen Ybarra |
Cancer Center Community Outreach Program |
Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Aisha Langford |
Division of General Pediatrics / Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit |
Division of General Pediatrics |
Dr. Gary Freed |
Michigan Community Scholars Program |
LS&A Undergraduate Education |
Amanda Hooper |
UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Center |
UM Dearborn - School of Education |
Catherine Kurtjian |
Multicultural Environmental Leadership Development Initiative |
School of Natural Resources & Environment |
Dorceta E. Taylor |
Diversity & Career Development Office |
Medical School |
Andrea Knittel |
Diversity & Career Development Office |
Medical School |
Tahnee C. H. Prokopow |
New Hope Outreach Clinic |
Geriatrics Center |
Laura Galia |
Library Diversity Committee |
University Library |
Charles Ransom |
Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs staff |
Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs |
Anita Bohn |
Office of Student Conflict Resolution |
Jackie Simpson |
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Managed Care / Student Insurance Office |
Managed Care / Student Insurance Office |
Nina Thomas |
Pat McCune |
Rackham Graduate School |
Janet Weiss |
Delphine Byrd |
Admissions - Law School |
Sarah Zearfoss |
Patricia Coleman-Burns |
School of Nursing |
Cathy Felder |
Tendaji Ganges |
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Robert Koonce |
Undergraduate Student Affairs - Ross School of Business |
Karen Bird |
Inel Lewis |
Diversity & Career Development Office - Medical School |
Oluwaferanmi Okanlami |
Tiffany Stonestreet Porties |
Program in Biomedical Sciences |
Miriam Mesiler |
Greg Snyder |
Purchasing Department - UM Flint |
Ruth Person |
Mary Stewart |
University Unions Event Services |
Margaret Aldridge |
Debbie Taylor |
Women in Science and Engineering Program |
Cinda-Sue Davis |
Cynthia Barhyte |
Newnan LS&A Academic Advising Center |
Martha P. Kirpes |
William (Nick) Collins |
Center for Educational Outreach |
Marie Ting |
Gary Freed |
General Pediatrics / CHEAR Unit |
Susan Woolford |
C. Olivia Frost |
School of Information |
Jeffrey Mackie-Mason |
Gerald Hoff |
UMH Insurance & Registration & Insurance Verification |
Jim Chambers |
Marilyn Hollier |
Security and Entrance Services |
Erik Patterson |
James Jackson |
Institute for Social Research |
Emily Merchant |
Tamaria Leverett |
University Health Service |
Patricia Richter |
Helen Look |
University Library |
Charles Ransom |
Charlene McLean |
Mott PACU |
Trish First |
John Matlock |
Office of the Provost & Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives |
Je'Nai Talley |
Jun Ni |
Manufacturing Science, Mechanical Engineering |
Youxue Zhang |
Michael Parise |
Internal Medicine - Allergy |
Thommey P. Thomas |
Nilton O. Renno |
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science |
Shintaro Taniguchi |
Robert Scott |
College of Engineering |
Tony England |
Jean Thatcher Shope |
Transportation Research Institute |
Johnathon Ehsani |
Sabrina Starks |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Doria Chege |
Flannery Stevens |
Management & Organizations - Ross School of Business |
Flannery Stevens |
Sharon Vaughters |
Dean of Students Office |
Anita Bohn |
Brian Wallace |
Psychology |
Theresa Lee |
Nicole Washington |
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) |
Dorene Markel |
Marilyn Woolfolk |
Dental School |
Marita Rosch Inglehart |