Award Recipients and Nominees

The Staff Recognition Committee is pleased to recognize the following past and present Michigan Ross staff members for their outstanding accomplishments.

2025

Ross Star Award

Recipient

Jaclyn Smith

2025

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Lynnette Iannace
Joey Petriches

Nominees

Annie Atkinson
Michelle Austin
Lisa Bradley-Kern
Lisa Frye

Tiffani Garth
Julia Hoffert
Sheryl Redding-Humphrey
Jennifer Zimmer

2024

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Hannah Anglin
Andrea Hook
Melissa Krammer
Ian Kwant
Karen Phelps
Gabriella Ring

Nominees

Virginia Balan
Todd Elkins
Jennifer Erickson
Jeffrey Fleckenstein
Annaliese Fowler
Alexis Gedeon
James Gist
Rachel Grimes
Dylan Hancook
Kimberly Jackson
Michael Kelliher

Lisa Kolander
Lindsey Lulek
Margaret Patterson
Shawna Sloan
Barbara Stevens
Aleena Tan
Carol Tiseo
Nicholas Viviano
Kelsey Walz
Stephen Weinberg
Charmayne Wiley

2024

The Ross Star Award

Recipient

Jennifer Mull

2024

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Jeff Domagala
Kaci Kegler

Nominees

Michelle Austin
Debie Gurkin
Erik Mason
Sarah McIntosh

Sheila Patton
Katie Ramsburgh
Emily Schlaack
Tim Webb

2024

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Wendy Boyle
Denise Coughlin
Shengxian Liu
Lisa Morgan
Tara Start
Ruedee Vance

Nominees

Stephanie Arnold
Kiali Curtis
Eleni Filyo
Annaliese Fowler
Amanda Gates
Diane Griffith
Barbara Kirby-Bloch
Ian Kwant
Ashley Lawrence
Mohamed Madry

Devon Micou
RJ Novack
Margaret Patterson
Karen Phelps
Katy Reeves
Allison Uy
Kelsey Walz
Lysa Wang
Stephen Weinberg
Charmayne Wiley
Chris Wunderlich

2023

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Melissa Cox
Sarika Gupta

Nominees

Shannon Beeman
Jeff Domagala
Lisa Frye
Caroline Grachek
Brian Greminger
Julia Hoffert

Kaci Kegler
Erik Mason
Blaire Moody Rideout
Jessica Oldford
Lisa Pappas

2023

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Janine Amadi
Kristin Jordan
Cecelia Nash
Sue Ruehle
Stephanie Williams
Melissa Zaksek

Nominees

Lance Bowers
Peter Chopp
Betsy Erwin
Sheri Fillip
Eleni Filyo
Kerstin Flynn
Matthew Gaston
Amanda Gates
Margie Heinzman
Kimberly Jackson

Jasmine Jaggers
Shengxian Liu
Ashley McCloskey
Lisa Morgan
Margaret Patterson
Katy Reeves,
Emilee Studley
Ruedee Vance
Stephen Weinberg
Kellie White

2022

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Lillian Chen
Anne Perigo

Nominees

Erin Allett
Annie Atkinson
Melissa Cox
Sarika Gupta
Laura Haas
Catherine Johnson
Emily Keeler

Kaci Kegler
Sheryl Redding-Humphrey
Corey Seeman
Chris Tarnacki
Michelle Wander
Tim Webb

2022

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Marissa Bhuva
Geordie Calhoun
Lacy Calzavara
Emmanuel Galinato
Rachel Giza
Shelly Whitmer

Nominees

Janine Amadi
Virginia Balan
Sue Booth
Lance Bowers
Alan Diez
Kevin Gates
Margie Heinzman
Amy Hunter
Barb Kirby-Bloch
Sheri Fillip
Kourtney Koch
Lisa Kolander
Stephanie Lee
Sandhya Krishnan

Jen Mason
Stephen McKenzie
Marybeth Myers
Michael Rice
Allison Romanowski
Emily Schlaack
Cheryl Strickland
Matthew Turner
Eliana Ungar
Amanda Vogelsang
Stacy Wade
Christine Wunderlich
Victoria Wycoff

2021

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Esther Kyte
Anna Ruszkiewicz

Nominees

Greg Barker
Joshua Brainerd
Melissa Cox
Jeff Domagala
Sarika Gupta
Kaci Kegler
Paul Kirsch
Lizette Korn

Lisa Kozlo
Angela Kujava
Soojin Kwon
Erik Mason
Alice Peoples
Andrea Perry
Megan Piersma
Chris Visel

2021

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Lindsay Apperson
Madeline Dickens
Patti Lamparter
Jen Mason
Lonnie Neumann
Bria Reiniger

Nominees

Asli Aka
Laura Berdish
Lillian Chen
Cindy Curry
Kelly Darnell
Karla Epstein
Tulsa Fearing
Sheri Fillip
Darin Gaston
Carline Grachek
Dianne Haft
Lourdes Jorgensen
Lisa Kolander
Melissa Lee

Linda Lillemoen
Adriana Morariu
RJ Novack
Haley Phillips
Carmen Quinonez
Brittany Rivera
Susan Ruehle
Cassidy Schmid
Ashley Slabinski
Ashley Stauffer
Mike Williams
Betsy Wilson
Christine Wunderlich
Melissa Zaksek

2020

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Caitlin Johnson
Sheila Patton

Nominees

Melissa Cox
Sarika Gupta
Anne Perigo

Corey Seeman
Rhonda Todd
Ashlee Wainright
Regina Zmich

2020

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Virginia Balan
Susan Booth
Kim Jackson
Stephanie Lee
Adriana Morariu
Katie Wiggin-Gawlik

Nominees

Emmanuel Galinato
Stephen Holden
Barbara Kirby-Bloch
Jennifer Lehrer
Katy Lind
Sarah McIntosh

Ronnie Riggar
Cassidy Schmid
Drea Shipp-Caldwell
Eliana Ungar
Ayesha Usmani
Michelle Wander

2019

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

James Cleaver
Chelsea Kwiatkowski

Nominees

Sarika Gupta
Lisa Kozlo

Lisa Pappas
Jenni Patterson
Blaire Moody Rideout

2019

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Theresa Ceccarelli
Chelsey Daly
Lily McKnight
Jennifer Mull
Margaret Patterson
Tara Start

Nominees

Jessi Cebulski
Cynthia Curry
Emily Deedler
Barbara Hopkins
Jennifer Huntington
Matthew Kelterborn
Lisa Kolander
Katherine Kulhawik
Adriana Morariu

Taryn Petryk
Allison Romanowski
Chris Tarnacki
Brooke Teremi
Zachary Tobin
Stephen Weinberg
Katie Wiggins-Gawlik
Betsy Wilson

2018

The Ross Way Supervisory Excellence Awards

Recipients

Amy Contrera
Katrina Vegter

Nominees

Ana Austin
Lillian Chen
Audrey Colbath
Jeff Domagala
Diana Economy
Rochelle Haug

Lizette Korn
Anne Perigo
Megan Piersma
Amy Tuckfield
Jennifer Zimmer

2018

The Ross Way Staff Excellence Awards

Recipients

Kristy Bajcz
Clea Davis
Todd Elkins
Judy Fry
Sheila Green
Natalie Summers

Nominees

Virginia Balan
Shannon Beeman
Cheryl Bullister
Geordie Calhoun
Theresa Ceccarelli
Jessica Cebulski
Cindy Curry
Chelsey Daly
Kelly Darnell
Lori Fietz
Emmanuel Galinato
Matthew Gaston
Dianne Haft
James Jensen
Ada Kalusha
Lisa Kiser
Lisa Kolander

Esther Kyte
Patti Lamparter
Adriana Morariu
Mary Nickson
George Rauch
Emily Reash
Katy Reeves
Michele Semones
Andrea Shipp-Caldwell
Tara Start
Alexandra Tharp
Ruedee Vance
Stacy Wade
Cathy Webb
Stephen Weinberg
Laura Wilson

2017*

*Awards were rescheduled from Dec 2016 to May 2017, so there are no names shown for 2016

Recipients

Colton Babladelis
Kristin Evans
Diane Griffith
Jon Gumtow
Scott Shawcross
Laura Turner

Nominees

John Belcher
Joshua Brainerd
Angela Ceely
Debbie Check
Cheryl denBroeder-Kelly
Emmanuel Galinato
Lisa Kiser
Brenda Mason
Marla McGraw

Myrtes Moore
Janet Nightingale
Sheila Patton
Tara Start
Stacey Stites
Brandon Uckele
Stephen Weinberg
Laura Wilson

2015

Recipients

Christopher Ankney
Mike Bice 
Andrea Clark
Dwana Jones
Megan Miller
Emily Schlaack

Nominees

Angela Ceely
Barb Kirby-Block
Cheryl Strickland
Emily Deedler
Emily Doyle
Fred Jablonski
Fred Olsen
Halley Todd
Jackie Riecks
Jen Mason
Jennifer Evans

Karen Phelps
Kay Kohler
Kelsey Belzak
Laura Haas
Laura Wilson
Lisa Kozlo
Lori Sherman
Melissa Famula Vert
Sammi Allen
Stacey Shennan
Terry Kosdrosky

2014

Recipients

Betsy Dooley
Betsy Erwin
Aisha Holly
Caitlin Johnson
Marybeth Myers
Shelly Whitmer

Nominees

Connie Allen
Susan Andrzejewski
Laura Berdish
Michael Bice
Kate Bonk
Leana Chadwick
Kristin Evans
Sheri Fillip
Rochelle Haug
Nancy Kim

Harry Mayers
Julie Nussdorfer
Michael Payne
Emily Schlaack
Leslie Simpson
Cheryl Strickland
Halley Todd
Caroline Tuet
Laura Wilson
David Worley 

2013

Recipients

Lindsay Chmielewski
Margie Heinzman
Alice Peoples
Susan Slavin
Melissa Syapin
Margaret Volchoff

Nominees

Laura Berdish
Erika Busch
Debra Check
Ted Christensen
Audrey Colbath
Diana Economy
Betsy Erwin
Sheri Fillip
Debie Gurkin
Dianne Haft
Claire Hogikyan

Kim Jackson
Nancy Kim
Lauren Knoll
Jean Leverich
James Logan
Janet Nightingale
Eric Olson
Jackie Riecks
Cheryl Strickland
Betsy Zielinski

2012

Recipients

Jo Anne Cullip
Jean Dome
Dianne Haft
Amanda Hodge
Karen Lewis
Robert Norris

Nominees

Virginia Balan
Kate Bonk
Erika Busch
Geordie Calhoun
Leana Chadwick
Lindsay Chmielewski
Jatell Driver
Todd Elkins
Norma Esquivel
Christerfer Frazier
Judy Fry
Debie Gurkin
Leslie Guyor
Amy Hagen
Margie Heinzman
Lynn Hutto

Kim Jackson
Nancy Kim
Paula Kopka
Melissa Lee
Heather Moore
Janet Nightingale
Jesse Ruf
Michele Semones
Vicki Simon
Amu Spooner
Melissa Syapin
Jackie Trotter
Margaret Volchoff
Betsy Wilson
Rena Worley
Sally Ziph

2011

Recipients

Virginia Balan
Patricia Everett
Nancy Melvin
Michaele Reeves
Matt Thieleman
Nicole Watson

Nominees

Connie Allen
Sammi Allen
Gale Amyx
Laura Berdish
Michael Bice
Keven Burchfield
Geordie Calhoun
Mary Ceccanese
Debra Check
Lillian Chen
Cyndy Cleveland
Jo Anne Cullip
Adam Czarnecki
Peter D’Angelo
Jean Dome
Sarah Dorchak

Jatell Driver
Entire Exec Ed Team
Debie Gurkin
Amanda Hodge
Kimberly Jackson
Brian Jones
Ada Kalusha
Ryan McKenzie
Lynda Morgan
Leslie Mulder
Janet Nightingale
RJ Novak
Emily Schlaack
Susan Slavin
Melissa Syapin
Jackie Trotter

2010

Recipients

Karen Houghtaling
Kim Jackson
Beautelle McCoy
Lisa Menardi
Pam Russell
Rick Slane

Nominees

Pyper Alpern
Virginia Balan
Geordie Calhoun
Mary Ceccanese
Debbie Check
Lillian Chen
Nick Chrumka
Jo Anne Cullip
Adam Czarnecki
Dan Green
Mary Green
Diane Griffith
Debie Gurkin

Diane Hunt
Diana Jhin
Brian Jones
Lynn Kujawa
Kai Petainen
Sarah Powers
Nancy Schoun
Corey Seeman
Susan Slavin
Melissa Syapin
Benita Threadgil
Nicole Watson
Ted White

2009

Recipients

Ana Dora
Jenalyn Gandola
Linda Gorlitz
Fred Olsen
Amy Spooner
Shelly Whitmer

Nominees

Virginia Balan
Claudia Foullier
Dianne Haft
Jodi Holbrook
Barb Kirby-Block
Melissa Lee
Carolyn Maguire
Shannon Marshall
Beautelle McCoy
Lisa Menardi
Heather Moore

Katrina Patterson
Sarah Powers
Pam Russell
Carol Schimelpfenig
Nancy Schoun
Nikki Seger
Rick Slane
Sheryl Smith
Benita Threadgill
Heidi Weiss

2008

Recipients

Jennifer Huntington
Lynn Hutto
Lynn Kujawa
April Miller
Cecelia Nash
Renee Peterson

Nominees

Jo Anne Cullip
Adam Czarnecki
Frank Fanzone
Susan Fedewa
Sheri Fillip
Jenalyn Gandola
Linda Gorlitz
Paula Kopka
Angie Lausche
Carolyn Maguire

Beautelle McCoy
Karen Phelps
Laura Phillips
Sarah Powers
Pam Russell
Nadirah Saleem
Leah Sipher-Mann
Rick Slane
Sheryl Smith
Heidi Weise

2007

Recipients

Stefanie Ainley
Joyce Buchanan
Cindy Cantrell
Teresa Herrick
Janet Max
Tammy Zill

Nominees

Carolyn Adams
Donna Adams
Laura Berdish
Marilyn Bernhardt
Martie Boron
Pam Brown
Ericka Busch
Geordie Calhoun
Jo Anne Cullip
Chris Frazier
Rosie Givens
Debie Gurkin
Dianne Haft
Sandie Hogue
Diana Hunt
Jennifer Huntington
Lars Jensen
Kathleen Johnston
Ada Kalusha

Carol Kinser
Barbara Kirby-Bloch
Paul Kirsch
Carolyn Maguire
Miranda McCoy
Frank Moore
Heather Moore
Janet Nightingale
Renee Peterson
Barb Pietraszewski
Evonne Plantinga
Pamela Russell
Seema Sawhney
Rick Slane
Susan Slavin
Kara Vitek
Stacy Wade
Heidi Weise
Shelly Whitmer

2006

Recipients

Pam Brown
Mary Green
Janet Nightingale
Kai Petanian
Cheryl Strickland
Sinia Whatmore

Nominees

Greg Barker
Nancy Becker
Barb Kirby Bloch
Martie Boron
Pat Brainard
John Bresette
Sherry Brueger
Joyce Buchanan
Cindy Cantrell
Amy Cell
Vestine Chilcutt
AJ Dziak
Sheri Fillip
Kristin Flynn
Rosie Givens
Debie Gurkin
Dianne Haft
Teresa Herrick
Christy King
Paula Kopka

Linda Lillemoen
Jan Malas
RJ Novak
Renee Peterson
Joshua Pierce
Heather Rindells
Pam Russell
Molly Sanford
Rebecca Shark
Rick Slane
Mary Sinkewiz
Susan Slavin
John Sterbenz
Michele Thompson
Tony Tsci
Faith Vlcek
Kimberly Ward
Shelly Whitmer
Mary Witalec
Sally Ziph

2005

Recipients

Dale Evans
Lars Jensen
Margaret Oberle
Susan Slavin
Katrina Vegter
Rena Worley

Nominees

Connie Allen
Charlene Bechtelheimer
Jeanette Bierkamp
Joyce Buchanan
AJ Dziak
Sheri Fillip
Steve Gilbert
Mary Green
Debie Gurkin
Dan Kim
Young Kim
Paula Kopka

Emily Larson
Janet Max
Katrina Patterson
Kai Petainen
Barb Pietraszewski
Pam Russell
Ted Schaefer
Sally Sivrais
Cheryl Strickland
Faith Vlcek
Melissa Wong
Tammy Zill

2004

Recipients

Darlene Bourne
Becky Erskine
Debie Gurkin
Lisa Kincius
Patti Lamparter
Shelly Whitmer

2003

Recipients

Nick Chrumka
Anjal Keiser
Dona Kennedy
Linda Lillemoen
Nate Olmstead
Michael Rice

2002

Recipients

Julie Antis
Pat Belluci
Steve Gilbert
Linda Gorlitz
Dianne Haft
Cathy Webb

2001

Recipients

Marilyn Bernhardt
Cynthia Cleveland
Katherine Heumann
Loree Martin
Kai Petainen
Karen Weber

2000

Recipients

Erika Bullock
Barbara Kirby-Bloch
Paula Kopka
Janet Nightingale
Ollie Thomas
Carey Vernarsky

1999

June Recipients

Brenda Apsitis
Maureen Burns
Sheri Geiger
Sandie Hogue
Lynn Hutto
Dirk Vanveen

Dec Recipients

Jodi Bean
Gina Brooke
Sherry Brueger
Judy Dooley
Jo Ann Sokkar
Shelly Whitmer

1998

June Recipients

Judy Fearnside
Elise Kelly
Kenneth Martin
Linda Schaeffer
Terry Silver
Sandy Stapish

Dec Recipients

Cindy Cantrell
Anne Dziak
Beverly McKinney
Robert Sandifer
Sam Swaminathan
Nicki Vick

1997

June Recipients

Jeanette Bierkamp
Mary Ceccanese
Jane Lieberthal
Judy Mannetter
Diana Scheer
Kevin Sobieski

Dec Recipients

David Ardis
Sheri Fillip
Anita LaCoss
Patti Lamparter
Patti Postel
Cheryl Strickland

1996

June Recipients

Teresa Colony
Tom Davis
Linda Gorlitz
Kathryn Huss
Tom Shaheen
Chris Visel

Dec Recipients

Judy Calkins
Lori Castle
Jennifer Cochran
Lori Jager
Kimberly Reid
Jeroen Spitael

1995

June Recipients

Charlene Bechtelheimer
Edna Corby
Joanne Ripple
Kathy Sequin
Doris Shapardanis
Melinda Stuber

Dec Recipients

Connie Allen
Barbara Bachant
Pam Downie
Brenda Falkowski
Pat Forest
Lori Franz

1994

June Recipients

Ruth Acir
Laura Adams
Christi Bemister
Karon Bernhard
Marilyn Daigle
Carolyn Magurie

Dec Recipients

Sherry Folsom
John Herring
Hai Huynh
Debbie Lentz
Margaret Oberle
Jim Stevens

1993

June Recipients

We’re off and running!

Dec Recipients

Ed Adams
John Bresette
Rebecca Gaffney
Kate Pittsley
Barbara Power
Mary Witalec