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