The Administrative and Finance awards ceremony recognizes the outstanding contributions of employees within the Division of Administration & Finance every academic year. At this years A&F awards ceremony, the efforts of several Facilities staff members were highlighted alongside that of other A&F Offices.

     The award ceremony included three categories where several Facilities employees were recognized.  For the Silence Service Award category, Karl Keilbach, Beverly Ross, Jennifer Rea and Morris Woodard were nominated from Facilities Services. Jennifer Brasher and James Regan were nominated from Facilities Planning and Construction and Sandra KitManYen, Yessica Galindo, Toccara Randle, Jalessa Olokun, Tammy Talley as well as Michelle Lee were nominated from Facilities Business Services. The General Maintenance Department was the only office in Facilities that was nominated for the Propel award.

For the Spirit of Excellence award, Clara Winfree, Craig Whitfield, Joujou Zebdaoui, Karl Keilbach, Keyris Alvarenga Longinos, Rick Schell and Morris Woodard were nominated from Facilities Services. Cynthia King, Rayna Brown, Rick Beltran, Victor Kalani as well as the Facilities Business Services FAMIS Building, Projects Team and Procurement were nominated. Of all the nominations, Thomas Dane and Jennifer Rea won awards at the event.

    Thomas Dane, a Skilled Trades Technician with the Local Maintenance Services, received the Susutainability Champion Award. He has been working in general maintenance at the University of Houston since 2005. Unaware of his nomination, Dane was surprised when presented the award. He stated that he has always been inclined to environmental consciousness and was grateful that his efforts on campus were recognized.

     Jennifer Rea, the Facilities Communication Coordinator, was the recipient of the Silent Service Award. She has been working with Facilities  for 3 years overseeing the daily communication between Facilities and the campus building coordinators regarding construction and maintenance updates. She was a recipient of the Sustainability award last year as well. She was grateful for being recognized once again as she was also unaware of her nomination.

     Facilities is proud of the efforts of all their employees and heartily congratulates all the award recipients.