Service & Impact Awards

An annual tradition, 2026 marks the 71st celebration of Caltech's Staff Service & Impact Awards honoring our outstanding community of staff members and the important work they do to advance the mission of the Institute.

Service awards are presented in recognition of length of service, with the first award bestowed at the 10-year mark. This year, we will honor more than 250 staff members—with service ranging from 10 to 45 years—for their on-the-job excellence and commitment to Caltech.

Through the Thomas W. Schmitt Annual Staff Prize, Caltech also honors a staff member whose contributions embody the values and spirit that enable the institute to achieve excellence in research and education.

The Team Impact Award recognizes and rewards those teams that make significant contributions to the work and mission of the Institute. Teams who receive the award should be able to demonstrate that their work impacted and supported the research and/or education programs at the Institute.

Honorees

Team Impact Award

Thomas W. Schmitt Prize

Livestream information will be posted closer to the event on May 14, 2026

2026 Service Award Honorees

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Years Of Service	First Name	Last Name	Division Or Department
10	Katie	Clark	Advancement and Alumni Relations
10	Megan	Denison	Advancement and Alumni Relations
10	Nelly	Khidekel	Advancement and Alumni Relations
10	Bettie	Woods	Advancement and Alumni Relations
10	David	Gonzalez	Athenaeum
10	Jose	Nolasco	Athenaeum
10	Arnoldo	Tobar	Athenaeum
10	Christopher	Verde Fuentes	Athenaeum
10	Anthony	DeJohnette	Audit Services and Institute Compliance
10	Lauren	Breeyear	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	William	Gibson	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	Yi	Huang	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	Ting Hao	Huang	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	Shannon	Park	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	Jessica	Silva	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
10	Allison	Kinard	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
10	Elisha	Okawa	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
10	Paul	Oyala	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
10	Gregory	Rolette	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
10	Armando	Villasenor	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
10	Jaymie	Mateo	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
10	Roberta	Carvalho	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
10	Tiffani	Walker	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
10	Andrew	Good	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
10	Jonathan	Treffkorn	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
10	Lijun	Zhu	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
10	Faria	Chowdhury	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Andreas	Faisst	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Jon	Feicht	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Dave	Flynn	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Pricilla	Godbey	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	David	Hodge	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Dan	Masters	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Reston	Nash	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Elizabeth	Natividad	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Marc	Pirello	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Nathaniel	Stickley	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Amber	Strunk	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Ray	Zarzaca	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10	Takaaki	Akanuma	Facilities Department
10	Glenda	Cisneros	Facilities Department
10	Maria	Corral	Facilities Department
10	Araceli	Espinosa	Facilities Department
10	Alex	Ferrari	Facilities Department
10	Lina	Hollis	Facilities Department
10	Elpidio	Leal	Facilities Department
10	Lauriane	Quenee	Facilities Department
10	Shelley	Scanlon	Facilities Department
10	Nathan	Siladke	Facilities Department
10	Andrew	Bui	Financial Services
10	Michael	Dumaua	Financial Services
10	Lilly	Mendez	Financial Services
10	Cecilia	Solorzano	Financial Services
10	Tony	Zhou	Financial Services
10	Iran	Carranza	Human Resources Department
10	Carolann	Decasiano	Human Resources Department
10	Kevin	Lee	Human Resources Department
10	Michael	Madigan	Human Resources Department
10	Karen	Szeto	Human Resources Department
10	Juan	Lopez	Information Management Systems and Services
10	Joseph	Miller	Information Management Systems and Services
10	Michael	Stone	Information Management Systems and Services
10	Mike	Torres	Information Management Systems and Services
10	Colin	Warren	Information Management Systems and Services
10	Tom	Morrell	Library Services
10	Penny	Neder-Muro	Library Services
10	Olivia	Ramirez	Library Services
10	Jocelyn	Yamasaki	Library Services
10	Leo	Gonzalez	Office of Research Administration
10	Amy	Frausto	Office of the General Counsel
10	Clarisse	Alvarez	Office of the Provost
10	Stephen	Chapman	Office of the Provost
10	Meimei	Dong	Office of the Provost
10	Maria	Manzanares	Office of the Provost
10	Nicole	McMillan	Office of the Provost
10	Peter	Holderness	Strategy Implementation
10	Davin	Malasarn	Strategy Implementation
10	Rosa	Parra	Strategy Implementation
10	Robert	Perkins	Strategy Implementation
10	Edie	Montes	Student Affairs Office
10	Claire	Ralph	Student Affairs Office
10	Samantha	Skinner	Student Affairs Office
10	Vanessa	Tejada	Student Affairs Office
10	Martin	Angel	Student Auxiliary Services
10	Armando	Cano	Student Auxiliary Services
10	Nadia	Nunez	Student Auxiliary Services
10	Elizabeth	Portillo	Student Auxiliary Services
10	Daniel	Ramos	Student Auxiliary Services
15	Laura	Grinnell	Advancement and Alumni Relations
15	Judith	Peres	Advancement and Alumni Relations
15	Dierdre	O'Connell	Athenaeum
15	Claudia	Osuna	Athenaeum
15	Bo	Brown	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
15	Jae Hyoung	Cho	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
15	Grigorios	Oikonomou	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
15	Sandor	Volkan Kacso	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
15	Yuhsien	Wang	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
15	Barry	Baker	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
15	Jennifer	Blankenship	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
15	Christy	Jenstad	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
15	Carmen	Nemer-Sirois	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
15	John	Crounse	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
15	Steve	Hailey-Dunsheath	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Carolyn	Heffner	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Phillip	Korngut	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Matt	Matuszewski	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Melanie	McCandless	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Ed	Merilh	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Carolyn	Peterson	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Simon	Radford	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Jameson	Rollins	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Chris	Soike	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
15	Catherine	Christensen	Facilities Department
15	Dora	Gosen	Facilities Department
15	Lupe	Gudino	Financial Services
15	Laura	Hakobyan	Financial Services
15	Tara	Kruckeberg	Human Resources Department
15	Dan	Caballero	Information Management Systems and Services
15	Kelly	Lam-Tickle	Office of Research Administration
15	Cindy	Coots	Office of the General Counsel
15	Regina	Colombo	Office of the Provost
15	Teresa	Recinos	Office of the Provost
15	Shayna	Chabner McKinney	Strategy Implementation
15	Lance	Hayashida	Strategy Implementation
15	Katie	Neith	Strategy Implementation
15	Claudia	Andrade	Student Affairs Office
15	Helen	Duong	Student Affairs Office
15	Lesley	Nye	Student Affairs Office
15	Joe	Bennethum	Student Auxiliary Services
15	Pablo	Narvaez	Student Auxiliary Services
20	Lelia	Marshall	Advancement and Alumni Relations
20	Natalie	Piega	Advancement and Alumni Relations
20	Mateo	Amador	Athenaeum
20	Neil	Fehring	Athenaeum
20	Michael	Jones	Athenaeum
20	Jose	Ramirez Nava	Athenaeum
20	Jost	Vielmetter	Beckman Institute
20	Peter	Lee	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
20	Eiko	Shimojo	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
20	Sabine	Brinkmann-Chen	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
20	Andres	Jaramillo-Botero	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
20	Soo-Kyung	Kim	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
20	Yubnin	Guan	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
20	Isaac	Hilburn	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
20	Letty	Diaz	Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
20	Lynn	Paul	Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
20	Lisa	Christiansen	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Joseph	Giaime	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Jessica	Krick	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Don	Neill	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Roberta	Paladini	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Ben	Rusholme	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Alan	Zinniker	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
20	Carlos	Duran	Facilities Department
20	Robert	Esparza	Facilities Department
20	Ryan	Robitaille	Facilities Department
20	Abby	Gosalvez	Financial Services
20	Michelle	Lampe	Financial Services
20	Paulina	Perez	Financial Services
20	Ofelia	Velazquez-Perez	Human Resources Department
20	Z	Leite	Information Management Systems and Services
20	Mary	Cross	Office of the President
20	Case	Cortese	Office of the Provost
20	Allison	Benter	Strategy Implementation
20	Martha	Michel	Student Affairs Office
20	Norma	Esparza Alvarez	Student Auxiliary Services
20	Vincent	Lopez	Student Auxiliary Services
20	Martha	Monterroza	Student Auxiliary Services
20	Karyn	Seixas	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Jesus	De La Torre Ortega	Athenaeum
25	Roberto	Elias	Athenaeum
25	Tye	Welch	Audit Services and Institute Compliance
25	Christopher	Cronin	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Leslie	Dunipace	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Blanca	Mariona	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Karl	Oracion	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Kelsie	Pejsa	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Mary	Sikora	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
25	Bobby	Burke	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
25	Heun	Lee	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
25	Ling	Lin	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
25	Nora	Oshima	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
25	Ellen	Yu	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
25	Sabrina	Hameister	Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
25	Philip	Appleton	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
25	Karl	Forster	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
25	Roger	Smith	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
25	Shane	Eagen	Facilities Department
25	Sal	Escobar	Facilities Department
25	Maria	Gonzalez De Bedoy	Facilities Department
25	Jorge	Guerrero	Facilities Department
25	Soledad	Martinez	Facilities Department
25	Ramon	Olvera	Facilities Department
25	Jesus	Parra	Facilities Department
25	Armando	Ramirez	Facilities Department
25	Renee	Cowan	Financial Services
25	Pablo	D'Angelo	Financial Services
25	Hazel	Hall	Financial Services
25	Martin	Madrigal	Financial Services
25	Monique	McMillan	Financial Services
25	Elida	Guillen	Human Resources Department
25	Vicki	Pratt	Human Resources Department
25	Sandhya	Alla	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Sujatha	Alluri	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Mark	Gritten	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Welby	Lai	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Peter	Lin	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Violeta	Maldonado	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Timothy	Townsend	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Victoria	Tse	Information Management Systems and Services
25	Benjamin	Perez	Library Services
25	Frederic	Farina	Office of the Provost
25	Stephanie	Fry	Office of the Provost
25	Candace	Rypisi	Office of the Provost
25	Ingrid	Soto	Office of the Provost
25	Jenny	Somerville	Strategy Implementation
25	Marie	Lara	Student Affairs Office
25	Christine	Waldor	Student Affairs Office
25	Juan	Balcazar	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Jacinto	Benitez	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Martin	Contreras	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Araceli	De La Torre	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Bertha	Gallegos	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Maria	Osuna	Student Auxiliary Services
25	Sandra	Padilla	Student Auxiliary Services
30	Meyer	Barembaum	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
30	Allen	Lee	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
30	Maria	Lopez	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
30	Susan	Powell	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
30	Nathan	Dalleska	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
30	Coleen	Roehl	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
30	Victoria	Cruz	Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
30	Gail	Nash	Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
30	Rick	Burruss	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	Christina	Cohen	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	James	Lamb	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	Fengchuan	Liu	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	Cate	Liu	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	Chris	Mach	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
30	Margarita	Dizon	Financial Services
30	Darren	Artura	Investment Office
30	Debi	Tuttle	Student Affairs Office
35	Lisa	Soltero	Advancement and Alumni Relations
35	Joan	Sullivan	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
35	Jina	Yun	Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
35	Kevin	Cooper	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
35	Aleen	Boladian	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
35	Lee	Armus	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
35	David	Imel	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
35	Luis	Cardenas	Facilities Department
35	Lorianne	Bowers	Financial Services
35	Phillip	Trinh	Financial Services
35	Dan	Anguka	Library Services
35	Stacey	Scoville	Office of the Provost
40	Fernando	Amador	Athenaeum
40	Silva	Virgil	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
40	Petros	Arakelian	Division of Engineering and Applied Science
40	Jeffery	Jacobson	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
40	Elena	Escot	Facilities Department
40	Martina	Villa	Facilities Department
40	Leila	Javaheri	Financial Services
40	Kathleen	Torres	Financial Services
45	Greg	Van Idsinga	Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
45	Stefon	Ross	Facilities Department
45	Becca	Rose	Information Management Systems and Services
45	Vincent	Riley	Student Affairs Office