2018 - Human Resources

Thomas W. Schmitt Prize

Manuel (Manny) De La Torre

Nominators cited De La Torre—whose duties include managing equipment and supply procurement for multiple labs—for his hard work, cheerful attitude, and eagerness to help others. In the words of one supporter, De La Torre makes those he works with feel "like you're part of a winning team."

Team Impact Award

Procurement & IMSS Teams

The Procurement and IMSS teams' P2P project—which saw members working with vendors, Caltech divisions, and employees to implement a new and efficient payment-and-invoice processing system for the Institute—"meaningfully responded to years of frustrations many [on campus] had with old ways of integrating purchasing and payments," one nominator wrote. "This has taken an incredible amount of effort, and yet they have maintained positive, even cheerful attitudes throughout."

Honorees

Service Year	First Name	Last Name	Division Abbreviation - HR
50	Pat	Anderson	CCE
50	Bob	Logan	IMSS
45	Alan	Cummings	PMA
45	Susi	Martin	PRES
40	David	Woody	PMA
40	JoAnn	Boyd	PMA
35	Gloria	Brewster	SAO
35	Larry	Wallace	PMA
35	Johnny	Noyes	FACILITIES
35	Bob	Carr	PMA
35	Harry	Irby	FACILITIES
35	Juan	Sanchez	FACILITIES
35	Ken	McCue	BBE
35	Sally	Newman	GPS
35	John	Good	PMA
35	Heidi	Aspaturian	LIB
30	Javier	Solorzano	IMSS
30	Michael	Baker	GPS
30	Mark	Bartelt	IMSS
30	Davida	Perez	B & F
30	Jane	Mendel	BBE
30	Tracy	Sheffer	PMA
30	Andre	Jefferson	FACILITIES
30	Aurora	Ruiz Sandoval	BBE
30	Marion	Schmitz	PMA
30	Fred	Raab	PMA
30	Joaquin	Gutierrez	PROV
30	Connie	Rodriguez	EAS
30	Laurel	Auchampaugh	HSS
30	Phuong	Trinh	LIB
30	Ann	Martin	OGC
30	Tim	Rao	FACILITIES
25	Marta	Murphy	BBE
25	Diana	Bisel	PMA
25	Lindy	Alo	FACILITIES
25	Margaret	Vinci	GPS
25	Terry	Scott	FACILITIES
25	Becky	Hernandez	PROV
25	Alison	Ross	CCE
25	Leslie	Rico	PROV
25	Andy	Boden	PMA
25	Tom	Mannion	SAO
20	Tom	Giedraitis	IMSS
20	John	Kelley	SAS
20	Matthew	Chang	IMSS
20	Viktor	Shcherbatyuk	BBE
20	Liyuan	Zhang	PMA
20	Dexter	Jeremiah	ATH
20	Briana	Ticehurst	EAS
20	Corey	Gray	PMA
20	Schuyler	Van Dyk	PMA
20	Jenny	Mercado	RES ADM
20	Armando	Rivero	PROV
20	Gustavo	Gonzalez	ATH
20	Diana	Alvarez	B & F
20	Naveed	Near-Ansari	IMSS
20	Monica	Marquez	B & F
20	Lorena	Sandoval	PROV
20	Erin	Lindsay	IMSS
20	Lisa	Frenchie	B & F
20	Santiago	Lombeyda	PMA
20	Marcella	Ta	PMA
20	Robert L	Hurt	PMA
20	Dario	De La Rosa	FACILITIES
20	Alexander	Hui	PMA
20	Jennifer	Reyes	B & F
20	Thanh	Tran	IMSS
20	Gordon	Squires	PMA
20	Miguel	De La Torre	SAS
20	Rachel	Akeson	PMA
20	Sonjong	Hwang	CCE
20	Violana	Nesterova	BBE
20	Jonathan	Kakumasu	PMA
20	Trey	Roby	PMA
20	Carson	Bennett	PMA
20	Grace	Fisher-Adams	PROV
20	Heather	Steele	PMA
20	Karel	Zumbrunnen	B & F
20	James	Ingalls	PMA
15	Timothy	Brooke	PMA
15	Paula	Antoshechkin	GPS
15	Mary	Martin	HSS
15	Igor	Antoshechkin	BBE
15	Bruce	Brunschwig	BECK INS
15	Steve	Groom	PMA
15	Todd	Swart	FACILITIES
15	Agustin	Valadez	FACILITIES
15	Kimberly	Van Auken	BBE
15	Lyn	Cross	PRES
15	Malina	Chang	SAO
15	Bronagh	Glaser	GPS
15	Michael	Thomas	PMA
15	Michael	Papin	PMA
15	Aileen	Liu	INVST
15	Jason	Surace	PMA
15	John	Lilley	IMSS
15	Hillary	Sanchez	B & F
15	Cesar	Carlos	PROV
15	Lijun	Zhang	PMA
15	Whitney	Clavin	VPSI
15	James	Colbert	PMA
15	Donna	Lau	IMSS
15	Alejandro	Hernandez	FACILITIES
15	Hans-Michael	Muller	BBE
15	Matthew	Keith	ATH
15	Jim	Tiedeman	IMSS
15	Zachary	Abbott	IMSS
15	Sheri	McKinney	BBE
15	Alvin	Torres	CCE
15	Raymond	Merlin	FACILITIES
15	Calum	Torrie	PMA
15	Linda	Krippner	PROV
15	Kevin	Nguyen	B & F
10	Henry	Allikas	FACILITIES
10	Ron	Kong	IMSS
10	Vincent	Riley	FACILITIES
10	Michael	Laxen	PMA
10	Ulrika	Terrones	GPS
10	Eleazar	Trejo	FACILITIES
10	Karen	Lencioni	PROV
10	Jose	Rodriguez	FACILITIES
10	Eduardo	Villalobos	B & F
10	Ken	Hargreaves	VPSI
10	Donna	Mireles	GPS
10	Michael	Virgin	PMA
10	Vickere	Murphy	FACILITIES
10	Silvia	Cazares	IMSS
10	Ann	Motrunich	VPSI
10	David	Hale	PMA
10	Michelle	Gecoso	ATH
10	Hector	Rodriguez	PMA
10	Marcy	Harbut	PMA
10	Everardo	Perez	SAS
10	Ricardo	Valentino	FACILITIES
10	Ruben	Gonzalez	SAS
10	Laurie	Jabour	B & F
10	Marlene	Moncada	SAO
10	Jennifer	Shechet	GPS
10	Belita	Lovely	FACILITIES
10	Laura	Flower Kim	HR
10	Mario	Hernandez	FACILITIES
10	Todd	Etzel	PMA
10	Efren	Licona	SAS
10	Elisha	Mackey	BBE
10	Brian	Brophy	SAO
10	Lori	Oliwenstein	VPSI
10	Larry	D'Addario	PMA
10	Carina	Rumaldo	PROV
10	Anne	Sullivan	EAS
10	Keith	Thorne	PMA
10	Oliver	Eslinger	SAO
10	Greg	Grasmehr	IMSS
10	Mark	Ladinsky	BBE
10	David	Vander Velde	CCE
10	Sue	Kientz	GPS
10	Melody	Araya	PMA
10	Dan	Kozak	PMA
10	Mike	Pedraza	PMA
10	Henry	Amrhein	BBE
10	Oswaldo	Penaloza	SAS
10	Jeff	Cochrane	PROV
10	Erica	Escobar	HR
10	Jennifer	Mok	BBE
10	Willie	Hawkins	PMA
10	Gerardo	Nava	FACILITIES
10	Reed	Riddle	PMA
10	Patrick	Thomas	PMA
10	Dan	Moraru	PMA
10	Jonathan	Hanks	PMA