2025 - Human Resources

Prize Winners

Thomas W. Schmitt Prize

Sabine Brinkmann-Chen

In the words of one of Brinkmann-Chen's nominators: "[She] embodies the very spirit of service, leadership, and integrity that the Thomas W. Schmitt Prize seeks to recognize. Her impact on Caltech is profound, far-reaching, and enduring. I can think of no one more deserving of this honor, and it is a privilege to submit her nomination."

Team Impact Award

Emergency Housing Working Group

The Team Impact Award went to the Emergency Housing Working Group, whose 17 members from across the Institute assisted community members affected by the devastating wildfires of January 2025.

"As soon as this group was formed, they strategized and worked tirelessly to house Caltech and JPL community members affected by the devastating Eaton fire," the nomination letter stated. "Some of the staff on this team were themselves displaced and put the needs of their community before their own

ASCIT Staff Prize

Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology (ASCIT) Staff Appreciation Award recognizes the exceptional contributions of Caltech staff members on behalf of the undergraduate community.

For 2025, the ASCIT Staff Prize went to Vincent Ton, program manager for Student-Faculty Programs; Andy Brabson, head coach, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving; and Dining Services cook Jesus Valladares.

Additionally, several individuals were honored for their contributions to the inaugural Student Life and Experience Conference, the first time ASCIT has given this award. These honorees included Hillary Tribbs, director of inclusion and belonging; Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, associate vice president for campus climate, engagement, and success; Joe Ramirez, institutional research and assessment associate; and Jaime Reyes, director of Dining Services.

2025 Honorees

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years Of Service	First Name	Last Name	Division
45	Esthela	Jalabert	FACILITIES
45	Cara	Stemen	VPSI
45	Walter	Cook	PMA
40	Daniel	Lang	EAS
40	Delmy	Emerson	FACILITIES
40	Laurinda	Truong	BBE
40	Steven	Benson	FACILITIES
40	Rick	Ebert	PMA
40	Rosa	Robles	B & F
40	Yolanda	Cardenas	FACILITIES
35	Juana	Turcios	B & F
35	Michael	Black	GPS
35	Manny	De La Torre	BBE
35	Jodie	Lee	IMSS
35	Oscar	Hernandez	PROV
35	Kitty	Dua	IMSS
35	Jay	Winkler	BECK INS
35	Suresha	Guptha B.A.	CCE
35	Xiuqin	Wu	PMA
35	Gita	Patel	PMA
35	Corey	Campbell	FACILITIES
35	Mauro	Hernandez	FACILITIES
35	Lynn	Seymour	EAS
35	Jorge	Carrillo	FACILITIES
35	Rachel	Wallace	FACILITIES
35	Angela	Goshorn	IMSS
35	Jill	Burnham	PMA
30	Carl	Potts	FACILITIES
30	Richard	Dekany	PMA
30	Divina	Bautista	SAO
30	Andy	Gaston	LIB
30	Angela	Zhang	PMA
30	Stephanie	Carson-Berrocal	SAS
30	Janeen	Romie	PMA
30	Christopher	Malek	IMSS
30	GariLynn	Billingsley	PMA
30	Kent	Blackburn	PMA
30	Camilo	Toribio	FACILITIES
30	Mark	Garcia	GPS
30	Joe	Monaly	IMSS
30	Dave	Barker	PMA
30	Huy	Bui	FACILITIES
30	Kathy	Johnson	LIB
30	Sara	Loredo	SAO
30	Stuart	Anderson	PMA
30	Mary	Herrera	VPSI
30	Rose	Royal	FACILITIES
30	Lisa	Miller	RES ADM
25	Juancarlos	Chan	BBE
25	Patrick	Morris	PMA
25	Diane	Binney	AAR
25	Ted	Lieu	B & F
25	Leticia	Calderon	GPS
25	Hsiuchen	Chen	BBE
25	Michael	Landry	PMA
25	Erick	Ferguson	VPSI
25	Steve	Shu	IMSS
25	Gary	Traylor	PMA
25	Christian	Cepeda	IMSS
25	Dave	Le Blanc	EAS
25	Harry	Overmier	PMA
25	Adi	Bornheim	PMA
25	Patrick	Shopbell	PMA
25	Loly	Ekmekjian	PMA
25	Vidyullata	Mahabal	PMA
25	Amanda	Haylock	AAR
25	Sharon	Patterson	B & F
25	Bruce	Berriman	PMA
25	Frank	Masci	PMA
25	Beth	Huey-Tubman	BBE
25	Teresa	Gallegos	FACILITIES
25	Roy	Estrada	SAS
25	Mika	Walton	PMA
25	Patricia	Estrada	FACILITIES
25	Judy	McClain	PMA
25	Johanna	Tan-Cabugao	BBE
25	Beverly	Allen	IMSS
25	Tuan	Chau	IMSS
25	Peter	King	FACILITIES
25	Marc	Lormand	PMA
25	Wen	Chen	BBE
25	Juan	Barayoga	PMA
25	Jacob	Llamas	PMA
25	Ruben	Mora	FACILITIES
25	Brian	Trudell	IMSS
25	Gerardo	Moreno	PMA
25	Charles	Cotillier	IMSS
25	Diane	Trout	BBE
25	Donna	Mojahedi	EAS
25	Joan	Xie	PMA
25	Viet	Nguyen	LIB
25	Thomas	Tubman	IMSS
25	Connie	Gonzalez	BBE
25	Sonia	Newell	IMSS
25	Carlos	Herrera	FACILITIES
25	Allan	Labrador	PMA
25	Jamil	Tahir-Kheli	EAS
25	Teresa	Ponce	B & F
25	Frank	Rice	PMA
25	Phil	Vaziri	FACILITIES
25	Lin	Yan	PMA
25	Sydney	Garstang	EAS
25	Megin	Soriano	B & F
25	Gary	Schindelman	BBE
25	Tony	Diaz	LIB
25	Paul	Ayala	FACILITIES
25	Ping	Dong	BBE
25	Hieu	Le	IMSS
25	Raymond	Lee	BBE
25	Carol	Silberstein	PMA
25	Eusebio	Ocampo	ATH
20	Julie	Schoen	GPS
20	Justin	Howell	PMA
20	Leonard	Edwards	IMSS
20	Eugene	Lubenov	BBE
20	Sowmya	Chandrasekar	CCE
20	Martir	Sanchez	FACILITIES
20	Stephanie	Connon	GPS
20	Shang-Lin	Chen	GPS
20	Nancy	Paradise	PMA
20	Donnie	Pinkston	PROV
20	Sherry	Winn	AAR
20	Gia-Yen	Ngo	ATH
20	Andrew	Drake	PMA
20	Lisa	Flores	B & F
20	Michelle	Case	HR
20	Kevin	Kan	EAS
20	Jesus	Valles	ATH
20	Carol	Schuil	VPSI
20	Kathy	Svitil	VPSI
20	Christine	Garske	EAS
20	Dwayne	Giardina	PMA
20	Priyanthi	Gnanapragasam	BBE
20	Cheryl	Nakashima	CCE
20	Daw-An	Wu	BBE
20	Drew	Roderick	PMA
20	Jaime	Torres	FACILITIES
20	Scott	Dungan	GPS
20	Christopher	Crabbe	HSS
20	Paul	Rasmussen	PMA
20	Shane	Clarke	LIB
20	Niles	McElveney	PMA
20	Rayo	Bhadha	GPS
15	Chris	Grove	BBE
15	Jang-Hyun	Oh	BBE
15	Vicki	Chiu	EAS
15	Margy	Rohan	OGC
15	William	Dickson	BBE
15	Karl	Klein	FACILITIES
15	Gabriela	Magana	INVST
15	Mariella	Soprano	LIB
15	Tiffany	Kim	PMA
15	Kelly	Douglas	AAR
15	Jennifer	Lum	OGC
15	Hillel	Schwartz	BBE
15	Valinda	Richardson	ATH
15	Songye	Chen	BBE
15	Maria	Cervantes	EAS
15	Rafael	Villagrana	FACILITIES
15	Chris	Birtja	IMSS
15	Carrie	Hofmann	EAS
15	Jennifer	Milburn	PMA
15	Sean	Upchurch	BBE
15	James	Berk	SAO
15	Fran	Tise	HSS
15	Maria	Papadopoulou	BBE
15	Daniel	Yoder	HR
15	Lisa	Knox	AAR
15	Melissa	McPherson	PROV
15	Neil	Fromer	RESNICK
15	Robert	Rollins	IMSS
15	Kristina	Hovakimyan	B & F
15	Jeff	Mendez	CCE
15	Sue	Zhang	CCE
15	Daniela	Raciti	BBE
15	Spiros	Michalakis	PMA
15	Sini	Elvington	HSS
15	Alex	Sanchez	FACILITIES
15	Carolina	Silva	HR
15	Christina	Carrasco	PMA
15	Pat	Anguiano	BBE
15	Joel	Haber	EAS
15	Tony	Allen	FACILITIES
10	Martha	Espinosa	HR
10	Brian	Faull	PMA
10	Raul	Garcia	FACILITIES
10	TJ	Shaffer	PMA
10	Yun	Wang	PMA
10	Connie	Casillas	ATH
10	Cassandra	Juarez	HR
10	Jeff	Von Urff	PMA
10	Winnie	Fong	EAS
10	Jaime	Acosta	SAS
10	Pedro	Zaragoza Valenzuela	PROV
10	Jose	Canales	FACILITIES
10	Hsiaoni	Chang	PROV
10	Peter	Couvares	PMA
10	Kylene	Barker	HR
10	Adam	Avery	ATH
10	Lauren	Limbert-Marion	AAR
10	Patricia	Wong	B & F
10	Ruperto	Lopez	FACILITIES
10	Megan	Hazle	VPSI
10	Eric	Oh	PMA
10	Robert	Doiel	LIB
10	Jen	Moody	AAR
10	Sherry	Gray	PRES
10	Tyler	Durchslag-Richardson	FACILITIES
10	Timothy	Nelson	PMA
10	Jingjing	Sun	BBE
10	Alexander	Malinowski	FACILITIES
10	Monica	Breckow	BBE
10	Emmanuel	Joliet	PMA
10	Catherine	Geard	LIB
10	Janet	Martin	AAR
10	Stephen	Davison	LIB
10	Erika	Garcia	EAS
10	Jenne	Driggers	PMA
10	Ivo	Ros	BBE
10	Mitsko	Roberts	PMA
10	Lori	Dajose	VPSI
10	Jon	Bonafede	SAO
10	Rochelle	Athey	B & F
10	Kathy	Winterrowd	ATH
10	Maggie	Ory	B & F
10	Racquel Melisa	Taracena	B & F
10	Lisa	Farella	AAR
10	Dave	Cook	PMA
10	Lynda	Llamas	BBE
10	Chris	Marotta	CCE
10	Matt	Heintze	PMA
10	Paula	Knop	HR
10	Wendy	Morales	HR
10	Shoubaneh	Hemmati	PMA
10	Igor	Stubailo	GPS
10	Erin	Burkett	HSS
10	Lydia	McHam	RES ADM
10	Aubrie	De La Cruz	BBE
10	Jenni	Campbell	EAS
10	Stephen	Appert	PMA
10	Tommy	Keswick	LIB
10	Kari	Myers	FACILITIES
10	Mary Lou	Obbink	FACILITIES
10	Alena	Ananyeva	PMA
10	Maral	Gharib	PROV