Multnomah County celebrates annual Employee Recognition Awards

​​​​​​As part of Public Service Recognition Week, Multnomah County will hold its annual Employee Recognition Awards on Wednesday, May 4. This year, employees submitted 105 applications nominating County employees and teams for recognition awards. A recording of the ceremony can be viewed on the County's Youtube channel. 

Read more about how the County celebrated Public Service Recognition Week at the Thursday, April 28 board meeting.

• Chair’s Excellence Award
  • Dr. Meghan Romney, Veterinarian at the Department of Community Services’ Animal Services Division

• Committee’s Choice Award 
  • Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office - Donielle Augustson, Peter Bellant, Tommy Bottom, Keri Butler, Kimberly DiLeo, John Kelly, Jacque Knowles, Damon O'Brien, Erin Patrick, Elizabeth Ralston, Desiree Tanner

• Diversity and Cultural Competency Award
  • Bienvenidos a la Lectura Bags for Circulation Team - Tanya Belmont, Laura Bradshaw, Kate Carter, Amy Clark, Jeannine Gonzalez, Minerva Llerenas, Lilia Monje, Stephanie Orellana, Delia Palomeque Morales, Kimberly Servera

• Employee Innovation Award
  • Manuel Cuevas, IT Project Manager from the Department of County Assets, and Robert Quilantan, Data Technician from the Health Department

• Outstanding Team Achievement Award
  • COVID-19 Epidemiology Team: Russell Barlow, Kelly Brahler, Kevin Jian, Lindsey Larson

• Superior Public Service to External Customers Award
  • Amber Morales, Clinical Services Specialist from the Health Department

• Superior Public Service to Internal Customers Award 
  • Paige Monlux, Data Analyst Senior from the Department of County Assets

• Sustainability Award
  • County Cooling Shelter Employees (specific to Heat Dome event of June 2021), from all departments - Lisa Anderson, Natalie Arreola, Amy Atkins, Adrian Austin-King, Alex Bachinskiy, Mohammad Bader, Sheila Balbin, Bri Barrios Giron, Brian Bell, Ramon Benton, Anna Bergman, Nicole Berlin, Emily Berndt, Bill  Berry, Keoni Bird, Jeston Black, Stephanie Bolson, Shawn Briggs, Ruvin Brodsky, Terra Brown, Eve Buchanan, Carey Burney, Silvia Caballero-Fay, Lanay Cala, Octavio Camba, Erin Carver, Jenny Carver, Kristi Castillo Albino, Brooke Chilton-Timmons, Andrea Chiotti, Jamie Christianson, Mike Christman, Nicole Cleary, Jennifer Collins, Dawn Cook, John Crippen, Hannah Crites, Steven Dashley, Matthew Davis, Raymond De Silva, E Dominguez, Molly Dorney, EJ Dove, Celest Duvall, Mia Edera, Erica Edwards, Tamara Espinet, Arini Farrell, Sombra Forrest, Brenda Garcia, Gisela Garcia-Rolon, Patty Gebhardt, Mary Geelan, Alex Gerald, Justin Gibbs, Deidra Gibson-Cairns, Lee Girard, Sivboung Go, Vicki Grist, Jessica Guernsey, Jennifer Hampton, Jessica Harrison, Josh Henman, Gilberto Hernandez, Noelia Hernandez, Malachi Hindle, Tiffany Hopwood, Bill Jeffreys, Rachel Jones, Andrea Joseph, Jenna Kessell, Innocent Kisanga, Victor Kiser-Mathis, Kirsten Kuppenbender, Wendy Kuykendall, Rinny Lakin, Meghan Lee, David Lentzner, Mary Li, Tracey Madsen, Gina Mares, Jen May, Keeley McNeil, Bathshua Mendoza, Debra Mendoza, Ronnie Meyers, Jeff Miholer, Hayden Miller, Nichelle Moore, Abdisalan Muse, Steph Ng Ping Cheung, Loreen Nichols, Maya Noble, Joanne O'Connell, Jooyoung Oh, Karen Olsen, Cristal Otero, Laura Paz Whitmore, Cesar Pecori, Chris Phillips, Tabitha Pitzer, Zara Preciado-Carrillo, Nikki Propert, Victor Prutz, Sandy Pullella, Jill Punches, Robert Quinn, Karen Rigmaiden-Ottem, Maria Rivera, Aldo Rodriguez, Jaime Romero Garcia, Monica Ross, Alexis Roth, Nina Ryers, Alix Sanchez, Mark Sanford, Aida Santiago Lopez, Lynn Schemmer-Valleau, Stefanie Scovill, Claudia Sharygin, Kimber Sieffert, Erin Sims, Asher Smith, Barry Taylor, Valerie Thompson, David Thomson, Peter Tiso, Kim Toevs, Tim Upshaw, Joe Valtierra, Steve Van Eck, Thuy-Anh Vo, Chris Voss, Jeffery Washington, Lee Watts, Rasheeda Webber, Greg Weber, Nathan Wickstrom, Jill Williams, Gloria Willis, Samantha Wilmart, Percy Winters, Jr., EY Won, Laurel Wonder, Julie Young, Gail Zuro