Award Nominees
The list below represents all of the Tufts Distinction Award and David J. Kahle Award nominees for 2025.
Tufts Distinction Award Nominees
Julia Appel
Marah Elizabeth Atwell
Thaisa Barizan Bordin
Laura Beth Reese
Marcia Boumil
David Bragg
Emily Brinker
Abraham Brownell
Christina Butler
Beth Buyea
Joseph Caissie
Wellesley Carminati
Patricia Casey
Ariana Chiarenza
Megan Choquette
Brian Cody
Lexi Cole
Patrick Collins
Kelley Conley
Eileen Crehan
Margarita Curet
Antonio Dasilva
Carlos Fernando De Almeida Barros Mourao
Patricia Diangelis
Carlo Eracleo
Bridget Erickson
Linda Escoll
Iptissam Fettahi
Matthew Finkelman
Lauren Gibson
Tracey Glover
Dan Graham
Jennifer Granquist
Stephen Green
Libby Hanrahan
Matthew Hast
Katherine Hilton
Eric Hines
Robert Hitchner
Justin Horvath
Tiffany House
Man Ki (Mikki) Hui
Barbara Kim
Courtney King
Heather Klish
Patti Klos
Alex Knueppel
Cheryl Kreinbring
Cheryl London
Adam Lowenstein
Laura Lucas
Tony Luongo
John Maroudas
Mary McCauley
Isabel McFall
Taina McField
Thomas McVarish
Elissa Milto
Jayanthi Mistry
Rachel Monteiro
Claire Moore
Laura Mucci
Peter Nadel
Stephen Nasson
Zineb Nemoura
Armina Nguyen
Courtney Nugent
Ashlei Parris
Ewan Paul
Pamela Pecchio
Deena Pineo
Leanne Poisson
Courtney Potter
Henry Puza
Emily Quigley
Xavier Quinn
Pamela Reider
Jennifer Reilly
Sophie Ricks
Lindsay Riordan
Julio Rivera
Mark Roche
Lori Rodriguez
Chris Rogers
Augusta Rohrbach
Kim Ruane
Dustin Sampson
Daniela Sanchez
Raymond Santangelo
Shaun Savage
Steve Schade
Kim Schmidt
Sara Seremet
Laura Natalia Sguerra
Kelly Shaw
Kelsey Simonson
Izabela Skorska
Jessica Sparks
Natalie St. Cyr
Benjamin Stern
Christopher Stevens
Tully Sullivan
Carolyn Tai
Ariane Theis
James Theodore
Jessica Touayl
Kenson Truong
Andrea Varela-Stokes
Itallo Viana
Jasper Weinberg
Samantha Welch
Amy West
Linda Wrijil
Yucheng Zhang
Calvin Zhao
Alexander Zidonis
Team Nominations
School of Arts and Sciences – Major Gift
Patricia Knibbs
Jessica Piracini
UA AIM Implementation Team
Allison Norton
Kristen Watson
IRACDA Program Directors
Mitch McVey
Registrar Team
Robin Brown
Sarah Harvey
Casey Spicer
Student Support
Molly Boynton
Grace McCarthy
Erin Flood
Nadia Vargas
Budget Center (Friedman team)
Molly Corbett
Beth Raymond
Executive Search Program
Mia Bonvini
Amanda Hayes
MarketPlace Replacement
Karin Barry
Taylor Corey
Barbara Daddario
Alex Fuentes
Claudia Jackson
Carol Liedes
James Luongo
Melissa Tavares
Sara Veilleux
Parking System Implementation Team
Siobhan Ramos
TSS – Customer Support Team
Cyndy Camille
Samantha Hansbrough
Maureen Hallett
Dorothy Hartnett
Sharon Fenton
Prathima Rhodes
Malene Swan
Andy White
Client Services Team, FHSA
Nicholas Depasquale
Michelle Fleming
Kim Irwin
Christina Johnson
Maria Martinez
Colleen McLaughlin
Madeleine Pasciuti
Sarah Provencal
Heidi Reger
Tori Renaud
Brenda Ruiz
Sara Umbrell
Amy Wilson
TTS Crowdstrike Response Team
Connor Brenneman
Neal Dieterle
Drs. Nanda and Tassabehji
Weibo Zhang
Materials Management
Mariana Boci
Coletta Bradbury
Marjana Braho
Amina Bright-Barnes
Blerina Cerma
Besmira Dalani
Markaine Desrosiers
Jennifer Finley
Janeen Harrington
Beth Hillman
Jared Hornsby
Dmitrii Iakushev
Nikoleta Kasuli
Lindita Kurbini
Marsela Margariti
Monique McClain
Uddhab Pyakurel
Ali Redjaee
Sokol Resmi
Jacqueline Roman
Monika Shukle
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Laura Place
Seattle4LP
Leiselle Pilgrim
Facilities Medford; Trades, Electricians
Arthur Devereaux
Michael Fitzpatrick
David Garrity
Patrick Keith
Juan Rodriguez Jr
Joseph Rooney
Fire Safety Office
Robert Dalis
Robert Largenton
Theresa Montani
Sean Mullane
Joseph Rolli
John Walsh
HNRCA Facilities team
David Brissette
Joseph Curtin
Paul O’Connell
Parking System Implementation Team
George Bailey
Chris Hogan
Nikayla Lampkins
Jason Novsam
Nicholas Piscitello
Scott Rosario
Lison Zapach
SMFA Facilities
Branden Etheridge
Comparative Medicine Services
Courtney Bogins
Corey Dirksmeier
Nicholas Fiorella
Catherine Foley
Elisabeth Harper
Jessica Hoadley
Maureen Kelliher
Jennifer Kilpatrick
Nathan Li
Kyle Moreno
Andrew Phillips
Lauren Richey
Elise Trowel
Elizabeth Turner
IRACDA Leadership
Jordan Wilkinson
OVPR Admin Core Team
Rebecca Hubbard
Stephanie Marco
Amanda Merola
Kristin Scalisi
Dining TTS Team
Brian Jermyn
Sonya Johnson
MarketPlace Replacement
Jake Barth
Deepak Bhagia
Kerry Collari
Juston Espinoza
Melissa Stockbridge
MultiMedia Department
Andrew Manchester
Parking System Implementation Team
Dino Pintzopoulos
Raj Potluri
Padma Srimatkandada
Joseph Strinka
Anthony Veliz
Ray Wallett
TTS CrowdStrike Response Team
Kathleen Beauparlant
Fred Boucher
Kevin Brady
Cary Chin
Adam Conneely
Matthew Conneely
Joseph Cox
Trey Cruz
Rudd Dantes
Donato Dicicco
Carolynn Dicostanzo
Jorge Freitas
Chris Froment
Karen Gratiano
Timothy Gwynne
Edward Harvey
Will Humphries
Christopher Jackson
Dmitri Khaitman
Lorna Koppel
Denise Lafaive
Cameron Laing
Justin Lauzon
Carmelite Laventure
Benjamin Lee
Jorge Lindemeyer
Tom Ling
Alex Lu
Danny Ly
Tanya Martin
Laura Maziarz
Todd McDermott
Brandon Men
Kevin Murphy
Linda Nangle Snell
Ryan Ng
Robert O’Flaherty
Sean O’Reilly
Shawn Ramnath
Jon Rice
Zora Rizzi
William Serpa
Henry Steele
Craig Stevens
Jeffrey Stich
Samantha Wiley
Alexander Wilson
Annie Yeung
Jonathan Zepeda
TTS Financial Value Transparency Project
Elaine Collins
Mario Gonzalez
TTS TAB Datacenter Relocation Team
Kevin Cantave
Zan Cheek
David Dechellis
Regis Donovan
Richard Douglas
Derek Falle
Cope Frazier
Hassan Ijaz
Alexander Kirchwey
Timothy Lazarus
Andrew Levine
Michael MacDonald
Delilah Maloney
Deb Mascara
Scott McKeever
Marvin Nachatelo
Philip Pascale
Tom Phimmasen
Robert Scali
Wayne Silvia
Editorial/ University Comms & Marketing
Emily Brognano
Laura Ferguson
Julie Flaherty
Monica Jimenez
Taylor McNeil
Angela Nelson
Helene Ragovin
Ronee Saroff
Heather Stephenson
Government and Community Relations
Maggie Carril
Rocco Dirico
Aaron Braddock
Leah Boudreau
Liza Perry
Parking System Implementation Team
Lauren Bellon
David J. Kahle Award Nominees
Ronald Canepa
Jessica Sears
Team Nominations
Fletcher Office of Admissions
John Anderson
Chantal Abou Chacra
Nicholas Gleason
Emily Keily
Leigh Pulford
Emma Stevens
Team ADEPT
Amy Schlessman
Tufts DPT Program Directors
Evan Papa
Tawna Wilkinson
Alexis Wright
Cert-Automation
James Crouch
Edward Harvey