Elizabeth Gailey Sansom
Service Awards
Employee Service Celebration is dedicated to honoring staff, MPP, and faculty employees who have made California State University San Marcos a great place to work and continue to fulfill the University's mission. The Annual Employee Service Celebration recognizes employees who reach anniversary milestones in 5-year increments.
Join the Office of Human Resources in thanking this year's awardees for their commitment to CSUSM!
30 Years - Service Recogition Video
Steven Espinoza
Andres Favela*
Merryl Goldberg
Betsy Read
Darci Strother
Rika Yoshii
Peter Antoniou*
Rosa Castro*
25 Years
Kristin Bates
Gayle Belch
Ann Dickinson*
Gina Frasca
Alicia Gonzales
Elisa Grant-Vallone
Colleen Manthey
Jennifer Mellow
Terri Metzger
Karno Ng
Raj Pillai
Pete Rauch
Jay Rees
Susan Thompson
Mike Tili
Wenyuh Tsay
George Vourlitis
Heidi Waltz
20 Years
Steven Bates
Bianca Chapman
Anne Rene Elsbree
Noah Gilbert
Randy Hall
Olaf Hansen
Judit Hersko
Steve Holbrook
Deborah Kristan
William Kristan
Marisol Lara
Sahar Mosleh
Shannon Nolan
Moses Ochanji
Patrick Pelonero
Jerald Pinter
Kimber Quinney
Albert Rascon
Lyndsey Robertson
Alejandra Sanchez
Wendy Sears*
Andi Shibata*
Patricia Stall
Norman Sun
Naomi Tirado
Michael Treadway
Jill Weigt
15 Years
Isidro Alvarez
Robyn Araiza
Amelia Brown
Ian Chan*
Vassilis Dalakas
Lindsay DeJong
Jim Dominguez
Bryan Fisher
Tiffany Gabbard
Viviana Garcia
Scott Gorsuch*
Greig Guthey
Marilyn Huerta
Michelle Hunt
Joonseong Lee
Lise Llanes
Sheryl Lutjens
Jeff Nessler
Joely Proudfit
Kimberley Pulvers
Julie Rich*
Lea Roberg Chao
Kris Roberts
Erika Shuh
Kerry Stein
Paul Stuhr
Theresa Suarez
Yu Yao Tham
Scott Tinley
Malia Tirado
Stephen Tsui
Sarah Villarreal
10 Years
Nancie Alcock
David Angulo
Dino Bozonelos
Denise Brow
Jocelyn Brown Wyndham
Kathleen Catterall
Marilyn Chapman
Shannon Cody
Jason Coker
Carol Cujec
David DeBoskey
Eric Deinhardt
Tena Dinnen-Ortuno
Jon Epes
Farideh Farheidar-Smith
Kathy Fuller
William Grazier
Ryan Groth
Scott Hagg
Kambiz Hamadani
Joan Hewitt
Laura Hoeger
Jack Houston*
Melinda Jones
Badal Joshi
Brooke Judkins
Erika Keele
Tricia Lantzy
Charmin Lindholm
Annie Macias
Natalya Magazino
Heather Mallon
Tara Marko
Jennifer Martin
Selma McDermid
Jim Means
Suzanne Montgomery
Joyce Moore
Deborah Morton*
Laura Nelson
Russ Neuhart
Sean Newcomer
Celeste Peacock-Coleman
Leigh Quijada
Torie Quinonez
Andrew Reed
Mary Russell
Mark Saffell
Aparajita (AP) Saha
Alison Scheer-Cohen
Blake Schilling
Deanna Schmidt
Morod Shah
Al Sides
Evan Smith
Whitney Steffler
Cameron Stevenson
Carol Suarez
Erica Thissell
Amanda Umphrey
Kimberly Vanderbilt
Manuel Vargas Perez
Maria Venegas Escobedo
Syndee Wood
5 Years
Jennifer Allard
Cesar Alumbres
Oscar Amaya Ortega
Patrice Amon
Christine Andersen
Joseph Aramburo
Xochitl Archey
Lori Asaro
Kimberly Askew
Emiliano Ayala
Elinne Becket
Janet Beronio
Warren Brown Jr
Susana Cabrera
Alex Camarena
Darwin Canseco
Mark Arthurson Carolino
Maria Chiem
Gail Cole-Avent
Haylee DeLuca Bishop
Ryan Dorsett
Kristin Erickson
Javier Esparza Pina
Stefanie Ewing
Elizabeth Ferguson
Rachelle Fitzgerald
Joshua Foronda
Chantelle Fung
Ruby Gilleland
Michael Guty
Traci Hamill
Carla Harting
Maryam Hassanlou
Yui Hatano
Shaun Heard
Jill HeathWendy Heredia
Juvenal Hernandez
Brian Hiro
Yuanyuan Jiang
Kelsey Jones
Vance Kekoa
Everett Kekoa
Sasha Kimel
Kris Kirschbaum
Fern Kissel
Tihomir Kostadinov
Sheri-Lynn Kurisu
Tasos Lazarides
Calvin Le
Yanyan Li
Rachel Macasadia
Gina Mainprize
Raymond Malfavon-Borja
Richard Mance Jr
Vincent Marquez
Eve McDonald
Jessie Nichole Mellor
Sasha Miller
Percy Morales
Tyler Morrison
Patricia Munoz-Rojas
April Nelson
Hien Nguyen
Mary Odenwalder
Torrey Olson
Karina Orea
Obdulia Perez Soriano
Brittany Piche
Paul Pistone
Janine Prior
Liyuan Qin
Eduardo Quezada
Rosa Quintana
Kandi Rehard
John Romanski
Rania Saeb
Alejandra Salazar
Flor Saldana Rios
Angela Sanchez
Xiaoye She
Paul Signorelli
Meshack Simati
Gregg Simmons
Amy Sprout
Talisha St. John
Ryan Stevenson
Odile Stout
Irma Suazo
Darcy Taniguchi
Cynthia Taylor
Arlene Tenorio
Nicholas Thomas
Danielle Tildahl
Eric Tippeconnic
Celeste Torsney
Yecenia Tovar
Bella Trillizio-McGraw
Victoria Trujillo
Jill Turner
Suzi Van Steenbergen
Erika Villalobos
Carrie White
Andrea Wilson
Ariane Wright Johnson
Ayad Yasin
Yongjie Zheng
*Retired in 2023
Service Criteria
- Who is eligible?Staff, Administrators (MPP), Faculty
- What service is counted?
- Part-time and full-time appointments
- Temporary, probationary and permanent appointments (with the exceptions outlined below)
- Cumulative service including breaks of service less than one year
- Positions appointed through the Corporation
- What service is not counted?
- Student assistant, Teaching Associate, Graduate Assistant, and Instructional Student Assistant service is not eligible.
- Casual Worker and Special Consultant service is not eligible.
- Service at another CSU or state agency
- Why does it look like my State Service or CalPERS Service does not match my service
award?State service and/or CalPERS service is calculated differently than service awards time. State service and/or CalPERS service may include employment at outside agencies.
- Who do I need to do to ensure my time is counted correctly or if I feel I should be
receiving an award?Contact HR directly at hr@csusm.edu