2020 President’s Service Awards for Excellence & President’s Staff Awards

The recipients of the 2020 President’s Service Awards for Excellence and the President’s Staff awards for the Vancouver campus have been announced.

President’s Service Awards for Excellence

This award is presented each year to up to five staff members, who have made outstanding contributions to UBC, and who excel in their personal achievements.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients:

• Kirsten Cameron, Academic Support Manager, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
• Cheryl Dumaresq, Managing Director, Office of the Vice Provost International
• Ryanne James, Bridge Through Sport Program Coordinator, First Nations House of Learning
• Adrienne Vedan, Director, AVP Students, Aboriginal Programs & Services, UBC Okanagan
• Bernhard Zender, Engineering Technician, UBC Engineering Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy

President’s Staff Awards

The President’s Staff Awards at the Vancouver campus recognize the personal achievements and contributions that our staff make to UBC, and to the vision and goals of the university.

Congratulations to this year’s President’s Staff Awards recipients:

President’s Staff Award for Leadership

• Lynsey Huxham, Technology Transfer Manager, University-Industry Liaison Office
• Roberto Rosales, Engineering Services Team Lead, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

President’s Staff Award for Emerging Leadership

• Laura Moss, Program Manager, UBC Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine
• Joanna Yang, Finance & Academic Manager, St. John’s College

President’s Staff Award for Enhancing UBC Experience

• Parvin Bolourani, Outreach, Alumni Engagement, Postdoctoral Fellows & Project Coordinator, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• Angela Kaija, Manager/Administration, Department of English Language and Literatures

President’s Staff Award for Creativity & Innovation

• Holly Keller, Assistant Director, Production & Editorial Services, UBC Press
• Anthony Winstanley, Education Technology Architect, Department of Computer Science

President’s Staff Award for Community Engagement

• Roxana Quinde, Coordinator, Global Partnerships & Global Resource Systems, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Tracy Wachmann, Public Interest Coordinator, Career Services, Peter A. Allard School of Law

President’s Staff Award for Advancing Diversity & Inclusion

• Sarah Cameron, International Transition Advisor, International Student Development
• Fred Lee, Director, Alumni Engagement, alumni UBC

President’s Staff Award for Wellbeing

• Karen Reid, Operations Manager, Michael Smith Laboratories
• Ronyne Van Der Gracht, Bookstore Assistant, UBC Bookstore

Read more about the recipents and their work