2024 Commonwealth Employee Performance Recognition Program (PRP)

About the Award

The Manuel Carballo Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Service is presented to state employees who selflessly personify a deep commitment to serving the people of the Commonwealth. This award was established in memory of Manuel Carballo who served as Secretary of Health and Human Services. His dedication to excellence in public service inspires us all to strive for greatness. The award, in his name, is given to state employees, or groups of employees, who demonstrate exemplary leadership, innovation and creativity.  

2024 Award Recipients:

• Elisa Castillo, Salem State University 
• Heidi M. Davis, EOEEA / Department of Environmental Protection
• Darryl LaCroix, EOHHS / Department of Developmental Services
• Anne Marie Stronach, EOE / Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Cross-Secretariat Emergency Shelter Response Team 
  Representing the following Executive Offices and Secretariats: Administration and Finance, Economic Development, Education, Energy and Environmental Affairs, Labor and Workforce Development, Health and Human Services, Housing and Livable Communities, Public Safety and Security, Technology Services and Security, Veterans' Services, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation 
  • Prajakta Agarkar, Cristina Aguilera, Al Barbosa, Sarah Barrese, Joanne Barros, Bill Bartosch, Aditya Basheer, Sean Beasley, Dawn Beati, Christine Beluk, Nick Bornstein, Allison Bovell-Ammon, Karen Bresnahan, Blair Brown, Ken  Brown, Jennifer Cail, Bonnie Caldwell, Andy Calvanese, Joanne Camara, Nico Cannizzaro, Seher Chowdhury, Susan Church, Kim Clougherty, Jesse Cohen, Rachel Colchamiro, Kevin Connor, Noah Coolidge, Jaclyn Youngblood, Carter DeHaven, Elizabeth Del Valle, Megan Delaney, Jose Delgado, Elizaire Denis, Tim Depin, Cody Diehl, Paolo DiFabio, Erin Donnelly, Barbara Duffy, Zoe Durbin, Josh Cuddy, Katherine Fillo, Cassandra Pierre-Louis, Irma Flores, Andrew Freeman, Laura Gallant, Devon Garon, Antoine Gelin, Chris Piotrowski, Amy Stitely, Lauren Godding, Beth Goguen, Sarah E. Graham, Virginia Griffin, Doug Gutro, Ryan Fitzgerald, Jeremiah Hay, Arianne Henry, Jocelyn Henry-Crayton, Colin Higgins, Imogen Hobby, Crystal Jackson, Diane Hurley, Julie Hwayoung Shepherd, Chris Jee, Deeqo Jibril, Kristina Johnson, Chantal Johnson, Sarah  Joseph, Maureen Kelledy, Robin LaBranche, Marjie Lalli, Will LaRose, Carol León, Mary Letchford, Terrence Lewis, Maroli Licardie, Ezequiel Lopes, Jennifer Maddox, Melissa Marlowe, Meghan McEvoy, Nikko Mendoza, Rick Mikulis, Kerin Milesky, Jose F. Monteiro, Ita Mullarkey, Amy  Mullen, Michael Mullen, Tyler Newhall, Carrie Niemy, Dana Niu, Sarah Nordberg, Amber Noyes, Lindsey O’Connell, Joanne Marqusee, Maureen O'Connell, Meaghan O'Donnell, Alysia Ordway, Gladys Ortiz, Andrew Pape, Rumi Pavlova-Plotnik, Abigail Pierre-Charles, Mary McGeown, Lauren Renfro, Scott Rice, Dan Rosenfeld, Caitlin Rowley, Roberta Rubin, Dawn Brantley, Maryssa Schneider McLean, David Bryant, Catia Ruth Sharp, Eric Shupin, Natasha Sierra, Kavitha Lakshminarasaiah, Luiz Silva, Eric Muccino, Meghan Sisk, Santosh Selvaraj, Tait Smith, Abe Stein, Kate Cook, Benjamin Stone, Anne Marie Stronach, Sarah Stuart, Sreya Sudireddy, Kevin Sung, Parker Sweet, Tovah Sweezey, Susan Terrey, Anna Thomas, Chris Thompson, Amy  Tramontozzi, Emily True , Amanda Dew, Nicole Venguer, Hongyi Wang, Jillian Fennimore, Ashley Watkins, Katie Weimer, Karissa Hand, Kristian Hoysradt, Alicia Rebello-Pradas, Josh Wolff, Samuel Wong, Olivia Rolnik, Greg Schmidt, Ismael Rivera, Charlene Zuffante, Heather Zuppa
• Leominster and Princeton Flooding Emergency Response Team, MassDOT
  • Ivan Abermagger, Byron Beauregard, Wesley Ash, Stephen Ausevich, Mahmood Azizi, Jeffrey Dacri, Matthew Faron, Chyann Bergeron, Patrick Blanchard, Steve Risotti, Bernard Brochu, Eric Rudenaurer, Bernard Castagnetti, Bill  Colleran, Tracey Coppellotti, Matthew Critch, Thomas Donnelly, Ryan Draleau, Doug Ellis, Thomas Emerick, Guy Fallavollita, Linda Fijol, Brian Fitzgerald, Tony Frascolla, Joseph  Frawley, Daniel French, Nathaniel Gaines, Zach Gikas, Randy Grandmaison, Thaddeus Gumula, Tyler Gustafson, Philip Harding, Eric Hogan, Kristen  Houatchanthara, Carl Hultgren, Billy Johnson, Kwabena Kantanka, Joe Kelly, Val Kilduff, Ray Kirally, Greg Krikoris, Mike Lemire, Peter Locke, Barry  Lorion, Stephen Lucht, John Mankowsky, Justin McCullough, Sean McGlone, John McGrath, Brendan McShea, Suzette  Monteiro, Mohammed Nabulsi, Eric  Nascimento, Kenneth Openshaw, Jeremiah Otchere-Nyarko, Paige Parker, Scott Peoples, Richard Piehl, Walter Quintanilla, James Robida, Ed Rodriguez, Robert Rogers, Punita Saini, Jamshid Shadfar, Dennis Simkhovich, Vaughn Slack, Mickey Splaine, Erica Summers, Ray Tanner, Benjamin Thongphala, Tyson Toloczko, Daniel Travers, Matthew Trolla, Mike Zaniewski
• MassHealth Redeterminations Team, EOHHS / MassHealth
  • Tosin Adebiyi, April Aguiar, Eric Beaudry, Kevin Beauregard, Amy Bernstein, Richard  Blackman, John Boney, Yissel  Brito, Bethany Brogna, Katie Burns, Elizabeth Champagne, Victoria Chase, Susan Ciccariello, Daniel Cohen, Michelle  Comeau, Emily Cooper, Ricardo Couto, Elvia Cunha, Jarred Damico, Staige Davis, Dan DeLeo, Kelley Delorey, Amy Dybas, Jenna Eisan, Jonathan Finn, Lynn Finstein, Jon Forsyth, Alejandro Garcia Davalos, Jonathan Gentile, Alicia Gumski, Julia Hesselton, Sarah Hodin Krinsky, Emilia Hoppe, Elana Horwitz, Edward Hurley, Dickson Iyawe, Alyssa Alexander, Maddy Banderier, Katelyn Belloli, Amanda Caron, Cheryl Kouroyen, Gene Chaisson, Vivian  Lam, Elizabeth LaMontagne, Kevin Lariviee, Amy  Doyle, Emily Eibl, Daniel MacDonald, Erin Geoghegan, Jamison  MacLachlan, Susan Madden, Amar Ghimire, Nicholas Jackson, Yael May, Deanna Mazina, Shailaja Jeevaratnam, Amanda Joubert, Erica Menz, James Lee, Yan Lee, Lilia Murphy, Gavin Macintyre, Stacey Nee, Mary Neov, Sarah Nordberg, Kyle Marshall, Caitlin Parnell Crugnale, Camille Pearson, Donna Peltier, Emily Perrone, Norris Mills, Yasmin Otero, Raeha Pierson, Kathleen Racine, Mayvorly  Ramirez, Andrew Sinatra, Elizabeth Ranton, Ryan Slobin, Santosh  Reddy, David Rigazio, Yasaswi Vadlamudi, Kaylah Wicks, Doug Wilson, Ellie Romano, Heather  Rossi, Cristin  Rossini, Charles  Yu, Donna Saunders, Santanu Sen, Rosana Senise, Jamie  Silva, Kim Simonian, Blakely  Sullivan, Paul Trainor, Madi Wachman, Jodie Williamson, Rouba Youssef, Kelly Zeilman, Yuan Zhang, Rachael Zukus
• Office of Chief Medical Examiner Burial Program, EOPSS / Office of Chief Medical Examiner
  • Colleen Alvarez, Joe Finley, Eric Hogberg, Mindy J. Hull, Maureen  Hume, Andrew Joseph, Mary Kamb, Deborah Mendoza-Lochrie, Kathleen Rodrigue, Michael Webb Sandquist, Leslie Ward
• Reduction in Waiting Time for Insurance Eligibility Project Team, EOANF / Group Insurance Commission
  • Yuliya Baytler, Hareesh Babu, Shane O'Brien, Kristina Geary, Stephen Girard, Kratika Gupta, Alan Hickey, Raju Kalpande, Sathish Konda, Leslie Monteiro, Paul Murphy, Charles O'Brien, Pradeepkumar Prabhakaran, Maureen Quinn, Erika Scibelli, Andrew Stern, Stephanie Sutliff, Anjani Vutukuru, John  Williamson, Donna  Wortman , Rafael Zanatta
• The Holyoke Veterans' Home Leadership Team
  • Diane Dietzen, Debra Foley, Melanie Gentile, Lynne Gidarakos, Glen Hevy, Kelly Jones, Michael Lazo, Caitlin Menard, Rich Polwrek, Kate Sawyer, Brett Walker

About the Award

Governor Cellucci embodied what it meant to be a public servant who gave selflessly of himself while engaging others to embrace public service and instilling a philosophy of paying it forward.  The Award for Leadership and Mentoring in State Government, bearing his name, honors outstanding leaders in the area of mentoring in the workplace and the fostering of a supportive and learning environment amongst colleagues.   

2024 Award Recipients:

• Judith Cabrera, MassDOT
• James Cowdell, Executive Office of Veterans' Services
• Maureen Ford, EOANF / Department of Revenue
• Mary McCurry, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
• Carlos D. Resto, EOHHS / Department of Transitional Assistance
• Yu-Mui Wan, EOE / Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

About the Award

The Eugene H. Rooney, Jr., Public Service Award is presented to an employee or group of employees who selflessly personify a deep commitment to serving the people of the Commonwealth. This award was established to honor the memory of Gene Rooney, who spent the majority of his twenty-two years of public service as Deputy Personnel Administrator at the Human Resources Division. Gene strived to create both a learning and team-oriented environment; he personified creativity and innovation in public service. This award is given to those public employees who have demonstrated these ideals in the area of human resources development and training. 

2024 Award Recipients:

• James Cullen, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
• Tony Whitley, MBTA
• DOR Employee Training and Development Team, EOANF / Department of Revenue
  • Kendra Andrade, Frank Boegemann, Suzanne Bourdeau, Leslie Crawford, Marie Ransom, Brian Lynch, Kim Madaglia, Donna Quinn, Joanne Sullivan, Paul Tarquinio

About the Award

Equity in Government consists of: the fair, just and equitable (a) management of public agencies, (b) development and implementation of public policy; and/or, (c) delivery of and access to state services.

The Commonwealth Equity in Governance Award is given annually to an employee or group of employees who have demonstrated commitment to and attainment of the principles of equity in one or more areas of government operations: human resources activity that promotes diversity and inclusion, procurement activity that promotes the participation of minority business enterprises and women business enterprises, policy development and/or implementation (including the development and implementation of regulations, program policies, and/or rules), and/or improving access and/or accessibility (physical or programmatic) to state programs or the delivery of state services.

2024 Award Recipients:

• Susan Goldfischer, EOANF / Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
• Nicole Schmitt, EOHHS / Department of Public Health
• Low-Income Transit Fare Reduction Program, MBTA Team 
  Representing the MBTA, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
  • Tracy Arnold, Emily Balkam, David Churella, Michael Cole, Nancy Cox, Elizabeth Denniston, Stacey Nee, Jamie Silva, Lynn Finstein, Grejdi Gjura, Danielle Hardin, Lynsey Heffernan, Adele Jasperse, Elizabeth LaMontagne, Carmel Levy, Julianne Lima, Brittany Mangini, Steven Povich, Marissa Rivera, Heather Rossi, Israel Teru, Paul Trainor, Lorraine Ward, Lizzy Winters-Ronaldson
• Work and Family Mobility Program Team, MassDOT
  • Aditya Basheer, Steve McCollem, David Bedard, John Primerano, Aric Warren, William Witt, Matthew Wood, Nancy Cox, James DiLisio, Edvard Duffaut, Chandra Dunn, Jacquelyn Goddard, Anu Goutham, Kevin Klosek, Matthew Knosp, Sara  Lavoie, Colleen  Lewis, Olinda Marshall, Kimberly McDonald, James McPartlin, Sylvia Nguyen, Robert Northrup, Nathan Peyton, David Pottier, Catia Ruth Sharp, Elizabeth Silva, Nicole Spriggs, Carl Sundstrom, Steven Vasquezi