2023 President’s Awards for Outstanding Service

Congratulations to this year’s nominees and recipients. 

This year, McMaster is honouring 32 nominees and recipients of the President’s Awards for Outstanding Service in 2023 for their exceptional contributions.

A list of the nominees and recipients, along with the nomination biographies, are available on the President’s Awards website.

Please Save the Date – President’s Awards for Outstanding Service Ceremony.  

All members of the McMaster community are invited to attend the in-person celebration to honour this year’s nominees and recipients. Awards will be presented by President David Farrar.

Thursday, May 30, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
L.R. Wilson Concert Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall  

Register for the celebration, or review further information about the Awards on our website. Have questions? You can reach us at presidentsawards@mcmaster.ca.

Individual Award Recipients 

Bipasha Bose, Program Manager and Senior Principal Research Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

Rachel Couban, Research Coordinator, Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre

Samantha Couch, Program Manager, Cooperative Education, Faculty of Science

Stephanie Haak, Program Coordinator, Faculty of Engineering

Renata Hall, Manager, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Education, Equity and Inclusion Office

Ben O’Connor, Acting Assistant Dean, Faculty of Science

Dennis Tian, Lead, Systems, Office of the Registrar

Lisa Villeneuve, Administrative Coordinator, Pediatrics

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Jackie Osterman, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Humanities

Early Achievement Award Recipient 

Jessica Anderson, Recruitment Officer, Office of the Registrar

Team Award Recipients 

McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) Team 

Gesine Alders, Allison Dubé, Casey Irvin, Amy Ladouceur, Alison Outtrim, Audrey Patocs, Ine Wauben

Research Data Management Services Team 

Danica Evering, Isaac Pratt

Special Achievement Award Recipient 

ACCESS Tech Working Group 

Megan Bieska, Carlos Figueira, Greg Iarusso, Craig MacDonald, Alex Schaap, Kate Whalen

Individual Nominees 

Colleen Ballagh, Operations Coordinator, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Joanne Chou, Business Systems Specialist, Financial Affairs

Betty Chung, Manager, Strategic Faculty Events and Engagement, Office of the Dean & Vice-President, Faculty of Health Sciences

Connor Dougherty, Human Resources Partner, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact

Rebekah Flynn, Program Administrator, Faculty of Social Sciences

Hilary Jenkins, Research Scientist, Faculty of Science

John McAndrews, Managing Director, Digital Society Lab, Faculty of Social Sciences

Milica Pavlica, Academic Department Manager, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Alex Proulx, Lab Technician, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Shannon Reitsma, Research Assistant, Medicine

Christine Rich, Career Educator, Faculty of Engineering

Carly Silenzi, Customer Service Representative, Financial Affairs

Sherri Smith, Administrative Assistant, Medicine

Emily Vance, Recruitment and Admissions Officer, DeGroote School of Business

Michele Vaz, Business Manager, W Booth School of Engineering Practice & Technology

Team Nominees 

CSU Operations Group 

Gabriela Marszalek, Sonya Runco, Carla Schmitt, Karina Ziolkowski

Illume 2023 

Bobby Abali, Santina Arvandi, Steven Barei, Karen Bigeye, Natasha Condon, Matthew Demers, Elsa Dupont, Carlos Figueira, David Fisher, David Fogarty, Raquel Gavey, Holly Gibson, Brad Haalboom, Laurie Ham, Laura Hickenbottom, Brett Hill, Paul Hoag, Noelle Holloway, Melanie Hunter, Jammy Ing, Megan Johnson, TJ Kelly, Steven Kuran, Ivan L’Ortye, Robert Morrallee, Dean Mougenot, Erin Otterspoor, Marta Prancho, Ann Richards, Daniel Vartanian, Catherine Young, Joseph Zubek

Faculty of Health Sciences MacSites Project Team 

Jamie Bozarth, Circe Luna Cordeiro, Latasha Deleo, Tyler McIntyre, Taylor Miatello, Simon Oakley, Melanie Phillips, Ryan Poole, Shayla Vize

Holmium Production Team 

Megan Blacker, James Kennedy, Natalie Mercanti, Dhrupal Patel