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Organizational Effectiveness

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121-50 USB
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121 University Services Building, Suite 50
Iowa City, IA 52242-1911
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The I.O.W.A. affords supervisors and co-workers the opportunity to recognize staff for initiative and innovation that have had positive results in their workplace. Nominations are taken twice a year.

Spring 2024

Individual Winners

Awardee: Leah Koppes
Nominated by: Laura Goddard | Sponsor: Katie Machovsky

Team Winners

Nurses Using Ultrasound for Difficult IV Access (DIVA)
Nominated by: Donna Dolezal 

Team Members: Kathleen Fear, DNP, CRNA, ARNP, Kelsey Wood, BSN, RN, SRNA-DNP student, Jess Berding-Wheat, MSN, RN, CPAN, CNOR, Aimee Cusic, BSN, RN, CAPA, Ben Mirr, BSN, RN, Laura Riss, BSN, RN, Sheri Parman, BSN, RN

Courtney Nobis and Emily Wilson
Nominated by: Kari Murphy

Team Members: Courtney Nobis, Emily Wilson

Fall 2023

Individual Winners

Awardee: Maria Hein
Nominated by: Laura Goddard | Sponsor: Linda Hand

Awardee: Joe McKelvey
Nominated by: Elizabeth Jaggers | Sponsor: Mark Henrichs

Spring 2023

Team Winners

Pediatric Continuity of Care (COC) Team
Nominated by: Janine Petitgout 

Team Members: Janine Petitgout, Lindsay Blaha, Nicole Acheson, Karen Johnson, Sara English, Marcia Gilbert, Ashley Jackson

Patient Financial Services Quality Assurance Team
Nominated by: Heath Barrow | Team Sponsor: Heather McCarter

Team Members: Amy Finley, Heather Ganka, Heather Hansen, Rachel Harthan, Diana Hernandez, Jen Holtz, Kim Kamoss, Lisa McHugh, Danielle Ostlund, Julie Russell, Emily Tobin, Jordan Wink, Elissa Scharff, Heather McCarter, Stephanie Duncan, Chris Kilgore, Kristin Edwards, Heath Barrow, Bree Mess, Kerri Morrison, Gina Harris

Specimen Tracking Project Team
Nominated by: Jim Ross | Team Sponsor: Anne Smith

Team Members: Anne Smith, Colby Hawker, Tanika Moreland, Shel Greek-Lippe

Fall 2022

Individual Winners

Awardee: Kimberly Carter
Nominated by: Kevin Kregel | Sponsor: Lois Geist

Team Winners

Dental Hygiene Standards Committee 
Nominated by: Kelby Scandrett | Team Sponsor: Dr. Brian Howe

Team Members: Kelby Scandrett, BSN RN, Tracy Just, RDH, Pat Juffer-Flake, RDH, Terri Pizinger, RDH, Jean Redlinger, Valerie Waterhouse, Debra Mazzocco

Epic Nursing Student ICON Course Transition Team
Nominated by: Kieran Leopold

Team Members: Scott Leeman, Anne Alberhasky, Theodore McNulty, Christina Woline, Sarah Schneider, Kristina Beachy, Becky Hurt, Eiko Oka, Jessica Ashlock, Denise Litwiller, Kieran Leopold

Employee Healthcare Parking Improvement 
Nominated by: Dagong Wang | Team Sponsor: Debby Zumbach

Team Members: Lori Skoff, Erin Shane, Jeff Horesowsky, April Wells, Stuart Wood, Karmen Dillon, Nicholas Dreyer, Thomas Alt, Ben Stone, Sherry Reynolds-Miller, Janet Woo, Changhui Xu, Tong Lu, Tim Blake

Nursing Recruitment 
Nominated by: Michele Farrington | Team Sponsor: Rebecca Schwertfeger

Team Members: Kylie Arras, Rebecca Beggs, Lisa Ellenson, Morgan Finnegan, Kyle Fountain, Lindsey Fudge, Megan Garton, Mercedes Juelfs, Elizabeth Leu, Nicole Peak, Tiffany Perkins, Anne Phillips, Dillon Sampson, Jenelle Sisneros, Payal Vedanayagam

PACS Team- Radiology Engineering  
Nominated by: Greg Lehmann | Team Sponsor: Bryan Garter

 

Team Members: Chris Doran, Travis Balchunas, Brian Wiese, Blake Sanor, Jenni Schmid, Tom Pearce

University Employee Health Clinic- Call Line Team
Nominated by: Barbara Schuessler | Team Sponsor: Jennifer Miller

Team Members: Jenn Miller, Melissa Gross, Patrick Hartley, Chris Iverson, Claudia Corwin, Deisi Acevedo, Beth Hanna, Colby Hawker, Holly Meacham, John Heinemann, Jeff Vande Berg, Nick Dreyer, Ken Valley, Brian Cassady, Jen Boyd, Sarah Healy, Crystal Lux, Barb Schuessler

OBGYN Sonography Team 
Nominated by: Bridget Toomey

Team Members: Nicole Robertson, Sara Baldus, Allison Corlett, Elisabeth Culek, Kara Fountain, Mercedes Hansen, Rebekah Holmbo, Melissa Lacina, Kristen Leggins, Michelle Lerch, Laura Marler, Nicole Riemenschneider, Mackenzie Spinler, Taryn Stafford, Claire Thiede, Lindsey Williams, Brittany Wykert, Glenda Mueller

Individual Winners

Awardee: Kimberly Carter
Nominated by: Kevin Kregel | Sponsor: Lois Geist

Spring 2022

Team Winners

CLASAN Communications Committee
Nominated by: Diane Hauser | Team Sponsor: Diane Hauser

Team Members: Anna Gaw, Biology/CLAS, Ellie Healy, Chemistry/CLAS, Colleen Kelley, History/CLAS, Andrea Krekel, Communications/CLAS, Anna Newnum, Journalism/CLAS, Allison Wanger, English/CLAS

Center for Inclusive Academic Excellence Leadership Team
Nominated by: Cassie Walizer | Team Sponsor: Tab Wiggins

Team Members: Kim Castillo, Jennifer Lynch, Cody Pritchard, Cassie Walizer, Tab Wiggins

Intelligent Invoice Automation
Nominated by: Dagong Wang

Team Members: Dani Weber, Brian Wildemuth, Kris Halter, Jacob Feuerbach, Vladimir Avdonin, Sherry Reynolds-Miller, Chris Leichty, Jason Heath,

Mental Health Postvention Implementation Team
Nominated by: Barry Schreier | Team Sponsors: Sarah Hansen, Cheryl Reardon, Tanya Uden-Holman

Team Members: Katie Birdsall, Kelly M. Clougher, Ph.D., Nicole Del Castillo, M.D., M.P.H., Megan Hammes, Kristi Norris, Barry A. Schreier, Ph.D., H.S.P., Bronwyn H. Threlkeld-Wiegand L.I.S.W., Tanya Villhauer

Parking & Transportation and Finance & Business Information Services
Nominated by: Dagong Wang | Team Sponsor: Erin Shane

Team Members: John Ira Thomas, Sarah Crafton, Rachel Marie Maddix, Carol Ann Leinhauser, Delores Lynn Skoff, Jeffry P. Horesowsky, Erin Dalene Shane, Lori L Price, Nathan Hott, Terry Martin Bell, Alex Thurman, Kristina L. Mueller, Christopher C. Wise, Jim Dasen, Changhui Xu, Cody Droz, Chik-Lun Janet Woo, Sherry Reynolds-Miller, Jacob Feuerbach

Individual Winners

Awardee: Stephen Castillo
Nominated by: Tom Persoon | Sponsor: Kevin Singleman

 

Awardee: Adam Connell
Nominated by: Bailey Carrol | Sponsor: Heidi Robinson

 

Awardee: Mary Cross
Nominated by: Maria Lukas | Sponsor: Carrol Reasoner

Spring 2021

Team Winners

Concert Streaming Team
Nominated by Sue Orhon

Team Members: James Edel, Jenny Hall, Sue Orhon, Kayt Conrad, Katie Buehner, Christine Burke, Mark Bennett, Gay Pelzer, Nick Tomlonovic

Dance Digital Audition Team
Nominated by Kayt Conrad

Team Members: Alex Bush, Lance Bolton, Jessica Yoder, Isaac Podolefsky

Implementation of In-Person Instruction in Music
Nominated by Kayt Conrad

Team Members: Laura Goddard, Jenny Hall, Sue Orhon, Kayt Conrad, Jeremy Herrera, Chad Walker, Don Schneider, Kathy Ford, Kathy Reeves, Pauline Wieland Plowman, Kate Vos, Kelly Riessen, John Winget, Rod Hanze, Michelle Worrell

School of Music Online Audition Platform
Nominated by Laura Goddard

Team Members: Pauline Weiland Plowman, Laura Goddard, Kristy Kellbach, Ann Kunkel, Robin Kellbach

Spring 2020

Individual Winners

Debra Goodwin, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics
Nominated by Aliasger Salem

Joe Cilek, Health and Human Physiology
Nominated by Tiffany Schier

Fall 2019

Individual Winners

Brian Bishop, Human Subjects Office
Nominated by Gabrielle Ursula Chelette

Gordon F. Buchanan, Neurology
Nominated by Alex Petrucci

Meghan Gatlin, Joint Office for Compliance
Nominated by Randi Jelinek

Daniel Khalastchi, Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing
Nominated by Jane Huffman

Christine Leichty, Purchasing
Nominated by David Stenersen

Pauline Wieland Plowman, School of Music
Nominated by Laura Goddard

Fall 2019

Team Winners

Carver College of Medicine "Clerx" Software Development Team
Nominated by Hugh Hansen

Team Members: David Calvert, Eric Embree, Patrick Flanagan, Shannon Manley, Duane Staskal, Hugh Hansen, Dana Hartman, Dr. Amal Shibli-Rahhal, Cathy Chavez, Cate Unruh

EGY Work Group
Nominated by Lou Ann Montgomery

Team Members: Cindy Dawson, Emily K. Ward, Lou Ann Montgomery, John Cashman, Robin Norfleet, Jody Kurtt, Sara Caven, Kirsten Hanrahan, Lela Schumacher, Becky Hurt, Heidi Burak

Parking Services Office and FBIS Business Application Development
Nominated by Dagong Wang

Team Members: Vladimir Avdonin, Sarah Crafton, James Dasen, Jacob David Feuerbach, Vamsilatha Gorlagunta, Carol Ann Leinhauser, Rachel Marie Maddix, Valerij Petrulevich, Sherry Reynolds-Miller, Delores Lynn Skoff, Taylorel Stutts, John Thomas, Laurant Vance, Chik-Lun Woo, Changhui Xu

Password Synchronization Team
Nominated by Lee Carmen

Team Members: Michael Cullison, William Dawson, Robert Heitman, Dan Kitzmann, Dan Metzler, Luke Molony, Jordan O'Konek, Daniel Worrell

Crisis Stabilization Officers: a Novel Program to Prevent and Address Hospital Violence
Nominated by Jeff Vandeberg

Team Members: Jody Tate, John Wagner, Dana Cook, Lance Clemsen, Katherine Schneider, Katie Bulin, Alley Harmon, Vicky Kijewski, Paul Van Heukelom, Jeff Vande Berg, Brian Remington, Neil Humble, Jason Morris, Doug Vance

Email Anti-Phishing
Nominated by Ryan Lenger

Team Members: Tracy Scott, Katie Kahler, Ryan Lenger, Matt Kaufman, Craig Wilkinson, Steve Troester, Daniel Worrell, Em Domingues, Jordan O’Konek, Joey Kirkpatrick, Deb Yoder, Teresa Rose, Lisa Schintler, Dan Metzler, Laurie Hafner Dahms, Dan Dirks, Adrienne Coon, Nicole Dahya, Lin Larson, Zach Furst, Nikki Cardenas, Jamie Matthews, Michael Alberhasky, Matt Depaepe