Last Year's Award Winners

Staff Partner of the Year

Amy Vitale, Assistant VP for Business Operations, Division of Student Affairs
Karen Leibowitz, Art Director, Office of Marketing & Communications

Faculty Partner of the Year

Rajiv Lajmi, MS, PMP - Director, Applied Health Informatics Program, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions

Spirit Award

Lynn Alba, Director of Talent Acquisition, Stony Brook University Hospital
Karen Kernan, Director, Programs for Research & Creative Activity, URECA
Alicia Kakakios, Resident Hall Director, Campus Residences
Alaina Claeson, Landscape Manager, Stony Brook Maintenance & Grounds
Margot Palermo, Director Business Honors Program, College of Business

Alumni Champion

Andy Gordon, VP and Head of Life Insurance, Annuity & Underwriting Solutions, Guardian Life Insurance
Madeline Augustin, BDS Technology Strategy Senior Manager, Boeing
Georgia Galanoudis, Strategic Advisor/Director of Marketing & Communications, Idealist.org

Diversity Champion

Judi Brown Clarke, Vice President of Equity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Office of the President
Derek Peterson, CEO, Soter Technologies

Career Readiness Champion

Ete Chan, Co-Director of Undergraduate Program, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Arnika Edwards, Assistant Athletic Director for Student Career & Leadership Development, Athletics

Internship Program of the Year

Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO)

Community Partner of the Year

Little Saint Nick Foundation

Employer Partner of the Year

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

Rookie of the Year

National Grid

DPLN (Diversity Professional Leadership Network) Professional Buddy of the Year

Douglas Alvarez, Director - Business Analysis, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Kelsey Hess, Senior Program Manager, National Grid
Eddie Duchatelier, Director, Societe Generale
Carol Gomes, Chief Executive Officer/COO, Stony Brook University Hospital

DPLN Student Rising Star

Landsey Roy
Joshua Szala
Kaitlyn Dappah
Wilensky Coleau
Mrinaleni Das
Rebecca Mohabirl

DPLN Student of the Year

Ashley Gonzalez
Devi Chowdhury
Madina Azizi