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DAS/OIT honors 23 employees
for superior work
-- DAS Office of Employee Services, January 2006

Congratulations to the following 23 employees who were honored at the DAS/OIT Superior Accomplishment Award and Quality Service Award program held Jan. 18 in the Rhodes Tower Lobby Hearing Room.

Superior Accomplishment Award individual recipients:
  • Tenette Blaising, DAS General Services Division
  • Dana Kilgore, DAS Administrative Support Division
  • Scott Marzec, DAS Administrative Support Division
  • Bruce Sinmaz, DAS Administrative Support Division
Superior Accomplishment Award work group recipients:
  • Stacy Cornett, DAS Equal Opportunity Division; Marc Half, DAS General Services Division; Jeff Hodges, OIT Service Delivery Division; Joseph Holliman, DAS Human Resources Division; David Johnson, DAS General Services Division; Barbara Thomas, OIT Service Delivery Division; Matt Westerman, DAS Administrative Support Division; and Cassandra Yancey, OIT Service Delivery Division.
  • Cindy Kelly and Pamela Smith, both of DAS General Services Division.
Quality Service Award individual recipients:
  • Linda Adkins, OIT Service Delivery Division
  • Barbara Light, DAS Office of Collective Bargaining
  • Crystal Rudy, DAS Administrative Support Division
  • Gerri Stewart, DAS Human Resources Division
Quality Service Award work group recipients:
  • John Alexander and Anna Jacobs, both of OIT Service Delivery Division
  • Karlotta Chenault, Bill McCandlish and John Verdes, all of DAS Administrative Support Division
Special Mention recipients:
  • William George-Whittle, Ohio Department of Education
  • Susan Nagel, DAS Human Resources Division
The awardees were recognized during the ceremony by DAS Director Carol Nolan Drake and OIT Director Mary F. Carroll.

The Superior Accomplishment Award and Quality Service Award make up the agency's employee recognition program. After being nominated by co-workers, managers, employees or customers, awardees are chosen by a committee based on specific criteria. The Quality Service Award honors individuals or work groups for providing quality service when conducting their day-to-day duties. Awardees that go beyond their daily duties to perform outstanding work and quality service also receive the Superior Accomplishment Award.

To nominate an individual or work group for these honors, a Web-based nomination form can be accessed directly at http://apps.intranet.das.ohio.gov/Superior or by clicking the link on the Office of Employee Services home page, http://das.ohio.gov/asd/Emppage.htm. To log in, enter your “last name, first name” and the password, which is “welcome.”

If you have questions about the form or difficulty accessing the system, please call Employee Services at (614) 466-2136.


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Crystal Rudy

Tenette Blaising

Bruce Sinmaz