2011 Prudential Davis Productivity Awards Winners Announced

Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services

It gives me great pleasure to recognize the 2011 Prudential Davis Productivity Award winners from the University of Florida.  The Prudential Davis Productivity Award is an annual event honoring state government employees throughout Florida.

In addition to honoring “innovation, creativity, and smart work,” the awards program recognizes individuals and work units that have adapted or implemented previous years’ award-winning achievements to create added value.

The teams from UF who have been identified as 2011 winners are:

IFAS FP&O Controls Team, UF IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations
Plaque Award
Developed and Implemented Energy Efficiency Strategies
Team Members: Adam Boudreaux, Joe Hayden, Jon Lanhart

Online W-2 Team, Joint effort by Office of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Enterprise Systems,  Office of Human Resource Services, College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts and Science, College of Journalism and Communications, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Medicine, College of Law, Office of Student Financial Affairs
Certificate of Commendation
Implemented Online W-2s and Employee Year End Statements
Team Members: Eric Davidson, Gary Grossheim, Greg McEachern, Jorge Lopez, Robert Freeman, Debra Staats, Diane Gebhardt, Donna Kolb, Elda Quijano, Jane Thomas, Kathleen Tillett, Linda Orfield, Lisa Hodges, Melita Reddish, Nelda Loper, Susan Luther, Vinita Varshney, Angela Gould, Cheryl  Combs, Dianna Kish, Emilia Raskin, Jean  Harris, Juli Carter, Melanie Hill, Nicole Garvey, Sally Harvin, Susan Hudson

Facilities Green Initiative Team, UF IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations
Certificate of Commendation
Streamlined Electronic Processes to Eliminate Paper Transactions
Team Members: Adam Boudreaux, Frank Tipton, Ronnie Cooper, Jennifer Otto, Sheri Munn

For more information about the Davis Productivity Awards program, please visit http://www.hr.ufl.edu/awards/davis or contact our Agency Coordinator, Kenya Williams, at kenya-williams@ufl.edu or (352) 273-1761.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!