At the annual recognition ceremony on Tuesday, 4/25/23, recipients of the 2023 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA) were honored plus featured in a campus CALMessage from the Chancellor and the COSA Committee on 5/16/23. Recipients included both individuals and teams with one of the highest honors bestowed upon staff by the Chancellor.
Most notably, many Berkeley Regional Services (BRS) staff members were recognized as part of two (2) team awards:
Summer Salary Process Streamlining and Automation Team
- Arliss Nakken, Communications Manager, Administration
- Carlos Ascasibar, HR Generalist, Berkeley Regional Services; BEST Region
- Diana Zhang, Payroll Specialist, Berkeley Regional Services; BEST Region
- Hany Jong, Research Administrator, Berkeley Regional Services; BEST Region
- Henry Chan, Contracts and Grants Manager, Berkeley Regional Services; SHARE Region
- Isabel Nguyen, Senior Project Manager, Business Process Management Office
- Janet Speer, HR Manager, People & Culture
- Kelly Peeples, HRIM Specialist, Berkeley Regional Services; BEST Region
- Rachel Kuo, Project Policy Analyst/HR Report and Project Analyst, People & Culture
- Stephanie Tang, Academic HR Analyst, Academic Personnel Office
Financial Planning Post-Strike Implementation Workgroup (a cross-functional team of 35 employees throughout campus)
- Cynthia Weekley, Executive Director, Berkeley Regional Services; ERSO Region and Assistant Dean, HR, College of Engineering
- Henry Chan, Contracts and Grants Manager, Berkeley Regional Services; SHARE Region
- Stephanie Tang, Senior Academic Analyst, Academic Personnel Office
- Teal Sexton, Regional Director, Berkeley Regional Services; SHARE Region
A CALMessage to recognize all of this year's COSA recipients is expected in the next couple of weeks.
Congrats to these BRS (and support partner) rockstars!