Climate Committee

• Committee Chair: Emily Feuer, Office of the Vice President for Finance & Administration ([email protected])
• Committee Members:
  • Elisa Arteche, Facilities Management ([email protected]) 
  • Taylor Chambers, Enterprise Risk Management ([email protected]) 
  • Indu, Facilities Management ([email protected])
  • Jill Haskell, Human Resources ([email protected])
  • Anil Mangal, Facilities Management ([email protected])
  • Matt McMillen, Information Technology Services ([email protected])
  • Sandra Peterson, Office of the Vice President for Finance & Administration ([email protected])
  • Adam Reagan, Information Technology Services ([email protected])
  • Kanti Tripathi, State Accounting ([email protected])
  • Daniel Vandeyar, University Police Department ([email protected])
  • Kenneth Waldie, University Auxiliary Services ([email protected]) 

This award recognizes an F&A team member who creates and supports an environment of inclusiveness and belonging at UAlbany. 

2023 Recipient: Dan Bushnell, Plant Utilities Engineer, for his support of inclusive practices within his diverse team, including using a variety of language translation methods, to ensure all team members are able to excel in their roles.

2022: Mary Ellen Mallia

2021: Merissa Mabee

This award recognizes an F&A team member who goes above and beyond to successfully meet a challenge and/or support change.

2023 Recipient: Nick Bennett, Facilities Maintenance Supervisor, for his commitment to high standards, positive energy and partnerships on campus in all his facilities-related work, including his leadership on the Aesthetics committee.

2022: Michael Vadney

2021: Stephen Conard

This award recognizes an F&A team member who demonstrates ongoing excellence. 

2023 Recipient: Eric Dombroski, ITS Senior Systems Architect, for his continued willingness to provide highly proficient skills in a variety of ITS functions while also perpetually improving systems and processes.

2022: Jennifer Nichols, Denise Salerno

2021: Miguel Santiago

This award recognizes excellence and engagement in a first year F&A team member. 

2023 Recipients: 

• Aicha Bamba, ITS Lead Programmer/Analyst, for her contributions to service documentation for multiple enterprise scale applications including OnBase Document Management, IvyBot (Minerva chatbot) and Jotforms. 
• Stephanie Deso, HR Personnel Associate, for her work to enhance the employee experience and promote compliance and best practices in the field.

2022: Ariana Wallace-Barrett

2021: Kevin Urure-Cruz

This award recognizes an F&A team member who promotes collaboration, engagement and interaction across departments.

2023 Recipient: Adam Pasnik, University Police Investigator, for his continued source of positive interactions with the University community including serving as the department’s Athletic Liaison and providing personal safety trainings to community members.

2022: Michael Mabee

2021: Jason Maloney, Pam Lantzy, Mary Baumes

This award recognizes an F&A team member who makes their team better.

2023 Recipients:

• Carly Galbraith, HR Personnel Associate, for her commitment to colleagues through her work with the Employee Assistance Program and coordination of feel-good events for her team. 
• Lena Thornton, Supervising Janitor, for her dedication to her team, her job and the University as a whole through both routine matters and facilities-related challenges. 

2022: Nancy O’Brien

2021: Malgorzata Kaladjian