Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards
Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards
Annually, the Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards program recognizes seven high achievers out of more than 2,000 employees. Nominations are reviewed by a committee of college peers and honored at the annual Staff Appreciation Day. Winners receive a plaque and monetary award.
People in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment often say “we are different” because we are. M-G CAFE has offices and personnel in all 120 Kentucky counties, research and extension stations across the state, the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Regulatory Services, and an Arboretum; the list is extensive. The staff of these units, whether on the Lexington campus or in Leslie County, are the heartbeat of the college. There is not one M-G CAFE employee who has not gone above and beyond in service, innovation, and dedication. The Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards are one way for the Martin Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment to say “thank you” to all staff employees.
In 1997 when the program was initiated, support came from Gamma Sigma Delta, the international agriculture honor society that became inactive at UK a few years ago, as well as the college’s alumni association and the Dean’s Office through the Partners in Agriculture fund. In 2018, a revised endowment agreement called the Gamma Sigma Delta Gold Fund was finalized in order to support the OSA program in perpetuity. The awards were renamed for Dr. Lisa P. Collins in 2020 to recognize her outstanding service and advocacy on behalf of the staff of the college.
2024 Nominees & Winners (in bold)
Executive/Administrative/Managerial
Patrick Allen, 4-H Central Operations
Matt Barton, Agricultural Communications
Tawana Brown, Agricultural Communications
Scarlett Consalvi, Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Jesse Dahl, Arboretum
Esther Fleming, AMBT
Deloris Foxworth, Center for Student Success
Mary Hammons, M-G CAFE Business Centers
Andrea Higdon, Dean's Office
Janet Lensing, Entomology
Kevin Norvell, Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Whitney Rogers, Dietetics and Human Nutrition
Kirsten Scoggin, Veterinary Science
Julie Tolliver, Biosystems & Agr Engineering
Office and Clerical
Lois Campbell, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Kimberly England, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Annette Tirado-Muniz, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Glenda Meyer, Dean's Office
Office and Clerical - County Extension Offices
Megan Blevins, KCES Region Central Area 01
Tracy Blevins, KCES Region Central Area 01
Melinda Cross, KCES Region East Area 01
Kelly Dockter, KCES Region Central Area 06
Monique Pack, KCES Region East Area 07
Alice Perry, KCES Region East Area 07
Carla Wilkey, KCES Region West Area 02
Brittney Williamson, KCES Region East Area 08
Service/Maintenance/Skilled Crafts and Farm Management
David Branham, Fleet Services
Sonny Saylor, KCES Region Central Area 02
Technical and Paraprofessional
Jason Brown, KCES Region Central Area 07
LaDonna Dawes, KCES Region Central Area 01
Terry Evans, Ag Data Center
H. David Gillespie, Animal and Food Sciences
Bonnie Kinney, KY Tobacco Research & Dev Ctr
Karen Kummer, 4-H Central Operations
Lisa Lamb, Family and Consumer Sciences
Ashley Moore, 4-H Central Operations
Katie Ralph, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Letitia Saunders, Veterinary Science
Joe Smith, KCES Region Central Area 07
Morgan Trigg, Family and Consumer Sciences
Myrna Vazquez, Family and Consumer Sciences
