Governor Gary Herbert presented awards to 9 individuals and 14 team recipients in honor of their dedication to excellence as state employees in the 2014 Governor’s Awards for Excellence on May 7, 2014.
This year’s award recipients were selected for Heroism in moments of crisis, Innovation and Efficiency for out-of-the-box creativity, Humanitarianism, Leadership and Outstanding Public Service.
In recognition of this year’s award recipients, we will be providing a synopsis of the nomination provided for each team or individual on the Employee Gateway Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Congratulations to the 2014 Governor’s Awards for Excellence winners!
- Tonya Gallegos, Labor Commission – Outstanding Public Service
- Vehicle and Dealer Registration System (VADRS) Team, Tax Commission – Innovation and Efficiency
- Electronic Crash Reporting Transition Team, Public Safety – Innovation and Efficiency
- Karen Peterson, Administrative Services – Humanitarianism
- Rio Grande Storage & Collection Reconnaissance Team, Heritage and Arts – Outstanding Public Service
- Vaccine Management Team, Health – Innovation and Efficiency
- Kyle Walker, Education – Leadership
- Health and Life Division, Insurance – Outstanding Public Service
- Merisa Lanford, Financial Institutions – Innovation and Efficiency
- Appeals Division, Workforce Services – Innovation and Efficiency
- Joseph Williams, Human Services – Humanitarianism
- AFIS Rewrite Team, Technology Services – Innovation and Efficiency
- FOSI Committee, Corrections – Innovation and Efficiency
- Dennis McFall, Veterans Affairs – Outstanding Public Service
- Traffic Signal Performance Measures Team, Transportation – Innovation and Efficiency
- Egg & Poultry Grading Program, Agriculture – Outstanding Public Service
- Valerie Bunk-Warr, Environmental Quality – Leadership
- DWR 5600 West Exchange Team, Trustlands – Outstanding Public Service
- Wildlife Resources Emergency Assistance Team, Natural Resources – Heroism
- Jeremy Marsh, Human Resources – Innovation and Efficiency
- Communciations and Marketing Team, GOED – Outstanding Public Service
- DABC Warehouse Staff, DABC – Innovation and Efficiency
- Fran Stultz, Governor’s Office – Outstanding Public Service
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