APS Honors Career Service Milestones

On May 20, the School Board honored employees that have reached professional milestones by providing 20 years or more of service to APS. This year’s honorees included 204 employees who have served a combined total of 4,680 years in APS. Each of these employees are crucial to the success of our school system because they provide continuity and stability for school operations and instructional programs. Although they have all had different career paths, each and every one of them has made a difference in so many lives. Visit our website for a complete list of honorees.

20 Years
Kerry Abbott, Abingdon; Elvira Altamirano, Carlin Springs; Everton Anderson, Information Services; Denis Babichenko, Wakefield; Kwabena Baffour, New Directions; Dolores Baldoz, DTL; Shiree Ball, Transportation; Scott Beach, Hoffman-Boston; Robert Beland, Yorktown; Ashley Berger, Arlington Traditional; Reyna Berrios, Wakefield’ Ruth Bilodeau, Career Center’ Julie Bolin, McKinley; Philip Bonar, New Directions; Ratree Bracey, Benefits & Payroll; Johnnie Buxton, Washington-Liberty; Tamla Cantow, McKinley; Esmeralda Castillo, Gifted Services; Luzdary Chamorro, Gunston; Floyd Cline, Aquatics; Olga Cotom, Kenmore; Susan Cottrell-Holland, Barcroft; Rona Cox, DTL; Veronica Cross, Career Center; Yasmin Escalante, Barrett; Sandra Espinoza, Barrett; Michelle Fettig, Swanson; Jacqueline Firster, Information Services; Bruce Fort, Kenmore; Sharmane Franklin, Abingdon; Catherine Frum, HB Woodlawn; Elvira Garcia, Randolph; Lucinda Gonzalez, Carlin Springs; Kristale Grant, HB Woodlawn Secondary; Dani Greene, Jamestown; Yomara Gregg, Transportation; Rosa Hall, Kenmore; Michelle Harris, Wakefield; Ramona Harris, Human Resources; Magna Hawkins, REEP; Denise Henderson, Extended Day; Julie Henry, Student Services; Miguel Hernandez, Jefferson; Tanya Hileman, Information Services; Carolyn Jackson, Equity & Excellence; Kimberly Jackson, Washington-Liberty; Donna Jensen, Nottingham; Charlene Jones, Gunston; Diana Jordan, Jefferson’ Joyce Kelly, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Peter Khlen, Transportation; Jeremy Koller, AETV; Jazmin Leon, Integration Station; Manuela Lozano, Claremont; Mirna Lucero, Oakridge; Dorothy Lydon, Kenmore; Susan Matthews, Nottingham’ Michele Mautawalli, McKinley; Kerensa McConnell, Key; Scott McKeown, Yorktown; Sonji McNear, Tuckahoe; Lynette McCracken, Wakefield; Todd McDaniel, Arlington Traditional; Olga Medina, Carlin Springs; Edgardo Mercado, Student Services; Maria Mercado, Benefits & Payroll; Angeliki Mike, Kenmore; Tammy Mills-Mirick, Jefferson; Raphaella Morard-Vogel, Instruction; Muhammad Mughal, Transportation; Sheila Napala, Career Center; Marcellious Nesbitt-Gaines, Career Center; Maureen Nesselrode, Campbell; Noralee Nevius, Langston; Linh Nguyen, Jefferson; Phu Nguyen, Kenmore; Comfort Nimoh, Williamsburg; Natalia Nunez, REEP; Sandra O’Connor, Food Services; Bridget O’Malley, Carlin Springs; Lidid Ordonez, Montessori Public School of Arlington; Colleen Osgood-Dykema, Swanson; Helen Parkhurst, Kenmore; Mary Perez, Abingdon; Jerome Peele, Washington-Liberty; Juan Peredo, Yorktown; Anh Phan, Washington-Liberty; James Pierce, Maintenance; Katzrzyna Polek-Craven, Jefferson; Melissa Poore, Barrett; Maryam Pouresmaeil, Dr. Charles. R. Drew; Lillian Quinteros, REEP; Robert Reisinger, Campbell; Gina Rocco, McKinley; Evin Rodriguez, Dr. Charles R. Drew; Maria Rodriguez, Barrett; Elizabeth Rojas, Transportation; Natalia Salazar, Arlington Community; Nelson Salmeron, Abingdon; Mireya Sanchez, Integration Station; Diane Silva, Kenmore; Michael Smalley, Yorktown; Laurie Smith, Glebe; David Soles, HB Woodlawn Secondary Program; Kathryn Speakman, Yorktown; Edward Starr, Wakefield; Lisa Stengle, Planning & Evaluation; Steven Stricker, Design & Construction Kate Sydney, Glebe; Wendy Taylor, New Directions; Marlon Telleria, Yorktown; Carol Thompson, Yorktown; Jacqueline Torres, Science Focus; Abraham Tuwafie, Transportation; Myrel Umila, Barcroft; Milagros Vascones-Gatski, Student Services; Juanita Wade, Science Focus; Trudy Walker, Oakridge; Kirsten Wall, Jefferson; Paula Watts, Wakefield; Holly Webb, Key; Christine Wiedemann, Yorktown; Vanessa Williams, Maintenance; Adje Wilson-Bahun, Washington-Liberty.

25 Years
Maria Aguilar, Wakefield; Akwasi Agyemang-Kusi, Taylor; Patricia Almeyda, Key; Harold Andersen, Yorktown; Fidel Arriaza, Maintenance; Debra Barnes, Transportation; Anthony Battle, Carlin Springs; Mary Begley, Science Focus; Natalia Benefiel, REEP; Aminta Branco, Abingdon; Anne Eisman-Burns, Key; Matthew Carey, Arlington Traditional; Timothy Cotman, Wakefield; Shauna Dyer, Kenmore; Allison Gordon, Ashlawn; Richel Haslam-Hemmer, Integration Station; Heidi Heim, Key; Manuel Hernandez, Glebe; Angela Hillman, Kenmore; Jeffery Humphries, Aquatics; Katherine Kaplow, Long Branch; David Koppelman, Bridget Loft, DTL; Carlin Springs; William Lomax, Yorktown; Duane Lomis, Information Services; Lara Macdonald, Arlington Community; Lilliana Maldonado-Mendez, Washington-Liberty; Katherine Mcfail, Kenmore; Elizabeth Meikle, Dorothy Hamm; Ward Merritt, Randolph; Serita Morris, Transportation; Stephen Morse, Abingdon; Karen Mullins, Gunston; Karen Navarro, Alice West Fleet; Juan Otal, Carlin Springs; Rosaura Palacios, Maintenance; Maria Parra, Dr. Charles R. Drew; Patricia Pineda, Swanson; Jeanette Preniczky, Glebe; Regina Richardson, Campbell; Patricia Rojas, Yorktown; Socorro Rojas, Key; Patricia Roseboro-Shackleford, Career Center; Cheryl Stotler, Yorktown; Maria Terrazas, Discovery; William Vanevera, HB Woodlawn Secondary Program; Patricia Walsh, HB Woodlawn Secondary Program; Glenroy Williams, Washington-Liberty; Kyra Wohlford, McKinley

30 Years