Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award Recipients

2023 recipients

Vincenzo Carinci

Financial Services

Vince Carinci, TMU's Director of Strategic Procurement and Payment Services is an individual who brings an admirable level of dedication, integrity and thoughtfulness to his role. He consistently goes over and above to engage with units across the University to move forward initiatives and opportunities for collaboration and engagement both within and outside of TMU that advance the University’s priorities and values and have a positive social, civic, and cultural impact on the University. In everything he does, Vince takes a highly collaborative and collegial approach, and he is highly regarded across the University as a facilitator and problem solver.

Mike Hollands

Community Safety & Security

Mike is a leader in the development of a new and instrumental facet to TMU’s Community Development through Community Safety and Security: the creation of the Crime Prevention and Community Engagement Office. Under Mike’s tutelage, a select team was assembled and implemented strategic responses to issues facing our community such as crime, racism and discrimination, recidivism, space analysis and safety recommendations while supporting internal, external resources and agencies that could mutually benefit from partnerships, understanding and education. Mike’s dedication to community is reflected in the University’s values: supporting persons affected by crime and violence, alongside a commitment to mental health.

Harsimran Rattan

Student Affairs

Simran Rattan is being nominated for the Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award under the Client Service area. Simran has excelled and went above and beyond the requirements of her role at the Career, Co-op & Student Success Centre (CC&SS) as the unit adjusted its operations during and after the pandemic. As the key person representing the front entrance (both virtually and in person) of the operation, Simran played an important role in implementing changes made to both CC&SS programming and services but also the platforms that deliver them.

Milene Santos Costa Ferreira

Faculty of Community Services

We celebrate Milene Ferreira, who epitomizes client service excellence, compassion, big picture vision and painstaking attention to detail. The magnificent Milene is student-focused, energized by challenges and adept at collaboration. Transcending the call of duty to facilitate student completion and graduation, she is the heroine of the MSW program. Indefatigable, sensitive, and knowledgeable, she makes students feel welcome and valued, contributing to the program’s recruitment and retention. We know of no one more deserving than this remarkable professional who has anchored the MSW program since its start.

Affinaquest Implementation Team

• Nirmal Adiyodi, University Advancement
• Sergio Chiodo, University Advancement
• Jill Cooper, University Advancement
• Jody Dailey, University Advancement
• Tony Davison, University Advancement
• Jamison Dowsett, University Advancement
• Shawn Hymers, University Advancement
• Myha Mac, University Advancement
• Karen Musytschka, University Advancement
• Meherab Saher, University Advancement
• Als Thompson, University Advancement

The Affinquest Implementation Team is being recognized with the Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award in the Innovation category for their exceptional work building a state-of-the-art database solution while keeping up with the daily demands of their regular roles. Their work as a team ensured the university’s investment was strategic and strengthened the efficiency and effectiveness of the operation. They collectively shaped a new system that is increasing Advancement’s ability to track the complexity and development of alumni, donor and prospect relationships, and positioned it to leverage that activity for increased revenue.

Branded Materials Transition Project

• Nuala Byles, Athletics & Recreation
• Gina Vaccaro, Athletics & Recreation

As the university prepared for the new name, Nuala Byles and Gina Vaccaro recognized that the transition must uphold the university’s commitment to sustainability. As the Athletics and Recreation Department considered the pathways for the branded materials they would be phasing out, they strategized how to expand these efforts through a campus-wide Branded Materials Transition Project. The project has collected over 12,000kg of materials that can be recycled, (re)used or repurposed in the most sustainable ways possible. The project's impact extends past that of a sustainability effort by engaging the community, fostering collaboration, and supporting equity, diversity and inclusion.

Past recipients