Congratulations to our 2026 UCSF engagement champions, whose teams demonstrated exceptional employee engagement and commitment to creating a workplace where people can thrive.
Top Quartile
These leaders' teams scored in the top 25% (top quartile) of comparison groups on employee engagement, demonstrating that these teams are currently among the highest-engaged teams.
Most Improved
Recognizes teams that experienced the largest positive change in engagement scores compared to the prior survey cycle. These teams made statistically significant progress in their engagement mean score.
Teams listed are ‘Direct teams only’ and Leaders with less that 5 respondents will not get a report of their own.
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Carol Dawson-Rose
Top Quartile
Mandac-Dy, Janis
Kathy Giacomini
Top Quartile
Cantero, Kimberly • Huntington, Serena • Lewis, Justin • Moody, Shondell • Watanabe, Jonathan • Woods, Alesia
Most Improved
Lewis, Justin (+0.25)
Erin Gore
Top Quartile
Alem, Hanna • Alt, Tim • Camacho, Elia • Chambers, Adrienne • Chee, Waimen • Clune, Michael • Conway, Charles • Conway-Hamilton, Shylah • Denson, Mike • Gore, Erin • Heckle, Michelle • Huerta, Sergio • Hughes, Rosemarie • Hui, Ashley • Ibarra, Denis • Johnson, Peggy • Jose, Gilberto • Krol, Pamela • La, Ben • Liao, Tracy • Lozano Pena, Debbie • Martinez, Alma • Mastache, Chris • Miralles, Jaycee • Nguyen, Denny • Pascual, Valerie • Pomele, Leebo • Ragbotra, Anthony • Reed, Paris • Roman, David • Sanchez, Cesar • Shaikh, Arsalan • St Martin, Girod • Standridge, Dan • Sullivan, Justin • Sussmann, Lian • Windisch, Neil • Zuno, Salvador
Most Improved
Bowe, Marquita (+0.94) • Camacho, Elia (+0.51) • Chau, Daniel (+0.90) • Chen, Howey (+0.39) • Denson, Mike (+0.26) • Jimenez, Bernadette (+0.35) • Johnson, Peggy (+0.24) • Mastache, Chris (+0.96) • Nguyen, Denny (+0.29) • Reed, Paris (+0.82) • Roman, David (+0.69) • Windisch, Neil (+0.20)
Suresh Gunasekaran
Adler, Josh
Top Quartile
Abuan, Vanessa • Adrian, Cherie • Alvarez, Yina • Anaya, Audrey • Andersen, Robin • Anfinson, Adele • Baldwin, Jennie • Blanco, Amie • Bo, Kosal • Bonacini, Kathy • Bray-hanin, Laurel • Brynelson, Sarah • Canonizado, Erlyn • Carvajal, Edmund • Chan, Daphne • Chang, Katherine • Chow, Tamaira • Clarke, Emily • Connors, Clare • Davis, Shaterra • De Guzman, Melissa • Dominguez, Mercedes • Espiritu, Pamela • Estacio, Tricia • Ferraris, Stephanie Ann • Gali, Richmond • Gee, Debbie • Gonzales, Joe • Griffin, Ann • Helle, Michael • Herrera, Janet • Hirai, Derek • Huizar, Jackeline • Ingrassia, Kelly • Jackson, Kathi • Kaplan, Irina • Kawakami, Yumi • Laffey, Joanna • Lakha, Sonia • Lennes, Inga • Mak, Julie • Mangat, Minty • Melville, Theresa • Miniello, Amy • Montoya, Robert • Navarro, Zenaida • O'neill, Diana • Ortega, Gerardo • Pashkov, Leanne • Pon, Katrina • Raghuwanshi, Karishma • Reyes, Eloisa • Rodriguez, Veronica • Scheel, Theodore • Schneider, Sarah • Silva, Krystal • Smith Hernandez, Janelle • St John, Jeanne • Sundberg, Christa • Sunga, Nic • Tgamol, Sirin • Thompson, Niesha • Thong, Cindy • Toliver, Tasha • Tong, Barry • Tran, Diane • Wheeler, Meg • Yap, Gilda • Young-gloriana, Hazel
Most Improved
Anaya, Audrey (+0.36) • Andersen, Robin (+0.26) • Chapadia, Harsh (+0.71) • Chow, Tamaira (+0.90) • Dinh, Denny (+0.28) • Donevan, Liam (+0.39) • Dungo, Joan (+0.20) • Herrera, Janet (+0.31) • Hicks, Sheree (+0.23) • Jackson, Kathi (+0.25) • Jones, Eunice (+0.31) • Kawakami, Yumi (+0.40) • Melville, Theresa (+0.26) • Mok, Mary (+1.07) • Montoya, Robert (+0.42) • O'neill, Diana (+0.46) • Raghuwanshi, Karishma (+0.37) • Reid, Brooke (+0.52) • Rincon-denham, Desiree (+0.98) • Rodriguez, Veronica (+0.30) • Scheel, Theodore (+0.30) • Thong, Cindy (+0.60) • Toliver, Tasha (+0.32) • Tremor, Hazel (+0.34) • Vergara, Jeremy Yves (+0.63) • Wachter, Ryan (+0.57) • Zhong, Xueni (+0.32)
Antrum, Sheila
Top Quartile
Ahmadi, Afsaneh • Amogawin, Karen • Antrum, Sheila • Beauchamp, Kevin • Bolandbala, Zahra • Chan, Josh • Duckett, Benton • Ebert, Deborah • Gomez Keen, Samantha • Gross, Kendall • Henson, Kayla • Higbee, Whitney • Kotis, Desi • Lee, Melissa • Liu, Jennifer • Malone, Michelle • Maripalli, Raj • Miles, Marcus • Muxen, Scott • Neri, Mary Jane • Newman, Brian • Ngo, Sandy • Odonnell, Vickie • Ortiz, Lauren • Pease, James • Pham, Lori • Ramos, Paul • Romo, Sean • Rosehill, Reid • Santos, Michelle • Scott, Anthony • Tadeo, Voltaire • Tan Un Teck, Ofelia • Todd, Jonathan • Torres, Joel • Velasco, Veronica • Venenciano, Amy • Vincent, Amy • Walsh, Katie • White, Jared • Wilhite, Chris • Willis, William • Wong, Joanne • Workman-braden, Toni • Wright, Ben • Yolangco, Adrian
Most Improved
Ahmadi, Afsaneh (+0.32) • Alvarado, Adrian (+0.32) • Arce, Rosa (+0.21) • Barangan, Edwin (+0.23) • Bolandbala, Zahra (+0.35) • Canilao, Cherilyn (+0.57) • Castillo, Elaine (+0.90) • Castillo, Chantel Marie (+0.35) • Chiu, Jennifer (+0.24) • Chu, Jennifer (+0.30) • Cisneros, Jesse (+0.27) • Clark, Mackenzie (+0.43) • De Dios, John (+0.95) • De Guzman, Jhoric (+0.77) • Degroot, Margarita (+0.61) • Elnar, Allan (+0.22) • Forte, Bridget (+0.66) • Greif, Jessica (+0.28) • Ha, Hien (+0.35) • Higbee, Whitney (+0.47) • Lee, Jimin (+0.34) • Levitt, Anna (+0.61) • Liu, Jennifer (+0.30) • Lopez-garrett, Reina (+0.33) • Malone, Michelle (+0.30) • Martinez, Sherri (+0.29) • Muxen, Scott (+0.40) • Navabzadeh, Ramtin (+0.26) • Newman, Brian (+0.32) • Ngo, Sandy (+0.39) • Patel, Mona (+0.36) • Penaflor, Daphne (+1.35) • Poon, David (+0.37) • Portwood, Robert (+0.47) • Quesada, Ruby (+0.70) • Rangel, Jesus (+0.55) • Rich, Andrew (+0.33) • Richardson, Cecil (+0.51) • Romero, Nicole (+0.20) • Rosehill, Reid (+0.59) • Sabale, Alexander (+0.21) • Skebong, Jen (+1.28) • Solomon-lopez, Rachel (+0.98) • Sumulong, Marc Christop (+1.93) • Tan, Alan (+0.68) • Tan, Wallace (+0.40) • Tato, Cindy (+0.37) • Todd, Jonathan (+0.55) • Tolman-salinas, Caroline (+0.30) • Torres, Joel (+0.34) • Venenciano, Amy (+0.24) • Wilhite, Chris (+0.37)
Bengfort, Joseph
Top Quartile
Anderson, Jesse • Bang, Sunny • Bhalerao, Ganesh • Block, Jeff • Boyce, Kelly • Boyer, Ian • Carcamo, David • Carrington, Dana • Creasman, Jennifer • Doraivelu, Ramesh • Fisher, Rick • Frazier, Remi • Gabler, Jason • Hillary, Rhett • Huynh, Jane • Joe, Adam • Johnson, James • Khurana, Sati • Komarovskaya, Nataliya • Lai, Ki • Larsen, Rick • Ma, Vincent • Mathew Revi, Lebon • Nakamura, Darryl • Patterson, Sean • Phelps, Evan • Rayamajhi, Susil • Ruhl, Damon • Singh, Neil • Sisenstein, Christian • Srivastava, Garima • Standfield, Connie • Tai, Freddie • Tao, Sara • Tecklenburg, Alyssa • Terrill, Mandy • Tincher, Susan • Tran, Dong • Vargas Reyes, Victor • Wallace, Julia
Most Improved
Carrington, Dana (+0.84) • Crain, Amanda (+0.30) • Creasman, Jennifer (+0.23) • Doraivelu, Ramesh (+0.33) • Hillary, Rhett (+0.20) • Holt, Jillian (+0.24) • Johnson, James (+0.36) • Knowles, Susan (+0.24) • Singh, Neil (+0.33)
Dannels, Laura
Top Quartile
Bertlow, Tisha • Dannels, Laura • Epitacio, Jeremy • Green, Charles • Isleta, Philip • Wiseman, Steven • Yang, Kun
Most Improved
Bertlow, Tisha (+0.55) • Kachalia, Arlin (+0.63) • Yang, Kun (+0.30)
Engel, Elizabeth
Top Quartile
Mcveigh, Ailish
Holmes, Nicholas
Top Quartile
Beard, Jennifer • Bellingham, Lara • Boehmer, Judie • Cannon, Kristine • Cappello, Michelle • Hamilton, Shelley • Hogan-schlientz, Jacqueline • Ivins, Barbara • Lal, Sangeeta • Martinez, Peter • Morales, Patricia • Nguyen, Tina • Pacol, Rudy • Parrish, Andrea • Seabrook, Irma • Trotter, Kimberly • Vashist, Tanushree • Vonbehren, Diane • Weiss, George • Woo, Nancy
Most Improved
Boehmer, Judie (+0.38) • Cappello, Michelle (+0.51) • Goldberg, Seth (+0.53) • Hogan-schlientz, Jacqueline (+0.49) • Ivins, Barbara (+0.34) • Joseph, Sherita (+0.28) • Marta, Nickol (+0.33) • Parrish, Andrea (+0.44) • Pope-angulo, Nancy (+0.67) • Springston, Christine (+0.85) • Swanson, Kara (+0.58) • Trotter, Kimberly (+0.45) • Woo, Nancy (+0.67)
Horton, Wendy
Top Quartile
Aguirre Corona, Ale • Albinana, Rosemary • Beltran, Romulo • Bogerman, Matthew • Buric, Mirha • Caldera, Cynthia • Carmichael, Kathryn • Chamberlain, Timothy • Donovan, James • Earl, Janice • Flamenco, Omar • Jajeh, Jessica • Kroll, Martina • Li, Angel • Light, Carolyn • Mcpeck, John • Ryken, Anais • Sanchez, Maritza • Wallace, Natalie
Most Improved
Basnet, Parichhit (+0.36) • Bell, Charles (+0.48) • Burgess, Gillian (+0.23) • Copeland, Brianna (+0.71) • Fischer, Robin (+0.34) • Garcia, Melvin (+0.70) • Goodin, Carmen (+0.42) • Griswold, Kimberly (+0.20) • Grossweiler, Kimberly (+0.32) • Mccarthy, Ryan (+0.25) • Mccarty, Darcy (+0.29) • Myoung, Paul (+0.57) • Salazar, Katie (+0.49) • Sanchez, Maritza (+0.28) • Singh, Meher (+0.35) • Slader, Daisy (+0.58) • Snellbacher, Irina (+0.30)
Kan, Tim
Top Quartile
Roberts, Jennifer
Most Improved
Kan, Tim (+0.23) • Roberts, Jennifer (+0.75)
Sinotte, Brian
Top Quartile
Bennan, James • Curiel, Janet • Darby Jr, James • Gasper, Zareh • Leyva, Louie • Schulkin, Roxanne • Shih, Antoinette • Tumbale, Teresa • Ustrzynski, Sam • Violett, Emily
Most Improved
Darby Jr, James (+0.96) • Luckett, Toni (+0.27) • Mcclellen, Hannah (+0.20) • Oakes, Angela (+0.43) • Poblete Acosta, Pamela (+0.33) • Schlotterbeck, Emily (+0.24) • Schulkin, Roxanne (+0.30) • Warren, Joyce (+0.78)
Wentz, James
Top Quartile
Argao, Albert • Calkins, Jennifer • Davis, Telly • Davis, Veronica • Degennaro, Peter • Earlix, Kemma • Fonseca, Antonio • Ha, Christine • Lala, Shaleshni • Louie, Christopher • Millado, Rosario • Morris, Erik • Omer, Lisa • Pabis, Tamara • Phommachanh, Annie • Radtke, Gil • Ramil, Jenifer • Raymundo, Priscilla • Saipaia, Patrina • Sanchez Basulto, Melizza • Singh, Mandy • Smith, Michelle • Vance, Laura • Vega, Patience • Welcher, Stacey • Wentz, James
Most Improved
Aguilera, Veronica (+0.67) • Argao, Albert (+0.21) • Calkins, Jennifer (+0.39) • Degennaro, Peter (+0.21) • Millado, Rosario (+0.58) • Nambajjwe, Patricia (+0.28) • Phommachanh, Annie (+0.28) • Renteria, Michael (+0.43) • Valencia, Lidia (+0.43) • Vega, Patience (+0.26)
Erin Hickey
Top Quartile
Feely, Audrey • Hickey, Erin • Manning, Cyril • Smith, Megan
Most Improved
Anderson, Chris (+0.36)
Talmadge E. King Jr
Top Quartile
Ababseh, Apryl • Atamy, Safi • Blasnek, Mary Beth • Brechtel, Laurel • Brungardt, Karen • Burns, Rachael • Cain, Mallory • Calangi, Hubert • Camacho, Jennifer • Camano Sosa, Melisa • Campbell Jr, Ronald • Chooey, Kristine • Chow, Joanna • Clemons, Sara • Cortez, Sarah • Crane, Jason • Cropper, Dana • Cunningham, Thomas • Czech, Jane • Dulai, Teji • Fiscalini, Allison • Fragiadakis, Gabriela • Freyer, Catharine • Garcia, Mark • Godbout, Jenny • Hiramoto, Lorel • Hoang, Vincent • Hubbard, Derrik • Hutchinson, Julie • Jacobson, Adam • Jain, Shonul • Kavanagh, Karen • Kemball, Robin • Lai, Jennifer • Langdon, Amy • Langit, Archie • Lee, Stephanie • Lupole, Rachel • Martinez, Jessica • Matthay, Michael • Morgan, Mia • Mosholder, Joseph • Musoke, Kelly • Nguyen, Oanh • Novelero, Maria • Ortega, Sandra • Panion, Mike • Patel, Twinkle • Pean, Falian • Pearson, Laurae • Perret, Kendra • Plough, Audrey • Pradhan, Amy • Prijoles, Chi • Rieger, Ryan • Ross, Jannot • Santiago, Eunice • Seeley, Bill • Shumate, Kate • Skafel, Andrea • Smith, Karen • Soleimani, Hossein • Solorzano, Iris • Spetz, Joanne • State, Matthew • Stekol Moore, Emily • Sustaita, Mayra • Tien, Phyllis • Ward, Polina • Whelan, Andy • Williams, Brie • Wong, Karina • Yau, Rosemary • Yuan, Karen
Most Improved
Bailey, Inez (+0.57) • Bresnahan, Rachelle (+0.30) • Caton, Michael (+0.28) • Cho, Young (+0.64) • Chow, Joanna (+0.97) • Cunningham, Thomas (+0.26) • Dela Cruz, Thea Rica (+0.62) • Godbout, Jenny (+0.20) • Gourley, Gato (+0.50) • Hoskin, Elena (+0.24) • Kong, Denice (+0.44) • Leung, Francesca (+0.33) • Lui, Ming (+0.57) • Patel, Ashish (+0.21) • Pean, Falian (+0.22) • Reyes, Vanessa (+0.62) • Rieger, Ryan (+0.62) • Schuler, Virginia (+0.21) • Shumate, Kate (+0.23) • Solorzano, Iris (+0.77) • Summers, Travis (+0.57) • Williams, Brie (+0.28) • Yu, Constance (+0.33)
Catherine R. Lucey
Top Quartile
Akerman, Olena • Alldredge, Brian • Atangan, Hazel • Blake, Nicquet • Davis Rodriguez, John • Groves, Brian • Ilieva, Polina • Little, Micquel • Lucey, Catherine R • Passalacqua, Sean • Rosko, Jennifer
Payam Nahid
Top Quartile
Preas, Natalie
Michael Reddy
Top Quartile
Bowen, Kiara • Campos Gonzalez, Vanessa • Montoya, Kitty • Yip, Teresa
Most Improved
Bowen, Kiara (+0.23)
Brian Smith
Top Quartile
Chiu, Janellyn • Chung, Andrew • Coons, Erin • Greenlund, Jennifer • Keenan, Jason • Lada, Farida • Mayo-Baylon, Nina • Naranjo, John • Torres, Joey • Wilson, Nick
Most Improved
Louie, Sharon (+0.20) • Parker-Vega, Alexis (+0.38) • Torres, Joey (+0.21) • Zhu, Peili (+0.38)
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