Congratulations to our 2026 UCSF staff engagement leaders, 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.
Carol Dawson-Rose
Top Quartile
Mandac-Dy, Janis
Kathy Giacomini
Top Quartile
Brown, Mandy • Cantero, Kimberly • Huntington, Serena • Jue, Vicki • Lacanlale, Lizardo • Lewis, Justin • Moody, Shondell • Thompson, Ashley • Watanabe, Jonathan • Woods, Alesia
Most Improved
Jue, Vicki (+0.84) • Lacanlale, Lizardo (+0.42) • Lewis, Justin (+0.25) • Thompson, Ashley (+0.32)
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
Top Quartile
Abuan, Vanessa • Adrian, Cherie • Aguirre Corona, Ale • Ahmadi, Afsaneh • Albinana, Rosemary • Alvarez, Yina • Amogawin, Karen • Anaya, Audrey • Andersen, Robin • Anderson, Jesse • Anfinson, Adele • Antrum, Sheila • Argao, Albert • Baldwin, Jennie • Bang, Sunny • Beard, Jennifer • Beauchamp, Kevin • Bellingham, Lara • Beltran, Romulo • Bennan, James • Bertlow, Tisha • Bhalerao, Ganesh • Blanco, Amie • Block, Jeff • Bo, Kosal • Boehmer, Judie • Bogerman, Matthew • Bolandbala, Zahra • Bonacini, Kathy • Boyce, Kelly • Boyer, Ian • Bray-Hanin, Laurel • Brynelson, Sarah • Buric, Mirha • Caldera, Cynthia • Calkins, Jennifer • Cannon, Kristine • Canonizado, Erlyn • Cappello, Michelle • Carcamo, David • Carmichael, Kathryn • Carrington, Dana • Carvajal, Edmund • Chamberlain, Timothy • Chan, Daphne • Chan, Josh • Chang, Katherine • Chow, Tamaira • Clarke, Emily • Connors, Clare • Creasman, Jennifer • Curiel, Janet • Dannels, Laura • Darby Jr, James • Davis, Shaterra • Davis, Telly • Davis, Veronica • De Guzman, Melissa • Degennaro, Peter • Dominguez, Mercedes • Donovan, James • Doraivelu, Ramesh • Duckett, Benton • Earl, Janice • Earlix, Kemma • Ebert, Deborah • Epitacio, Jeremy • Espiritu, Pamela • Estacio, Tricia • Ferraris, Stephanie Ann • Fisher, Rick • Flamenco, Omar • Fonseca, Antonio • Frazier, Remi • Gabler, Jason • Gali, Richmond • Gasper, Zareh • Gee, Debbie • Gomez Keen, Samantha • Gonzales, Joe • Green, Charles • Griffin, Ann • Gross, Kendall • Gunasekaran, Suresh • Ha, Christine • Hamilton, Shelley • Helle, Michael • Henson, Kayla • Herrera, Janet • Higbee, Whitney • Hillary, Rhett • Hirai, Derek • Hogan-Schlientz, Jacqueline • Huizar, Jackeline • Huynh, Jane • Ingrassia, Kelly • Isleta, Philip • Ivins, Barbara • Jackson, Kathi • Jajeh, Jessica • Joe, Adam • Johnson, James • Kaplan, Irina • Kawakami, Yumi • Khurana, Sati • Komarovskaya, Nataliya • Kotis, Desi • Kroll, Martina • Laffey, Joanna • Lai, Ki • Lakha, Sonia • Lal, Sangeeta • Lala, Shaleshni • Larsen, Rick • Lee, Melissa • Lennes, Inga • Leyva, Louie • Li, Angel • Light, Carolyn • Liu, Jennifer • Louie, Christopher • Ma, Vincent • Mak, Julie • Malone, Michelle • Mangat, Minty • Maripalli, Raj • Martinez, Peter • Mathew Revi, Lebon • McPeck, John • McVeigh, Ailish • Melville, Theresa • Miles, Marcus • Millado, Rosario • Miniello, Amy • Montoya, Robert • Morales, Patricia • Morris, Erik • Muxen, Scott • Nakamura, Darryl • Navarro, Zenaida • Neri, Mary Jane • Newman, Brian • Ngo, Sandy • Nguyen, Tina • O'Neill, Diana • Odonnell, Vickie • Omer, Lisa • Ortega, Gerardo • Ortiz, Lauren • Pabis, Tamara • Pacol, Rudy • Parrish, Andrea • Pashkov, Leanne • Patterson, Sean • Pease, James • Pham, Lori • Phelps, Evan • Phommachanh, Annie • Pon, Katrina • Radtke, Gil • Raghuwanshi, Karishma • Ramil, Jenifer • Ramos, Paul • Rayamajhi, Susil • Raymundo, Priscilla • Reyes, Eloisa • Roberts, Jennifer • Rodriguez, Veronica • Romo, Sean • Rosehill, Reid • Ruhl, Damon • Ryken, Anais • Saipaia, Patrina • Sanchez Basulto, Melizza • Sanchez, Maritza • Santos, Michelle • Scheel, Theodore • Schneider, Sarah • Schulkin, Roxanne • Scott, Anthony • Seabrook, Irma • Shih, Antoinette • Silva, Krystal • Singh, Mandy • Singh, Neil • Sisenstein, Christian • Smith Hernandez, Janelle • Smith, Michelle • Srivastava, Garima • St John, Jeanne • Standfield, Connie • Sundberg, Christa • Sunga, Nic • Tadeo, Voltaire • Tai, Freddie • Tan Un Teck, Ofelia • Tao, Sara • Tecklenburg, Alyssa • Terrill, Mandy • Tgamol, Sirin • Thompson, Niesha • Thong, Cindy • Tincher, Susan • Todd, Jonathan • Toliver, Tasha • Tong, Barry • Torres, Joel • Tran, Diane • Tran, Dong • Trotter, Kimberly • Tumbale, Teresa • Ustrzynski, Sam • Vance, Laura • Vargas Reyes, Victor • Vashist, Tanushree • Vega, Patience • Velasco, Veronica • Venenciano, Amy • Vincent, Amy • Violett, Emily • Vonbehren, Diane • Wallace, Julia • Wallace, Natalie • Walsh, Katie • Weiss, George • Welcher, Stacey • Wentz, James • Wheeler, Meg • White, Jared • Wilhite, Chris • Willis, William • Wiseman, Steven • Wong, Joanne • Woo, Nancy • Workman-Braden, Toni • Wright, Ben • Yang, Kun • Yap, Gilda • Yolangco, Adrian • Young-Gloriana, Hazel
Most Improved
Aguilera, Veronica (+0.67) • Ahmadi, Afsaneh (+0.32) • Alvarado, Adrian (+0.32) • Anaya, Audrey (+0.36) • Andersen, Robin (+0.26) • Arce, Rosa (+0.21) • Argao, Albert (+0.21) • Barangan, Edwin (+0.23) • Basnet, Parichhit (+0.36) • Bell, Charles (+0.48) • Bertlow, Tisha (+0.55) • Boehmer, Judie (+0.38) • Bolandbala, Zahra (+0.35) • Burgess, Gillian (+0.23) • Calkins, Jennifer (+0.39) • Canilao, Cherilyn (+0.57) • Cappello, Michelle (+0.51) • Carrington, Dana (+0.84) • Castillo, Chantel Marie (+0.35) • Castillo, Elaine (+0.90) • Chapadia, Harsh (+0.71) • Chiu, Jennifer (+0.24) • Chow, Tamaira (+0.90) • Chu, Jennifer (+0.30) • Cisneros, Jesse (+0.27) • Clark, Mackenzie (+0.43) • Copeland, Brianna (+0.71) • Crain, Amanda (+0.30) • Creasman, Jennifer (+0.23) • Darby Jr, James (+0.96) • De Dios, John (+0.95) • De Guzman, Jhoric (+0.77) • Degennaro, Peter (+0.21) • Degroot, Margarita (+0.61) • Dinh, Denny (+0.28) • Donevan, Liam (+0.39) • Doraivelu, Ramesh (+0.33) • Dungo, Joan (+0.20) • Elnar, Allan (+0.22) • Fischer, Robin (+0.34) • Forte, Bridget (+0.66) • Garcia, Melvin (+0.70) • Goldberg, Seth (+0.53) • Goodin, Carmen (+0.42) • Greif, Jessica (+0.28) • Griswold, Kimberly (+0.20) • Grossweiler, Kimberly (+0.32) • Ha, Hien (+0.35) • Herrera, Janet (+0.31) • Hicks, Sheree (+0.23) • Higbee, Whitney (+0.47) • Hillary, Rhett (+0.20) • Hogan-Schlientz, Jacqueline (+0.49) • Holt, Jillian (+0.24) • Ivins, Barbara (+0.34) • Jackson, Kathi (+0.25) • Johnson, James (+0.36) • Jones, Eunice (+0.31) • Joseph, Sherita (+0.28) • Kachalia, Arlin (+0.63) • Kan, Tim (+0.23) • Kawakami, Yumi (+0.40) • Knowles, Susan (+0.24) • Lee, Jimin (+0.34) • Levitt, Anna (+0.61) • Liu, Jennifer (+0.30) • Lopez-Garrett, Reina (+0.33) • Luckett, Toni (+0.27) • Malone, Michelle (+0.30) • Marta, Nickol (+0.33) • Martinez, Sherri (+0.29) • Mccarthy, Ryan (+0.25) • Mccarty, Darcy (+0.29) • Mcclellen, Hannah (+0.20) • Melville, Theresa (+0.26) • Millado, Rosario (+0.58) • Mok, Mary (+1.07) • Montoya, Robert (+0.42) • Muxen, Scott (+0.40) • Myoung, Paul (+0.57) • Nambajjwe, Patricia (+0.28) • Navabzadeh, Ramtin (+0.26) • Newman, Brian (+0.32) • Ngo, Sandy (+0.39) • Oakes, Angela (+0.43) • O'Neill, Diana (+0.46) • Parrish, Andrea (+0.44) • Patel, Mona (+0.36) • Penaflor, Daphne (+1.35) • Phommachanh, Annie (+0.28) • Poblete Acosta, Pamela (+0.33) • Poon, David (+0.37) • Pope-Angulo, Nancy (+0.67) • Portwood, Robert (+0.47) • Quesada, Ruby (+0.70) • Raghuwanshi, Karishma (+0.37) • Rangel, Jesus (+0.55) • Reid, Brooke (+0.52) • Renteria, Michael (+0.43) • Rich, Andrew (+0.33) • Richardson, Cecil (+0.51) • Rincon-Denham, Desiree (+0.98) • Roberts, Jennifer (+0.75) • Rodriguez, Veronica (+0.30) • Romero, Nicole (+0.20) • Rosehill, Reid (+0.59) • Sabale, Alexander (+0.21) • Salazar, Katie (+0.49) • Sanchez, Maritza (+0.28) • Scheel, Theodore (+0.30) • Schlotterbeck, Emily (+0.24) • Schulkin, Roxanne (+0.30) • Singh, Meher (+0.35) • Singh, Neil (+0.33) • Skebong, Jen (+1.28) • Slader, Daisy (+0.58) • Snellbacher, Irina (+0.30) • Solomon-Lopez, Rachel (+0.98) • Springston, Christine (+0.85) • Sumulong, Marc Christop (+1.93) • Swanson, Kara (+0.58) • Tan, Alan (+0.68) • Tan, Wallace (+0.40) • Tato, Cindy (+0.37) • Thong, Cindy (+0.60) • Todd, Jonathan (+0.55) • Toliver, Tasha (+0.32) • Tolman-Salinas, Caroline (+0.30) • Torres, Joel (+0.34) • Tremor, Hazel (+0.34) • Trotter, Kimberly (+0.45) • Valencia, Lidia (+0.43) • Vega, Patience (+0.26) • Venenciano, Amy (+0.24) • Vergara, Jeremy Yves (+0.63) • Wachter, Ryan (+0.57) • Warren, Joyce (+0.78) • Wilhite, Chris (+0.37) • Woo, Nancy (+0.67) • Yang, Kun (+0.30) • Zhong, Xueni (+0.32)
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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