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New York City - March

Sonal Thakker, Heath Care Units, College of Health Professions, Staff, NYC

Ellen Greffenius, Heath Care Units, Staff, NYC

For her flexibility and dedication in increasing her work hours to support operational needs and ensure continuity of care. Her willingness to step in where needed reflects strong teamwork and commitment to the health center mission.

Westchester - March

Kristina Kelly, Student Engagement Pleasantville, Staff, Pleasantville

Sue Maxam, Chief Wellness Officer, Staff, NYC

Thank you so very much for your active and enthusiastic participation in this semester's Kindness The Antidote to Loneliness tabling initiative! Together we brought joy to the well over 100 students faculty and staff members who participated! Initiatives like this one have a positive impact that goes beyond that moment as kindness most definitely has a ripple effect!! I'm incredibly grateful to you!!!!

Yes I Make It Happen Monthly Nominees

All Employees recognized in the month of March 2026 (PDF)

Previous University–Wide Monthly YES Winners

February 2026

Christina Heredia, ResLife Administration NYC, Staff, NYC

Throughout the year the RD team consistently demonstrated the 91ÊÓƵ values by remaining accessible respectful and professional in their work with students and colleagues. They often go above and beyond their assigned responsibilities to ensure students felt supported and valued. Despite ongoing challenges the RD team remained resilient dependable and student-centered. Thank you for saying yes to this work to one another and to our students.

Mary Ann Errante, University Special Events - New York, Staff, Pleasantville

Mary Ann continues to go above and beyond to make sure that the LGBTQA Center has space for student events. Mary Ann has spent a considerable amount of time and energy to ensure that students had space for rehearsals for Hellbound West a student organized play. Mary Ann was quick to make accommodation and communicated effectively throughout the entire process. I am so thankful for her continued support and how easy she has made space reservation even though I know it is difficult.

January 2026

Laurie Resnick, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Psychological Services Ctr, Faculty, NYC

Thank you so very much for sharing your passion and expertise at today's First Annual Virtual Wellness Summit!! The feedback we have received already from attendees has been incredibly positive and it's thanks to presenters like YOU who made it the huge success that it was!!! I'm so grateful to you!!!

Poonam Doshi, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Psychology, Faculty, Pleasantville

Poonam is among the kindest most positive colleagues I've ever had the pleasure of working with! Even when receiving not-so-great news she responds with such positivity warmth and magnanimity which is virtually unheard of!! It's almost to the point where I find excuses to write to her just to receive her responses!!! - Thank you Poonam for truly embodying ALL of the YES award attributes and then going well above and beyond them!!! The world needs more Poonams!

December 2025

Dinesh Ulpange, Enrollment Operations and Tech, NYC

Thank you for helping the Honors College staff this semester! We cannot do what we do for our students without you. Happy holidays and enjoy your break!

Barbara McCarthy, Office of the Registrar, Pleasantville

Thank you for helping the Honors College staff this semester! We cannot do what we do for our students without you. Happy holidays and enjoy your break!

November 2025

Gisela Tirado Tewes, Marketing & Communications, NYC

Thank you Gisela for all your help with managing and updating the Social Justice Week website. I appreciate your flexibility with the myriad of changes that we had and your quick attention to them. Your responsiveness ensured that our communications remained clear and accessible supporting the entire planning team and enhancing the event experience for all participants.

Jessica Sofia, Office of the Dean CHP Pleasantville, Pleasantville

We are happy to nominate Jessica for her incredible support on the budget and contract pieces of our Macy Grant. Jessica has been consistently professional diligent and wonderfully detail-oriented keeping everything on track and making a complicated process feel manageable. Jessica's timeliness reliability and steady guidance have truly made a difference for our whole team. We are so grateful for Jessica's expertise and the positive energy she brings to this work

October 2025

Gwen Conneally, Financial Aid Counselor, New York

Thank you Gwen for being the Note Taker for our All Financial Aid Staff Debrief for your group. You did an excellent job! We are lucky to have you on our team. You Made it Happen for our Debrief and I thank you!

Kris Abbe, Talent Development Manager, Pleasantville

Bravo to Luciana Kris and Mariana for all of their extraordinary efforts to ensure that the PMDP training webinar is engaging and informative! Luciana and Kris presented the new PMDP process in UKG clearly maintained an audience-friendly pace and responded knowledgeably to all questions. Mariana did a great job navigating the QA and chat. Well done HR's Professional Development Team!