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Will constantly goes above and beyond his role to add value, solve problems and be responsive to whatever comes his way. He is incredibly donor centric, and remembers donor preferences in whatever support he provides. He often communicates directly with donors on my behalf in a professional and cordial manner, with incredibly quick turnaround for whatever they are asking for or need.
Will is incredibly trustworthy, often handling concerns of a highly sensitive nature with complete discretion. He has taken on supporting my work with the MMAG and has tracked on every detail to help us bring our best foot forward with this very important group of donors. He receives constant praise from the Sr. Dir. of Executive Communications who staffs the Dean/EVPMA for his professionalism, work product and demeanor.
Will is highly accountable and goes above and beyond to ensure that I and other team members are prepared and have what we need to get our work done effectively. He is incredibly responsive to in the moment issues and concerns and has become a zoom expert and resource for the CW/Campaign teams and around the office.
Will is very thoughtful in his work and has internalized our organizational mission, vision and values, which is reflected in how he brings himself to work each and every day. Will helps support both the campaign and CW teams on our DEI activities and constantly seeks to advance his knowledge and understanding of this important University and office initiative.

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Toni embodies the mission, vision, and values of Michigan Medicine in her work every day. On administrative professional day in 2021, we asked team members to come up with a few words to describe Toni. Some of the top words included: Passionate, Positive, Helpful, Dedicated, Kind, Resourceful, Collaborative… and the list goes on. I wish I could upload the word cloud to this nomination form. Toni shows up to work every day with a smile, and consistently treats everyone around her with respect and kindness. She does so much work behind the scenes and never seeks recognition or reward. She helps to keep our team accountable to our partners & ensures that donors are at the center of all that we do.

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For all the reasons Tiffani was voted a Victors Valiant, she represents to me a co-worker who consistently works to improve the culture of our office by engaging us, and leadership, in ways that is sometimes hard work and uncomfortable but always with the intention of gaining better understanding and appreciation of each other.

Tiffani is always kind, thoughtful, and inclusive.

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Tiffani is a dream colleague who lives her life in service to others. Despite her busy day-to-day schedule and the enormous DEI commitments she’s taken on over the last year, she has stepped up to help with several big projects that are not part of her regular workload. She has lent her DEI knowledge and writing skills to feature-length stories for Medicine at Michigan over the last year, even though that is not part of her normal responsibilities. Last fall, I asked for her advice about an anti-racism story, and she went above and beyond to help out. When initial interviews for the story were relatively unproductive, she reached out to colleagues outside of our department who helped broaden our scope. She also helped conduct multiple interviews and co-wrote the story, allowing us to build meaningful relationships with alumni who were featured and to lift up marginalized voices that would otherwise not be heard. Because of her exceptional service, I made connections outside of our office who will be key thought partners for future stories.

Tiffani’s writing skills, DEI perspective, and willingness to step outside of her regular role on the communications team have been indispensable in being able to tell the powerful stories of anti-racism work being done at Michigan Medicine. Through her work as a communicator, she has consistently supported our institutional goals of promoting health equity and inspiring boundless philanthropy for that work.

Tiffani is also mission driven in her everyday work of supporting gift officers. She handles writing projects for an astonishing number of teams and is the primary communications liaison for more than a dozen gift officers. Others rely on her for honest feedback, as wella s for ideas and leadership. And she makes time to assist others with proofreading, copyediting, finding resources, and anything she believes will help make the gift teams and other core services teams successful.

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Have you met Teresa? For those of you who have had the pleasure of working with Teresa, you know what an incredible thoughtful and inclusive person she is. She excels at collaboration and relationship building and will go above and beyond in all of her work. Teresa is honest and transparent, she is understanding and trusting, and she is always striving for better.

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Sarah is honestly the one person in our office that makes the work I do possible! Without her thoughtful approach to her work, there would not be enough hours in the day to get everything done and still have some sanity! As an admin, she is the pulse of our entire team and she's recently taken on even more work than before. Managing a team of gift officers, including 2 SLT members is hard in normal times but then to do it virtually - it's a whole different level of hard. Not only does Sarah do all that she needs to do, but she is constantly coming up with better, quicker and easier ways to get things done as well. She is innovative and creative and the systems she creates often end up being used by other teams because they are so impressive. She is a master of spreadsheets and DART and keeping our discovery work, our stewardship and our engagement timely and up to date. Simply put - Sarah is a rock star and I'm grateful for her contributions every single day!

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Over the last several years in working with Sarah, she has become a trusted colleague to many and a friend to more. She is incredibly passionate about our vision and mission only exceeded by her love of University of Michigan sports and her family. She fully lives our values each day. She has the utmost integrity, is incredibly collaborative, and embraces diversity to the fullest extent possible. She embodies these ideals through her volunteerism in the office by serving as a DEI mentor last year, a role that I know took her outside of her comfort zone. She pushes herself more than most in this way.

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The team, the team, the team. Nicole embodies this message. As a leader, she is in the field with each of her employees, battling obstacles together, and celebrating wins. She is the ultimate cheerleader that always puts the team's or employee's needs above her own.

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Matt is the definition of the Michigan Medicine mission, vision, and values. There is not one box he does not check as he completely embodies these characteristics in his everyday demeanor. Matt is an amazing colleague and partner and is always adhering to the highest caliber of customer service, both internally and externally. He is ALWAYs willing to help, answer any questions you may have (even if he has answered the question numerous times in the past), and always does so with a smile on his face. He is committed to the greater good of the office, and our organization.

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Matt is an amazing colleague. He is always happy to help with anything he is asked to do. He is cheerful and positive and our team can always depend on him to promptly respond and know how to handle any and all of our requests with a smile on his face. You can read his emails and know that he is pleased to help. He never seems annoyed when we ask for help with things that we maybe should already know. He so gracious and kind. He embodies all of the things we all aspire to be in a colleague. May we all be inspired by Matt!

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Marie has lived our values and more the last couple of years especially. She has worked incredibly hard and I've added more to her plate during the time. I've shifted team members and tried to create more alignment among specialties where I could. This added more although I gather it's not more than she's juggled in the past (in past structures, she managed many areas). She cares deeply about her team members and during the pandemic has clued me in when someone was having a bad day and I should check in on them. This is almost impossible for me to know since we aren't in the same office anymore. Marie has skills that don't get a lot of attention too. She is the "go-to" person when it comes to knowing what to submit for professorship paperwork for regents meetings. She's gathered this knowledge over years of work and dozens of professorship submissions.

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I have worked very closely with MargaretAnn Cross for almost 14 years. In fact, she hired me to work at Kellogg in 2008! I can't think of anyone more passionate about the mission, vision and values of Michigan Medicine. She is the ideal co-worker and friend. She takes on as much work as she can, sometimes too much, because she cares greatly about finding cures and sharing the excellent work done here at Michigan Medicine with donors and prospective donors. Her writing is EXCELLENT. Tom Baird recently commented that her proposals are the best he has ever seen. She goes out of her way to tirelessly contact the right people about their research and to find the best way to communicate their passion for their work and the possibilities of cures and new treatments. She is extremely professional and positive with the faculty, especially the department Chairs, and also with our donors she has interviewed for articles. I have had many donors comment to me that she was wonderful to work with. I trust her to tackle a project with donors and faculty with very little advice or direction, knowing she will be thorough, warm, pleasant, appropriate and professional. MargaretAnn has an uncanny ability to find the perfect words to convey a sometimes mundane subject in an exciting, hopeful way. She has helped me raise millions of dollars with her outstanding work. I could not do my job well without MargaretAnn. I have even had many principal donors comment on how outstanding her work is! She is so talented and such a hard worker, but she does her work quietly and behind the scenes, never asking for attention or recognition. She also has 'saved me' many times with fulfilling last minute requests ! It is high time to publicly recognize MargaretAnn Cross for her outstanding work and warm, positive, professional and collaborative way she approaches her co-workers, faculty partners, and our donors.

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MargaretAnn is kind, hard-working, and incredibly talented. She collaborates with our development team, faculty, and donors to create beautifully written pieces, putting the donors at the center! Whether it's a story featuring donors and the impact of their gift, or a proposal to show a donor how their gift will change the world. MargaretAnn's work furthers our vision every day!

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MargaretAnn is the true embodiment of our mission, vision, and values. She puts the donor at the center of everything she does. She is able to take a faculty member's idea and turn it into a piece of work that inspires our donors to do more and move the needle towards new treatments, pathways of care, and education. I am so grateful for her collaborative nature and her willingness to come from a place of 'yes' when approached with a question or project.

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Luke is one of the most – if not the most – collegial person I’ve ever worked with. When he interviewed for his job here, one of our leaders commented – “Luke is very Iowa – and I love it.” He is a humble rockstar, a quiet collaborator, and quick to ride shotgun so that others can have credit. With Luke, recognition is not his motivator. The work – and doing a great job – and his reputation are what matters to him. I have seen Luke sit down with some of our most difficult faculty and lead challenging conversations with kindness and rationale. I have seen him advance donor relationships with an ease of someone who has been doing frontline fundraising for far longer than him. He excels in developing strategy and collaborating with others to improve our work across the office. He has a decade of management and leadership experience, but never broadcasts it. Yet it shows up in his work and interactions each day. No one ever has a bad thing to say about Luke Kuboushek – and that says a lot. For his humble nature and incredible contributions, I strongly support a True Blue award for Iowa’s son Luke Kuboushek

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Lauren is the personification of our mission, vision and values. She is a very caring and thoughtful individual; she is always eager to share ideas and innovations. Most notably this year in her work with the Well Aware Webinar Series. Lauren did not rest on the success of the webinar series but continues to push me as well as leadership to strive for further success and innovation for our donors. She is collaborative and innovative in so many ways, and always eager to brainstorm and try new ideas.

Lauren has the highest standard of integrity and I truly admire the work she continues to do for our organization. She is a fantastic leader and team player, always eager to jump in and assist anyone and does so with a smile! She has a positive attitude, tackles all challenges head on and is truly a pleasure to work alongside.

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Kristen is a breath of fresh air in our office. She is kind, caring, and wants to make a true difference. I had the opportunity to work with Kristen on our DEI Reverse Mentorship Program, and although I already adored her as a colleague, she really brought a new perspective to the team that I so genuinely appreciated. She is thoughtful and really asked questions and pushed conversation that demonstrated her mission drive mindset and high regard for our values.

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Kelli Szczepanski does more than just embody the mission, vision, and values of Michigan Medicine, she promotes a positive culture to the whole office. She builds strong relationships with colleagues, always acting with integrity and enthusiasm for our mission. As Program Manager for Training and Development, Kelli is a key partner to so many of our employee committees, including the DEI committee, the Enrichment committee, the Recognition committee, and even the optimistically named “Return to Oakbrook” planning team.

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Kelli is a phenomenal colleague, I don't believe you can find anyone more kind, passionate, or driven at the University. She is the most thoughtful partner who is able to bring people together to solve complex problems. She doesn't make a decision or bring forth a proposal without careful consideration or or input from the appropriate parties. She never backs down from a challenge and she is always there to help and provide feedback and support. She encourages us all to be better and I appreciate all of her hard work and dedication to supporting our office!

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Kelli approaches our mission with an unbridled enthusiasm. She is constantly encouraging active participation to make everyone's voice heard and strengthen our culture.  I have had the privilege of working with Kelli on the enrichment committee and the workplace planning committee. Whenever I have a meeting with Kelli, I always know that she will bring a positive attitude and problem-solving mindset. On top of that, I always know that Kelli has done her homework, understanding a problem on a deep level and having done extensive research on potential solutions. Kelli has kept us focused, inspired, and connected during the pandemic, and I am grateful to work with her.

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Through her medium - Medicine at Michigan - Katie translates the work at and related to Michigan Medicine into stories that are informative, interesting, and often breathtaking. In a time of fast consumption, Katie creates content in donors can get lost and be inspired. She gives voices to the typically marginalized and overlooked in medicine, and stands up for the need to do so. She connects in our office and across campus to make sure that the articles she writes are relevant, accurate, and inclusive. Her integrity is unfounded and she calls our inequities that may be brought to light as stories unfold, but for the sole purpose of garner greater understanding and finding ways to solve problems in ways that benefit the greater good. Katie is always willing to collaborate, even if it is completely unrelated to her job responsibilities. And, the hours she puts into DEI are invaluable. She simply makes the office a more transparent, safer place to work.

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Katie is the epitome of the mission, vision and values of Michigan Medicine. She is dedicated to making this office a better place to work and collaborates with other teams across the office to ensure that we make progress toward this goal.

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Katie Vloet is straight up overworked. It’s important to start with that, because she has been a role model for how to handle extreme stress and be a supportive colleague. She prioritizes beautifully, always putting the needs of the team first, and asks for help when she needs it. She even uses her PTO on occasion — which has been helpful for allowing our team members to do so as well. In other words, she works hard — and well — but does not model martyrdom. I think this is one of the hardest things to do in our culture that rewards overworking and burnout, and it's so important to have leadership like this as we're trying to change the culture of Michigan Medicine to one that is more supportive and sustainable.

Katie has taken on enormous responsibilities over the last two years. And yet that does not keep her from taking time out of her day to help a colleague. After our last print issue, we got some critical responses to our content. This is nothing out of the ordinary, but it affects me emotionally. When I told her I was struggling, she did not hesitate to drop what she was doing and host me for coffee in her backyard to debrief.

She is a champion for the people she supervises — always looking for new ways to support them. After the Positive Business Conference, she brought so many ideas back to our team, and now makes it a point in her one-on-one meetings to ask about the kind of work that energizes us and how she can help with the stuff that doesn’t. She always begins meetings by asking how I’m doing personally and being open and honest about her joys and struggles.

Katie goes out of her way to share good news. Anytime she hears something positive about my work, she calls me to let me know, voice to voice! She also passes along any positive email feedback she gets about my work or the magazine.

She has been interim co-director of the communications team since before I started at Michigan Medicine. Because of the hiring freeze, we were not able to fill that position. The increased need for communications during the pandemic meant that job became MUCH bigger than it had been pre-COVID. She has handled the massive amount of responsibility with grace and humor, and her default response to any problem is to try to come up with a creative solution that will be successful for all stakeholders. Even if it’s a big ask, her impulse is to find a way to say yes.

On top of all this, she has continued to bring her editorial genius to the magazine. When we were asked to increase our coverage of the Basic Sciences, she held several meetings with key stakeholders, suggesting big, high-value ideas and volunteering to attend Basic Sciences leadership meetings to help understand their needs better. Because of her leadership, we have created a good working relationship with the Basic Sciences departments, leading to enhanced coverage for the important work they do.

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Julia is always ready and willing to help with any projects that need support, and she regularly brings creative ideas to the work that she does. Even though she's always juggling multiple requests from numerous teams, she remains kind, positive, and energetic. I greatly appreciate you, Julia, and am grateful to have you as a colleague!

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Julia is one of my favorite people to work with! She has an amazing can do attitude and is always willing to help. She accepts any and all projects with a smile and is determined to get them completed on time and to the very best of her ability. She helps our entire team succeed. Without her, we could not do the work we do. She is the best partner and the most supportive and energetic person. We are so lucky to have her.

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Joe led his team through an exceptionally strong year in FY21, with $40 million in foundation and association funding, 1,180 RFPs distributed and new prestige awards from several major foundations. Under his leadership, the Corporate and Foundation Relations team organized and hosted faculty funding webinar sessions with important national foundations that were both well-attended and well-received. Joe's patience and diligence were essential in closing a $5 million gift to the Pavilion at the University of Michigan Health. When a team member departed, he was able to seamlessly fill the gaps. Additionally, fundraising for Basic Sciences presents a unique challenge, and Joe has worked diligently in this vital area. His leadership and contributions during senior leadership and staff meetings on DEI issues are always thoughtful and sincere. Serving on the Recognition Committee, Joe has ensured that diverse efforts and talents across our team are celebrated and recognized. Joe is such an approachable and knowledgeable colleague - it is hard to imagine MedDev without him!

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Jen is an exemplary relationship builder and an honest and kind person to the core. She has taken great care to build solid trusting relationships with internal and external constituents. She routinely reaches out to colleagues across MM development and the broader campus to collaborate on gifts and focuses on the donor's interests every time. When she is faced with difficult situations, she listens carefully to understand the challenges and adjusts her response so all individuals felt heard and respected. Jen is positive and she is committed to DEI, striving to celebrate and understand the differences (and similarities) of all individuals.

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Jennifer lives and breaths our mission and core values. Her role often keeps her working behind the scenes, but Jennifer's fingerprints are on so much of what we do as an office. is at the center of so much that we do in our office. She is a champion of DEI, and is the first to admit she has room to grow - but she is equally quick to demonstrate her commitment to stretching herself and those around her. Jennifer does what she says she will do - she is a thoughtful partner, and a loyal and trustworthy colleague.

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Jeff is always thinking about our patients, donors, and doctors. He is committed to getting every story "just right," so much so that he challenges us when he sees opportunities to improve our strategy. Jeff always does a first-rate job, but his partnership with us in producing our first-ever Colorful event was exceptional. We had some wild ideas that presented many challenges. When we shared our vision with Jeff for the first time, he said, "I get it." And he did. He knew exactly what we were trying to do. I will never forget watching the "opening" test video for Colorful. Jeff told me not to critique it, that he had just thrown together the concept of what he thought we wanted. I remember getting instant goosebumps and feeling tears in my eyes because he nailed it. We could never have pulled off this event with Jeff & Cam, and their commitment to collaboration and new ideas. I have nominated both Jeff and Cam because I feel they are both deserving of a True Blue Award for their ability to showcase our mission so powerfully - every. single. time.

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Jeff is a true visionary, in everything he does. We had the opportunity to work closely with Jeff during our program/video planning for Colorful, and it is quite amazing the way he captures what you are brainstorming and brings it to life. His goal is to transform the mission, vision, and values of Michigan Medicine into film, and he does so all the time.

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Janet has been with the university for a long time and is a treasure trove of information for our office. She is truly an expert in her field and is an often sought out team player who is known to either provide answers or find them. Janet’s role also involves highly important decision-making skills, ensuring our office is run with efficiency and effectiveness. She tackles these responsibilities with an enormous amount of care and thought. Her ability to find the balance between making important office decisions and providing support and empathetic advice is sincerely appreciated by her colleagues. She has consistently demonstrated her unwavering commitment to our team and worked on behalf of all of us.

During the pandemic, Janet worked side by side with her team to create and post all COVID-19 safety and social distancing guidelines, arranged for purchase and distribution of sanitizing materials, and created and communicated process for safely picking up computer equipment and supplies for remote work.

Her work on our move is an excellent example of her ability to roll up her sleeves and work as a team member as much as a team leader. Her work has certainly been 'behind the scenes' and Janet has embraced her management of our office move with diligence and thoughtfulness. While the past 19 months have been extraordinary for everyone, the office move has presented a challenge unlike anything we have ever had to tackle, and to do it remotely has shown Janet at her best. She has galvanized team members and taken on duties as required of us. As you might tell from some of the pictures we have shared in our Friday messages – Janet is there before the sun comes up! While most of us were focused on our individual workspaces, Janet oversaw the cleanup of many general areas, vacant work spaces (aka dumping grounds) and the cast offs from all the other cleaning (do you remember the pictures of the Michigan conference room!?). She has personally spent days packing, purging, recycling and shredding. Every small detail – from getting the refrigerator cleaned out (ick!) to ensuring the land of misfit office decorations, books, and tchotchkes were packed up and donated to the Salvation Army. This is not to say that others haven’t played a role in the move – because it has taken a village! But Janet’s leadership in this regard is to be commended and should be recognized.

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Jane goes above and beyond to ensure the donor's experience is exceptional, regardless of whose job it is to track on all the minute details that add up to that experience. She thoughtfully considers all aspects of the event she is planning and effectively engages colleagues throughout the office to ensure no detail is missed. She assumes responsibility where our department colleagues may lack experience, to ensure consistency as a University. Jane goes about her work with good humor and a get it done attitude. She is donor centric in her approach, including thinking of what decor would be meaningful to a donor who doesn't especially enjoy flowers. She is interested in improving processes and always looks to make MM look our best. She is also flexible and turns on a dime when circumstances change, like when the Lazar professorship was cancelled at the last minute, as well as the Opipari in 2020. Jane is a terrific, dedicated colleague and we are lucky to have her on our team!

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Jackie is relentless in pursuing our mission and creating strong relationships with donors who will impact her sections. Jackie truly cares about the work that is being done in her sections and is always brainstorming new ideas to collaborate with colleagues and connect with donors. Jackie goes above and beyond in many areas of her work but is particularly hardworking in her donor outreach. Though she is still growing her portfolio, Jackie is never discouraged but continues to push herself to make new connections.

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Emily is one of my favorite people to work with! Her work is central to the grateful patient fundraising, and I appreciate her endless patience as I ask her millions of questions to use these tools. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable about this work, but she also makes it fun to learn and do. I am always happy to get the chance to partner with Emily on something, and we are so lucky to have her expertise. In addition to that, she is just a world class teammate! On top of her day to day work, she has led our Staff Advisory Committee for the past few years and has continued to push this work forward. There have been so many iterations of these committees, and she has kept us focused through all of it. The culture of the office has been a constant work in progress, but there is a sense of direction and goals that have been driven in huge part by Emily. I'm grateful that she is part of this office, and I'm so happy to nominate her for this award. She is as "True Blue" as it gets!

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Emily is an incredible leader, colleague and teammate. Since she joined our office on the LAG team, I have constantly been impressed with her talent as a fundraiser, project strategist, and collaboration partner! Her dedication to her donors and faculty are evident in everything she does, and each step she plans keeps them as the focus. Our primary mission to foster meaningful relationships is so clear in her work, and I know that donors feel it and she is successful because of it. It's at the center of her strategy and each interaction, and I've learned how to be a better gift officer by watching her. She is always willing to be a partner on a gift, to listen and provide advice when asked, and to have a last minute strategy session or even just let someone blow off steam. These kind of genuine interactions come naturally to her, and make her such a valuable colleague and friend. She has closed many major gifts, which makes her a great gift officer. But, more importantly, she has created a sense of teamwork in our office, made it a fun place to work, and definitely deserves to be recognized for her efforts and talent!

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Dawn continually exemplifies and models the mission and vision of Michigan Medicine, Office of Development. Dawn is a highly regarded, trusted and an appreciated colleague to all of Med Development, she is not afraid to ask the hard questions, offer expertise, and her opinions are always valued. The quantity of kudos received are many and continue flowing. She is known for her knowledge for university venues, staff relationships, experience with leadership, faculty and donors along with her meticulous attention to detail; she truly brings our events and our team to the next level!

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Cam is a tremendous colleague. He is caring, kind, and always looks for a solution (I don't think I've ever heard him say no). He is a hard worker and passionate about what he does. Cam was an integral part of our inaugural Colorful event, and we quite literally could NOT have done it without him. He took every edit, tweak, and minute piece of feedback and transformed it into something more magnificent than we could have ever imagined, and all with a smile on his face. He is the best!

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For several years, Cam has been a calming presence in the office and an absolutely essential part of the team. He operates with a genuine appreciation for the amazing ventures we support and for the people he works with. He is always ready to help in anyway. He is always patient, he listens to others carefully and offers to help whenever a need arises. His selfless participation in the work he does perfectly mirrors Michigan Medicine's core value of great care through great cooperation and appreciation for team. He joined this organization with these attributes and we've all benefitted from it for the past five years.

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Cam is phenomenal. He is tremendously talented and helps us tell our story in ways that are meaningful, moving, and unforgettable. He listened to a million crazy ideas for our team's Colorful event - always with a smile, always responding with encouragement to our new and different ideas. One week prior to the event, Cam was working in what I would equate to a pressure cooker. We had so much footage to finalize and it had to be incredibly stressful. Cam handled everything with grace and professionalism, and absolutely knocked it out of the park.

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Brenda always seeks to find the positive in every situation. She is a thoughtful and caring leader and is continually checking in with her team members and other colleagues to ensure they feel supported and have the resources they need to be most effective. Brenda is an exceptional gift officer and carefully and strategically nurtures relationships in small, meaningful ways to engage a new or lapsed donor and is especially good at re-engagement. She thinks about what would be impactful to the donor while balancing the needs and norms of our organization. She lives the mission of our work and is truly dedicated to what we do and the impact our work has on patients and families.

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Barb embodies the mission of Michigan Medicine more than anyone I have ever worked with. She has dedicated her life to this mission and views this work as an honor and a privilege. She builds meaningful relationships with our faculty based on respect and admiration for their work and how it supports our mission. She treats all colleagues with respect and is collaborative, kind and thoughtful. Barb also closed an eight-figure gift this year which is the culmination of a decades long relationship.

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Amanda has made a demonstrable impact in her time at Michigan Medicine, even moreso during the pandemic. I've asked so much of her over the last two years, changing her role and responsibilities, adding to it and more. Through it all, she's taken it on with a smile with may changing priorities. Since Amanda arrived, she's shown incredible judgement and professionalism. She has set the bar as the best administrative professional on the Kellogg team of all time! :)

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I'm nominating Alison Knapp for a True Blue Award for the second year in a row because she has, on so many occasions, made me laugh, encouraged me to stay healthy, and kept me connected to the greater MedDev team through her sweet, funny and encouraging e-mails.

Frankly, I don't work with her very often. My team is small and I spend more time with MGOs and faculty than folks who support our data systems. I think she's been at MedDev longer than me and she's always been consistant.

During the 12 years I've been on the team Alison has coordinated our Active U team. I did this once. She was helpful and supportive then. It's kind of a thankless job but I benefit from Active U. It does motivate me. Even if it's a small slice of our team who participate, her consistency is remarkable. The kid's got stamina.

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I'd like to recognize the Recognition Committee for always proactively finding ways to make people feel valued. Even during a pandemic, you have continued to prioritize this very important work, and I'm so proud to work with you all!