Awards

2024 Recognition


Award of Distinction

Recognizes outstanding contributions to CWC or to workforce development programs. The recipient(s) must be from the private sector or a non-governmental, non-profit organization and not employed by a workforce development entity.

  • 2024 Individual Awardee: Samuel Cabrera of PVJOBS
  • 2024 Group Awardee: No Nominees

Meritorious Award:

Recognizes outstanding service or achievement beyond normal expectations or job requirements that benefit CWC and the workforce development field. Nominees demonstrated individual initiative and creativity outside of their job responsibilities.

  • 2024 Individual Awardee: Angel Urbina
  • 2024 Group: The CWC Membership Committee : (Tanya Davidson, Dadisi Elliott, Rebecca Eusey, Melissa Lauritzen,
    Shunlonda Nathaniel, Dinah White, Dr. Candy Williams, Dr. James Thomas)

 

Customer Service Award:

Recognizes exceptional service to customers served throughout the workforce system including, but not limited to work with job seekers, UI claimants, businesses, schools, and vocational rehabilitation, people with disabilities, former felons, co-workers, youths, welfare recipients, and job training participants.

  • 2024 Disability Insurance Individual Awardee:  No Nominee
  • 2024 Disability Insurance Group: DI Support Staff, Van Nuys, ARU #218 (: Justin Norman, Sergi Torosian, Armond
    Grigoryan, Selina Yolanda Lopez, Maria Singson, Samantha Galipo)
  • 2024 Disability Insurance Management: DI “Fearless Four” Team, (FFT) Van Nuys, ARU #218 (Delia
    Hernandez-Gorospe, Andres Saavedra, Susanna Keshishyan, Nalani Joll)
  • 2024 Unemployment Insurance Individual Awardee:  Rosana Mendoza, Riverside UI Center ARU 040
  • 2024 Unemployment Insurance Group Awardees:  Language Translation Team, Anaheim, #017 ( Jacklyn Shih, Winna
    Hui, Phoebus Hon, Kathy Tran)
  • 2024 Unemployment Insurance Group Management: UI Workload Team, Riverside, ARU #040 ( Megan Rivera, Lilia
    Betancourt, Jacinda Peyer, Juanita Ahumada, Natalie Sierra, Rosana Mendoza, Lennin Caceres)
  • 2024 Workforce Services Individual Awardee: Evelyn Velasco Quintanilla, WSB Long Beach ARU #155
  • 2024 Workforce Services Group Awardees: LA/Coastal Workforce Services Division Staff (America Solis Bowman, Nancy
    Galoussian, Maria Nelson, Jacquelin Gomez, Amara Morris, Ian Park, Michael Sherwood, Narine Oganyan, Eliana GonzalezAlfaro, Lilian Hernandez, Dadisi Elliott, Elaine Elsayed, Tyrone Carroll Jr, Russell Kontos, Alex Sarafian, Relda Demoica, Helen Trang, Jeremy Torres)

Services to Veterans Award:

Recognizes those who have done the most to assist veterans and promote interest in their rights in the workplace. In addition, it recognizes an outstanding, innovative program or awareness and promotion of veterans’ interests and rights in the workforce.

  • 2024 Individual Awardee: David Uyematsu
  • 2024 Group Awardee: The Veteran Team, WSB Santa Ana, ARU #042

Retiree Award:

Recognizes a retiree who has shown continued outstanding commitment to the association’s objectives following retirement. Nominees should have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in advancing CWC objectives, e.g. leadership on a board, committee or initiative group (not restricted to CWC, participation in educational, membership, communication, fund-raising or legislative activities; mentoring chapter leaders and/ or participation that advances the member’s local community.

  • 2024 Individual Awardee: B.J. Sims

Employee Performance Awards:

Recognizes an individual or group who has gone above and beyond their assigned duties to provide outstanding service to the public through excellent performance. The Nominee must have demonstrated exceptional achievements that contributed to the smooth performance of operations through positive attitude, accuracy, representing the agency with the public, handling workload under unusual conditions, adaptability, initiative and dependability.

  • 2024 Disability Insurance Individual Awardee: Jennifer Orozco, DI/EDDNext Sacramento
  • 2024 Unemployment Individual Awardee: Katrin Charmahali, UIC Inglewood ARU #006
  • 2024 Unemployment Insurance  Individual Management: Mark Fang, UIC Inglewood ARU #006
  • 2024 Unemployment Insurance Customer Service Group Awardees: The Training Team, Sacramento, ARU #209 (Irma Aguilar, Luigi Bertini, Luis Cervantes, Shannon Brown, Lynda Joseph, Ruth Kariuki, Melissa Lauritzen
    Chinyere Okugo, Steve Tu, Tina Wess)
  • 2024 Workforce Services Individual Awardee: Ian Park, Los Angeles/Coastal Workforce Service Division
  • 2024 Workforce Services Group Management – Management Team of Region 2 (Alma Diaz, Pamela Norris, Sadie Washington, Joseph
    Velasco, Jorge Perez)

Fostering Partnerships Award:

Recognizes individuals or groups who have demonstrated diligent efforts to partner with EDD and or the CWC; while collaboratively delivering valuable and innovative services to meet the evolving needs of members, employers, workers, and job seekers.

  • 2024 Individual Nominees: Managed Career Solutions (MCS) Business Services Team, Dion Wiltshire – Manager, Los Angeles
  • 2024 Group No Nominees:

Toll Trust:

The Toll Trust Award was established to present an annual award to a California member whose activities or accomplishments contribute most to the advancement of CWC activities and are exclusive of job performance. Nominees must be members during the prior year and at the time the award is presented. Accomplishments may span a period before the calendar year, but must be continuous into the previous calendar year.

  • 2024 Awardee: Carol Kolesar, Orange Empire
2024 Presidential Award:
  • Ray Cabrera, Inland Empire

2023 Local Chapter Award Winners

 

Education:
Local Chapter
  • No Winners

Local Chapter Activities Awards
  • 2024 Small Chapter Award – East Bay
  • 2024 Medium Chapter – Silicon Valley
  • 2024 Large Chapter –  Orange Empire

Communication:
  • 2024 Local Chapter Overall Communication Award – 
  • 2024 Best Newsletter – 

Flyers:

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2024 Most Improved Chapter:

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