During the 113th Annual Delegates Meeting, CSEA honored outstanding members for their achievements in our union! Photos of honorees are listed on this page. More about this year’s recipients will be featured in this and upcoming editions of The Work Force. Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees!
Here are this year’s honorees:
Nadra Floyd Award: Lisa Taylor, Orange County Unit
Membership Achievement Award: Darryl Hertel, West Seneca Central School Unit
Danny Donohue Leadership Award for Local Government: Bob Janas, Cayuga County General Unit
Danny Donohue Leadership Award for State Government: Deborah Staulters, Empire State University Local
PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year: Ali Cottrell, Central Region
PEOPLE Cup: Central Region
Polar Cap Award: Central Region
- From left to right, CSEA Southern Region President Anthony Adamo, Orange County Unit activist Lisa Taylor and Orange County Local President and Region 2nd Vice President Rosemarie Kukys pose after Taylor received the Nadra Floyd Award for Organizing.
- Darryl Hertel, president of our union’s West Seneca Central School District Unit in the Western Region, was named the Membership Achievement Award recipient. Hertel was unable to attend the session.
- From left to right, Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf, Cayuga County General Unit President Bob Janas and CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan pose after Janas received the Danny Donohue Leadership Award for Local Government.
- From left to right, CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan, Empire State University Local President Deborah Staulters and Executive Vice President Ron Briggs pose after Staulters received the Danny Donohue Leadership Award for State Government.
- From left to right, CSEA PEOPLE Committee Chair Karen Bright, SUNY Upstate Medical University Local President Ali Cottrell and CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan pose after Cottrell was honored as the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year. Cottrell recruited 201 PEOPLE members at the MVP level.
- The Central Region received the Polar Cap Award that honors the CSEA region that raised the most money for the Special Olympics New York. Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf accepted the award on behalf of the region. In this 2022 file photo, the CSEA Region 5 Polar Peeps Team poses for group photo at the Syracuse Polar Plunge.
- Central New York DDSO Local Recording Secretary Aida Sands emerges from the chilly water at the recent Oneida Shores Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics New York. Sands was part of our union’s Region 5 Polar Peeps Team.