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2020
City Awards
nnovation
Award
Innovation
Vinh Pham
“Vinh led a cross-sector
technical team to build a
free WiFi network in the
Canal during the
pandemic.”
Gaby Farias
“Gabriela "Gaby" Farias
played a significant role in
figuring out how to redesign
our childcare program so
that we could safely provide
childcare to essential
workers early on in the
pandemic.”
Michele Ginn
"Michele partnered with others in our
organization to initiate the virtual front
counter, she tested different ways for
community members to schedule
meetings, she automated the
general planning application forms
and when she realized it
wasn’t seamless for applicants,
she took it one step further; and
with the help of digital services
staff,she incorporated e-signatures."
Nick Giusti
"In addition to nearly training
the entire department of sworn men
and women, Ca. Giusti has
developed methods of training and
evaluating recruits using proven
core competencies, while
maximizing the use of on duty
engine, truck, and transport
companies to conserve valuable
resources and still achieve high
levels of recruit success
and proficiency."
Social Responsibility
Ana Santiago
“While being the City’s sole
code enforcement officer
during this period as a result of
vacancies in her department,
Ana also took on the huge job
of contacting, in person, over
150 restaurant and other
business owners in the City to
educate them on local health
orders.”
Mireya Renteria
“Mireya is a consistent rock star
for the organization, and a
trusted ally to the community.
She balances her vast
institutional knowledge and job
expertise with an enthusiasm for
progress and change, always
with the patron in mind.”
The Dean
Allison Award
Catherine Quffa
"...[Catherine]has served as a key
member of the Canal Policy
Working Group and has dedicated
herself to supporting our residents in
the Canal neighborhood that have
been the most disproportionately
impacted by COVID-19 and have
the most housing instability."
Lindsay Lara
“Lindsay is a shining
beacon of everything
that's great about
working for the City.”
Thomas Wong
“Throughout his time in
the EOC, Thomas has
remained receptive,
organized and positive,
always displaying
appreciation to his co-
workers.”
Sylvia Gonzalez-Shelton
“Sylvia took charge of EOC HR
activities as well as continuing
to maintain her role in general
HR operations.”