On November 2, the Montgomery
County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) honored 30 of its best employees at
an Employee of the Year awards ceremony.
At the ceremony, Acting MCDOT
Director Al Roshdieh said, “I am proud of the talent and commitment of MCDOT’s
1,325 outstanding employees who deliver exceptional, customer-focused services.
Our workforce is involved, empowered and appreciated, energized by their work,
and eager to innovate and to create the very best transportation network
possible for our community. Although the public may not be aware of staff’s
efforts except in extraordinary circumstances, providing exemplary service is
what MCDOT employees do day in and day out. Your dedication to our residents is
what makes MCDOT great and what makes Montgomery County such a wonderful place
to live, work, and play.”
In addition, employees were
recognized for serving the County for 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40 years.
The Employee of the Year 2015
award winners are listed below:
Director’s Office
Roselle Paquette, Office Services
Coordinator
Rebecca Torma-Kim, Senior
Planning Specialist
Highway Services
Roderick Brooks, Equipment
Operator, Bethesda Depot
Gregory Bryant, District
Supervisor, Colesville Depot
William Carter. Equipment
Operator Poolesville Depot
Kamran Farooq (Fah-rooK),
Inspector II
Tony Fogle, Equipment Operator,
Gaithersburg Depot
Patricia Mitchell, Equipment
Operator, Silver Spring Depot
Francis Zarr, Office Services
Coordinator
Parking Management
Heriberto Bello (Harry-Berto),
Compliance Inspector
Robert Reynolds, Public Service
Craftsman
Benjamin Morgan, Planning
Specialist
Traffic Engineering and Operations
Selvin Banegas, Traffic Signing
and Marking
Joe Cavanaugh, Traffic Technical
Center
Tanya Christian, Administrative
Assistant
Chris Leight, Shift Supervisor,
TMC
Transit Services
Harley Brockett
Jacqueline Brown, Office Services
Coordinator
Dionne Clark
Joshua Fraser
Parviz Ghofrani (Par-VIZ Go-FRA-nee), Transit Coordinator
Albert Hendricks, Transit
Coordinator
Bernadette Hope, Bus Operator
Sean Jackson, Bus Operator
Faisal Khan (Fay-ZAL K-aan),
Program Manager, Medicaid and Senior Transportation
Andre Lucas (Ahn-drey), Transportation
Operations Supervisor
Joseph Williams, Safety and
Training Instructor
Transportation Engineering
Peter Clark, Real Estate
Specialist III
Dan Higgins, Civil Works Designer
Frank Kingsley, Highway
Construction Field Supervisor
Manager of the Year
Tim Cupples, Chief of the Design
Section in Transportation Engineering
Longevity award winners were:
20 years
Dennis Allnut,
Parking
Mauricio
Barbosa, Highway
Scott Browning,
Highway
Kimberly Ham,
Parking
Michael Kinney,
Traffic
Robert Osborne,
Highway
Robert Paige,
Transit
Rudy Ramierez,
Traffic
David Robinson,
Transit
David Smith,
Highway
Sherryl Travis,
Highway
25 Years
Miranda Clarke,
Transit
Tracy Corbin,
Transit
Jeffrey Dunckel,
Traffic
Cecil Dunkley,
Transit
Jacqueline Earp,
Engineering
Clifton Harris,
Transit
Posey Hawkins,
Highway
Dennis Hubbard,
Highway
Deborah Jackson,
Transit
Kerry Jones,
Traffic
Derek Logan,
Transit
Errol Marshall,
Transit
Charles Menter,
Parking
Aruna Miller,
Engineering
Thomas Moore,
Parking
Ligia Moss,
Director’s Office
Sean Ramsour,
Parking
Anne Root,
Director’s Office
John Slater,
Highway
Craig Smith,
Transit
John Smith,
Transit
Paula Van Hagen,
Transit
Sheila Wilson, Director’s
Office
30 Years
Vishav Arora,
Engineering
Jacqueline
Brown, Transit
James Buppart,
Highway
James Carlisle,
Highway
Dorothea Epps,
Transit
James Johnson,
Transit
Anthony Little,
Transit
Michael Lyles,
Transit
William Mead,
Highway
David Moss,
Traffic
Dolores Myers,
Transit
Deborah Nichols,
Transit
Jeffrey Pearson,
Transit
Stephan
Richardson, Transit
Randy Scheetz,
Highway
Kenneth Simms,
Highway
William
Stackhouse, Transit
Rex Thompson,
Transit
James Waller, Transit
35 Years
Ronald Bynum,
Transit
Gerald McCauley,
Engineering
Veeda Wilkinson,
Parking
40 Years
John Allnut,
Traffic
