Faculty and Staff | Washington State University

Michael Ababurko, July 30 | Submitted by Missy McElprang Cummins
Michael is always kind, patient, and friendly when I need assistance understanding my grant budgets and the processes. I appreciate his responsiveness and willingness to go above and beyond to help me. The spreadsheets he shares include a narrative providing me context and direction as I decipher the document. Michael is a bright light and I almost look forward to needing clarification instead of dreading it. 🙂
Kirti Rajagopalan, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Kirti is responsive and level headed, and is excellent at following up on needed items, as well as good at mentoring people who are new to WSU.
Clara Hill, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Clara is responsive and level headed, and is excellent at following up on needed items, as well as good at mentoring people who are new to WSU.
Manuel Garcia-Perez, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Manuel is responsive and level headed, and is excellent at following up on needed items, as well as good at mentoring people who are new to WSU.
Kelley Pascoe, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Kelley is a great communicator and skillful at tracking and following up on issues and needs, and connecting the people that need to be connected. She is also a great mentor for people new to WSU.
Dorota Wilk, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Dorota is responsive and level headed, and is excellent at following up on needed items, as well as good at mentoring people who are new to WSU.
Lisa, June 18 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Lisa is responsive and level headed, and is excellent at following up on needed items, as well as good at mentoring people who are new to WSU.
Shyam Sablani, June 9 | Submitted by Laura Marie Heinse
Dr. Sablani is proactive on his proposal and award management, and always submits a clean polished proposal. He works hard to meet deadlines of grants team and provide input and mentoring when needed. He keeps people on task but is understanding.
Liz Lusby, June 8 | Submitted by Gary Varella
You have all been terrific over the years helping us make things happen. This time our hooray is for Liz, who helped us find and move a prepayment that was hung-up in the system. This one related to a critical deliverable on a $106,000 military youth support grant. Thank you Liz, and thank you Purchasing Team for all the support you provide to us as we all slog through Workday together.
Lesa McPeak, May 12 | Submitted by Trevor C Lane, Ed.D.
Lesa was quick to solve a problem rather than pass it down to others as I waited for an issue to be fixed on the website. Her proactive approach allowed Extension faculty to continue to get work done and partner with a variety of agencies as we support recovery and resilience efforts from the pandemic. My hat is off to Lesa for streamlining the problem solving process and getting the information sooner rather than later.