SRAI Award Recipients

Winning this award is the capstone of my 27 year career.  Being recognized by my peers is an enormous honor for which I am very grateful.  

Winning this award is the capstone of my 27 year career.  Being recognized by my peers is an enormous honor for which I am very grateful.  

Winning this award is the capstone of my 27 year career.  Being recognized by my peers is an enormous honor for which I am very grateful.  

I am honored, humbled, and grateful to SRAI and the membership for the incredible recognition of the Excellence Award. It’s an honor to be part of a community that values collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Being selected for the Excellence Award is a career highlight and exemplifies the hard work and dedication that I strive for each day as a research administrator. This award is a tangible acknowledgement of the daily work, investment in ourselves and our profession, and how we share our knowledge with our peers. I am proud to be part of SRAI and be in the company of the esteemed past recipients.

This award means a lot to me—it recognizes the contributions I've made to research administration through teaching, mentoring, and service, and also reflects the support and inspiration I’ve received from so many along the way. It’s a reminder of my commitment to growing our field and supporting others, while carrying forward SRAI’s mission to strengthen our profession and its future.

Receiving this scholarship represents far more than financial assistance, it's a validation of my commitment to advancing research administration during one of the most challenging periods our field has faced. I am deeply grateful to SRAI for this honor. 

This scholarship not only makes my conference attendance possible despite current travel restrictions, but it also reinforces my confidence in pursuing innovative approaches to research support and faculty development in light of unprecedented uncertainty. 

I am humbled by this investment in my professional growth and energized by the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to SRAI's mission. The knowledge and connections I'll gain will extend far beyond my own development, impacting the researchers I serve and the broader community. I look forward to continuing my service to SRAI, as a speaker, instructor, Catalyst contributor, and more. Thank you for believing in my potential to make a difference.

Winning this award has shown me the power in my determination and execution. I am honored to be an award recipient because of the impact that I have not only on myself, but on my institution who I represent proudly.

As we said in our presentation, improvisation, like research administration, is a team sport. As such, I would be remiss if I didn’t start out by thanking my co-presenters, Mark Lucas and John Hedberg. These two truly brought the fun to education, and it was my honor to present with them. I would also like to thank my fellow SRAI members who took the chance to attend our session and explore the connection between improv and communication. I deeply appreciate your recognition.

I am truly honored for this amazing recognition. I am grateful to SRAI for the opportunity to present, the supportive staff at SRAI, and for all those who attended my sessions. I am passionate in my commitment to build didactic training programs to educate, elevate, promote and foster the development of research administrators. Thank you for this amazing award! 

I am deeply honored to have received the Best Concurrent Session Award at the 2025 Research Administration Conference. I would like to express my sincere gratitude, along with that of Laurel Long, to SRAI members, attendees, and the Education and Professional Development Committee of the Society of Research Administrators International for this recognition.

Delivering the session “From Tension to Resolution: Key Strategies for Constructive Conflict Management” was both a privilege and a passion project. To know that it resonated so strongly with my peers is truly rewarding. I am especially grateful to those who attended and contributed to the conversation—your engagement and thoughtful evaluations made the session truly come alive.

This recognition affirms the importance of addressing conflict head-on with empathy, strategy, and skill—something we all encounter in our professional journeys. Thank you again for this incredible honor and your continued commitment to excellence in research administration education.
With appreciation,

The SRAI values and promotes continuous learning, growth, and development. It is an honor to be recognized for my contribution to this effort. I always enjoy interacting with SRAI members, and I sincerely appreciate this award.

SRAI helped me to discover that the "secretarial" position I thought I was hired for back in 1998 was actually a profession.  I have always loved to learn and once I discovered the breadth of knowledge that is required for the profession of Research Administration I have wanted to share what I have learned with others.  Twenty seven years later I am still loving the mutual education that comes from doing the research, developing the materials, and sharing them with an audience.  It means so much to me that SRAI has provided the venue on a national stage to continue this lifelong learning.  Being recognized by the Society is a capstone to my career and I am so very grateful.  

I am deeply honored to receive the designation of Distinguished Faculty, and I am excited to continue serving SRAI and research administration in this new capacity. Additionally, I would like to take a moment to thank my colleagues within SRAI and at my previous and current institutions. Without their support and generous sharing of knowledge and experience, I would not be where I am today.

Being recognized as a Distinguished Faculty member, as I enter the sunset of my professional career, makes it feel as though my journey is truly complete. A journey that would never have been possible without the love and support of my SRAI friends and colleagues. You know who you are. And I love you!