Staff news October 2023
October 4, 2023
New hires
- Eric Bruce, custodian, E&G Custodial Services
- Caitlin Byrd Schafer, project manager, CC&R Renewal & Renovation
- Marvin Campbell, Jr., historic mason, Construction & Renovation Services
- Dante Crawford, temp, Technology & Innovation Help Desk
- Robert Kuykendall, landscape manager, Landscape Services
- Lori Martens, CC&R project manager, CC&R Renewal & Renovation
- Zion Peart, HP student intern, CC&R Historic Preservation
- Chandra Maya Rai, custodian, E&G Custodial Services
- Barbara Ramsey, custodial services supervisor, E&G Custodial Services
- Justin Rivenburgh, historic mason, Construction & Renovation Services
- Budhi Tamang, custodian, E&G Custodial Services
Transfers & Promotions
- Kenneth Burchell, senior trades utility worker, Health System Physical Plant Zone 2
- Hasaun Ford, environmental remediation technician/asbestos worker, Construction & Renovation Services
- Daniel Morgan, BAS controls assistant, Automation Services
- Jullienne Muchembe, custodian, E&G Custodial Services
- Cyrus Wichael, environmental remediation technician/asbestos worker, Construction & Renovation Services
Educational & Professional Accomplishments
Dan Shantler, Systems Control Center manager, has been working with Occupational Health & Safety to host training sessions on FM's Alert Response and Active Attacker Response with teams across FM, including Custodial leadership, Energy & Utilities, Construction & Renovation Services, Technology & Innovation and the safety committees for Landscape & Recycling, HSPP and Academic Zone Maintenance. Documents outlining FM's response procedures are available on the Systems Control Center webpage, or contact Dan Shantler for more information.
Noted with Regret
Tammy Dean, a former employee of Facilities Management, died Sept. 22. Dean worked as a plumber steamfitter with Health System Physical Plant Zone 3 and retired in 2019. She first started at the University in 1984 and was working as a housekeeper when she decided to apply for the UVA Apprenticeship Program in 1994. Dean was the first female plumber and the third woman to successfully complete the program when she graduated in 1998.