{"id":77297,"date":"2026-03-16T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=77297"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:04:31","slug":"years-of-service-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/years-of-service-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the longest-standing Lumberjacks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0<\/span>March 4<\/span>, NAU honored 1<\/span>42<\/span>\u00a0faculty and staff members who have reached noteworthy career milestones at its annual Years of Service ceremony. Together, these professors, directors,\u00a0<\/span>administrators<\/span>\u00a0and department leaders\u00a0<\/span>represent<\/span>\u00a02,<\/span>99<\/span>0 years of combined service to NAU.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

15 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Rebecca Allender<\/span>
\nAlvin Altamirano<\/span>
\nStephanie Bauer<\/span>
\nYael Bernstein<\/span>
\nWynette Birecki<\/span>
\nCheryl Brothers<\/span>
\nLynn Burch<\/span>
\nTyanna Burton<\/span>
\nC Christina<\/span>
\nAraceli Cordero<\/span>
\nDavid Cretti<\/span>
\nRobert Daugherty<\/span>
\nRegina Davies<\/span>
\nEthan Dolle<\/span>
\nPia Driessen-Knittle<\/span>
\nRory Faust<\/span>
\nMargaret Flieger<\/span>
\nBrad Fobar<\/span>
\nPatricia Fortin<\/span>
\nStuart Galland<\/span>
\nStephanie Gerharter<\/span>
\nAzucena Godoy<\/span>
\nMara Hardman<\/span>
\nLisa Hardy<\/span>
\nMolly Harmon<\/span>
\nJared Hopkins<\/span>
\nCindy Janicik<\/span>
\nShelley Jones<\/span>
\nRobert Kellar<\/span>
\nPaul Lenze Jr<\/span>
\nBenjamin Liszewski<\/span>
\nJessica Miley<\/span>
\nKathryn Montoya<\/span>
\nAlecia Mooney<\/span>
\nErika Nowak<\/span>
\nMichelle Parker<\/span>
\nRussell Prust<\/span>
\nKaren Renner<\/span>
\nJoseph Ruiz<\/span>
\nJennifer Saunders<\/span>
\nJennifer Sellers<\/span>
\nRuth Solin<\/span>
\nLynn Spence<\/span>
\nMichael Standish<\/span>
\nBrian Stone<\/span>
\nJohn Stoneberger<\/span>
\nTina Sutton<\/span>
\nBonita Switala<\/span>
\nChristopher Taylor<\/span>
\nDeniza Ticic<\/span>
\nJoseph Tritschler<\/span>
\nBrett West<\/span>
\nJulie Wolfe<\/span>
\nRebecca Yerian<\/span>
\nJill Young<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

20 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Sheila Anders<\/span>
\nKe Bao<\/span>
\nWendy Bruun<\/span>
\nMelissa Cohen<\/span>
\nJames Davis<\/span>
\nJohn Davis<\/span>
\nAnn Marie\u00a0deWees<\/span>
\nCathryn Ellis<\/span>
\nFederico Gallardo<\/span>
\nDawn Gardiner<\/span>
\nBrandy Gilles<\/span>
\nJohn Goral<\/span>
\nScott Halle<\/span>
\nAngela Hansen<\/span>
\nJoshua Hewes<\/span>
\nScott Hoefle<\/span>
\nRichard Hofstetter<\/span>
\nLacy Holt<\/span>
\nAnn Huffman<\/span>
\nEva Johnson<\/span>
\nMatthew Jones<\/span>
\nHeather Martel<\/span>
\nBradley Mihalik<\/span>
\nEric Otenyo<\/span>
\nSteven Schaeffer<\/span>
\nRenee Schenck<\/span>
\nLiane Sims<\/span>
\nChristopher Sires<\/span>
\nRick Stamer<\/span>
\nKara Stone<\/span>
\nAndrea Thode<\/span>
\nAraceli Torres<\/span>
\nJavier Trejo-Sainz<\/span>
\nAndrew Walters<\/span>
\nBryan Watson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

25 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Sanjam Ahluwalia<\/span>
\nShadow Armfield<\/span>
\nErxuan\u00a0Bao<\/span>
\nAngie Begay<\/span>
\nJonathan Bergeron<\/span>
\nMelinda Bradford<\/span>
\nStacey Brunner<\/span>
\nValerie Carter<\/span>
\nJohn Cencioso<\/span>
\nAnton Ciochetti<\/span>
\nTodd Firth<\/span>
\nKevin\u00a0Gemoets<\/span>
\nTraci Gleason<\/span>
\nChristian Graver<\/span>
\nWilliam Kolodinsky<\/span>
\nStephanie McCarthy<\/span>
\nFernando Monroy<\/span>
\nJed Moss<\/span>
\nTheresa Rogers<\/span>
\nMelinda Ronca-Battista<\/span>
\nJanine Schipper<\/span>
\nSumner\u00a0Sydeman<\/span>
\nSavannah Sydney<\/span>
\nMichael Taylor<\/span>
\nShane Tsosie<\/span>
\nSharlene Tsosie<\/span>
\nAmy Ulibarri<\/span>
\nDebbie Wildermuth<\/span>
\nAlan Wood<\/span>
\nEric Yordy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

30 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Steven Barger<\/span>
\nJoseph Collentine<\/span>
\nBrandon Cruickshank<\/span>
\nJerold Gile<\/span>
\nDenise Helm<\/span>
\nJon Reyhner<\/span>
\nJohn Roccaforte<\/span>
\nHenry Rodriguez<\/span>
\nRichard Rogers<\/span>
\nChris Strobel<\/span>
\nStephen Tegler<\/span>
\nAlicia Voytek<\/span>
\nPaul Wagner<\/span>
\nAngela Willeto<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

35 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Alexander Alvarez<\/span>
\nGerry Barela<\/span>
\nEugene Begay<\/span>
\nCynthia Childrey<\/span>
\nMarla Johnet<\/span>
\nJames Swift<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

40 Years<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

John Ellison<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

45 Years<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Robert Hassell<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0March 4, NAU honored 142\u00a0faculty and staff members who have reached noteworthy career milestones at its annual Years of Service ceremony. Together, these professors, directors,\u00a0administrators\u00a0and department leaders\u00a0represent\u00a02,990 years of combined service to NAU.\u202f\u202f\u00a0 15 Years Rebecca Allender Alvin Altamirano Stephanie Bauer Yael Bernstein Wynette Birecki Cheryl Brothers Lynn Burch Tyanna Burton C Christina Araceli Cordero…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":77299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}