NYU Metro Center is gratified by the extraordinary effort and commitment team members have made throughout the 2023 2024 academic year. We would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you and well-deserved congratulations to those staff members that were nominated for special honors and awards during a recent NYU Steinhardt Recognition Event. The Steinhardt Recognition Event is a ceremony dedicated to acknowledging the contributions of the college’s administrators, research, technical, and clerical staff.
We applaud each member of the NYU Metro Center family nominated for special honors this year.
Award Nominees
Nominated for the Steinhardt Administrative Award for Excellence
- Keno Moore, Space, Operations, and Facilities Administrator
Nominated for the Steinhardt Distinguished Professional Researcher Award
- Yolanda Fordham, Director, Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) at NYU Metro Center
- Joanna Geller, Director, Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) at NYU Metro Center
- Maria Hernandez, Deputy Executive Director of School Change and Community Engagement and Co-Director, Innovations in Equity and Systemic Change (IESC)
- Jasrin Jalal, Program Manager, Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) at NYU Metro Center
NYU Metro Center would also like to congratulate the following administrators, staff, and researchers for reaching significant career milestones.
Recognition of Years of Service
5 Years
- Alexis Betancourt-Hart: Instructional Support Specialist, Nest Support Project (Nest)
- Parker Foster: Researcher & Policy Analyst, Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) & Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) at NYU Metro Center
- Paloma Garcia: Chief of Staff, NYU Metro Center
- Reed Swier: Co-Director, Innovations in Equity and Systemic Change (IESC) at NYU Metro Center
10 Years
- Ronald Woo, Executive Director, NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN) at NYU Metro Center