Marriott School Honors Four With Excellence Awards

Back: Pamela Castillo and Tad Brinkerhoff
Front: Darlene Burgi and Joan Young

PROVO, Utah — Jun 12, 2003 — The Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University is pleased to announce the 2003 Staff and Administrator Excellence Awards.

This year’s recipients include: Pamela Castillo, controller; Tad Brinkerhoff, Global Management Center executive director; Darlene Burgi, Military Science department secretary; and Joan Young, undergraduate management program director.

"We extend our congratulations to these four remarkable people who represent so well what the Marriott School is all about," says Dean Ned C. Hill.

The recipients received their awards at the Marriott School Staff and Administrator Luncheon on 21 May at the Riverside Country Club. Honorees were nominated by their peers and selected by a volunteer committee for consistently demonstrating exemplary service and excellence. Each winner received a plaque and $750.

"These people really take their jobs to the limit and do truly outstanding work," says Amy Kohler, an award-selection committee member.

The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, public management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.