{"id":4529,"date":"2022-06-23T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2023-02-28T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:41:40","slug":"june-honorees-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/2022\/06\/23\/june-honorees-5\/","title":{"rendered":"June Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Thank you Sini Jacobs and Tonya Kilgo<\/strong>!\u00a0On June 17 at about 4:45 pm. Mike Zimmerman received an urgent call from a contractor who was having an issue logging on to EMMA and he needed to post a bid before the solicitation expired.\u00a0 Mike reached out to Sini and asked her to call the contractor to see if we could help. At about 5:15 Mike received an email from the contractor stating that the EMMA support team reactivated the account so he was able to place his bid. He also noted that they also called him to ensure that the quote was processed into the system. I think that this level of support and follow-up demonstrates DGS OSP employees’ willingness not only to fix a problem, but to go the extra mile to ensure the fix worked as expected. While it may seem as if this is not such a big thing, to the vendor trying to input a quote so that his company can participate in a procurement and earn income, this seemingly easy response to a problem was very important to him. Sometimes just going a little over and beyond, can make somebody else’s day!\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trisha Nelson<\/strong> is a Management Associate\u00a0at the Office of Facilities Management\u2019s Baltimore Public Buildings and Grounds\u00a0unit.\u00a0 She has been with DGS for six years.\u00a0Not only is Trisha a very important contributor to the success of the Baltimore region\u2019s work, she is the nucleus that holds the office together. Trisha monitors the day-to-day activities in Baltimore and keeps everyone accountable.\u00a0 She keeps the ship pointed straight and running smooth.\u00a0 She reviews bills, invoices and is part of the approval path for all purchases.\u00a0 She prepares meeting notes and ensures the timeliness and accuracy of information passed along. \u00a0 She trains employees on new processes.\u00a0 She pushes everyone along to ensure deadlines are kept and she advocates for the division and everyone on the team.\u00a0Trisha is a powerful team-player.\u00a0 She is very approachable to everyone and always willing to help\u2026but when necessary, she has no problem nudging folks in the right direction.\u00a0 She can teach the oldest dog new tricks and is very patient when teaching staff.\u00a0 She has a very soft touch and will stay with it as long as it takes. Trisha is part of Baltimore\u2019s employee onboarding team.\u00a0 She is the first friendly voice that new hires hear, because she also sets up interviews and coordinates the hiring process with DGS Human Resources.\u00a0 She also collects keys and ID card when an employee departs State service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you Sini Jacobs and Tonya Kilgo!\u00a0On June 17 at about 4:45 pm. Mike Zimmerman received an urgent call from a contractor who was having an issue logging on to EMMA and he needed to post a bid before the solicitation expired.\u00a0 Mike reached out to Sini and asked her  …Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caughtdgs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4530,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions\/4530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}