{"id":20733,"date":"2016-10-06T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=20733"},"modified":"2016-10-06T12:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:47:47","slug":"state-ag-department-honors-employees-with-long-service-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/10\/06\/state-ag-department-honors-employees-with-long-service-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"State Ag Department Honors Employees with Long Service Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><em>2016 Employee of the Year Honored<\/em><\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture today honored 33 employees for their years of dedicated service to the department and to the state. Of the 33 employees being honored \u2013 14 have 30 or more years of service with the state. All together, these 33 employees represent 745 years of public service and more than 1.5 million hours worked and almost 20,000 paychecks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cOur department and the agriculture community are fortunate to have such dedicated and knowledgeable personnel working to strengthen the State of Maryland and this agency each and every day,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. \u201cOur staff plays a major role in protecting consumers and the environment and ensuring fairness in the marketplace. It is a true testament to the value of our work that many of the employees honored this year have been with department since its earliest years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In addition to recognizing long-time employees, the department also presented its 2016 Employee of the Year Award to Dan Schamberger, Mosquito Control. Schamberger was recognized for his leadership as acting Mosquito Control Program manager between May 2015 and May 2016. As the acting program manager, he oversaw statewide operations, which included budgeting and coordinating with local partners. Schamberger also played a pivotal role in developing the state\u2019s Zika virus response plan in partnership with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Schamberger remains with the department as Administrator III of the Eastern Shore Mosquito Control office in Salisbury.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>The following is a listing of department employees by county who were recognized with long-service awards. Photos will be posted on the department\u2019s <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mdagdept\/\">Flickr<\/a><\/strong><strong> page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Anne Arundel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Anderson, MACS, 15 years<\/li>\n<li>Diane Chasse, Ag Land Preservation, 20 years<\/li>\n<li>Regina Dorsey, Animal Health, 30 years<\/li>\n<li>Melissa Gough, Fiscal Services, 20 years<\/li>\n<li>Wilfredo Marte, Fiscal Services, 30 years<\/li>\n<li>Barry Nellenback, Animal Health, 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Judy Plymer, Attorney General, 35 years<\/li>\n<li>Pamela Randall, Turf &amp; Seed, 30 years<\/li>\n<li>George Williams, Central Services, 35 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Baltimore City<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dawn Croxton, Human Resource Office, 30 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Baltimore County<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Eccleston, Weights &amp; Measures, 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Dimeka Patterson, Weights &amp; Measures, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Caroline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carroll Middleton, Resource Conservation, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Carroll<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noah Schaeffer, Resource Conservation, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Frederick<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dwight Dotterer, Nutrient Management, 15 years<\/li>\n<li>Moana Himes, Nutrient Management, 30 years<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Lupp, Forest Pest Management, 35 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Garrett<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shaun Sanders, Resource Conservation, 40 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Harford<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas Bagamsah, MACS, 10 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Prince George\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeannine Dorothy, Mosquito Control, 35 years<\/li>\n<li>Diana Lagunes, Resource Conservation, 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Michael Webster, Nutrient Management, 20 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Queen Anne\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Drews, Turf &amp; Seed, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>St. Mary\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weylin Anderson, Nutrient Management, 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Eileen Beard, Resource Conservation, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Talbot<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrie Jennings, Resource Conservation, 15 years<\/li>\n<li>Ellis Tinsley, Pesticide Regulation, 25 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ginger Noble, Resource Conservation, 15 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Wicomico<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Betty Baine, Food Quality Assurance, 30 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Worcester<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Fykes, Resource Conservation, 30 years<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Jones, Resource Conservation, 25 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Other<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Firme, Forest Pest Management, 30 years, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Craig Kuhn, Forest Pest Management, 30 years, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">\n# # #<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MdAgDept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 Employee of the Year Honored ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture today honored 33 employees for their years of dedicated service to the department and to the state. Of the 33 employees being honored \u2013 14 have 30 or more years of service with the state. All together, these 33 employees represent 745<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/10\/06\/state-ag-department-honors-employees-with-long-service-awards\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20734,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20733\/revisions\/20734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}