{"id":28292,"date":"2024-06-18T10:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28292"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:08:40","slug":"28292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-blog\/2024\/06\/18\/28292\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-blog\/2024\/03\/14\/2023-mda-team-of-the-year-and-4th-quarter-awards-announced\/attachment\/quarterly-awards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Quarterly awards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?fit=760%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?resize=300%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Quarterly-awards.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 18, 2024)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 The <\/span><b>Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recently honored <\/span><b>LaTasha Gresham (Human Resources) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with an employee recognition award during the June 12 General Staff meeting.\u00a0 Nominated by Human Resources Director Gwen Schindler, LaTasha was presented with the award and a gift honoring her commitment to the Department and its employees.\u00a0 A master multi-tasker, LaTasha manages the administrative work for MDA\u2019s personnel office. She is able to manage a large amount of detail with confidentiality and in a very organized fashion. She is very level-headed, responsive and professional. Additionally, LaTasha is one of the MDA employees with the most forward-facing customers, as she is the front line for Human Resources, receiving inquiries from employees, supervisors, managers, executives, and applicants.\u00a0 When unsure of where to start, employees will come to her for information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28293\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-blog\/2024\/06\/18\/28292\/attachment\/img_0279\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0279\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?fit=760%2C1013&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28293 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/IMG_0279-scaled-e1718719673578.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLaTasha\u2019s hard work and dedication to the MDA Mission have earned her this honor,\u201d said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks. \u201cIt is crucial to have a friendly and knowledgeable Human Resources department, and LaTasha exemplifies that. I thank her for her continued service to MDA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you would like to nominate a star employee please check out the AgNet for more information on how or contact Wendy Lloyd at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:wendy.lloyd@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wendy.lloyd@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b># # #<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Facebook <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 18, 2024) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture recently honored LaTasha Gresham (Human Resources) with an employee recognition award during the June 12 General Staff meeting.\u00a0 Nominated by Human Resources Director Gwen Schindler, LaTasha was presented with the award and a gift honoring her commitment to the Department and its employees.\u00a0 A<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-blog\/2024\/06\/18\/28292\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"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":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-blog"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28292","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\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28301,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28292\/revisions\/28301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}