Leadership in Action Award
The 2024 Honorees were recognized at a the Leadership and Mentoring Community Banquet in December 2024.
Pictured from left to right: Lisa Mauer (Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs), Sang Eun Woo (Butler Center Director and Professor of Psychological Sciences), Valerie Knopik (faculty honoree), Prudence Mbah (student honoree), Kris Acheson-Clair (staff honoree), Sunil Prabhakar (Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Computer Science). Not pictured: Jennifer Simpson (faculty honoree).
The Leadership in Action award recognizes Purdue faculty, staff and students who have shown exemplary leadership within their respective areas of expertise. Whether it is through excellence in a particular field or demonstrable commitment to the success and development of other leaders, this award acknowledges honorees' accomplishments and professional contributions.
There are three categories of awards, honoring a faculty member, a staff member, and a student, each of whom show leadership with direct effect on their work and community environments.
2024 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie Knopik, Professor and Department Head | Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Sciences |
Faculty |
| Jennifer Simpson, Clinical Professor and Interim Department Head | Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences College of Health and Human Sciences |
Faculty |
| Kris Acheson-Clair, Director | Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR) | Staff |
| Prudence Mbah, PhD Student | Brian Lamb School of Communication Public Health |
Student |
2023 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Preeti Sivasankar, Professor | Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences | Faculty |
| Pamela Sari, Director | Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center | Staff |
| Lexy Arinze, PhD Student | School of Engineering Education | Student |
| Morgan Murff, Undergraduate Student | School of Botany and Plant Pathology | Student |
2022 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Deering, Associate Professor | Department of Food Science | Faculty |
| Carina Olaru, Director | Latino Cultural Center | Staff |
| Roseline Adewuyi, PhD Student | School of Languages and Cultures | Student |
2021 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Berger, Clinical Professor | Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation | Faculty |
| Jacqueline Boudreaux, Senior Academic Advisor | Department of Animal Sciences | Staff |
| Temitope Adeoye, PhD Student | Department of Educational Studies | Student |
2020 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel DeLaurentis, Professor | School of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Faculty |
| Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Associate Professor | Department of Political Science | Faculty |
| Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Research Associate | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | Staff |
| Elizabeth Coppola | PhD student, Department of Human Development and Family Studies | Student |
2019 Leadership in Action Honorees
| Name | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Marshall, Professor | Department of Agricultural Economics | Faculty |
| Amanda Dickson, International Extension Specialist | College of Agriculture | Staff |
| Aura Mishra | Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Development and Family Studies | Student |
2018 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Ximena Arriaga, Professor | Psychological Sciences | Faculty |
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Jessica Ramsey, Assistant Director |
Purdue Promise | Staff |
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Brittany Mihalec-Adkins |
Ph.D. Candidate, Human Development and Family Studies | Student |
2017 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Professor | Human Development & Family Studies | Faculty |
| Pamala Morris, Assistant Dean and Professor | College of Agriculture Administration | Faculty |
| Michelle Ashcraft | Director of Purdue Promise | Staff |
| Chanel Beebe | Ph.D. Student, Engineering Education Department | Student |
2016 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Jane Kirkpatrick, Associate Dean | College of Health and Human Sciences | Faculty |
| Deborah Rupp, Professor and William C. Byham Chair | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | Faculty |
| Tracie Egger, Assistant Director, Office of Academic Programs | College of Agriculture | Staff |
| Brandon Fulk, Director of Internships | College of Engineering | Staff |
| Domenique Lumpkin | Civil (Architectural) Engineering | Student |
2015 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Joan Fulton, Associate Head | Dept. of Agricultural Economics | Faculty |
| April Sauer, Managing Director | Center for Food & Agricultural Business | Staff |
| Ashley York, Director of Academic Advising | Dept. of Animal Sciences | Staff |
| Priyanka Brunese | PhD Candidate, Dept. of Technology Leadership | Student |
2014 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Ann Elizabeth Rundell, Associate Professor | Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering | Faculty |
| Lowell Kane, Director | LGBTQ Center | Staff |
| Alsu Gilmetdinova, Ph.D. Candidate | College of Education | Student |
2013 Leadership in Action Honorees |
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| Name | Department | Category |
| Donatella Danielli-Garofalo, Professor | Mathematics | Faculty |
| Cherise Hall, Director | Financial Affairs, College of Agriculture | Staff |
| Miriam Brown, Graduate Assistant | Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Education Coordinator, Student Wellness Office | Student |
