Twenty UGA employees retired April 1, 2025
Emission Reduction

Twenty UGA employees retired April 1, 2025















Twenty UGA employees retired April 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are:

  • Jay Bauer, creative design specialist, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Office of Marketing and Communications, 25 years;
  • Deborah A. Blakey, laboratory manager II, College of Veterinary Medicine, Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory, 34 years, 8 months;
  • Angie Pam Bond, borrowing specialist I, University Libraries, interlibrary loan, 18 years, 8 months;
  • Darrin G. Cook, skilled trades worker, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, Sign Shop, 30 years;
  • Henry K. Dooley, scientific computing specialist, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 28 years;
  • David Dowless, systems administrator specialist, Office of the Vice President for Research, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, 23 years, 8 months;
  • Mark C. Ellenberg, IT director, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 25 years, 2 months;
  • Wanda Fain, business manager II, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Enterprise Information Technology Services, finance and business services, 17 years, 7 months;
  • Diane Griffith, building services worker II, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, building services, 10 years;
  • Tonya Harris, assistant to the department head, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, nutritional sciences department, 30 years, 7 months;
  • Theresa (Teri) Hughes, administrative specialist I, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years;
  • Pamela Kirby, research technician III, Office of the Vice President for Research, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 29 years, 7 months;
  • John Paulk, precision agriculture shop manager, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years, 1 month;
  • Chris T. Peters, principal IT professional, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, information technology, 38 years, 7 months;
  • Shirley Reyes, program operations coordinator, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, 30 years, 5 months;
  • Vance Silcott, associate director, insurance and claims, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Emergency Preparedness, 11 years, 4 months;
  • Jeffrey K. Springston, professor and director of Master of Fine Arts programs, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 26 years, 7 months;
  • Curtis Neal Strickland, mechanical technician II, Office of the Vice President for Research, Instrument Shop, 16 years, 7 months;
  • Michele G. Svoboda, Georgia 4-H fiscal affairs manager, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 30 years, 4 months; and
  • Sinnie R. Wilbon, administrative associate, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, 30 years.