National CORE and Hope through Housing took over the Toyota Arena on Feb. 5 for our annual Employee Day. The day featured key updates on company initiatives, including our exciting growth in Florida and Texas, as well as employee service awards, giveaways, SWAG bags chock full of goodies and performances during a special CORE’s Got Talent from our own colleagues.
Congratulations to Compliance Auditor Chiana McCollum, winner of CORE’s Got Talent. Chiana gave us an incredible rendition of “Defying Gravity,” from the musical Wicked.
It was an amazing day celebrating all our colleagues who bring our mission to life every day!
We also honored some of our amazing team members for receiving year-end employee awards. Recipients got an embroidered jacket, $1,000 and an extra week’s vacation.
Congratulations to:
- Best in Class: Dixie Torres, assistant vice president of programs and data management
- Spirit & Enthusiasm: Veronica Cooper, Sunflower Terrace Apartments community manager
- I Am Hope: John Taylor, vice president of construction
Congratulations to our employees who are marking significant anniversaries with National CORE and Hope through Housing
3-YEAR
- Janay Arnold
- Elizabeth Blaszkiewicz
- Austin Bolechowski
- Ariana Brendle
- Jose Cardenas
- Christopher Castaneda
- Brandon Castillo
- Yessenia Celestino
- Martin Cerecero
- Marlenne Chavez
- Rhonda Ciminesi
- Elizabeth Cruz
- Eduardo Cruz Fortin
- Heidi Denault
- Sunni Dill
- Gregory Duran
- Byrd Edwards, Jr.
- Joey Fabela
- Lizbeth Felix
- Francisco Garcia
- Herminio Gutierrez
- Irene Hernandez
- Elizabeth Holquin
- Todd Kemp
- Tairen Kessee
- Katricia Kilpatrick
- Amanda Lazalde
- Inette Libolt
- Taylor Libolt
- Leonard Lopez
- Lynda Luke-Primas
- Ludwig Medina
- Preston Mendez
- Patricia Meza
- Macallan Mitchell
- Pilar Ndounna
- Karla Norman
- Linda Olmos
- Kameron Oneal
- Alvaro Osornio
- Shalim Othman
- Stephanie Parks Joseph
- Freddy Pulido, Jr.
- Matthew Pyrdeck, Jr.
- Shanna Ramirez
- Angel Rice
- Donald Robinson
- Luis Rodriguez
- Jana Salazar
- Melody Sitt
- Maritza Sorto
- Aaron Spoelhof
- Omar Tenorio
- Amber Tully
- Diana Villanueva
5-YEAR
- Jose Alvarado-Hurtado
- Alejandra Benavente
- Clarence Candelaria, Jr.
- Yadira Chavarria
- Dalia Conchas Furchell
- Kristin Fields
- Brenda Flores
- Anthony Ginther
- Scarlett Gonzalez
- Raquel Hernandez
- Yasser Hernandez Gonzalez
- George Huang
- Kyle Isbell
- Natashka Jones
- Lorraine Kindred
- Dana McDaniel
- Cynthia Mejia
- William Miller
- Mark Orabuena
- Annakena Perez
- Jessica Puerto
- Michelle Ramirez
- Everett Reid
- Wilfredo Rivera
- Zachary Rosas
- Joshua Tijerina
- Manuel Zambrano, Jr.
10-YEAR
- Sandra Bowers
- Scott Bricker
- Fernando Cardenas
- Luz Carrillo
- Cameron Davis
- Stephanie De La Torre
- Jennifer Freeman
- Corina Garay
- Nora Garcia
- Jose Manzo
- Sarah Walker
- Michael Minser
- Andres Ramos
- Jacqueline Romero
- Melesio Sandoval
- Sheridan Solis
- Alexa Washburn
- Bertreasa White
- Tracey Williams
- Ashley Wright
15-YEAR
- Yvette Chagolla
- Robert Contreras
- Traies Roe
- Jose Jesus Vallin
20-YEAR
- Carlos Diaz-Gonzalez
- Tammy Griffin
- Christopher Killian
- Misael Loyola-Rivera
- Marie Powell
- Nathaniel Roberson
Retirement Awards
- Traies Roe, 15 years of service
- Roberto Celaya, 25 years of service
Watch a recap video of the day and videos of each of the CORE’s Got Talent performers.