Mark Cloninger and Andrea Dietz, exemplary finance support

on CIRES’ Finance team, won for being “world class enablers of CIRES.” This nomination provided numerous examples of Cloninger and Dietz going above and beyond to help CIRES personnel in navigating budgets, proposals, and university and NOAA systems. In particular, the CIRES finance team’s navigation of the university’s transition to a new financial system was exemplary and largely shielded CIRES personnel from the bumps and bruises associated.

“Marc and the rest of the team clearly strive to continually improve, seeking feedback quickly and efficiently, and working with colleagues to build systems and processes that support continued excellence,” the nominators wrote. They also noted that principal Investigators lucky enough to work with Marc and Andrea spend substantially more time on their own research and less on paperwork than colleagues in other departments and institutions.