{"id":2546,"date":"2026-05-20T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dsa\/?page_id=2546"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:48:16","slug":"2026-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dsa\/recipients\/2026-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The 2026 Distinguished Staff Award recipients by category<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Career Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Danielle Woodward, Assistant Director, Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dsa\/recipients\/2026-recipients\/traci-townsend\/\">Traci Townsend<\/a>, Program Operations Specialist III, Wireless Design and Architecture, UW Information Technology &#8211; Collaboration<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Inclusion and Belonging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angela Ott, Fiscal Specialist, Payee, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Harborview Medical Center<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/dsa\/recipients\/2026-recipients\/lisa-norton\/\">Lisa Norton<\/a> Director of Licensing, Physical Sciences &amp; 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