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Santa Clara County honors retirees and 10 monthly employee award recipients
Summary
The board recognized multiple long-serving retirees — including Maria Lewis (25+ years), Lisa Pate (30 years) and Dr. Elizabeth Mayotte (55 years) — and presented monthly employee excellence awards to staff across departments, highlighting program contributions and public-service milestones.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors used part of its Monday meeting to honor retiring staff and to present monthly employee excellence awards to public servants across county departments.
Maria Lewis, who retired in December after more than 25 years with the Department of Child Support Services, was recognized for advancing from office clerk to office specialist and for helping deploy the department’s virtual interview feature. "It's been an honor to work for the county," Lewis said.
Lisa Pate was recognized for 30 years of service in social services and workforce programs, including work expanding job fairs and launching an ARRA-subsidized…
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