MVA honors outstanding employees for this year

The Marianas Visitors Authority held its Employee Recognition Awards ceremony on May 30 to recognize their Employee of the Year, Leadership of the Year and employees who have been with MVA for the last 10 and 15 years.

Tasia S. Bocago, currently a clerk for the Personnel & Administration Division, took home the Employee of the Year award for MVA. Bocago has earned Employee of the Quarter award twice since she started at MVA in August 2005. Bocago was recognized for her initiative to assist others, her willingness to learn new tasks and her overall performance as a true team player.

Joaquin “Jack” C. Lizama, the acting chief accountant for the Accounting Division of MVA, received the Leadership Award this year. This is his second time to receive this award. Previously, Lizama received this award in 2005. Lizama has been with the MVA for 19 years and was recognized for his desire to ensure that his work is performed with efficiency and effectiveness. He was also recognized for his reliability, dependability and his team player attitude.

MVA employees who were recognized for 10 years of outstanding service with MVA were John Baza from MVA Tinian and Vicente Mangloña from MVA Rota. The employee with 15 years of service was Thelma F. Boyer of MVA Saipan.

“Our employee recognition program is designed to recognize employees who have demonstrated exceptional service not only to MVA but to our CNMI government as well. Everyone’s hard work and dedication contribute to the overall success of MVA,” said MVA Personnel manager Polly Deleon Guerrero.

“This type of recognition helps us encourage exceptional professionalism and employee morale. MVA values its human resources and would like to see each person grow and develop not just professionally, but also as an individual,” said MVA managing director Perry Tenorio.

MVA ensures that their recognition program serves as an incentive for individual motivation toward providing quality service, increasing productivity, job knowledge and skills. Their program is designed to recognize outstanding performance and employees’ contribution toward meeting MVA’s goals and objectives. All employees honored received a plaque of appreciation. [B][I](MVA)[/I][/B]