Jill Wohrley of Mendota is the winner of Illinois Valley Community College’s Connie Dzierzynski Skerston Memorial Award for Support Staff Distinguished Service.

Wohrley, the College’s Financial Aid Compliance Specialist, was nominated by Financial Aid Director Isamar Taylor, retired Financial Aid Advisor Ida Brown and the financial aid team.

“Jill has been a driving force that guided the office through challenging months without a permanent director/staff, which showcased her exceptional leadership,” nominators wrote. “The Financial Aid Office was able to maintain efficiency and productivity during our transitional period … because of her unwavering dedication.”

“I feel incredibly honored to have won an award for which I was nominated by my team and then voted on by my co-workers,” Wohrley said. Though she never met Skerston, “to have won an award in her name is a very meaningful and special moment I will never forget.”

Wohrley began her IVCC career in 2016 as an Academic Support Technologist. Two years later, she became a financial aid advisor and became compliance specialist last year.

Wohrley and fellow nominees Chad Brokaw, Juliana Dzurisin, Lynn Ewing-Teegardin, Steve Mazzorana, Marlene Merkel, Diane Scoma, and Manessa Trench, were honored April 4 at IVCC’s employee recognition reception.