OHIO to honor administrative employees at May 5 ceremony

Three outstanding Ohio University administrators will be honored at the Administrative Service Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 5.

The event, which will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Baker University Center Ballroom, will also celebrate administrative staff members who have reached significant service milestones. This year's milestones include 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service with Ohio University. 

All members of the OHIO community are invited to this special event, which will also recognize administrators who retire in 2026.

The recipients of this year's Outstanding Administrator Awards who will be honored at the ceremony are:

• Johnna Matulja - Director, Business Operations, Housing and Residence Life
• Breanne Sisler - Assistant Dean, Honors Tutorial College
• Katie Troyer - Executive Director, Enrollment Marketing and Operations

Ohio University Administrative Senate also congratulates the nominees and finalists for the Outstanding Administrative Awards and their outstanding contributions to Ohio University. 

You can read more about the award and past recipients on the Administrative Senate website.

The Outstanding Administrator Awards are conferred each year to three individuals who exemplify creativity and innovation, along with distinguished service to Ohio University. The recipients are selected by an Administrative Senate committee after a nomination period and an extensive interview process.

The 2025-2026 Outstanding Administrator Award winners

Johnna Matulja

Johnna Matulja is the director for business operations in the Department of Housing and Residence Life.

In her role, Matulja oversees significant projects that have a lasting impact on Ohio University and its Bobcats. Her work includes managing occupancy through a recruitment and retention lens, overseeing departmental key management, and supporting commuter and off-campus experiences, including an established partnership with Riverpark to master lease 667 beds off campus during the last four years of high housing occupancy. 

Her colleague and nominator, Kim Rouse, shared, “Johnna is a fantastic campus partner, a visionary and a supportive leader of her business operations team. She is honest, direct, caring and engaging. She is thorough, always willing to explain processes, and consistently does what is best for students.”

Katie Troyer

Katie Troyer is the executive director of Enrollment Marketing and Operations.

In her role, Troyer leads OHIO’s comprehensive reimplementation of the Slate CRM, one of the most transformative projects of her career. She guided the strategy and led a cross-functional team to reimagine longstanding processes in partnership with Enrollment Management, the Office of Information Technology, and University Communications and Marketing. She also served on the implementation team for the President’s Opportunity Promise Award and led the consolidation of the Athens and regional campuses’ Slate instances, aligning recruitment capabilities and streamlining undergraduate admissions.

Her colleague and nominator shared: “Katie has devoted tremendous time and effort to ensure the reimplementation stayed on track and was completed on schedule. This work required exceptional attention to detail. She has also served as a mentor to staff throughout the project, leading multiple trainings and meetings. Katie is also a proud Bobcat alumna.”

Breanne Sisler

Breanne Sisler is the assistant dean at the Honors Tutorial College. 

In her role, Sisler dedicates much of her time to supporting students in difficult situations. She works closely with academically at-risk students, meeting with them regularly to help them get back on track.

She also leads projects that ease her colleagues’ workload, including initiatives tied to new programs such as the Ohio Honors Early Experience Program and the Templeton, Appalachian, Rankin and Urban Scholarship programs. From building webpages to developing and managing applications and overseeing the selection of prospective students, Sisler has helped make these and various other programs truly transformative. She has devoted the majority of her career to making an Ohio University education accessible to students, including helping prospective students see themselves as honors students when they may not have before and removing barriers in whatever way she can.

Her nominator and colleague, Julia Schneider, shared: “Breanne goes above and beyond for the Honors College. She knows almost every honors student personally and has a wealth of knowledge about admissions and other relevant departments. She is the go-to person for anything honors-related. Not only do students trust her, but staff and faculty rely on her to keep the Honors Tutorial College running smoothly.”