Recognition in Action: Meet Our Q2 5-Star Winners

August 18, 2026

Since GoldStar Connect launched this spring, employees have used it to recognize coworkers whose work stands out. Some capture a particular moment. Others recognize the consistency that makes a team stronger over time.

Here are a few that caught our attention so far.

What Team TRB Is Saying

And for two employees, those recognitions led to something new.


Meet Our First 5-Star Award Winners

Congratulations to Hunter Lamon and Meagan Cook, recipients of the Q2 5-Star Corporate Award of Excellence.

The award recognizes employees nominated through GoldStar Connect by their manager or supervisor for demonstrating TRB’s core values and setting an example for all of Team TRB.

Meagan Cook

Hunter Lamon


Two Recognition Programs in One Platform

GoldStar Connect supports two distinct employee recognition programs.

HR’s Monthly Core Value Raffle

Each month, one TRB core value takes the spotlight. Recognize a coworker who demonstrates that value and you’ll be entered in the monthly drawing for TRB swag.

HR selects three winners each month. This month: Teamwork.

When a coworker steps in, shares the load, or makes the team around them stronger, recognize it.

5-Star Corporate Award of Excellence

The 5-Star Award works differently. Managers and supervisors are encouraged to recognize meaningful contributions as they happen, particularly when an employee’s work demonstrates any of TRB’s core values. Those qualifying manager recognitions also make employees eligible for 5-Star consideration.

Managers and supervisors with questions about 5-Star eligibility or qualifying recognitions can contact Haley Farias.

The emphasis is on the recognition itself: noticing exceptional work and acknowledging it when it occurs. Selected recipients are recognized on behalf of Mr. Scaief and receive a distinctive 5-Star reward selected for the occasion.

5-Star recognition is presented periodically and is not tied to the featured monthly core value.


Recognize Teamwork This Month

GoldStar Connect gives everyone at TRB a way to recognize good work when they see it.

This month, Teamwork is the featured core value for HR’s monthly raffle. And managers and supervisors can also help employees become eligible for future 5-Star recognition by acknowledging meaningful work as it happens.

Keep sharing the work that deserves recognition.

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