Join the Leeds community in recognizing these student, faculty and staff award winners for their outstanding achievements this past academic year.


Faculty and students pose with awards

Winners of 2024 Impact Business Buff Awards Dejun “Tony” Kong, Natalie Bovie, Emma Ritson, Mary Boling and Gabriel Cervantes

Undergraduate Student Award Winners

Impact Business Buff Award: Gabriel Cervantes, Steven Winterbach, Natalie Bovie

Academic Excellence Award: Peyton Lynne Biggers

Academic Achievement Award: Charles D Wells

Finance Division Outstanding Student Award: Luke Smith

Marketing Division Outstanding Student Award: Peyton Biggers

Accounting Division Outstanding Student Award: Maxwell Buchalski

Social Responsibility and Sustainability Division Outstanding Student Award: Steven Winterbach

Undergraduate Impact Award: Ava Barnett

Henny Reinhardtsen Organizational Leadership and InformationAnalytics Division Outstanding Student Award: Hannah Yoon

Henny Reinhardtsen Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations Division Outstanding Student Award: Sean Spiegel

Graduate Student Award Winners

Impact Business Buff Award: Mary Boling, Emma Ritson

Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Best Dissertation Award: Austin Moss

MS Accounting Outstanding Student: Claire Richardson

Colorado Society of CPAs Gold Key Award: Cassandra Shetler

MS Taxation Outstanding Student: Benjamin Van Diest

MS Business Analytics Outstanding Student: Omar Hernandez

MS Finance Outstanding Student: Susan Wang

MS Real Estate Outstanding Student: John Carpenter

MS Supply Chain Management Outstanding Student: Robert LaTrobe

Full-Time MBA Student Award: Jessica Knox

Evening MBA Student Award: Maxine Yakobi

Hybrid MBA Student Award: Jordan Wells

Executive MBA Student Excellence Award: Jake Lewis

Outstanding MBA Marketing Student Awards: Nataly Diaz Ortega, Luke C. Hatton, Brooke Oberhaus

Outstanding MBA Finance Student Award: Jordan Karol

Faculty Award Winners

Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award: Henry Laurion

David B. Balkin, Rosalind and Chester Barnow Innovative Teaching Award: Jeremiah Contreras

Kahle Family Research Excellence Award: Tony Cookson

CESR’s Climate Curriculum Award: Andrea Pawliczek, Austin Moss

Impact Business Buff Award: Joshua Nunziato, Dejun “Tony” Kong

Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Russell Cropanzano

ACR Young Scholar Award and the Erin Anderson Award for Emerging Female Marketing Scholars and Mentors: Alix Barasch

Simonson Lifetime Mentorship Award: John Lynch

The Accounting Review's Outstanding Reviewer Award: Bryce Schonberger

Finance Division Public Lecturer Award, also known as the Steve Pardo Memorial Lecture: Ryan Lewis

Conty Family Teaching Award: Daniel Brown

Melvin Roberts Teaching Award: Katie Moon

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards: Rui Zhang and Christophe Spaenjers

CESR Best Paper Award: Bryce Schonberger, Dejun "Tony" Kong

CESR Highest Impact Paper Award and the Miske Faculty Research Award: Ethan Poskanzer

Climate Curriculum Award: Andrea Pawliczek, Austin Moss

Leeds Values Award for Faculty: Meghan Van Portfliet

ODA & MBSA Faculty Impact Award: Elmer Ramos

MBA Teaching Excellence Award – Core Course: Cory Cunningham

MBA Teaching Excellence Award – Elective Course: Nathalie Moyen

Executive MBA Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Nathalie Moyen,

Robert S. Wasley Teaching Award: Steven Rock

Master of Business Analytics Faculty Award: Liu Liu

Staff Award Winners

CU President’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award: Leeds Office of Diversity Affairs – Ruby Batalla, Gerardo Ceballos, Yazzmynn Martinez, Laura Moore and Desireé Ramirez

Spirit of the Dream Award: Jacqueline Juarez

University of Colorado Staff Excellence Award: Bree Orozco

Leeds Staff Member of the Year Award: Daniel Amram

Leeds Values Award for Staff: Shireen Miller

Leeds Staff Impact Award: Clark Harris