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