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


Faculty and students pose with awards

Winners of 2024 Impact Business Buff Awards Dejun 鈥淭ony鈥 Kong, Natalie Bovie, Emma Ritson, Mary Boling and Gabriel Cervantes

Undergraduate Student Award Winners

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

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听

Undergraduate Impact Award: Ava Barnett

Henny Reinhardtsen Organizational Leadership and Information听Analytics Division Outstanding Student Award: Hannah Yoon

Henny Reinhardtsen Strategy, Entrepreneurship and 听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听

Colorado Society of CPAs Gold Key Award: Cassandra Shetler 听

MS Taxation Outstanding Student: Benjamin Van Diest听

MS Business Analytics Outstanding Student: Omar Hernandez听

MS Finance Outstanding Student: Susan Wang听

MS Real Estate Outstanding Student: John Carpenter听

MS Supply Chain Management Outstanding Student: Robert LaTrobe听

Full-Time MBA Student Award: Jessica Knox听

Evening MBA Student Award: Maxine Yakobi听

Hybrid MBA Student Award: Jordan Wells 听

Executive MBA Student Excellence Award: Jake Lewis听

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

Outstanding MBA Finance Student Award: Jordan Karol听

Faculty Award Winners

Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award: Henry Laurion听

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

Kahle Family Research Excellence Award: Tony Cookson

CESR鈥檚 Climate Curriculum Award: Andrea Pawliczek, Austin Moss听听

Impact Business Buff Award: Joshua Nunziato, Dejun 鈥淭ony鈥 Kong听

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听

Conty Family Teaching Award: Daniel Brown

Melvin Roberts Teaching Award: Katie Moon

Provost鈥檚 Faculty Achievement Awards: Rui Zhang and Christophe Spaenjers

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

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

Climate Curriculum Award:听 Andrea Pawliczek, Austin Moss听

Leeds Values Award for Faculty: Meghan Van Portfliet

ODA & MBSA Faculty Impact Award: Elmer Ramos听

MBA Teaching Excellence Award 鈥 Core Course: Cory Cunningham

MBA Teaching Excellence Award 鈥 Elective Course: Nathalie Moyen

Executive MBA Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Nathalie Moyen,

Robert S. Wasley Teaching Award: Steven Rock听听

Master of Business Analytics Faculty Award: Liu Liu听

Staff Award Winners

CU President鈥檚 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award: Leeds Office of Diversity Affairs 鈥 Ruby Batalla, Gerardo Ceballos, Yazzmynn Martinez, Laura Moore and Desire茅 Ramirez听

Spirit of the Dream Award: Jacqueline Juarez

University of Colorado Staff Excellence Award:听 Bree Orozco

Leeds Staff Member of the Year Award:听 Daniel Amram听

Leeds Values Award for Staff: Shireen Miller

Leeds Staff Impact Award: Clark Harris