The Tepper School Alumni Awards recognize excellence in our alumni community for outstanding career accomplishments or achievements and for impressive service to the school and alumni community.
2026 Alumni Awards Nominations Are Now Being Accepted!
The 2026 Tepper School Alumni Awards nomination process is now open. Please submit nominations! The nomination form will be open until Friday, January 30, 2026.
The Tepper School Alumni Board Awards Committee will review the pool of nominations submitted by the Tepper School community. The awards will be presented at the Tepper Reunion weekend celebration in 2026.
Requirements
Award nominations should be aware of the following requirements and deadlines before submitting a nomination.
Deadlines, Selection, and Candidate Status
- All nominations must be received by the Alumni Association on or before the deadline.
- Alumni Award Honorees are selected each year by members of the Tepper School Alumni Association Board Awards Committee.
- Selected Award Honorees are informed of their nominations and selections by the President of the Tepper School Alumni Association Board, and their acceptance of the awards is then confirmed. Nominees must agree to attend the official award ceremony to receive the award.
- Once all Award Honorees are confirmed, nominators are informed of their candidates' status.
Eligibility
- All living, degreed alumni of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University are eligible for consideration. This includes undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. alumni of the Tepper School (GSIA).
- Only alumni, faculty and staff of the Tepper School of Business may nominate other alumni for awards.
- Nominations will remain active for three award selection cycles. If a candidate is not selected, nominators will have the opportunity to add supplemental and/or updated information to the individual's nomination packet before the next deadline.
2025 Alumni Awards
An awards committee of the Tepper School Alumni Board selected the 2025 winners from a pool of nominations submitted by the Tepper community. Our 2025 alumni awardees accepted their awards at a celebration ceremony on May 3, 2025.
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
The Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award is intended to recognize both the longevity and consistency of professional achievement of the highest caliber over one's professional lifetime. These distinguished graduates have contributed significantly to their industries, companies, and communities and brought honor to the Tepper School of Business by upholding the highest values and traditions of the school.
Alumni Achievement Award
The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes the nominee's outstanding accomplishments and leadership in his or her profession, which brings honor to the Tepper School of Business upholding the highest values and traditions of the school. Alumni may be nominated for contributions such as industry innovation, significant impact in one's field or substantive value creation.
Alumni Service Award
This award recognizes volunteer service to the Tepper School community or its alumni organizations, including active participation in alumni or university affairs; faithful and continued effort in maintaining class, chapter, interest group or other alumni organizations; or assistance in expanding the influence and prestige of the Tepper School and Carnegie Mellon University. Breadth, length and impact of volunteer service to the school will be considered.
Recent Alumni Awards for Achievement or Service
The Recent Alumni Award is intended to recognize either outstanding professional accomplishment and/or service to the Tepper School community by those who have graduated within the last 10 years.
The committee will award both a Recent Tepper Graduate Alumni Award and a Recent Tepper Undergraduate Alumni Award.
2025 Award Recipients
Past Alumni Award Recipients
(T) denotes CMU Board of Trustees
2024
Eric Butler (BS/CIT 1981, MSIA 1986)
Tepper Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Ted Fetterman (BS/CIT 1968, MSIA 1974)
Tepper Alumni Lifetime Service Award
Mark Zacur (MSIA 1997)
Tepper Alumni Achievement Award
Laurie Barkman (MSIA 1999)
Tepper Alumni Service Award
Bruce Gebhardt (MSIA 1984)
Presented to Celeste Gebhardt on behalf of her late husband.
Tepper Alumni Service Award
Michelle Crottier (MBA 2014)
Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award
Todd Medema (BS 2014)
Tepper Recent Undergraduate Alumni Award
2023
Ted Decker (MSIA 1993)
Tepper Alumni Achievement Award
Ozgur (MBA 2005) and Mugé Erdirik Dogan (Ph.D./ENG 2007)
Tepper Alumni Service Award
Owen Parker (BS 2013)
Tepper Recent Undergraduate Alumni Award
Heather Rae Martin (MBA 2013)
Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award
Craig Saldanha (MBA 2013)
Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award
2022
Henry J. Gailliot (BS 1964, MSIA 1965, Ph.D. 1973)
Tepper Alumni Lifetime Service Award
Kevin Willsey (MSIA 1989, BBA)
Tepper Alumni Achievement Award
Homaira Akbari (MSIA 1996, BBA)
Tepper Alumni Achievement Award
Michael A. Smith (BS 1989, MSIA 1995)
Tepper Alumni Service Award
Christopher Gassman (MBA JD 2012)
Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award
Troy Witt (BS 2016)
Tepper Recent Undergraduate Alumni Award
2021
Francisco (Frank) D'Souza (MSIA 1992, T)
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Frank Risch, MSIA 1966, BBA
Lifetime Service Award
Rajinder Singh, MSIA 1996
Achievement Award
PJ Juvekar, MSIA 1996, ABA
Service Award
Barton O'Brien, MSIA 1981, ABA
Service Award
Elissa McGee, MBA 2011
Recent Alumni Award
2020
William Lambert, MSIA 1990
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Cindy Padnos, MSIA 1980
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shrinivas Dempo, MSIA 1995
Tepper Achievement Award
Tammy Loucks, BSBA 2000, MBA 2005
Alumni Service Award
Daniel Angarita, MBA 2014
Recent Alumni Award
2019
Ann Marie Petach, MSIA '84
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Brian Olsavsky, MSIA '89
Alumni Achievement Award
Ryan Baum, MSIA 1992
Alumni Service Award
Justin Krauss, MBA '09
Recent Alumni Service Award
2018
Devin Anderson, MBA '05
Alumni Service Award
David Coulter, MSIA/BSIM '71
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Gunjan Kedia, MSIA '94
Alumni Achievement Award
Michael Miller, MBA '11
Recent Alumni Service Award
2017
David Mawhinney, MSIA 1990
Alumni Achievement Award
James Ostry, MSIA 1994
Alumni Service Award
Swetha Arbuckle, MBA 2009
Recent Alumni Service Award
Tod Johnson, MSIA 1967
Lifetime Achievement Award
2016
Manoj Singh, MSIA 1976
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Joel Adams, MSIA 1986 (T)
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Rimmo Jolly, MSIA 1995
Alumni Service Award
Geoffrey Bent, MBA 2007
Recent Alumni Award
Shamir Karkal and Joshua Reich, MBA 2006
Recent Alumni Award
2015
Ian Buggs, MBA 2011
Recent Alumni Achievement Award
Per Lofberg, MSIA 1973
Alumni Achievement Award
Suresh Sethi, Ph.D. 1972
Alumni Achievement Award
2014
Daniel Jester, MBA 2009
Recent Alumni Achievement Award
John McCue, BS/CIT 1981, MSIA 1987
Alumni Service Award
Marc Onetto, MSIA 1975
Alumni Achievement Award
2013
James Swartz, MSIA 1966
Alumni Achievement Award
Jon Kinol, MSIA 1992
Alumni Service Award
Geoff Entress, MSIA 1988
Alumni Service Award
Patrick Macedo, MBA 2003
Recent Alumni Award
The Tepper School Alumni Board is dedicated to providing opportunities to engage, educate and connect alumni to the school and each other.
Formed in 2008, members representing alumni from around the world, the Tepper School Alumni Board works to advance the interests of its global alumni community.
Selected from a pool of active alumni volunteers, each member plays a strategic role in advising the Alumni Relations team and the overall Tepper School, providing that important link between alumni and the school.
Alumni Board Purpose
- Communicate the interests and concerns of Tepper School alumni to the dean, faculty, students, and staff of the Tepper School.
- Propose actions to strengthen the Tepper School alumni community.
- Encourage communication of the Tepper School’s activities, priorities, and educational resources to alumni.
Current Members
Alex Aceves (MBA '14)
Head of Vendor Operations and Systems Management - Nvidia
Swetha Arbuckle (MBA '09, MS/HC '09)
Director, Talent Experience - Amazon Entertainment, Amazon
David Betts (MBA '02)
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Bob DeAngelis (MSIA '85)
Principal/CEO, The Cartesian Group, LLC
Cyanne Demchak (MBA '09, MS/HC '09)
Chief of Staff, Evernorth Pharmacy and Care Delivery at Evernorth Health Services
Paul Frank (MSIA '00)
Partner, PwC
Laura Goldberg (BS ‘89)
Chief Marketing Officer at Auctane
Otis Greene (BS 1996)
Retired - Managing Director, BlackRock
Sonia Hingorany (MBA '15)
Senior Director, Azure Cloud Operations + Innovation at Microsoft
Melissa Horne (BS '05, MBA '05)
Vice President, Fidelity Investment
Mark Hronec (MBA '06)
Partner, Scimitar, Inc.
Andrew Jones (MBA '03)
Director of Engineering, Pratt & Whitney
Scott Jubeck (BS '03, MBA '08)
Senior Vice President of Products, Insights Inovalon
Jack O'Malley (MBA '07)
SVP & Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets, Inc.
Stephanie Sapp Rideau (MBA '10)
Vice President, Comcast Business, West Division
Julia Schloss (MSIA '97)
President, Bayview Residential Brokerage
Carol Scott (MSIA '96)
CIO, Graham Packaging
LaShaina Shakes (MBA '15)
Director, Business Insights & Analytics, Bristol Myers Squibb
Shivi Shankaran (MBA ‘05)
Co-founder and CEO of Fortune Stream Ventures
Chris Shoemaker (MBA '16)
Director Investment Banking, CriticalPoint
Balika Sonthalia (MBA '10)
Senior Partner, Kearney
Previous Board Members
Laurie Barkman (MSIA '99)
Jim Bernier (MSIA '93)
Chuck Bracken (MSIA '78)
Eric Butler (BS/CIT '81, MSIA '86)
Jenny Cordina (MBA '02)
Michelle Crottier (MBA ’14)
Lyenda Simpson Delp (MSIA '97)
Lee Diamond (MBA '05)
John Dischner (MSIA '94)
Ozgur Dogan (MBA '05)
Stephanie Ercegovic (BSIM '82, MSIA '83)
Russell Ewing II (MSIA '96)
Bruce Gebhardt (MSIA ’84) (Deceased)
Lori Heinel (MSIA '92)
Tal Heppenstall (MSIA '85)
Michael Hermeston (MBA '08)
Jertez Hunter (MBA '13)
Ashish Jain (BS/TPR '03)
Rimmo Jolly (MSIA '95)
PJ Juvekar (MSIA '96)
Kalpesh Kapadia (MSIA '99)
Justin Kaufman (MBA '04)
Kevin G. Kindall (MSCF '98)
Melanie Kittrell (MSIA '90)
Katherine Kohatsu (BS/CIT '97, MBA '05)
Tammy Loucks (BS/TPR '00, MBA '05, Past Staff)
Lillian MacEachern (MBA '09)
Patrick Macedo (MBA '03)
Catherine Mackinnon (BS/CIT '01, MBA '08)
Krista Markert (MSIA '97)
Alissa T. Marushak (MBA '10)
Lauren McCullough (BS/CIT '82, MSIA '86)
Jeffrey Meckler (BS/TPR '89, MSIA '90)
Jennifer Milacci (BS '95)
Brittany Williams Mithra (MBA '13)
Bart O'Brien (MSIA '81)
Brian Olsavsky (MSIA '89)
John O'Neill (MSIA '80)
Jim Ostry (MSIA '94)
Kishor Pendse (MSIA '79)
Rob Rice (MSIA '00)
Olivier Salomon (MSIA '93)
Aurobind Satpathy (MSIA ’96)
Danielle Schmitt (MBA '11)
Sujal Shah (MBA '04)
Ranjit Singh (MSIA '99)
Michael Smith (BS/H&SS '89, MSIA '95)
Susan Smith (MSIA '96)
Craig Such (MSIA '96)
Eduardo Tobon (MBA '00)
Ekin Tutek (MSIA ’97)
Pradeep U.N. (MBA ’03)
Paul Wellener (MSIA '86)
Larry White (BS/CIT '72, MSIA '76)
Jill L. Yellock (MBA '07)
Mark Zacur (MSIA '97)
Tepper School of Business Alumni
A Global Network, a Lifelong Community
The community you build as a student doesn’t end when you graduate from the Tepper School of Business, and neither does our support. We aim to empower you with lifelong resources to continue learning, build more connections through our global network, and give back to the next generation.
Stay Connected with the CMU Alumni Community Hub
Connect with fellow alumni and expand your professional network with Tepper School and Carnegie Mellon graduates across industries and regions. Update your contact information, share class notes, post job opportunities, catch up on the latest news, and explore even more ways to stay involved.
Get Involved
The more you engage with the Tepper School community, the more opportunities you’ll unlock. Join upcoming events and webinars. Volunteer as a mentor, admission ambassador, or recruiter. And, of course, plan to attend your next reunion.
Upcoming Alumni Webinars
Stay Connected
We make it easy for you to connect with the Tepper School alumni network at any time. Because when you need the Tepper School community, it shows up for you.
Contact the Tepper School Alumni Team
Get in touch with the Tepper School Advancement and Alumni Relations team for more information about events, resources, career and learning opportunities, and giving options.
Chapters and Programs
With over 15,000 alumni worldwide, the Tepper School network is never far from reach. Regional groups and chapters bring alumni together in vibrant, supportive communities full of social connections and opportunities that are uniquely local.
Lifelong Learning and Career Resources
Your education doesn’t end at graduation, nor does your access. Lifelong learning is built into the Tepper School alumni experience. Our resources, including executive education discounts, the ABI/INFORM Global database, and career transition help, are designed to keep you learning, growing, and leading.
Tepper School Alumni Board
The Alumni Board serves as a vital bridge, sharing alumni perspectives with school leadership, proposing actions that strengthen the alumni community, and keeping alumni informed on the Tepper School’s priorities and momentum.
“You go back to business school, you want to get the job — but at the end of the day, you surround yourself with great people, and you can walk out of it with great friendships. I really got everything I was expecting out of my Tepper experience and more.”
Parker Joe Robinson, MBA 2022 (he/him)
Investment Banking Associate, Guggenheim Securities
Tepper School for Life
Wherever your journey takes you, your Tepper School network is never far from reach. From forming lifelong connections to receiving personalized support from our alumni team, you’re part of a community that’s invested in your long-term success.
Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
Data-Informed. Human-Driven.
We are the Tepper School of Business, where human intelligence unlocks the power of data. As part of Carnegie Mellon University, we're uniquely positioned at the intersection of business, technology and human creativity to tackle modern challenges.
Our approach goes beyond a traditional business education. We empower you to harness artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced tools through experimental, hands-on learning. At the same time, you build ethical and equitable leadership skills to help your team and company grow.
Be part of the Tepper School’s efforts to build The Intelligent Future℠, where human creativity and innovation converge to address global challenges and drive positive change in business and society.
Academic Programs at the Tepper School
Your academic experience at the Tepper School of Business is built on a balance of analytical rigor, leadership development, and flexibility. No matter which path you choose, you’ll find a curriculum that prepares you to lead with confidence and adapt to change.
Research and Thought Leadership
Faculty at the Tepper School shape global conversations in economics, finance, operations, and leadership, with growing impact in artificial intelligence. Through faculty research and Tepperspectives, their insights connect academic discovery to the real challenges facing business and society.
