Past Award Winners
Past recipients of the Thunderbird Distinguished Alumni Awards include:
1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2005 Award Winners
Rising Star
Leandro Finol '00
President & CEO
DIREC4U
Career Achievement
Melville S. Brown '69
President/Director
Executive Advisory Services, Inc.
Career Achievement
Kimberly Wiehl '80
Secretary-General
The Berne Union
Alumni Volunteer
Dean Warner '57
Director
Thunderbird Global Market
Jonas Mayer Award
David Roberts '73
Vice President
Citigroup, North America (Retired)
2004 Award Winners
Rising Star
Charu Modi Bhartia '97
Vice Chairperson & CEO
Modi Apollo International Group Pvt. Ltd.
Career Achievement
William Burrus '72
President & CEO
ACCION USA
Alumni Volunteer
J. Kenneth Seward '57
Senior Vice President (Retired)
Johnson & Higgins
Jonas Mayer Award
Carl Bach '74
President, ACE UK & Ireland
ACE European Group
2003 Award Winners
Jonas Mayer Award
John C. Cook '79
Director and Partner
WJ Hopper & Co. Limited
Rising Star
Mark P. Ramondt '93
Finance Director, Laundry & Household Care
Unilever North America
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Entrepreneurship
Scott Walker '81
President, CEO and Chairman
BillMatrix Corporation
Banking & Finance
Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa '78
Latin America and Europe Region Head
The Citigroup Private Bank
Marketing
Anthony J. van der Hoek '89
Director Strategy & Business Solutions
Global Customer Development
The Coca-Cola Company
Public Service/Nonprofit
Lewis Lucke '77
USAID/Iraq Mission Director & CPA Reconstruction Coordinator
Baghdad, Iraq
2002 Award Winners
Rising Star
John Healy '92
Founder, Healy Capital and Venture Partner
Grand Banks Capital
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Marketing
Martin Susz '79
Partner
Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer Advertising
Entrepreneurship
John "Jock" Holliman III '77
General Partner
Valley Ventures
Banking and Finance
Suzanne Schutte '77
Senior Vice President and Head of Wealth Management Sales
HSBC Bank USA
John Qua '77
Senior Vice President
Merrill Lynch Bank Group
Leadership
John Lampe '73
Chairman of the Board, CEO and President
Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding Inc.
2001 Award Winners
Rising Star
Gordon A. Smith '96
Executive Vice President, Service Delivery
American Express Co. Inc.
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Public Service
David G. Fisher '67
(Retired) Executive Adviser – TWICS Co., Ltd. and (Retired) Sr. Instructor – Scholarship Program International Education Center (IEC)
Banking & Finance
Peter R. Banko '70
(Retired) Managing Director, International Banking Division
Bank of America
Entrepreneurship
Jose Alfonso Hernandez '83
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Argus Group
Marketing
William W. Cone '79
Executive Producer & Consultant
Event Marketing Projects
Jonas Mayer Award
Robert M. Frehse, Jr. '50
Executive Director
William Randolph Hearst Foundations
2000 Award Winners
Rising Star
Mark Leslie '00
Product Marketing Manager
RightWorks
Walter Joyce '99
Chief Operating Officer
Inculab, Inc.
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Banking & Finance
George Fugelsang '63
President & CEO
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America Inc.
Marketing
G. Kelly O'Dea '72
President
FCB Worldwide
Public Service
Luis Moreno '77
Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
Entrepreneurship
Charlotte Kennedy-Takahashi '76
Jonas Mayer Outstanding Alumnus Award
Phil Samper '61
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Gabriel Venture Partners
1999 Award Winners
Rising Star
Fernando G. Farré '94
Marketing Manager, L'Oreal
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Banking & Finance
Thomas D. Hobson III '79
Director, Technical Analysis
Merrill Lynch Europe
Marketing
James K. Ward '83
Vice President of Marketing
Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Public Sector/Government/Nonprofit
Bruce C. Harris '83
Executive Director for Latin American Programs
Covenant Hous
Entrepreneurship
Christopher J. Fussner '82
President, Owner/Founder
TransTechnology Pte. Ltd.
Jonas Mayer Outstanding Alumnus Award
Jack E. Donnelly '60
Thunderbird Trustee and past President
GTE Communications Systems Corporation
1998 Award Winners
Rising Star
Martha Van Gelder '88
Executive Director, Licensed Territories
Buena Vista Home Entertainment Asia Pacific in Malaysia and Hong Kong
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Banking & Finance
Carl Deddens '81
Vice President & Treasurer
Warnaco Inc.
Marketing
Paul Tillman '86
Director, Channel Development
Kellogg USA
Public Service/Government/Nonprofit
Robert Lees '77
Secretary General
Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC)
Entrepreneurship
Sam Garvin '88
Chairman, President & CEO
Continental Promotion Group, Inc.
Jonas Mayer Outstanding Alumnus Award
Robert Dilworth '60
Retired Vice President & Executive Managing Director
USG Europe Limited in England
1997 Award Winners
Rising Star
Eric Kufel '92
President & CEO
Poore Brothers, Inc., Goodyear, Arizona
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Business and Industry
Carol Schuster '83
Executive Vice President & Managing Director
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, New York, North America
Entrepreneurship
Sanjyot Dunung '87
President
D&S International Enterprises, Inc.
Banking and Finance
David Roberts '73
Vice President
Citicorp and Citibank, N.A.
Public Service
Ron Bertagnoli '83
Executive Director
Fundacao Esperanca, Santarem, Para - Brasil
Jonas Mayer Award
William Cunningham '58
Retired Corporate Vice President & Director
Kraft General Foods
1996 Award Winners
Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Public/Nonprofit
Michael Klesh '82
Regional Private Sector Advisor East & Southern Africa
United States Agency for International Development
Business and Industry
Victoria Rickey '75
Managing Director
Nacco Material Handling Group, Europe
Entrepreneurship
J.P. Rooney '67
Chairman
J.P. Rooney & Associates Ltd.
Banking and Finance
Richard Weden '68
Senior Vice President,
American Express Company, Inc.
Jonas Mayer Award
Gerald Kangas '60
Retired CEO
United Saudi Commercial Bank
