Honoring our best
We recognize outstanding Tippie alumni for their professional accomplishments and commitment to the college through two awards: Alum of the Year and Young Alum of the Year.
Criteria
The award recipients must:
- Be an alum of the University of Iowa with an Iowa degree in business (BBA, MBA, M.A., MAC, PhD). The award is not for "friends" or "associates" of the college.
- Have achieved a distinguished level of professional/career success.
- Be engaged in the life of the college (examples include serving on an advisory board or committee; speaking to classes or student organizations; mentoring students; providing financial resources; encouraging employers to hire Tippie students for internships or full-time work; providing experiential learning opportunities for students, etc.)
- Cannot be a current employee of the Tippie College of Business.
- Be 40 and under for the Young Alum of the Year award only.
Past recipients
| Year | Alum of the Year | Young Alum of the Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sue Taylor, MBA 2001 | Roberto Paniagua, BBA 2011 |
| 2020 | Christopher Klein, BBA 1985 | Wenran Xie, BBA 2013 |
| 2019 | Mark Buthman, BBA 1982 | Jon Raftis, BBA 2010/MBA 2015 Kevin Velovitch, BBA 2012 |
| 2018 | Trevor Schauenberg, BBA 1991 | Shalini Campbell, BBA 2004 |
| 2017 | Chris Hoffman, BBA 1985 | Claudia Marban, BBA 1999 |
| 2016 | Stephen Belyn, BBA 1991 | Todd Nelson, MBA 2007 |
| 2015 | Margaret (Peg) Stessman, EMBA 2012 | Chuck Mersch, BBA 2007/MBA 2008 |
| 2014 | Dana Ramundt, BBA 1974 | Tom Niblock, BBA 2007 |