Impact Awards 2019 Past Winners

Stephen was described as “dependable to follow through with any request and in a quick turnaround time … organized, thorough, and leaves no detail left behind.” He is a “wealth of information and expertise and does not hesitate to share either.”

Since employed with Booth he has consistently personified the Booth values. From the start of his career here assisting faculty on a variety of functions, to creating and growing into a team of 2 who organize the employment life cycle of a large majority of our Research Professionals across Booth.

Cortney has consistently demonstrated Chicago Booth values through both her work performance as well as through relationships with colleagues. Her insight and ability to assess situations and opportunities from multiple angles enables her to be thoughtful in how she approach achieving her objectives. Each relationship that she cultivates is approached with integrity, deep respect for where people are coming from, and empathy.

She was tasked with temporarily moving to our Hong Kong campus and has done an amazing job in building the Rustandy presence in Asia.

Char has focused her career toward building and empowering those around her and has created a tremendous impact on the school’s staff and students. She was described as someone who “leads from a place of authenticity, support and compassion and we are better as an organization because of her.”

Thank you Char for your 18+ years of dedication toward Booth and we are grateful for the impact you have made.

Niena has served the faculty and staff with a level of excellence that has consistently increased year over year. The level of commitment and organization that she has been able to maintain has definitely not gone unnoticed by the several faculty members who nominated her.

Her overall dedication has truly led to an impact amongst our faculty and has played an integral role in our new faculty recruitment.