Recognizing Excellence at the 2023 Ted Rogers Alumni Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the Ted Rogers School of Management’s 2023 Alumni Achievement Awards! 

On October 18, 2023 the Ted Rogers School community came together to celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni award recipients. 

The Alumni Achievement Awards not only celebrate the remarkable achievements of our alumni but also express our gratitude for their unwavering support to the school’s students, faculty, and the broader community. We are excited to present the distinguished winners of this year's awards.

A total of 13 awards were given out at the ceremony. Here is a list of this year’s winners:

Trailblazer Award

Maggie Calle (BTM, 2007) - VP, Chief Information Security Officer, Varicent

^{Presented by 2022 Trailblazer award winner, Allan Ritchie}

Volunteer Leadership Award

Steve Brown (BTM, 2001) - Senior Manager, BDO Canada LLP

^{Presented by 2021 Volunteer award winner, Anthony Vercillo}

Entrepreneurship Award

Braden Handley (Entrepreneurship & Strategy, 2012) - CEO & Founder, Inkbox 

^{Presented by 2022 Entrepreneurship award winner, Ho Tek}

Top 10 of the Last 10

• Quincia Gumbs Marie (Hospitality & Tourism Management, 2016) - Minister of Sustainability, Innovation and the Environment, Government of Anguilla
• Ennio Crescenzi (Business Technology Management, 2013) - Director, Strategy and Innovation, OMERS
• Mallory Maynard (Marketing Management, 2020) - Founder, Gibbly
• Milad Moghaddas (Entrepreneurship & Strategy, 2021) - Ph.D Student in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
• Jacob Newman (Economics & Management Science, 2018) - Vice President, Investment Banking, Kroll Corporate Finance
• Maria Poonawala (Global Management Studies, 2016) - Senior Manager, Business Value Services, Moveworks
• Nasreddine Guerfa (MBA, 2018) - Vice President Solutions, SunGrid
• Emil S. Borggren (Real Estate Management, 2019) - Analyst, Hodes Weill & Associates
• Armin Faraji (Retail Management, 2016) - Co-Founder, Node App
• Eric Sunbulian (Accounting, 2015) - Vice President, Corporate Finance, PwC Canada

_{Presented by two of the 2022 Top 10 of the Last 10 award winners, Alexandra Lincoln & Danny Su}

It's never to early to nominate yourselves or your peers! Submit your nominations (external link, opens in new window)  to be considered as a winner of next year's Alumni Achievement Awards!