The Gloria W. Appel Award for Outstanding Leadership in Entrepreneurship
The Gloria W. Appel Award for Outstanding Leadership in Entrepreneurship is presented upon nomination by the Haas School community to a second year MBA candidate of outstanding caliber who has made an extraordinary and lasting contribution to the entrepreneurship program at Haas. A $5,000 fellowship accompanies the award.
Administered by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the award is funded by an endowment from the Louis and Harold Price Foundation in honor of Gloria W. Appel, the late president of the Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and a great benefactor of the Lester Center. The criteria for the award are based on Gloria Appel's passion for students and the refreshing ideas that they have consistently brought to the entrepreneurship program.
Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 22, 2011
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship is currently soliciting nominations for the 2011 Gloria W. Appel Award for Outstanding Leadership in Entrepreneurship. The award will be presented at the Lester Center's Annual Dinner on May 4, 2011.
The Lester Center will be accepting nominations for consideration until Friday, April 22, 5:00 PM. Faculty, Staff and Students are all welcome to submit candidate nominations. Please send nominations to lester@haas.berkeley.edu and include a brief statement describing why the nominee should receive this award.
Appel Award Recipients:
2010 - Angus Hildreth
2010 - Christy Martell
2010 - Richard Mordini
2009 - Kevin Casey
2009 - Roxanne Miller
2009 - Antony Passemard
2008 - Raphael Michel
2008 - Tony Mak
2008 - Kevin Kopczynski
2007 - Lawrence Chang
2006 - Nathan Dintenfass
2005 - Sabino Go
2005 - Steve Hardgrave
2003 - Amir Sharif
2003 - Pramod Srivatsa
Appel Award winners for 2010:
Angus Hildreth, Christy Martell (not pictured) and Richard Mordini
with Lester Center executive director Dave Charron (left)
