2023 Yale Alumni Association Leadership Awards Honor Four SOMers

The Yale Alumni Association Leadership Awards recognize the accomplishments of volunteers whose efforts reflect the Yale Alumni Association’s mission and core values, honoring volunteers both for their service to Yale and for their innovative leadership.

• Mario Antwine ’15 MBA is a co-leader for the Yale School of Management Black Business Alliance Alumni Affinity Group. A Yale SOM graduate of the class of 2015, he has gone on to fulfill the mission of the school and making waves in both business and society.
• Rob Greenly ’83 MBA, who shares his award with Karen Green ’78 YC, served as co-chair for Yale Day of Service in 2022 and 2023, at a critical juncture in the program's tenure. These efforts resulted in impacts locally and globally, with community organizations of all types. 
• Victor Padilla-Taylor ’15 MAM is a member of the Yale School of Management Alumni Advisory Board and serves as its Director-at-Large. Victor has tirelessly worked to support the launch of SOM Connect—Yale School of Management’s alumni engagement platform.
• Lee Race ’93 MPPM serves on the Yale School of Management Alumni Advisory Board communications committee and launched an initiative called “Just Five Questions,” which engages alumni to speak on an evolving and thoughtful set of five questions for leaders in business & society.

Additionally, Yale SOM alumni including Brad Galiette ’11, ’08 YC, Lise Chapman ’81, and Sam Wong ’89 accepted the 2023 YAA Board of Governors Excellence Awards on behalf of Yale alumni organizations for their efforts. The YAA Board of Governors Excellence Awards recognize alumni organizations for excellence in their programs, events, and best practices for Yale and on behalf of Yale.

For more info on the award and these exemplary members of the Yale SOM Alumni community please see this story on the awards from the Yale Alumni Association.