2024 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

13 people standing and smiling 2024 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners John Campbell, WG’78John Edwards, WG’72John Campbell, WG’78 John Campbell, WG’78 New York, NY John Campbell’s Wharton education provided the basis for a very successful career on Wall Street, which in turn provided the opportunity to learn the lesson that ‘some of the greatest contributions toRead More

July 2024 • Edition 34

Mary-Hunter “Mae” McDonnell July 2024 - Edition 34 The School appoints Mary-Hunter “Mae” McDonnell the inaugural faculty recipient of the Bantwal Family Goldman Sachs Presidential Professorship, the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approves record undergraduate financial aid budget, and Wharton Magazine chronicles recent strides made by Wharton experts in AI innovation. Mary-HunterRead More

2023 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

carmen hill and man pictured 2023 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70Carmen Hill, WG’74Gerald Rothstein, WG’65Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70 Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70 Bangkok, Thailand Once finished with his career as an investment banker, Sivaporn became Chair of the Rama IX Art Museum Foundation dedicated to the promotion of modern art. He is the long timeRead More

2022 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

Four Crandall challenge winners 2022 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Robert Crawford, WG'63George 'Chip' Fisher IV WG'64Robert Crawford, WG'63 Robert Crawford, WG'63 Lake Forest, IL Robert founded Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab (NEL) in Chicago in 2017.  Paired with non-profit lender, NEL works with entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities providing mentoring, business plan awards, capital.  Currently there are  20Read More

2021 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

10 crandall challenge winners and nominees 2021 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Malcolm Bund, WG'74David Nevins, WG'70Malcolm Bund, WG'74 Malcolm Bund, WG'74 San Deigo, CA My private equity group bought Precision Alternator and Starter. Thereafter I started a private/public sector non-profit to provide transportation to the needy, Vehicles for Change (VFC).  VFC has been a home run.  Today,Read More

2020 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

2020 Crandall Challenge Winners at 2024 MBA Reunion. 2020 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Reid Becker, WG'74Filemon Berba, WG'64Russell Redenbaugh, WG’69William Sands, WG’66Reid Becker, WG'74 Reid Becker, WG'74 Zirconia, NC Reid’s career  included  starting his own medical diagnostic business.  When he  ‘retired’ , he become part of a STEAM Tech Team, volunteers who work to support  Science, Technology, EngineeringRead More

2019 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

Crandall Challenge 2019 Honorees 2019 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Louis D'Amore, WG'64Fred Hallahan, WG'61Milton Silver, WG'52Louis D'Amore, WG'64 Louis D'Amore, WG'64 Utica, NY After a successful career in economic and conservation consulting, Lous introduced “Tourscan” — an environmental scanning and forecasting project for the Canadian Tourism industry. That led to the formation of the InternationalRead More

Brazil’s Booming Progress: A Look at the Country’s Rise

Brazil's Booming Progress: A Look at the Country's Rise Key developments for Brazil in domains such as financial innovation, environmental sustainability, and agribusiness were also on full display throughout the weekend. “It’s a very entrepreneurial society,” Roberto Sallouti, W'94, said during a keynote conversation with Wharton Dean Erika James. Sallouti, CEORead More