The 2023 Foster Awards: recognizing extraordinary faculty and staff achievement

It’s that time of the year to roll out the purple carpet and celebrate The Fosters. These annual awards honor the best and brightest achievements during the 2022-2023 academic year by faculty and staff at the University of Washington Foster School of Business.

Foster School Excellence Awards

PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching – Simha Mummalaneni
Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award – Dawn Matsumoto, Jonathan Karpoff
Pacific Coast Banking School Dean’s Leadership Awards – Sydney Donaldson, Shasta Jennings, Sarah McVay, Noe Valdovinos Orozco

Dean’s Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching – Tod Bergstrom, Phillip Quinn
Dean’s Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching – Crystal Finkelstein
Dean’s Excellence Award for Faculty Research – Ali Goli, Mingwen Yang

William A. & Helen I. Fowler Award for Special Achievement in Finance – Stephan Siegel
Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development and Curriculum Innovation – Jenny Graves, Scott Reynolds

Graduate Programs Awards

Full-Time MBA Professor of the Year – Beth Blankespoor
Evening MBA Professors of the Year – Christy Johnson (Class of 2023), Sven Peterson (Class of 2024), Ed deHaan (Class of 2025).

Technology Management MBA Excellence in Teaching – Dawn Matsumoto
Hybrid MBA Excellence in Teaching – Alexis León (core), Elizabeth Umphress (elective)

Executive MBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (Monthly Cohort 24) – Pat Bettin
Executive MBA Robert M. Bowen Excellence in Teaching (Weekly Cohort 39) – Jonathan Karpoff

Executive Development Program Faculty Teaching Award – Pat Bettin

Master of Supply Chain Management Excellence in Teaching – Issariya Sirichakwal, Hamed Mamani​
MS in Information Systems Excellence in Teaching – Uttara Ananthakrishnan
MS in Business Analytics Excellence in Teaching – Lalit Jain, Issariya Sirichakwal, Ali Goli
MS in Entrepreneurship Excellence in Teaching – Ken Myer

Undergraduate Programs Awards

Undergraduate Faculty of the Year – Jenny Graves
Accounting – Phillip Quinn
Finance and Business Economics – Frances Maloy
Information Systems and Operations Management – Tayfun Keskin

Management and Organization – Lian Shao
Marketing and International Business – Leta Beard
Undergraduate Staff of the Year – Roya Zahed, Sarah Allex

Summer DEI Research Grantees

Mana Heshmati, Sarah McVay, Esther Uduehi

Diversity Case Writing Grantees

Christina Fong, Benjamin Hallen, Teddy Johnson, Elizabeth Umphress, Russell Walker

Staff Awards

Staff Excellence Award – Ava Adams, Kathleen Glazier, Michael Morrison, Melissa Solberg, Dorothy McKee

Emerging Leader Award – Eileen Bhatia

Faculty Promotions

Beth Blankespoor – Professor of Accounting
Doron Levit – Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Abhinav Gupta – Professor of Management and Organization
Benjamin Hallen – Professor of Management and Organization

Jordan Nickerson – Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Andy Hafenbrack – Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Faculty Retirement

Charles Hill – Professor Emeritus of Management & Organization

Staff Retirements

Shawna Reimers – Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
Kathryn Vinson – Fiscal Services

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The PACCAR Award is made possible by PACCAR Inc and The PACCAR Foundation. The Summer Award is made possible by the Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award Fund. Dean’s Excellence Awards are made possible by the Wells Fargo Faculty Award Fund, the Takashi and Lily Hori Endowment for Leadership and Strategy in Business Fund and the Andrew V. Smith Faculty Development Fund. The Fowler Award is made possible by the William A. and Helen I. Fowler Endowment for Special Achievement or Recognition Fund. The Gamble Family Award is made possible by the Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development and Curriculum Innovation Fund. Staff Excellence and Emerging Leader Awards made possible by Lee and Darlene Nutter through the Dean’s Academic Excellence Fund. Summer DEI Research Grants are funded by the Consulting and Business Development Center and the Dean’s Office.