{"id":1447,"date":"2026-10-13T12:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=1447"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:42:46","slug":"robert-j-swieringa-recent-alumni-service-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/alumni\/get-involved\/awards\/johnson-school-awards\/robert-j-swieringa-recent-alumni-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert J. Swieringa Recent Alumni Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<p>The Robert J. Swieringa Recent Alumni Service Award recognizes alumni for their exemplary commitment to the Johnson School and its alumni, and continued engagement with the Johnson School as a volunteer leader in many engagement activities.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <section class=\"section-heading--wrap accordion--wrap span--red background--white bg--clear\" id=\"award-information\">\n    <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n    <h2>Award information<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n      <div class=\"accordion__set\">\n                          <details class=\"expandable\" open>\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    Award criteria\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  <p>Open to alumni who graduated less than 20 years ago<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognizes extraordinary alumni for their exemplary commitment to Johnson and its alumni since graduation.<\/li>\n<li>Award honors alumni who have demonstrated continued engagement with Johnson through volunteer activities within the broad spectrum of Johnson&rsquo;s alumni engagement opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Service may be reflected in the leadership roles that the individual has assumed, or through the unique contributions made by the person as a part of his or her service to Johnson.<\/li>\n<li>Service to Johnson as a volunteer and\/or leader in many engagement opportunities is required, such as the advisory council, regional clubs, reunion, class activities, career management center, admissions, and guest class lecturer.<\/li>\n<li>These alumni are being honored because of the significant impact their volunteer service has had on the school.<\/li>\n<li>Consideration is given to the length and depth of the individual&rsquo;s activities as a recent alumna\/us.<\/li>\n<li>Honorees are chosen from candidates proposed by the Johnson community (alumni, faculty, &amp; staff.)<\/li>\n<li>University Trustees are not eligible for consideration until they are no longer active members of the Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    Nomination form\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p>To nominate an alumna or alumnus for the Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Service Award or the Robert J. Swieringa Recent Alumni Service Award, please fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/cornell.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_4VjcHklZ8y1DgdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"external external\">online nomination form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-award-recipients\">Award recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2025\/04\/02\/johnson-school-announces-2025-alumni-award-winners\/\">2025: Gregory G. Gatta &rsquo;97, MBA &rsquo;12<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2024\/05\/21\/honoring-legacy-leadership-highlights-johnson-schools-big-red-bash\/\">2024: Marques Zak, MBA &rsquo;10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2023\/04\/06\/johnson-school-2023-alumni-award-winners\/#CaraPetonic\">2023: Cara D. Petonic, MBA &rsquo;13<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2023\/04\/06\/johnson-school-2023-alumni-award-winners\/#DavidPisacich\">David Pisacich, MBA &rsquo;10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2021\/04\/30\/johnson-honors-distinguished-alumni-big-red-bash\/\">2020: Geoffrey Lim, MBA &rsquo;00<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2019\/03\/25\/2019-alumni-award-recipients\/\">2019 Angela Mwanza, MBA &lsquo;00<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2018\/04\/27\/jamey-edwards-young-alumni-service-award\/\">2018:&nbsp;Jamey Edwards &rsquo;96, MBA &rsquo;03<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnson.cornell.edu\/article\/about\/notable-alumni\/alumni-profile\/43815\/shari-aser-mba-10-receives-the-2016-robert-j-swieringa-young-alumni-service-award\/\" class=\"external\">2016: Shari Aser, MBA &rsquo;10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: Kimberly S. Stevenson, MBA &lsquo;01<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/hub\/2018\/11\/01\/alumni-spotlight-kenyattah-robinson\/\">2013: Kenyattah Robinson, MBA &rsquo;06<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012: Jeffrey Marx Kabel, MBA &rsquo;97<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011: Meredith Ryan-Reid, MBA &rsquo;07<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: Scott Weiss &rsquo;00, MBA &rsquo;05<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: Sarah Brubacher, MBA &rsquo;99<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: Tim Takacs, MBA &rsquo;99, and Brett Blumenthal Wax &rsquo;96, MBA &rsquo;04<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007 &ndash; Inaugural Award Recipient: Kenneth W. Gurrola, MBA &rsquo;95<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award recipients<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":1404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"leadership":[],"class_list":["post-1447","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robert J. 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