Donors & Corporate Partners

The 2025 Cornell Hospitality Icon of the Industry Award is scheduled to be presented at the Cornell Icon and Innovator Awards event in New York City on June 3, 2025.

The EMI annual conference explored the theme “Innovation and Transformation to Emerge Stronger,” featuring global leaders and expert panels.

Each year, now-CEO Russell Weiner ’90 comes back to the Hill to speak about the secret sauce behind the pizza chain’s renaissance.

The gift from C. Kenneth Grailer ’53 will support the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration by expanding the Center for Hospitality Research, helping renovate the Grailer Food Labs and providing scholarships.

Cornell SC Johnson College students in an annual Philanthropic Leadership class tripled grants to local nonprofits.

Cornell Real Estate Club trek members travel to New York City to meet with leading industry professionals.

The 2024 Icon is former IHG CEO Keith Barr ’92 and Innovators are José Andrés and Rob Wilder, founders of José Andrés Group and World Central Kitchen.

Meng Zhou, M.S. ’92, Ph.D. ’96 established a fund to support doctoral students in applied economics and management.

Nolan School graduate Justin Wai ’06 has made a $1 million gift to the dean’s discretionary fund at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.