Nominations for Alumni Awards
The College of Business at Illinois State University is seeking nominations for two alumni awards: Alumni Early Career Achievement Award and Alumni Hall of Fame Award. Please consider nominating deserving MBA alums.
Illinois State University
Master of Business Administration Program
Campus Box 5570
Normal, IL 61790-5570
Location: College of Business Building, Room 201
Telephone: (309) 438-8388
Fax: (309) 438-7255
Monday-Friday:
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
If you are interested in contacting other alumni please visit the ISU Alumni Page. (University link)
Alumni Spotlight
Jeff Stempora (MBA '95), CEO Evogi Group, 2010/11 College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee.
Amar Kamath (MBA '97), VP Marketing at BioReference Laboratories, Winner of MBA ECAA 2010.
(External link) Please join the Illinois State University MBA Alumni Network on LinkedIn.
Eric Cook (MBA '00), Online Program Manager at State Farm and Lieutenant Colonel of the Air National Guard, is the MBA winner of COB's 2011 ECAA.
Amar Kamath (MBA, '97), VP Marketing at BioReference Laboratories in New Jersey, was the MBA winner of COB's 2010 ECAA.
Josh Gordon (MBA, '00), National Account Manager at Brightpoint, Inc., was the MBA winner of COB's 2009 ECAA.
Venky Peruvemba (MBA, ’00), Financial Analysis Manager at Motorola, Inc., was the MBA ECAA winner for 2008.
Jeff Stempora, a 1995 MBA graduate, has been inducted into into the 2010-2011 Alumni Hall of Fame. Jeff is CEO and board member of the Evogi Group, a collection of companies focused on providing commercial and consumer global telematics technology and information based products and services to the insurance, automotive, and finance industries. Congratulations!
Previous MBA Alumni Inductees to the Hall of Fame:
2009: David Magers (MBA, '86), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the COUNTRY Financial Group.
2008: LaVerne Council (MBA, '86), Vice President and CIO of Johnson & Johnson.
2007: Tony J. Sorcic (MBA, '76), President & CEO of Citizens First National Bank & Princeton National Bancorp.
2006: Jack Hartung (MBA, '80, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chipotle.
2004: Shari Buckellew (MBA, '01), Founder and Executive Director of the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal.
2003: James Tyree (MBA, '78), Chairman and CEO of Mesirow Financial in Chicago.