Announced: 2016 Georgetown Outstanding Alumni Entrepreneurs of the Year
The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance is thrilled to announce that Amy Wright (MBA '92), David Fogel (L '97, MSB '97) and Tom Raffa (C '76) will be awarded the 2016 Georgetown Entrepreneurs of the Year.
Led by the Georgetown Alliance and nominated by the Georgetown alumni community, Amy, David and Ted was chosen by the GEA board for demonstrating a high level of innovation and excellence within the entrepreneurial community. All three are of diverse backgrounds and talents but are linked by a commitment to the Georgetown ideals of leadership, service and philanthropy.
To learn more about their distinguished careers please click the links below to read their GEA interviews:
- Tom Raffa (B'76), CEO, Raffa, P.C.
- David Fogel (F'93, L'97, MBA'97), President & Founder, IndexIQ
- Amy Wright, (MBA'92), Co-Founder and CEO, Macro Solutions
About the Georgetown Outstanding Alumni Entrepreneur Award:
The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance began in 2012 as a way to further cultivate, engage and advance the alumni entrepreneurial community. This is the third annual presentation of the award and the highest honor bestowed by Georgetown to alumni entrepreneurs.
Previous winners include:
2013
Catherine Cook (B’11), founder of My Yearbook
Nicolas Jammet (B’07), Jonathan Neman (B’07), Nathaniel Ru (B’07), Founders of Sweetgreen.
2014
Dan Berger (MBA ‘10), CEO, Social Tables, Washington DC
Craig Walker (MBA ‘91), CEO, Uberconference, San Francisco
David McCourt (C ’79), CEO, Granahan McCourt Capital, Boston
2015
Ted Leonsis (C '77)
The award will be given as part of Entreprelooza on April 26 on Georgetown's campus. You can RSVP to join the GEA in honoring the deserving awardees here: http://bit.ly/1WseBC1