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Annual Awards Dinner

Annual Awards Dinner
  • Recognizing Extraordinary Leaders
  • Honorees & Co-Chairs
  • Sponsorships
  • Dinner Registration
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The Annual Awards Dinner is invitation-only to CBS Board members, honorees, and their guests.

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Recognizing Extraordinary Leaders

The 48th Annual Awards Dinner is invitation-only to CBS Board members, honorees, and their guests recognizing the achievements of exceptional leaders in business. This year, we are delighted to present our inaugural Distinguished Innovator award to Allon Bloch ’97, Co-founder & CEO, K Health, and our Distinguished Leadership in Business award to Daniel O’Day ’97, Chairman & CEO, Gilead Sciences. 

The event will be co-chaired by Maria L. Chrin ’89, CEO and Managing Partner, Circle Wealth Management, and Shankh Mitra ’09, CEO, Welltower Inc. It is our great pleasure to pay tribute to the School, provide future support to the student body, and recognize this year’s honorees.

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Honorees & Co-Chairs
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Allon Bloch ’97

Co-founder & CEO
K Health
Distinguished Innovator Award
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Daniel O’Day ’97

Chairman & CEO
Gilead Sciences
Distinguished Leadership in Business Award
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Maria L. Chrin ’89

CEO and Managing Partner
Circle Wealth Management, New York
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Shankh Mitra '09

CEO
Welltower Inc.
Co-Chair
Sponsorships
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Awards Dinner Sponsors

  • Visionary - $300,000
  • Benefactor - $200,000
  • Patron - $100,000
  • Lead Underwriter - $50,000
  • Dean's Sponsor - $25,000

Awards Dinner sponsors will be recognized on the event website, in the celebratory program*, and on-site.

* To be recognized in the printed program, all sponsor details must be provided by April 17, 2026.

For more details on how to become a sponsor, contact us at [email protected]. 

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Invitation-Only Event

The 48th Annual Awards Dinner is invitation-only to CBS Board members, honorees, and their guests.

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Visionary

  • Shankh Mitra ’09
  • Lulu C. Wang '83 and Anthony Wang

Patron

  • Maria ’89 and John ’88 Chrin
  • Gilead
  • James P. Gorman ’87
  • Sloan and David Greenspan ’00
  • Ming Chu Hsu ’92
  • Henry R. Kravis ’69
  • Daniel O’Day ’97
  • Richard Paul Richman Esq. ’73
  • Robert F. Smith ’94
  • Jerry I. Speyer ’64
  • Tracey T. Travis ’86

Lead Underwriter

  • Avery and Andrew F. Barth ’85
  • The Alexander Bodini Foundation
  • Alice Chen '05
  • Filippo de Vecchi '95
  • Mark F. Dzialga ’90 and Kristen A. Dzialga/Bridgeton Park Capital
  • The Family of Robert Fippinger
  • Beth Ford '95 and Jill Schutz LAW‘96
  • Lew Frankfort ’69
  • Robert Friedman ’80/Bungalow Media + Entertainment
  • Mario J. Gabelli ’67/Gabelli Funds
  • Andrew S. Gundlach '01
  • Robert Hayes ’95
  • Paul C. Hilal JD/MBA ’92
  • Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus
  • James W. Keyes ’80
  • Harrison T. LeFrak, Esq. ’98
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Lihong Wang ’99
  • Anonymous

Dean's Sponsor

  • Leon G. Cooperman ’67
  • Sajjad Ebrahim '73
  • Kristen J. Feldman and Hugh R. Frater ’85
  • Nand Khemka '56
  • Kikkoman Corporation
  • Shaiza Rizavi ’96
  • Dong-Bin Shin ’81/LOTTE
  • Sandra and Tony Tamer
  • Oakleigh Thorne ’86
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