Join the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business for a special evening as we honor inspiring leaders who’ve built great organizations, made outstanding contributions to their industry and shaped the future of business. The evening will feature a keynote by Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, and award presentations to Mary Knell of Wells Fargo, Nobel Prize-winning financial economist William F. Sharpe, and Annie Young-Scrivner of Wella Company. More than 600 business leaders, Foster supporters, and students are expected to attend. Event proceeds directly support student scholarships and fellowships. More information.
INDRA NOOYI, Former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi, named “Most Powerful Woman in Business” five times by Fortune magazine, currently serves as a corporate director of Amazon. Nooyi was CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018 and served as Chairman of its board of directors from 2007 to 2019. Prior to the top job at PepsiCo, she held leadership roles in finance, corporate strategy and development, and strategic planning before being elected Director and becoming President and CFO in 2001. Nooyi, perennially ranked among the world’s top women corporate leaders by Forbes and Fortune, also has served on the boards of Schlumberger Limited and the International Cricket Council.
MARY KNELL (BA, 1982), Chief Executive Officer, PNW Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo & Co.
Mary Knell leads Wells Fargo’s commercial banking teams in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Hawaii and Western Canada serving private and public companies generally over $5MM in revenues. A leader in the Cascadia region’s Asian community, Knell previously served as executive advisor for Wells Fargo’s Asian Connection Network, a group with chapters across the United States and India that promotes Asian culture and values. A lifetime Seattleite and longtime community leader, Knell also has served as Managing Director at JPMorgan and served in leadership positions while at Bank of America/Seafirst for 30 years.
WILLIAM F. SHARPE, Nobel Prize-winning financial economist
William Sharpe brought enormous intellectual curiosity to the Foster School when he joined its finance faculty in 1961. His scholarly explorations ranged from microeconomics to computer science, investing to statistics, and resulted in two books and 20 papers during his busy UW tenure. Sharpe’s 1964 Journal of Finance study—introducing the Capital Asset Pricing Model for calculating the relationship between risk and return—has proved foundational to modern investing and earned him a share of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics. Sharpe returned to his native California in 1969 and continues to serve as an emeritus professor of Stanford University. He has written many books and founded the retirement investing firm Financial Engines.
ANNIE YOUNG-SCRIVNER (BA, 1991), Chief Executive Officer, Wella Company
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
PRESENTING SPONSOR – $25,000
Benefits include priority seating for ten in the premier section and Awardees Reception passes for up to ten guests, podium time as appropriate, prominent logo display during recognition vignette and public reception, printed program logo listing and projected displays, a named scholarship or summer research award, and Foster Corporate Partners program benefits.
BOOK GIVEAWAY SPONSOR – $20,000
This sponsorship includes the book giveaway of Indra Nooyi’s forthcoming autobiography, My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future (out September 2021). Benefits include up to ten seats in the premier section, option to include custom bookmark, ten Awardees Reception Passes, podium mention and logo display during recognition vignette, program listing, and Foster Corporate Partners program benefits.
AWARDEES RECEPTION SPONSOR – $15,000
Benefits include priority seating for ten in the premier section and Awardees Reception passes for up to ten guests, podium mention and logo display during recognition vignette, printed program logo listing and projected displays, Foster Corporate Partners program benefits.
OPPORTUNITY SPONSOR – $10,000
Includes recognition in printed event program listing and two named tables – up to ten seats, plus ten seats for students, faculty, or staff, attendance to public reception, and Foster Corporate Partners program benefits. Sponsor may designate preferred groups.
TABLE SPONSOR – $5,000
Includes recognition in program listing and seating for up to eight guests, and public reception attendance.
A portion of every sponsorship supports education at the University of Washington Foster School of Business and is tax-deductible. A premium of $100 per attendee will be deducted from each sponsorship gift receipt (i.e. a table of ten at $1,000 premium). For questions or to support this event and business education at the UW, please contact Eileen Bhatia Assistant Director of Corporate Relations 206.616.9178 [email protected].
Past distinguished leadership award recipients and speakers
Pete Shimer (BA ’84), Nancy Zevenbergen (BA ’81), Firoz Lalji, Martin Selig (BA ’59)
Companies of the Century – Boeing, PACCAR and Nordstrom
Board Member, McDonald’s
Gary Wipfler (UW ’81), Jeffrey Brotman (UW ’64, JD ’67)
