Pace Setters Awards
Executive Award
The Pace Setters Executive Award is given annually to a “pace setter” in the business community, recognizing the ideals we strive to instill in our students. As we help them grow and develop, it is with the goal of having them someday be the future leaders that shape the world.
2023 Executive Award recipient
Kellie J. Uhrig (BSBA '97, MBA '16)
Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff
Office of Student Life at The Ohio State University
Kellie serves as an Associate Vice President for Operations in the Office of Student Life, directly supporting executive operations and providing consultation and advisement. She also oversees strategic communication efforts across all Student Life departments and acts as a liaison to internal and external partners. Kellie currently supports a variety of Student Life units. She is also focused on community engagement, sponsorships and innovation. Kellie earned a BS in business administration and MBA from Ohio State. Before joining the Student Life staff in 2008, she was director of marketing and branding for The Columbus Dispatch.
Past Executive Award Recipients
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Recipients
2022: Chris Igodan
2021: Elicia Azali
2020: Bill Baumel
2019: Laith Khalaf
2018: Ami Scott
2017: Karl J. Frey
2016: Eric Lenard
2015: Steven A. Davis
2014: Jesse J. Tyson
2013: James E. Rohr
2012: Paula Bennett
2011: William E. Arthur
2010: Sander A. Flaum
2009: Press Southworth III
2008: Joseph A. Alutto
2007: Kenneth Coleman
2006: Elizabeth Mily
2005: Clayton Daley
2004: James E. Grote and Jane Grote Abell
2003: Irving Schottenstein
2002: Kerrii Anderson
2001: David T. Kollat
2000: Tanny Crane
1999: Vincent T. Aveni
1998: J.A. “Fred” Brothers
1997: Diane R. Sauer
1996: Alan J. Patricof
1995: Frederick G. Ruffner Jr.
1994: Raymond E. Mason,Jr.
1993: Sandra W. Harbrecht
1992: Charles Y. Lazarus
1991: Donald B. Shackelford
1990: John B. Gerlach Sr.
1989: Katherine S. LeVeque
1988: John F. Havens
1987: John H. McConnell
1986: William P. Cheng
1985: Ray J. Groves
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