June 2025 Scholar Accolades
Jackson Blackwell (2017) was selected to represent Alaska at the 2025 Western Governors’ Association Leadership Institute and Shine Gerkariah (2024) received the David Nicklas Organ Donor Awareness Foundation Award for their advocacy and research in ethical innovation and health equity.
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May 2025 Scholar Accolades
Joel Bervell (2013) won a Peabody Award; Tim McCallum (1991) was elected Mayor of Rockwall, Texas; and Soy Kim (2010) was named one of 5 AAPI Music Executives Making an Impact in 2025 by Variety magazine.
February 2025 Accolades
Hali Borenstein (2003) was named to the 2024 Time100 Next list, Jack Lohmann (2015) and Simon Boehme (2010) released new books, Nyamekye Wilson (2014) was highlighted in Yahoo’s Built By Girls, and more.
January 2025 Accolades
Asahi Pompey (1990) was recognized on the inaugural ForbesBLK 50 list, Travis Gayles (1997) was named CEO of Howard Brown Health, and Julie Gehrki (1998) was named President of the Walmart Foundation.
November 2024 Accolades
Harvard Coke Scholars Aneesh Muppidi (2021) and Ayush Noori (2020) were named 2025 Rhodes Scholars.
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Alumni Accolades September 2015
In November of 2014, 2002 Scholar Elise Stefanik became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she was voted to represent New York’s 21st district in the U.S. House of Representatives at just 30 years old. Elise was tapped to chair the House Republican Policy Committee’s new Millennial Task Force to tackle issues facing her generation, and…
Alumni Connections September 2015
25 Scholars and alumni came together for our first fall reception in Denver earlier this month. Scholars were joined by special guests from Swire Coca-Cola, the Daniels Fund the Boettcher Foundation (who provided the beautiful venue pictured above), and Scholars Foundation staff. We also hosted a reception for students in Atlanta this month. The dinner served…
Alumni Accolades August 2015
1990 Scholar Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is featured in a Q&A in Coca-Cola Journey. Ben was elected last November after serving as president of Midland University, a 130-year-old Lutheran college he steered out of bankruptcy to become one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in the country by the time of his departure. Said Ben, “I remember my…
Alumni Connections August 2015
Jake Bernstein (2012), Salone Kapur (2006), and Ashley Chang (2006) took a break from their workdays and shared some Cokes at Google in New York City. Brad Galiette (2004) is also working at Google. Karli Guyther (year?) met Ben Obomanu (2002) in her legal writing class at the University of Alabama and quickly realized that they were both part…