
Alumni Events
Haskins Giving Society Award Dinner
A gala award dinner that celebrates NYU Stern’s most loyal and generous supporters.
Haskins Dinner Details
NYU Stern was disappointed to have been unable to host the Haskins Giving Society Award Dinner scheduled for April 23, 2020 in light of circumstances concerning Covid-19. We are grateful to our most generous and loyal donors now as ever, and we look forward to hosting this event once we can gather together safely.About the 2020 Honoree: David Ko (BS '93)

Prior to joining Rally, David oversaw all strategy, planning and operations as COO at Zynga, which he helped take public in December 2011. At the time of its IPO, Zynga was the largest social gaming company in the world with over 100 million daily active users. Prior to his work at Zynga, he spent 10 years at Yahoo! in various senior executive roles, including SVP of Yahoo!’s audience, mobile, and local businesses.
David serves on a variety of boards at his alma mater, New York University Stern School of Business, including the Stern Executive Board and Technology advisory board. Through his involvement he helped launch the Andre Koo Tech MBA program and in 2016 he established the NYU Stern Venture Fellows program for aspiring entrepreneurs. He also works as an advisor and investor to a number of companies in Silicon Valley including Calm, the number one app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation.

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The Haskins Giving Society recognizes Stern's most loyal and generous annual supporters. Named after the School’s founding dean, Charles Waldo Haskins, the Haskins Giving Society is an exclusive network of top business leaders who share a dedication to the School.
Member BenefitsPast Charles Waldo Haskins Award Recipients
2019 Elizabeth Elting (MBA '92)
Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation; Co-founder of TransPerfect
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2018 Andrea C. Bonomi (BS '86)
Chairman and Founder of Investindustrial
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2017 Philip L. Milstein (MBA '74)
Principal of Ogden CAP Properties
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2016 Nicolas Berggruen (BS '81)
Chairman of Berggruen Holdings, Inc.; Founder of the Berggruen Institute
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2015 Kenneth I. Chenault
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express Company
2014 Ambassador Carla A. Hills
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company, International Consultants
2013 Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
President Emeritus, Michigan State University; Chancellor Emeritus, State University of New York System; Former Chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF; Former Chairman, Rockefeller Foundation; U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
2012 Michael R. Bloomberg
108th Mayor of the City of New York
2011 Peter G. Peterson
Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
2010 Roger C. Altman
Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners
2009 Judith Rodin
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Former President, University of Pennsylvania
2008 John W. Snow
Chairman, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
2007 Jeffrey R. Immelt
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, GE
2006 William R. Berkley (BS ’66)
Chairman and CEO, W. R. Berkley Corporation; Chairman, Stern Executive Board, NYU Stern School of Business; Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, New York University
2005 Rudolph W. Giuliani
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Giuliani Partners, LLC; 107th Mayor of the City of New York
2004 Arthur Levitt
Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
Citigroup Distinguished Fellow in Leadership and Ethics at NYU Stern
2003 Theodore B. Olson
42nd Solicitor General for the United States
2002 Robert E. Rubin
Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Citigroup Inc.; Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury
2001 James R. Schlesinger
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy; Senior Advisor to Lehman Brothers, Inc.
2000 Kenneth G. Langone (MBA '60)
Chairman, President, and CEO
Invemed Associates, LLC
1999 Paul Volcker
Former Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Former Chairman and CEO, James D. Wolfensohn & Co., Inc.
1998 Richard S. Fuld, Jr. (MBA '72)
Chairman and CEO, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
1997 Alan Greenspan (BS '48, MA '50, PhD '77)
Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
1996 Henry Kaufman (PhD '58)
President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.

Alumni Events
Haskins Award Dinner 2019 Highlights
Alumni and guests gathered at Gotham Hall for the 40th Annual Haskins Giving Society Award Dinner, a celebration to honor NYU Stern’s most generous donors and their commitment to the School.
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