Ursula Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox, will receive the 2013 Prism Award from the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Graphic Communications Management and Technology (GCMT) M.A. program on June 13.
Presented annually, the Prism Award recognizes distinguished leadership in the graphic communications media industry. The 2013 Prism Award will be presented to Burns on Thursday, June 13, 2013 during the 27th Annual Prism Award Luncheon, which will be held at Gotham Hall in New York City. The event is a major networking opportunity for graphic communications professionals and is the most heavily attended gathering of its type for the industry in the New York metro area.
“I am grateful for the honor,” said Burns, who is a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. “This award reminds me of our obligation to the next generation of graphic communications professionals, and I share the enthusiasm for an industry that has seen much change, and for the possibilities yet to come.”
The net proceeds of the Prism Award Luncheon help to fund student scholarships as well as student and program support for the NYU-SCPS GCMT graduate program, which prepares the next generation of media communications industry leaders. Since its inception, the Prism Award Luncheon has raised millions of dollars for scholarships for students in the GCMT program.
Previous NYU Prism Award recipients include Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media LLC; Thomas J. Quinlan III, president and chief executive officer of RR Donnelley; Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, former executive vice president, HP’s Imaging and Printing Group; Cathleen Black, former chairman of Hearst Magazines; Antonio M. Perez, president and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company; Anne M. Mulcahy, former chairperson and CEO of Xerox Corporation; and Janet L. Robinson, president and chief executive officer of The New York Times.
Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI, is this year’s Prism Luncheon chair. The event’s Advisory Board co-chairs are Martin Maloney, chairman of Broadford & Maloney, Inc., and Kathy Presto, vice president, strategic sourcing, of Williams Lea North America. Serving as co-chairs of the Prism Committee are Laura C. Reid, vice president of production at Hearst Magazines, and William “Buzz” Apostol, vice president, sales, Americas at X-Rite/Pantone Inc.
The June 13 ceremonies also will include the presentation of a student award to a distinguished graduate of the M.A. program in Graphic Communications Management and Technology.
Gotham Hall is located at 1356 Broadway (36th Street) in Manhattan. Tickets for the Prism Award Luncheon are priced from $750 per person to $6,000 for a sponsor’s table of eight and $10,000 for a co-chairmanship (which includes a dais seat as well as a table of eight).
Tables, ticket reservations, and additional information are available through the NYU-SCPS Office of Development. Contact Melissa Malebranche at 212-998-6950, by fax at 212-995-3663, or by e-mail at melissa.malebranche@nyu.edu. More information about the Prism Award Luncheon and Scholarship is available here.
