Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI Named Luncheon Chairman
NEW
YORK, January 8, 2013
— The Advisory Board of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies
(NYU-SCPS) Graphic Communications Management and Technology graduate program
has named Ursula Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox (NYSE:
XRX), as the recipient of the 2013 Prism Award. Presented annually, the Prism
Award recognizes distinguished leadership in the graphic communications media
industry.
Sponsored
by the Master of Arts in Graphic Communications Management and Technology
program at NYU-SCPS, the 2013 Prism Award will be presented to Burns during the
27th Annual Prism Award Luncheon at Gotham Hall on Thursday, June 13.
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, executive vice president, HP’s
Imaging and Printing Group; Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines; Antonio M. Perez, president and CEO of
Eastman Kodak Company; Anne M. Mulcahy, former chairman of Xerox; and
Janet L. Robinson, president of The New
York Times.
The net
proceeds of the Prism Award Luncheon help to fund student scholarships, as well
as student and program support for the NYU-SCPS Graphic Communications
Management and Technology (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.
“I am grateful for the honor. 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,”
said Burns. Burns is a graduate of Polytechnic Institute of NYU.
Burns
selected EFI (Nasdaq: EFII) CEO Guy Gecht as her Prism Luncheon Chair. Gecht
commented: “Like Xerox, EFI is 100% committed to this remarkable media
communications program that is internationally known for producing tomorrow’s
managers.”
“Over the
years, hundreds of students have been assisted with Prism scholarship funds
that have totaled several millions of dollars,” said Advisory Board Co-Chairs
Martin Maloney, chairman of Broadford & Maloney, Inc., and Kathy Presto,
vice president, strategic sourcing, of Williams Lea North America. “It is very
gratifying to see students obtain their master’s degrees and move into
positions of growing managerial responsibility in the media communications
field.”
”Our
companies have sponsored the NYU SCPS Graphic Communications program and have
supported student scholarships through Prism for several years,” said Prism
Committee Co-Chairs Laura C. Reid, vice president of production at Hearst
Magazines, and William ‘Buzz’ Apostol, vice president, sales, Americas at
X-Rite/Pantone Inc. “We believe that print and media organizations have the
responsibility to take media communications management to the next level.”
Tickets
for the Prism Award Luncheon are available 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, tickets reservations, and
additional information are available from 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. Visit www.scps.nyu.edu/prism
for more information.
About the NYU School of Continuing and
Professional Studies
Established in 1934, NYU-SCPS (www.scps.nyu.edu)
is one of NYU’s several degree-granting schools and colleges, each with a
unique academic profile. The reputation of NYU-SCPS arises from its place as
the NYU home for study and applied research related to key knowledge-based
industries where the New York region leads globally. This is manifest in the School’s
diverse graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education programs in fields
such as Real Estate and Construction Management; Hospitality, Tourism, and
Sports Management; Global Affairs; Philanthropy and Fundraising; Graphic
Communications Media, Publishing, and Digital Arts; Human Capital Management,
Marketing, and Public Relations, with complementary strengths in the Liberal
and Allied Arts; Translation and Interpreting; Management and Information
Technology; and Finance and Taxation. More than 100 distinguished full-time
faculty members collaborate with an exceptional cadre of practitioner/adjunct
faculty and lecturers to create vibrant professional and academic networks that
attract nearly 5,000 degree-seeking students from around the globe. In addition,
the School fulfills the recurrent continuing higher education needs of local
and professional communities, as evidenced by 55,000 annual enrollments in
individual courses, specialized certificate programs, conferences, workshops,
seminars, and public events. The School’s community is enriched by more than
25,000 degree-holding alumni worldwide, many of whom serve as mentors, guest
speakers, and advisory board members.