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Young Alumni Achievement

The CALS Alumni Association's Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes an outstanding alumnus/alumnae of the College who has recognized success in his/her professional field and/or demonstrated leadership abilities in the College of Agriculture of Life Sciences and/or Cornell University. Young alumnus is defined as a person under the age of forty years-old prior to January 1 in the year of the award.

 

Click here for this year's Young Alumni Achievement Award winner. Past winners are listed below.

2022 Recipient

Gretchen Goldman '06

Dr. Gretchen Goldman is currently serving at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy, and Justice. Previously, Dr. Goldman was the research director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. For more than a decade, Dr. Goldman has led research and communications efforts at the nexus of science and policy on topics ranging from air pollution health standards, federal scientific integrity, climate policy, and environmental justice. Dr. Goldman has testified before Congress and sat on the board of the nonprofit 500 Women Scientists. Her words and voice have appeared in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and the BBC, among others. Dr. Goldman holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in atmospheric science from Cornell University. Dr. Goldman currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science. In 2022, she was honored on Georgia Tech's 40 Under 40 List. 

At Cornell, Dr Goldman was a CALS Ambassador, participated in Cornell Club Cycling, and was a lead Teambuilding Facilitator for Cornell Outdoor Education. Since graduating, Dr Goldman has stayed active in Cornell alumni activities. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Cornell Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. Previously, she served as Vice-President of the Cornell Atlanta Alumni Association and contributed to the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network and Cornell Externship program. 

 

Prior to 2022

Young Alumni Achievement Award Recipients Prior to 2022.
LastFirstClass YearYear Won
GoldmanGretchen20062022
EarleCorey Ryan20072021
FlowermanMichelle2008, MBA '092020
SilbertRyan20022020
ConnellNathan20012019
SchwartzDaniel20012018
Pimm WegmeyerHarriet19992017
ShapiroRisa1999, PhD '052016
CaneDaniel19982015
SinghSavneet20052015
AlvesJim20012014
DanielsJonathan19992013
WolfeJoshua19992012
SorkinAndrew Ross19992011
BelskyScott20022010
LickerJonathan1998, PhD '992009
PorterDale1995, PhD '012008
SnowKatherine19912008
Knudsen IIIEjnar19912007
Colon-MallahElia1988, DVM '922006
WhitingGordon19872005
MukherjeeMishtu19902004
GriffenLaurie19862003
GriffenSteven19872003
TatumMark19912003
NitzbergBarbara19852002
BrownKelly19882001
HuyghueMichael19842001
RudgersNathan19822000
ClarkJohn19801998
BittnerJames19801997
BakerRobin19851996
FessendenDaniel19871995
NolanMichael19771994
LaBeauTimothy19771993
ZimmermanPaul19781992
MeredithDenise19731991
BaileyCharles19841990
BuckhoutCarol19791989
DeckerDaniel1974, MS '76, PhD '861988