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Whitney M. Young, Jr. Alumni Awards

Emerging Leader Award

This award seeks to recognize the burgeoning career of a young alumnus (graduated between 2003 and 2009) who has demonstrated impressive early accomplishments in both their professional pursuits and in service to the community.

 

This Year’s Winner: D.C. Moore (WG’05)

D.C. Moore (WG’05)

D.C. Moore joined McKinsey & Company in 2005 after graduating from Wharton.  His prior work experience includes systems engineering at Lockheed Martin and Motorola.

At McKinsey, D.C. has focused on Industrials including utilities, logistics and manufacturing.  He has worked with clients on a range of problems including operations, strategy and marketing & sales.  His work has included crafting an international strategy for a fuel cells provider, leading a performance transformation at a steel company and assisting a materials company by developing strategic options leading up to a merger.  His time at McKinsey has also included significant time serving clients in South Africa.

Additionally, D.C. has been involved with firm efforts in the social and public sectors.  His work in these sectors includes working with the board of a major state organization and developing an approach to helping companies looking to serve the base of the pyramid (those in developing countries who live on less than $2.50 per day).

D.C. earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000 and a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a focus on Finance.

D.C. leads community service efforts for the African-American consultants in McKinsey's Southern Office and coaches elementary school sports on his weekends.  He has recently been selected as a Wharton Class Development Ambassador.

Trailblazer Award

This award is presented to an alumnus (graduated between 1989 and 2002) who has achieved the highest reaches of an illustrious career while never wavering in exemplifying the excellence embodied by the Whitney M. Young Jr. legacy.

 

This Year’s Winner: Matthew Greene (WG'89)

Matthew Greene (WG'89)

Currently, Matthew Greene has been chosen as Chief Executive Officer of a boutique investment bank yet to be announced. This opportunity will allow Mr. Greene to take advantage of his international connections and past experience in the brokerage and international private equity areas.

Previously, Mr. Greene was the founder of Anvil Global Partners, a Fund of PE & VC Funds focused on investments in China, India, Middle East and North Africa. Anvil, founded in 2006, established a strong network and presence in China and India. Prior to founding Anvil, Matthew has 20+ year of experience at Utendahl Capital, Goldman Sachs, Drexel Burnham, and IBM. Mr. Greene has an established record in investment banking, investment management, capital markets, sales & trading, and has participated in over 200 IPOs in the US.

Mr. Greene is on both the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School and the Board of Advisors of Wharton Global Consulting Practicum (GCP). As founder of the marketing arm of Wharton’s GCP in that region, Matthew has established alliances with Beijing University, Fudan University, National Taiwan University, University of Sharjah, and revived the partnership with the India School of Business. Aside from being part of the boards, Mr. Greene has also been an active participant and contributor to various Wharton events, including Wharton conferences, economic forums, career panels, and Wharton Welcome Weekend.

Mr. Greene earned an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University.

The Legacy Circle

Each year, the Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Conference inducts a distinguished member of the alumni body to this society.  Members of the Legacy Circle will be those alumni (graduated before 1998) whose professional achievements and contributions to society have created opportunities for others and inspire all around them to achieve the very best.

 

This Year’s Winner: Egbert L.J. Perry (WG’78)

Egbert L.J. Perry (WG’78)

Egbert L. J. Perry is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta-based The Integral Group LLC, a real estate development, advisory and investment management firm that he founded in 1993. Its activities include residential (apartments and condominiums), retail, office, hospitality and mixed-use projects. Through various subsidiaries and affiliates in construction, construction management and property management, the Company offers a vertically integrated platform of services. Integral’s mission is to create value in cities and (re)build the fabric of communities.

Under Perry’s leadership, Integral has developed a reputation as an innovator in the field of urban infill mixed-use and mixed-income developments, having completed a number of major transformational projects in Atlanta and across the country. His company is one of the pioneers of the legal, regulatory and financial model that makes it possible to create mixed income communities, incorporating a mixed of affordable and market rate residences in live, work, play communities. In addition to Atlanta, the company has real estate development and investment projects in approximately fourteen (14) southeastern and mid-Atlantic metropolitan markets across the U.S. Since its inception, the company’s real estate developments and investments have totaled over $1.5 billion in value.

Mr. Perry is active in a number of civic, corporate and community organizations. He recently ended a 7-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and currently serves on the Boards of Fannie Mae, Atlanta Life Financial Group, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the University of Pennsylvania, among others.

Mr. Perry is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from the University’s Towne School, and a Master of Business Administration degree with majors in Finance and Accounting from its Wharton School. In 1990, he was elected as the eleventh graduate in 250 years to be named to the “Gallery of Distinguished Engineering Alumni” of the University’s Engineering School.

Last Year’s Winners

  • Emerging Leader Award
    Pamela C. Jolly (WG'00)
  • Trailblazer Award
    Jacqueline L. Hayot (WG'96)
  • The Legacy Circle
    Frank Fountain (WG'73)

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