Finalists - Americas Awards

Explore the shortlisted entries, highlighting the region's most amazing organisations, individuals, projects and programs in Entrepreneurship and Engagement


Entrepreneurial University of the Year

Institutional-level

Iowa State University

Innovation in Action | Start Something at Iowa State!

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CATEGORY WINNER

Northeastern University

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Powered by Experience.

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1st RUNNER-UP

UNIMINUTO

A university that trains entrepreneurs to transform the world

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2nd RUNNER-UP
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

University of Calgary

Start something: Turn ideas into action.

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4th PLACE

Universidad del Desarrollo

"Innovative Education for Entrepreneurial Minds"

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5th PLACE

Male Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year

Individual-level

Xavier-Henri Hervé

To combine technology, entrepreneurship and hard work is my mission

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CATEGORY WINNER

Jake Bucher

Delivering Disruption – Leading Innovation for Student and Community Impact

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1st RUNNER-UP

Dr. Rodney Ridley

A Catalyst for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Reading and Beyond!

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2nd RUNNER-UP

Carlos Varela

"Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges"

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4th PLACE
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Ramin Shadmehr

“The place for learners becoming the Techies of Tomorrow”

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5th PLACE

Male Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year (Education Champion)

Individual-level

Timothy Bellavia

Sage Doll Avatars Change the World of Education

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CATEGORY WINNER

Mark Munoz

Entrepreneurship as a pathway towards diversity, inclusion and global citizenship

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1st RUNNER-UP
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Ali Ülkü

Dare to Care: Inspiring Minds to Foster Sustainability in Management

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2nd RUNNER-UP

Houston Peschl

"Human history is a race between education and catastrophe"

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4th PLACE

Jason Lemon

Online Entrepreneurship Increases Access to Higher Education Opportunities

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5th PLACE

Female Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year

Individual-level

Rosibel Ochoa, academic leader driving inclusive economic development in the Inland California

CREATING A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

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CATEGORY WINNER

Vivian Faustino-Pulliam

Innovate, Disrupt, Inspire: Are You Ready?

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1st RUNNER-UP

Marie-Josée Lamothe

Empowering successful entrepreneurial innovation through inclusivity and diversity.

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2nd RUNNER-UP

Ghada Nafie

Leading the Way to an Electrified Future

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4th PLACE
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year

Individual-level

Sid Saleh

Practically impactful innovation

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CATEGORY WINNER

Taewon Suh

Startup as a Classroom: "Students collaborate with international startups."

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1st RUNNER-UP

Brent Mainprize

"Bringing entrepreneurship education to Indigenous communities and Nations across Canada."

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2nd RUNNER-UP
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Community Engagement Initiative of the Year

Initiative-level

Project ElevatED

When we ElevatED, we elevate FSU!

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CATEGORY WINNER

Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship

Empowering the Next Generation of African Entrepreneurs

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1st RUNNER-UP
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Developing Empathic Physicians and Bettering Community Well-being through Engaged Practices and Sustainable Partnerships

Empathetic Physicians Foster Community Equity and Healing

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2nd RUNNER-UP

Creating Change in a Community through Access Education in a Medical School

Impacting Community Health, One Physician at a Time

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4th PLACE

Transforming Rural Health Metrics

Partnering for Innovative Solutions in Rural Healthcare

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5th PLACE

EDI Community Engagement Initiative of the Year

Initiative-level

Indigenous Advancement of Cultural Entrepreneurship (I-ACE) Program

Off-campus and in-community, where Indigenous students earn their entrepreneurial wings.

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CATEGORY WINNER

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE-Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives

10 Entrepreneurial Programs Enrich the Minority Landscape

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1st RUNNER-UP

CanTech an Inclusive Employment Strategy

Changemakers in education and employment!

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2nd RUNNER-UP

Inspired Research, Real Impact: Confronting Climate Change in Canada's North through Community-Based Partnerships

Reciprocity in research

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4th PLACE
Peoples' Choice Category Winner

Idea Accelerator Bootcamp

From idea to startup in just one day.

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5th PLACE

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