Stevens Awards Honorees

  Hermes González-Bello ’89 M.S. ’95
  International Achievement Award

  Hermes González-Bello is a managing director at Brookfield Private Equity Group in New York City, responsible for business operations and corporate portfolio management. Prior to joining Brookfield, González-Bello was president of HACH, a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, where he led a global team of 5,000+ associates in their mission to ensure water quality for people around the world. He held prior responsibilities as president of PALL Industrial, president of Aquafine Corporation, and vice president and general manager of Danaher Water Quality Group, Latin America. González-Bello is a member of the Clarios board of directors and a trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology. He was also an active member of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee within the U.S. Department of Commerce.
     
  Thomas J. Moschello ’63 M.S. ’65
  Lifetime Service Award

  As president of the Stevens Alumni Association (SAA), Tom Moschello led the association in signing a new Memorandum of Understanding with the university, and in rewriting the SAA constitution and bylaws, enabling the SAA to modernize further in many ways. Moschello has served on the SAA’s executive committee, as co-captain of his class fund and as an alumni participation leader with the Ad Astra Ambassadors. Moschello enjoyed a long career with Bell Telephone Laboratories, AT&T and Lucent Technologies.
     
  Sheila Xuan Sun ’06 M.S. ’06
  Young Alumni Achievement Award

  Sheila Sun is a business development and operations professional with 10+ years of experience across five continents. She is the founder of FSFamilia, with investments across real estate, fintech, food & beverage, lifestyle, and M&A. She is a founding partner and board director of Peak Investment Capital, a private equity firm founded in 2014 that focuses on small and mid-size enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sun serves on the board of the Harvard Business School Association of Southern California. She dedicates her spare time to mentorship programs, photography, and outdoor activities with her family.
     
  The Ansary Family
  Friend of Stevens Award

  Cy and Jan Ansary are prominent members of the Washington, D.C. community. He is an international lawyer, financier and philanthropist. Their sons, Jeff, Brad, and Doug are managing directors of the Ansary family office, and directors of the Cy and Jan Ansary Foundation. In 2019, the family endowed prize money for the Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition at the Stevens Innovation Expo. On campus, Jeff is a member of the President’s Leadership Council, while Brad is on the Advisory Board of the School of Business.
     
  Aimiende I. Negbenebor Sela ’04
  Distinguished Alumni Award for Arts and Humanities

  A native of Nigeria, Aimiende Negbenebor Sela moved to New York City in the late 1990s and earned degrees in computer engineering and literature from Stevens. She left IT work after several years to pursue her passion for the arts. She is currently developing a feature-length version of her autobiographical short film, Asa, A Beautiful Girl, which won multiple awards at festivals in the United States and internationally. Her company, Sela Films, promotes movies written, directed and produced by women.
     
  Frank J. Effenberger ’88
  Distinguished Alumni Award for Engineering

  As a vice president of Futurewei Technologies, Frank Effenberger leads the U.S.-based research and development for Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant. In 2011, Huawei selected him as one of only six fellows among 75,000 employees. As an expert in broadband optical networks, Effenberger has secured 120 patents with dozens more in progress, and he has written more than 150 technical papers and several book chapters. Effenberger earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida.
     
  Henry Morton
  Hall of Achievement

  As the first president of Stevens, Henry Morton set an enduring foundation at Castle Point. He established the university’s standard for a broad and rigorous curriculum that has prepared thousands of alumni to succeed in an array of fields. Morton also birthed a thriving culture of philanthropy by funding capital improvements, scholarships and a faculty chair. He is the namesake of an academic building and a teaching award. Before Stevens, Morton chaired the chemistry department at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

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