A professor at Lubin School of Business-Pace University’s Pleasantville campus is one of the recipients of the Jefferson Awards Bronze Medals for 2015–2016.
Melissa Cardon, Professor of Management and Management Science, was one of 12 members of the Pace community to receive the honor, according to a press release from the school.
Pace became a Jefferson Awards Champion in 2008. According to the Jefferson Awards Foundation website, Champions “celebrate and activate their stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers, etc.), support JAF youth initiatives building the next generation of service leaders and work with JAF media partners to highlight and celebrate the very best grassroots unsung heroes in America.”
“The quality of our award recipients is outstanding,” Mary Ann Murphy, coordinator of the awards at Pace, said in the school’s press release. “This is manifested in the fact that in the six years we have participated in the Jefferson Awards, two of our representatives (John Cronin ’10 and Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo ’13) have won the national award for service. We are very proud of our Pace community.”
Cardon was recognized for service including her efforts to raise money and awareness to fight cancer. According to the Pace press release, she has been the school’s faculty adviser to Colleges Against Cancer since 2009. Cardon is also active in the White Plains Relay for Life committee and is a board member for the McNichols Family Foundation.
According to her faculty, Cardon joined Lubin in 2005 and is the Business Honors Program Director for the Pleasantville Campus. She holds a doctorate from Columbia University, as well as MBA and undergraduate degrees from Case Western University. Her publications include the Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, and Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.