Rising Star Award
Haskayne Alumni
The Rising Star Award honours those that are taking giant strides in the first decade since graduating from their Haskayne program. The selection committee is seeking out young leaders who are driving innovation in industry and contributing to the community right now, with the potential to join the prestigious ranks of Management Alumni Excellence award winners in the future.
When selecting a Rising Star Award recipient, the committee will consider the values of leadership, commitment, excellence, integrity and service. They will be evaluated in the areas of innovation and industry change, advocacy for higher education, service to UCalgary and the Haskayne School of Business and contributions to the community.
2024 Rising Star Award Recipient
Madison Savilow, BA’19, BComm’19
Co-Founder, Oco
Director of Corporate and External Affairs, Carbon Upcycling Technologies
Madison Savilow is the Director of Corporate and External Affairs at Carbon Upcycling and co-founded its consumer brand, Oco. A recognized leader in climate action, she serves on the World Economic Forum's Leadership Council for 1t.org Canada, is a member of the XPRIZE Global Brain Trust for Climate and Energy, sits on the Governing Body of Carbon Capture Canada, and contributes to the Sustainability Committee for the Portland Cement Association.
Madison has earned several accolades, including being named to Corporate Knights' Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders in 2021, receiving the SEAL Awards Sustainability Leader Award in 2023, and winning the Young Women in Energy Award in 2023.
She previously led the Young Diplomats of Canada’s delegation to the 2023 World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings, served as Curator of Global Shapers Calgary (2021-2022), and was a TEDxYouth@VictoriaPark speaker in 2019. Madison holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Calgary.
Past Recipient
2023: Carol Yan, BComm’13
EMEA Head of Energy Transition and Renewables
Amazon Web Services
2022: Victoria Ross, BComm’18
CEO and Founder, aGRO Systems
2020: Audra Stevenson, MBA’17
Interim CEO, Leftovers Foundation
Principal, Fresh Angles Inc.
2020: Tara Weber, MBA’17
Western Correspondent, BNN Bloomberg
2019: Mark Blackwell, BComm’11
Partner, Builders VC