2024 Alumni Award Recipients Announced

 

Randall Lewis ’69 – Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award

Dana Su Lee ’84 – Colborn Distinguished Service Award

Prab Marwah ’09 – Young Alumni Rising Star Award

 

Their stories inspire and reflect the best of Webb. Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients and read all about their work below.

 

 

The Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award acknowledges alumni who epitomize the core values of their school’s motto:  

 

Webb School of California: Principes non Homines, “Leaders not ordinary men”  
Vivian Webb School: Sapientia Amicitia Atque Honor, “Wisdom, Friendship and Honor”  

 

RANDALL LEWIS ’69

 

With over 50-years’ experience in the real estate industry, Randall Lewis is Executive Vice President and a Principal of Lewis Management Corp., a member of the Lewis Group of Companies. 

 

The Lewis Group of Companies is one of the most active real estate developers in California and Nevada. They are developing over a dozen significant master planned communities and own over 35 shopping centers. In addition, the Lewis Group has many apartment and industrial projects underway throughout California and Nevada. The Lewis Group owns over 13,000 apartments and controls land for over 40,000 future homes and apartments. Throughout its history, they’ve built well over 60,000 homes and apartments.

 

Randall is an active and philanthropic supporter of health, education, entrepreneurship and the arts. Through his generosity and support, Randall has helped establish Claremont McKenna College’s Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the University of La Verne’s Randall Lewis Center for Well-Being and Research, as well as the Randall Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social Impact and because of his generous support, Chaffey College will soon be opening the Randall Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Randall served as Past President of the Building Industry Association Baldy View Chapter. He currently serves on the Southern California Leadership Council. Randall served 12 years on the Executive Committee of the Southern California Association of Governments. Randall is a past Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and is a current Governor of the Urban Land Institute Foundation. He supports the Urban Land Institute (ULI)/Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability and the ULI/Randall Lewis Building Healthy Places Forum.

 

Randall has received numerous awards including the 2014 Southern California Association of Government’s President’s Award for Sustainability Leader of the Year, the 2014 Urban Land Institute Bob Santos Industry Leadership Award in Sustainable Community Development, the 2016 Inland Empire Champion Award from the Inland Empire Hispanic Leadership Council, and the 2019 Ontario Museum Art & Culture Award. In 2021, Randall received the UC Riverside Policy Innovator Award and the 2024 Growing Inland Achievement Award in Innovation.

 

In 2021, Randall was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from California State University San Bernardino and in 2022, Randall received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of La Verne.

 

We are proud to award Randall Lewis ’69 with the 2024 Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award. Congratulations, Randall!

 

 

Named in honor of Ken Colborn ’47, the Colborn Distinguished Service Award pays tribute to an alumnus/a in recognition of selfless commitment and ongoing volunteer service to The Webb Schools and/or Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology.

 

DANA SU LEE ’84

 

Dana Su Lee is a dedicated advocate for education, gender equality, and the arts. An alumna of Brown University and Carnegie Mellon, and with a successful career in philanthropy, Dana has always kept Webb close at heart.

 

A member of the first graduating class from Vivian Webb School, Dana was part of the school’s pioneering cohort of students, paving the way for decades of young women to flourish on the Webb campus. At graduation in 1984, she received the Ann Longley Prize for Distinguished Leadership and served as valedictorian of her class. Since then, Dana has been an active volunteer and loyal supporter of Webb, serving as a class agent for many years and as a reunion volunteer for several of her class reunions. She also served as a Webb trustee from 2005 to 2010 and was a strong supporter of the Fulfilling Our Promise Campaign, which was the largest capital campaign in Webb’s history when it closed in 2013 raising over $50 million.

 

As a long-standing community leader in Las Vegas, she has served on numerous boards in the arts, policy, and education sectors. She is a cofounder and past president of Nevada Women’s Philanthropy, a women’s giving circle that identifies critical unmet needs in Southern Nevada and makes significant annual gifts to address those challenges. In 2010, she was appointed by the governor to a blue-ribbon panel that shaped Nevada’s K-16 education reform framework as part of the state’s Race to the Top application. In 2018, she served on the Las Vegas Victims Fund Committee, which distributed funds equitably to the victims of the tragic October 1 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.

 

Dana currently serves on the boards of the Dia Art Foundation, the Las Vegas Museum of Art, the Triple Aught Foundation, Women Moving Millions, and the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. She is also a member of the Brown University Arts Advisory Council, the National Committee of the Whitney Museum, and the North American Acquisitions Committee of the Tate.

 

Dana has worked tirelessly to make her community a better place to live, learn, and thrive, fulfilling the lasting legacy of giving back that was forged by this award’s namesake, Ken Colborn ’47.

 

 

The Young Alumni Rising Star Award recognizes recent alumni of the past 15 years who have used their success to bring good to the world, demonstrated exceptional achievements in their chosen field, and have shown an affinity for Webb.  

 

Prab Marwah ’09

 

Prab Marwah has always been a natural leader both at Webb and beyond. During his time at Webb, Prab served as a member of the Honor Committee and was a co-captain of the varsity basketball team. He was known for his generosity towards classmates, maintaining close ties with many and even collaborating with a few on professional projects. This lasting commitment to leadership and relationships has continued throughout his personal and professional life.

 

Currently, Prab is the Head of Marketing & Client Relations at Ryse Financial, a female-founded investment advisory firm specializing in financial services and wealth management strategies. With over a decade of experience in business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing, Prab has partnered with global brands, celebrities and creators, early-stage startups, and small businesses, helping them connect with their audiences through compelling storytelling and strategic communication.

 

Prab’s award-winning marketing campaigns demonstrate his dedication and expertise. While working at Omaze, he spearheaded over 270 social media campaigns, building out their first influencer marketing program and driving $12.3 million in revenue for charity. His collaborations with celebrities such as Idris Elba and Emilia Clarke earned Omaze two Shorty Awards, which honor the best work in social media. As the first member of the marketing team at Community, an SMS marketing platform, he helped launch former President Obama on the platform and designed custom campaigns for clients like Post Malone, Gordon Ramsey, and Mr. Beast.

 

Since graduating from Webb, Prab has remained an active supporter of the Webb community. This year, he is serving as a reunion chair for his 15th reunion and participated as a guest speaker for Sophomore Career Evening in 2017 and 2019.

 

We are proud to award Prab Marwah ’09 with the 2024 Young Alumni Rising Star Award. Congratulations, Prab!

 

We will be further celebrating and recognizing our 2024 recipients on Saturday, October 19, at 5:30 p.m. during Alumni Weekend. We hope to see you there! 

 

Register for Alumni Weekend here or contact Lexus Beaman ’08, director of alumni & donor relations at (909) 445-8253 or lbeaman@webb.org.