The Satish & Yasmin Gupta Hall of Fame is celebrated each year with an evening of reconnecting, embracing and reminiscing for the inductees. Each inductee is presented with an award to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to celebrate the many accomplishments of our alumni and supporters.
The ceremony is a place for friends, family and colleagues to celebrate the accomplishments of the award recipients.
CEO at CASPR Group
Gail Warrior Suchy is a Dallas public figure, an accomplished Senior Executive, Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, Certified Executive Life Coach, Fitness Enthusiast, and Board Member with more than 25 years of success in the health and wellness, executive coaching, construction, and oil industries. Currently, Gail is CEO of CASPR Group, which offers indoor surface and air purification solutions that eliminate pathogens such as mold, bacteria and other infection causing agents such as MRSA, C- diff, etc. from commercial environments. Founder and leader of the Warrior Group (1997), a commercial general contracting firm, she has started many programs as a part of her company, such as Warrior360Way and Warrior Elements. Warrior360Way is a program looking to help guide, educate, and inform people in their journey to a healthy life. In addition, Warrior Elements is a lifestyle company that sells athleisure wear in a combined effort with Warrior360Way to help busy women aspire to greatness in every aspect of their lives. Warrior is a leader both in and out of the Dallas community, particularly for women. She speaks for community organizations and events that are commonly held as motivational talks for women who aspire to thrive in the business world. She is one of the largest woman/minority owned contractors in the US and one of the leading experts in the US in permanent modular construction. Warrior stays connected with the University of Dallas community, where she received an MBA as the graduating class of 1999. She moderated the 2019 Fall Women in Business Leadership Panel, focused on motivating and advising women of the UD business community.
Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Michael Stedman Wyatt is a prominent figure in Commercial Real Estate in Dallas, successfully working at Cushman & Wakefield a Global Real Estate Firm working as an executive managing director completing deals with a value of over $6.7 billion during his career. He has taken active board and participatory roles with the University of Dallas, Klyde Warren Park, Texas State Fair Livestock Auction and Scholarship Committee, S.M. Wright Christmas in the Park and Preservation Dallas. He is also active in the promotion of the Trinity River’s conservation and founded the Urban Armadillos, an organization supporting Preservation Dallas and created the first walking trail mobile app highlighting our CBD districts most prominent points of interest. Between 1994 and 2010 Mr. Wyatt started TEAMNUTS, a male cancer advocacy organization, that raised over $1.5 million for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Mr. Wyatt attended Washington & Lee University and graduated from the University of Dallas with an MBA in 1991. In 2007, he was the recipient of the UD Distinguished Alumni Award.
Managing Director, Asset Management at Crescent Real Estate Equities LLC
John L. Zogg, Jr. serves as Managing Director, Asset Management for Crescent Real Estate LLC, overseeing leasing and asset management in Crescent’s office markets and managing the leasing efforts of 4.5 million square feet located in Texas and Colorado.
Mr. Zogg is a founding board member and visionary of Klyde Warren Park and served on the boards of various local civic organizations including Executive Committees of Uptown Public Improvement District, Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, Downtown Dallas and The Rise School of Dallas. He also was a member of The Dallas Assembly, Urban Land Institute, City Center Tax Incentive Finance District, as well as the Downtown Connection Tax Incentive Finance District.
In 2016 John spoke as a part of a TIE: Real Estate lecture series at the University of Dallas in front of several UD and Gupta College of Business School students.
Last fall, Crossroads Community Services received the BUILD Health Challenge award to advance affordable nutrition and health services in low-income communities. Along with several Dallas-area health care services, the University of Dallas has supported this project, with Associate Professor of Economics Tammy Leonard, Ph.D., at the movement's helm.
+ Read MoreThe annual National March for Life took place in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24 -- and for the first time, Crusaders for Life -- UD's largest student organization -- represented the university there in an official capacity. Forty students, including 25 freshmen, made the trip.
+ Read MoreElise Williams, BA '23, enjoys baking and once won an award for her soda bread at an Irish cultural festival and dance competition. "I like to joke that I won an award at a dance competition, but I didn't have to dance," she said. Now that she's at UD, however, one of Williams' favorite ways to spend her time on campus is participating in the Swing Club on Wednesday nights.
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