About the Honoree

Arturo Cherbowksi Lask is the Director Ejecutivo of Santander Universidades, and Santander Universidades, México. He has led Santander Universidades since 2011. With more than 20 years of experience working with and supporting higher education institutions, he has been a champion for advancement in Latin America. He has led the international meetings of Rectores Universia and he has been an invaluable partner for CASE. Recently he supported three online programs in Spanish about advancement and the pilot for the first benchmarking study on philanthropy in Latin America. 

About the Award

The E. Burr Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on the field of institutional advancement through their professional accomplishments. The award is named in honor of E. Burr Gibson, longtime chairman and CEO of the consulting firm Marts & Lundy, which has supported the award with a generous contribution. Gibson, who received the CASE Liftetime Achievement Award in 2008, died in 2010.