NYU to award HP executive with 2009 Prism Award

New York University has named Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group at HP, the winner of the 2009 Prism Award.

Sponsored by NYU's Master of Arts in Graphic Communications Management and Technology Program, the Prism Award is presented annually in recognition of distinguished leadership in the graphic arts and communications industry.

The 2009 Prism Award will be presented to Joshi during the 24th Annual Prism Award Luncheon on Wednesday, June 24 in New York City. This year’s ceremony will be held at the Gotham Hall.

Previous NYU Prism Award recipients include: Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines; Richard M. Smith, chairman, editor-in-chief and CEO for Editorial and Business Operations of Newsweek; Antonio M. Perez, president and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company; Anne M. Mulcahy, chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation; William L. Davis, chairman, CEO and president of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company; Henri Dyner, president and CEO of Sun Chemical Corporation; Janet L. Robinson, president and general manager of The New York Times; and Katharine Graham, chairman and CEO of The Washington Post.

Laura Reid, vice president of Hearst Publishing, and Terry A. Tevis, president of T.A. Tevis & Co. LLC., are co-chairpersons of this year’s Prism Committee. Tevis also serves as a co-chair of the NYU GCMT program’s board of directors, an advisory body comprising industry executives from leading companies in the graphic communications field.
The proceeds of the Prism Award Luncheon help fund student scholarships as well as student and program support for New York University’s Graphic Communications graduate program. In 2008, the program won the ESDF Award for Excellence in Education and Innovation in Higher Education.

Since its inception, the Prism Award Luncheon has raised millions of dollars for education.