ILR School announces top alumni awards for 2025

Scott Buchheit, M.S. '77, will receive the ILR School's 2025 Groat Award and Linda Gadsby '88 will receive the 2025 Alpern Award on April 24 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

"Scott Buchheit and Linda Gadsby are both accomplished alumni and stalwart supporters of the ILR School," said Alex Colvin, Ph.D. '99, ILR's Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and Martin F. Scheinman '75, M.S. '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution.

"Scott has made important contributions to ILR's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and been a leader in supporting increased diversity in the neutral profession. Linda has made major contributions to Cornell as one of our most active alumni, including her invaluable service on the Board of Trustees. They are most worthy recipients of this year's Groat and Alpern Awards," he said.

Buchheit has spent his entire professional career as a neutral in dispute resolution. He began as a mediator in community disputes with the American Arbitration Association, focusing on a land dispute between the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and New York state.

Gadsbyis senior vice president, general counsel and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at the National Board of Medical Examiners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is responsible for the organization's legal affairs and advises senior management and the board of directors, among other roles.