Join us for CU Denver Business School's 2025 Celebration of Success, a fundraising gala benefiting student scholarships. For over 25 years, Celebration of Success has been opening doors and lowering barriers to success for students with the support of our business community. Thousands of students have been able to reach their educational goals thanks to the support of our sponsors. As CU Denver's premier fundraising event, the gala hosts world-renowned speakers, raising more than $3.5 million in student scholarship funds.
This year, we welcome one of the aviation industry's most influential leaders, former CEO and Chairman of United Airlines, Oscar Munoz. We invite you to attend an unforgettable evening as Oscar takes the stage to support student success. With the power of the community, we can reach this year's goal of $400,000 to help students advance their education.
About the Speaker
Oscar Munoz
Born into a Mexican-American family, a first-generation college graduate, Oscar Munoz, former CEO and Chairman of United Airlines, made history as the first Latino CEO of United Airlines.
When Oscar took the helm of United Airlines, the company was flying through very turbulent skies and was anything but United. A stalled merger, dismal operational and financial performance, tortured labor relations and rock-bottom customer satisfaction and employee morale was the United Airlines that Oscar stepped into. Within five years of Oscar’s leadership, the airline achieved top-tier reliability and profits, winning back customer loyalty and earning the praise of its major union leaders. Behind the scenes, on day 37 of his tenure, Oscar suffered a massive heart attack. He awoke from a coma only to find he had to fight for his job and manage a PR crisis, all while navigating a heart transplant.
Now he is the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling memoir, Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and its Employees in the Friendly Skies, published by Harper Business in May 2023 and serves on the boards of multiple organizations.
