Distinguished Young Alumni Award

DREW D. STEVENS

(’10 finance and risk management and insurance)

Certified Financial Planner

G3 Wealth Advisors

Moore School Distinguished Young Alumni Award recipient

Drew D. Stevens is a certified financial planner with Northwestern Mutual and a partner in the G3 Wealth Advisors firm. Stevens began interning with Northwestern Mutual as a sophomore after meeting their representatives at a Moore School Business EXPO career fair.

Northwestern Mutual’s top intern in 2009, Stevens passed his Series 7 General Securities Representative Exam while a senior at USC and was one of the youngest stockbrokers in the state at the time.

“The Moore School taught me the importance of commitment, discipline and follow through — all of which have been instrumental in growing my financial planning practice,” he said. “I knowingly chose a harder path double majoring at the business school; the grit I learned gave me the confidence to bet on myself in an all-commission role building a business from scratch. Nothing worth having comes easy, and my time at the Moore School helped me learn this.”

He has worked as a financial advisor and wealth management advisor for Northwestern Mutual in Columbia since graduating in 2010.

Stevens currently serves the Moore School through their mentorship program, as a Moore Ambassador and member of the USC-Business Partnership Foundation Board of Advisors. In 2017, he was named by the Columbia Metropolitan Magazine as one of Columbia’s “Top Ten Young Professionals.” He served for more than four years on the Moore School’s Young Alumni Board, including as chair in 2018-19.

Stevens has also volunteered for and served on boards for numerous community organizations, including United Way of the Midlands, the American Heart Association, Lexington Medical Center, Columbia Opportunity Resource, Harvest Hope food bank, Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, Special Olympics, March of Dimes and Transitions.

He has been married to Reece for two years, and they anticipate welcoming their first child soon.

Distinguished Corporate Partner Award

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)

Moore School Distinguished Corporate Partner Award recipient UPS is an invaluable partner. Two of their top executives share their expertise while serving on center boards and inform the school’s course curriculum, thought leadership and research; UPS participates in master’s-level and undergraduate courses; their generous donations have funded the UPS Global Scholars Program; they hire interns and alumni for a variety of positions; and they mentor students.

UPS consistently works with the Master of International Business and operations and supply chain programs on semester-long projects to give students real-world experience, and the students provide top-level recommendations to enhance UPS processes. Learn more by visiting bit.ly/mibups21, bit.ly/mibups22 and bit.ly/upsosc. Executives have also participated in professional development programming and entrepreneurial leadership.

Funded by The UPS Foundation, the UPS Global Scholars Program’s purpose is to broaden participation by underrepresented populations in international business programming. The UPS Global Scholars Program is the first — and so far, only one — of its kind funded by The UPS Foundation. Including the 2022-23 academic year, the UPS Foundation has provided $750,000 during the first five years of the program for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships. Learn more by visiting bit.ly/upsscholars.

Since 1989, UPS has been proud to partner with the Moore School in internship and job recruitment and leadership development. While most people think of the company’s package delivery function, UPS has transformed into a much more complex global corporation. Over the past couple of decades, the organization has made significant strides to increase its international reach. Today, UPS operates in more than 220 countries and territories and employs more than 534,000 people worldwide.