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Innovation Award

The Innovation Award recognizes someone who has demonstrated the ability to establish a new business or turn around/significantly grow an established business. Honorees have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Rawls Distinguished Alumni & Awards

Thursday, Nov 5, 2026

Welcome Reception: 5:30pm

Dinner starts at 7pm

Overton Hotel downstairs ballroom


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2026 Honoree

John Keith

John Keith

Chairman of the Board, Promerica Bank

Keith began his career in banking in 1984 at Crediticia S.A. From 1989 to 1991, he served as corporate vice president of Banco Banex S.A. In 1992, he co-founded Banco Promerica in Costa Rica alongside Promerica’s founding partners. Over the past three decades, he has played an active role in the expansion of the Promerica Banking Group throughout Central America, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador.

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