2025 Campbell Award Winners
In 2016, the Columbia University Trustees and the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) established the Campbell Award, which is presented to a graduating student at each School who shows exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit as exemplified by the late Bell Campbell ’62CC, ’64TC, University Trustee Chair Emeritus and CAA co-founder.
We are honored to have members of the University Senate who have been awarded the Bell Campbell Award. Congratulations to our 2025 recipients!
Julian Ricardo Infante Laborde ’25CC, studying biology and public health, is deeply committed to fostering community and well-being on campus through student organizations, serving as vice president of Sabor and president of CU Boricuas. During his tenure as ABC President, Julian collaborated with student leaders on a range of initiatives, including securing a historic $400,000 in funding for student groups, advocating for financial policy reforms, and enhancing financial training to help organizations maximize their resources.
Beyond financial advocacy, he spearheaded efforts to provide free summer storage for student groups, strengthen faculty-student group connections, and work on the rededication of Lerner Hall as a true student center. Julian believes in the power of collaboration between student leadership and administration to uplift student groups and amplify their impact. In addition, Julian serves as a crew chief for CUEMS, conducts liver disease research, and has engaged with healthcare systems in New York, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.
Carissa O'Donnell ’25CS has pursued both academic and professional opportunities to better understand our connections to one another and the planet. This journey led her to Oregon State University, where she earned a BS in Environmental Economics and Policy and served as the University's 2023-2024 student body president.
As an MA student at the Columbia Climate School, she serves as a University senator and actively contributes to the Student Leadership Engagement Initiative and Student Leader Advisory Committee. After graduation, she intends to pursue a career in public service dedicated to equitably mitigating climate risk.
Gabriella Danielle Ramirez ’25SIPA is an International Security Policy student at SIPA and the sole elected student senator, having represented her peers on the SIPA Student Association (SIPASA) and currently serving on the University Senate. She serves on the Committees on Rules of University Conduct and Student Affairs. Committed to expanding opportunities for historically marginalized populations, she led efforts for Columbia to adopt a subsidized transit program.
She also advocates for first-generation/low-income (FLI) students through University Life’s Basic Needs Working Group and collaborates with SIPA’s Office of Student Affairs and the First Generation Student Union to do the same. A student scholar at the Institute of Global Politics, Gabriella is dedicated to security, governance, and social impact. A first-generation college graduate from Newark, NJ, she earned a Specialized Honors BA in Political Science from Drew University and founded multiple equity-driven initiatives. She is passionate about advancing policy and diplomacy.
Jaxon Williams-Bellamy ’25LAW was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated with a BA in economics, political science, and French from Columbia College in 2021. After a year of teaching high school English in northern France and volunteering at the Columbia Global Center in Paris, Jaxon matriculated as a JD candidate at Columbia Law School.
As an undergraduate, Jaxon served as a peer adviser in the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement and, since graduating has maintained close ties with the Columbia College community as an alumni mentor in the Odyssey Mentoring Program.
As a law student, Jaxon has continued to promote the many opportunities for collaboration and exchange available at Columbia and, as the Law School’s student representative to the University Senate, has served as co-chair of the Rules Committee and Student Affairs Committee and worked to bridge the gap between the Law School and the broader University community.