Benjamin Driggs Named 2025-26 Franke Honors Alumni of the Year
For his outstanding professional achievements and dedication to giving back, Arizona Alumni is proud to name Benjamin Driggs the 2025-2026 Alumnus of the Year for the W.A. Franke Honors College.
Benjamin Driggs is the Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer for Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace, a global leader in advanced aviation and defense technologies and systems. In this role, he leads strategy, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments, and all commercial functions including sales excellence, marketing, pricing and innovation.
Throughout his 20-year career with Honeywell, Ben has been recognized for transformational growth leadership, launching new technologies and forging strategic partnerships across the aviation, energy, logistics and smart infrastructure sectors. He has served in executive roles spanning four continents, including president and CEO of Honeywell’s High Growth Regions and president of the company’s Connected Aircraft and Aerospace Americas businesses.
Prior to joining Honeywell, Ben was an associate principal at global management and consulting giant McKinsey & Company. There, he advised global industrial clients on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and operational transformation.
Ben earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Arizona in 1996 and a master’s degree from Oxford University, where he was a Swanson Scholar. While at UofA, Ben served as student body president and was awarded the Nugent Medal, the university’s top undergraduate honor. In 2014, he received the university’s Spirit of Inquiry Award.
Deeply committed to education and community impact, Ben supports scholarships for first-generation college students and former foster youths. In 2025, he and his wife established the Ben and Andrea Driggs Honors Travel Quest Endowment to provide expanded travel research opportunities for W.A. Franke Honors College students.
Additionally, Ben has served as a mentor in various career advancement programs with Honeywell, the Flinn Foundation, and the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ben is also on the Board of the Partnership for Economic Innovation (PEI), a group promoting innovation in Arizona.