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Meet the Michigan and Northwest Ohio judges

The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. The panel comprises past Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recipients and civic and community leaders who devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee.

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Eric Boonstra
CFO
BAMF Health

Tamira Chapman headshot

Tamira Chapman
President and CEO
Storehouse In A Box LLC 
2023 Regional Award winner

Natalie King headshot

Natalie King, Esq.
CEO
Dunamis Clean Energy Partners, LLC
2021 regional award winner

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Matt McAlear
CEO
The McAlear Group
2023 Regional Award winner and National Award finalist

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Ashlea Souffrou, CMRP
Founder and CEO
SxanPro, LLC
2024 regional award winner

David Stone headshot

David L. Stone, Esq.
Co-Founder and President
Trion Solutions
2019 regional award winner

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Jason Vazzano
Founder and Managing Partner
Stellar Vessel
2022 regional award winner (Vectorform, LLC)

Linzie Venegas

Linzie Venegas
President
The Ideal Group
2025 regional award winner