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.

Daryl Adams
President & CEO
The Shyft Group
2022 regional award winner

Diana Callaghan
Managing Director
Endeavor Great Lakes

Eric Erwin
CEO
FloraCraft Corporation
2020 regional award winner

Carrie Jones-Barber
CEO
Dawn Food Products

Natalie King
Founder and CEO
Dunamis Clean Energy Partners, LLC
2021 regional award winner

Barbara Yolles-Ludwig
Founder and CEO
LUDWIG+
2022 regional award winner

Damien Rocchi
Founder and CEO
Grand Circus
2018 regional award winner

Tom Ross
CEO
Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing
2021 regional award winner