Meet the judges
The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. These past Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recipients and civic and community leaders devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee. We deeply appreciate their dedication to this process.

Rich Copans, Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners

Jim Cutillo, Founder and Managing Partner
NextLevelIQ, LLC
2014 award winner

Deanie Elsner, Board Member

Dave Hansen, Chief Financial Officer North America
CDK Global

Jerry Jendusa, Co-Founder and Partner
STUCK, LLC
2014 award winner

Austin Ramirez, President and CEO
HUSCO International

Kelly Tomblin, CEO
INTREN, L.L.C.

Susan Whiting, Board Director and Executive Advisor