Meet the 2022 National judges
The success of the program relies on the efforts of our panel of independent 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 regional winner to select national finalists and winners. We deeply appreciate their dedication to the program.
Andrew Beal
Ecosystem Lead
Forta
Marla Blow
President and Chief Operating Officer
Skoll Foundation
2018 regional award winner
Larry Brinker Jr.
CEO
Brinker Holdings
2018 regional award winner
Chris Comparato
CEO
Toast
2020 Overall national award winner
Patrick Cozzens
President
Modern Transportation Services
2017 regional award winner
Albert DaCosta
CEO
Paragon 28, Inc.
2018 regional award winner
Kinesh Doshi
CEO
Accion Labs
2018 regional award winner
Joan Fallon
CEO
Curemark
2017 regional award winner
Michael Ferris
CEO
Abacode Cybersecurity & Compliance
2011 regional award winner
Brad Flaishans
Principal
Clayton Dubilier & Rice
Tom Gildred
Chairman
FMT Consultants
2012 regional award winner
Christine Hommes
Partner
Apollo
Mike Howard
CEO
Howard Energy Partners
Gaby Isturiz
General Partner
The Fund XX
2016 regional award winner
Jerry Jendusa
CEO
STUCK Breakthrough Strategies, Inc.
2014 regional award winner
Joe Keeley
CEO
JustiFi Technologies
2010 regional award winner
Sam Malouf
CEO
Malouf
2017 regional award winner
Chuck Mattera
CEO
II-VI Incorporated
2020 regional award winner
Phyllis Newhouse
CEO
Xtreme Solutions, Inc.
2017 national award winner
Chris O’Connor
CEO
Humanetics Group
2012 regional award winner
Lon Offenbacher
Founder, ex-officio President & CEO (retired)
Inteva Products
2017 regional award winner
Michael Palmer
Managing Director
Cerberus Capital Management
Tonia Pankopf
Managing Partner
Pareto Advisors, LLC
Scott Pasquini
Managing Director & Co-Head of TMT Services
Madison Dearborn Partners
Asif Ramji
CEO
Venture Worx
2017 national award winner
Carolyn Saacke
Head of Sponsor Coverage
NYSE
Ravi Saligram
CEO
Newell Brands
Allyson Satin
Managing Director
Ares Management
Neal Schuman
CEO
Schuman Cheese
2017 national award winner
Jay Shah
CEO
Hersha Hospitality Trust
2013 regional award winner
Karen Snow
SVP of US Listings
Nasdaq
Raj Vattikuti
Executive Chairman & Founder
Altimetrik Corp
1993 and 2003 regional award winner
2020 national award winner
Blake Walker
CEO
Arcis Golf
2018 regional award winner
Gillian Zucker
President of Business Operations
LA Clippers
