Meet the Pacific Southwest 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 who devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee. We deeply appreciate their dedication to the program.

Darin-Anderson

Darin Anderson
Chairman & CEO
Salas O'Brien
2016 Regional Award Winner

Lawrence-R-Armstrong

Lawrence R. Armstrong
Chairman
Ware Malcomb
2008 Regional Award Winner

Cody-Barbo

Cody Barbo
CEO
Trust & Will
2023 Regional Award Winner

Eric-Dube

Eric Dube
CEO
Travere Therapeutics
2022 Regional Award Winner

Adam-Harris

Adam Harris
Co-Founder & CEO
Cloudbeds
2020 Regional Award Winner

Dan-Lubeck

Dan Lubeck
Managing Director
Solis Capital Partners LLC

Magda-Marquet-PhD

Magda Marquet, PhD
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
ALMA Life Sciences, LLC
2005 Regional Award Winner

Vicki-Mayo

Vicki Mayo
CEO
GMI (Global Market Innovators)
2023 Regional Award Winner

Charles-Rath

Charles Rath
President & CEO
RS21
2020 Regional Award Winner

Adelaida-Severson-PhD

Adelaida Severson, PhD
President
Bushtex, Inc.
2022 Regional Award Winner

Carolyn-Stephens-PhD

Carolyn Stephens, PhD
Managing Director, Enterprise Collaborations
UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Chris-Volk

Chris Volk
Author & Teacher
Self-employed
2019 Regional Award Winner