Meet the 2023 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
Coley Brady
Co-Founder and CEO
Alliance RV
2022 national award winner
Larry Brinker Jr.
CEO and President
Brinker Holdings
2018 regional award winner
Zawadi Bryant
Advisor/Consultant
Z.inc
2020 regional award winner
Jack Cassel
Head of New Listings
Nasdaq
Ralph Clark
President and CEO
ShotSpotter
2019 regional award winner
Chris Comparato
CEO
Toast
2020 Overall national award winner
Ben Cowart
CEO and Chairman
Vertex Energy, Inc.
2017 regional award winner
Patrick Cozzens
President
Modern Transportation Services
2017 regional award winner
Albert DaCosta
CEO
Paragon 28, Inc.
2018 regional award winner
Brandon Dewan
Co-Founder and CEO
Eagle Group
2019 national award winner
Kinesh Doshi
CEO
Accion Labs
2018 regional award winner
Gina Drosos
Chief Executive Officer
Signet Jewelers
2017 regional award winner
Dr. Joan Fallon
CEO
Curemark
2017 regional award winner
Tom Gildred
Chairman
FMT Consultants
2012 regional award winner
Ankur Gopal
Founder
Interapt
2016 regional award winner
Michael Harris
Global Head of Capital Markets
New York Stock Exchange
Gaby Isturiz
General Partner
The Fund XX
2016 regional award winner
Jerry Jendusa
CEO
BreakthrU
2014 regional award winner
Joe Keeley
CEO
JustiFi Technologies
2010 regional award winner
Jon Korngold
Senior Managing Director
Blackstone
Raj Malik
Founder and CEO
Bioworld Merchandising Inc.
2016 regional award winner
Sam Malouf
CEO
Malouf Companies
2017 regional award winner
Chuck Mattera
Chair and CEO
Coherent Corp
2020 regional award winner
Molly North
CEO
Al. Neyer
2019 regional award winner
Saanya Ojha
Partner
Bain Capital Ventures
Scott Pasquini
Managing Director & Co-Head of TMT Services
Madison Dearborn Partners
Asif Ramji
CEO
Venture Worx
2017 national award winner
Ravi Saligram
Operating Partner | MidOcean Partners
Lead Director | Church & Dwight
Allyson Satin
Partner, Strategic Initiatives
Ares Management
Neal Schuman
CEO
Schuman Cheese
2017 national award winner
Blake Walker
CEO
Arcis Golf
2018 regional award winner
Lauren Young
Managing Director
Advent International
Gillian Zucker
President of Business Operations
LA Clippers
