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 Andrew-Beal](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-andrew-beal-forta-3840x2560.jpg)
Andrew Beal
Ecosystem Lead
Forta
![Marla Blow Marla-Blow](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-marla-blow-skoll-3840x2560.jpg)
Marla Blow
President and Chief Operating Officer
Skoll Foundation
2018 regional award winner
![Coley Brady coley-brady](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-coley-brady-3840x2560.jpg)
Coley Brady
Co-Founder and CEO
Alliance RV
2022 national award winner
![Larry Brinker Larry-Brinker](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-larry-brinker-brinker-holdings-3840x2560.jpg)
Larry Brinker Jr.
CEO and President
Brinker Holdings
2018 regional award winner
![Zawadi Bryant zawadi-bryant](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-zwadi-bryant-3840x2560.jpg)
Zawadi Bryant
Advisor/Consultant
Z.inc
2020 regional award winner
![Jack Cassel jack-cassel](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-jack-cassel-3840x2560.jpg)
Jack Cassel
Head of New Listings
Nasdaq
![Ralph Clark ralph-clark](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-ralph-clark-3840x2560.jpg)
Ralph Clark
President and CEO
ShotSpotter
2019 regional award winner
![Chris Comparato Chris-Comparato](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-chris-comparato-toast-3840x2560.jpg)
Chris Comparato
CEO
Toast
2020 Overall national award winner
![Ben Cowart ben-cowart](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-ben-cowart-3840x2560.jpg)
Ben Cowart
CEO and Chairman
Vertex Energy, Inc.
2017 regional award winner
![Patrick Cozzens Patrick-Cozzens](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-patrick-cozzens-modern-transportation-services-3840x2560.jpg)
Patrick Cozzens
President
Modern Transportation Services
2017 regional award winner
![Albert DaCosta Albert-DaCosta](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-albert-dacosta-paragon28-3840x2560.jpg)
Albert DaCosta
CEO
Paragon 28, Inc.
2018 regional award winner
![Brendon Dewan brendon-dewan](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-brandon-dewan-3840x2560.jpg)
Brandon Dewan
Co-Founder and CEO
Eagle Group
2019 national award winner
![Kinesh Doshi Kinesh-Doshi](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-kinesh-doshi-accion-labs-3840x2560.jpg)
Kinesh Doshi
CEO
Accion Labs
2018 regional award winner
![Gina Drosos gina-drosos](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-gina-drosos-3840x2560.jpg)
Gina Drosos
Chief Executive Officer
Signet Jewelers
2017 regional award winner
![Joan Fallon Joan-Fallon](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/new-york/eoy-dr-joan-fallon.jpg)
Dr. Joan Fallon
CEO
Curemark
2017 regional award winner
![Tom Gildred Tom-Gildred](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-tom-gildred-fmt-consultants-3840x2560.jpg)
Tom Gildred
Chairman
FMT Consultants
2012 regional award winner
![Ankur Gopal ankur-gopal](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-ankur-gopal-3840x2560.jpg)
Ankur Gopal
Founder
Interapt
2016 regional award winner
![Michael Harris Michael-Harris](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-michael-harris-3840x2560.jpg)
Michael Harris
Global Head of Capital Markets
New York Stock Exchange
![Gaby Isturiz Gaby-Isturiz](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-gaby-isturiz-fund-xx-3840x2560.jpg)
Gaby Isturiz
General Partner
The Fund XX
2016 regional award winner
![Jerry Jendusa Jerry-Jendusa](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-jerry-jendusa-stuck-3840x2560.jpg)
Jerry Jendusa
CEO
BreakthrU
2014 regional award winner
![Joe Keeley Joe-Keeley](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-joe-keeley-justifi-technologies-3840x2560.jpg)
Joe Keeley
CEO
JustiFi Technologies
2010 regional award winner
![Jon Korngold jon-korngold](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-jon-korngold-3840x2560.jpg)
Jon Korngold
Senior Managing Director
Blackstone
![Raj Malik raj-malik](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-raj-malik-3840x2560.jpg)
Raj Malik
Founder and CEO
Bioworld Merchandising Inc.
2016 regional award winner
![Sam Malouf Sam-Malouf](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-sam-malouf-malouf-3840x2560.jpg)
Sam Malouf
CEO
Malouf Companies
2017 regional award winner
![Chuck Mattera Chuck-Mattera](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-chuck-mattera-ii-vi-3840x2560.jpg)
Chuck Mattera
Chair and CEO
Coherent Corp
2020 regional award winner
![Molly North molly-north](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-molly-north-3840x2560.jpg)
Molly North
CEO
Al. Neyer
2019 regional award winner
![Saanya Ojha saanya-ojha](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-saanya-ojha-3840x2560.jpg)
Saanya Ojha
Partner
Bain Capital Ventures
![Scott Pasquini Scott-Pasquini](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-scott-pasquini-madision-dearborn-partners-3840x2560.jpg)
Scott Pasquini
Managing Director & Co-Head of TMT Services
Madison Dearborn Partners
![Asif Ramji Asif-Ramji](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-asif-ramji-venture-worx-3840x2560.jpg)
Asif Ramji
CEO
Venture Worx
2017 national award winner
![Ravi Saligram Ravi-Saligram](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-ravi-saligram-newell-brands-3840x2560.jpg)
Ravi Saligram
Operating Partner | MidOcean Partners
Lead Director | Church & Dwight
![Allyson Satin Allyson-Satin](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-allyson-satin-ares-mgt-3840x2560.jpg)
Allyson Satin
Partner, Strategic Initiatives
Ares Management
![Neal Schuman Neal-Schuman](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-neal-schuman-schuman-cheese-3840x2560.jpg)
Neal Schuman
CEO
Schuman Cheese
2017 national award winner
![Blake Walker Blake-Walker](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-blake-walker-arcis-golf-3840x2560.jpg)
Blake Walker
CEO
Arcis Golf
2018 regional award winner
![Lauren Young lauren-young](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-lauren-young-3840x2560.jpg)
Lauren Young
Managing Director
Advent International
![Gillian Zucker Gillian-Zucker](https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_us/topics/eoy/us/us-judges/ey-gillian-zucker-la-clippers-3840x2560.jpg)
Gillian Zucker
President of Business Operations
LA Clippers