Meet the Southeast 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 the program. Our 2026 judging panel will be announced soon. Meet our 2025 judges below.


2025 judging panel

Michael Burcham
Chief of Strategy & Talent Development
Shore Capital Partners

Todd Latz 
CEO
GoHealth Urgent Care
2023 Regional Award winner

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Christa Pitts 
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
The Lumistella Company
2023 Regional Award winner