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.


Photographic portrait of Ginger Aydoglu

Ginger Aydogdu
CEO and Founder
Simply Southern Holdings LLC
2022 regional winner

Michael Burcham
Chief of Strategy & Talent Development
Shore Capital Partners
2020 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper
Executive Chairman
Palmetto Infusion Services
2020 regional winner

Glenn Gonzales
Co-founder and CEO
Jet It
2021 regional winner

Todd Latz 
CEO
GoHealth Urgent Care
2023 regional winner

Sonya Locke 
CEO
EDS Service Solutions, LLC
2023 regional winner

Christa Pitts Headshot - 1

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

Photographic portrait of Joe Semsar

Joe Semsar
Regional Head of East Coast Capital Markets
New York Stock Exchange


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