Meet the 2024 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.

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Andrew Beal

Andrew Beal
Ecosystem Lead
Forta

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Marla Blow

Marla Blow
President and Chief Operating Officer
Skoll Foundation
2018 regional award winner

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Coley Brady
Co-Founder and CEO
Alliance RV
2022 national award winner

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Zwadi Bryant

Zawadi Bryant
Advisor/Consultant
Z.inc
2020 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Cesar Carvalho

Cesar Carvalho
CEO and Co-Founder
Wellhub
2022 regional award winner

jack-cassel

Jack Cassel
Head of New Listings
Nasdaq

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Ralph Clark

Ralph Clark
President and CEO
SoundThinking, Inc.
2019 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Chris Comparato

Chris Comparato
Former CEO
Toast
2020 Overall national award winner

ben-cowart

Ben Cowart
CEO and Chairman
Vertex Energy, Inc.
2017 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Patrick Cozens

Patrick Cozzens
President
Modern Transportation Services
2017 regional award winner

 

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Albert DaCosta

Albert DaCosta
CEO
Paragon 28, Inc.
2018 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Kinesh Doshi

Kinesh Doshi
CEO
Accion Labs
2018 regional award winner

Joan-Fallon

Dr. Joan Fallon
CEO
Curemark
2017 regional award winner

ankur-gopal

Ankur Gopal
Founder
Interapt
2016 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Jeff Grass

Jeff Grass
Chairman & CEO
HUNGRY Marketplace, Inc.
2020 regional award winner

 

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Michael Harris

Michael Harris
Global Head of Capital Markets
New York Stock Exchange

 

Photographic portrait of Ferris Hussein

Ferris Hussein
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Jerry Jendusa

Jerry Jendusa
CEO
BreakthrU
2014 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Joe Keeley

Joe Keeley
CEO
JustiFi Technologies
2010 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Jon Korngold

Jon Korngold
Senior Managing Director
Blackstone

Photographic portrait of Crystal Maggelet

Crystal Maggelet
CEO and Chairwoman
FJ Management
2018 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Raj Malik

Raj Malik
Founder and CEO
Bioworld Merchandising Inc.
2016 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Sam Malouf

Sam Malouf
CEO
Malouf Companies
2017 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Mike Massaro

Mike Massaro
Chief Executive Officer
Flywire
2019 national award winner

Photographic portrait of Josh Meyerowitz

Josh Meyerowitz
Founder and CEO
SupplyHouse
2023 national award winner

Photographic portrait of Sheila Mikhail

Sheila Mikhail
CEO
Jurata Thin Film, Inc.
2021 overall national award winner

Photographic portrait of Das Nobel

Das Nobel
Founder, Chairman and CEO
MTX
2021 national award winner

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Molly North

Molly North
CEO
Al. Neyer
2019 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of EOY judge Saanya Ojha

Saanya Ojha
Partner
Bain Capital Ventures

Photographic portrait of Jody Richards

Jody Richards
President
Process Technology
2020 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Ravi Saligram

Ravi Saligram
Operating Partner | MidOcean Partners
Lead Director | Church & Dwight

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Allyson Satin

Allyson Satin
Partner, Strategic Initiatives
Ares Management

Photographic portrait of Ali Satvat

Ali Satvat
Partner, Co-Head of The Health Care Industry team
KKR & Co. Inc.

Photographic portrait of Sarah Shadonix

Sarah Shadonix
Founder and CEO
Scout & Cellar
2020 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Ganesh Shankar

Ganesh Shankar
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Responsive
2020 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Arthur Souritzidis

Arthur Souritzidis
CEO
Momentum Solar
2019 regional award winner

 

Photographic portrait of US EOY judge Blake Walker

Blake Walker
CEO
Arcis Golf
2018 regional award winner

Photographic portrait of Jon Ziglar

Jon Ziglar
CEO
Summit Growth Advisors
2018 regional award winner