Everything in gelling for the upcoming Celebrate!Enterprise events. You may recall back in February I blogged about the call for nominations. Well, the finalists for the Best CFOs of the Year have now been announced. They are:
- Emerging Private Company CFO (2008 revenue of less than $75 million):
- John Biedermann, Entelligence LLC
- Donna Charleson, The Right Step
- Roy Johnson, Rig-Up Services Inc.
- Kimberly Macias, ADC Rig Services Inc.
- Stephen Odom, SolArc
- Jesse Perez, Geotrace Technologies Inc.
- Mid-Cap Private Company CFO (2008 revenue $76 million to $700 million):
- Al Gallo, Redstone Hospitality
- Luke Saban, Falcon Gas Storage Co. Inc.
- Harvey Schnitzer, EMS Group LLC
- Dennis Turnipseed, Total Safety US Inc.
- Trenton Thornock, US Zinc Corp.
- Large Private Company CFO (2008 revenue of more than $701 million):
- Carl Lenz, Texas Pipe & Supply Co.
- Emerging Public Company CFO (2008 revenue of less than $150 million):
- David Hollaway, Prosperity Bancshares Inc.
- Michele Merz, Decision Strategies U.S.A.
- Large Public Company CFO (2008 revenue more than $801 million):
- Randy Meyer, Amegy Bank of Texas
- John Rickel, Group 1 Automotive Inc.
- Michael Taff, McDermott International Inc.
- Large Nonprofit CFO (2008 total gross receipts of more than $5 million):
- Patrick Calelly, Collaborative for Children
- Denise Castillo-Rhodes, Texas Medical Center Corp.
- Patricia Chandler, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc.
- Ray Chung, Neighborhood Centers Inc.
- Melissa Fisher, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
- Beth Tanner, Houston Food Bank Inc.
- Best Growth Manager:
- James Kauderer Jr., OTC Global Holdings LP
- Margaret “Meg” Lassarat, Mustang Engineering Inc.
- Good Samaritan:
- Patricia Chandler, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc.
- Margaret “Meg” Lassarat, Mustang Engineering Inc.
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
I’m pleased to announce that noted economist, James K. Galbraith will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon. I’m looking forward to hearing his thoughts about the current economic situation.
To purchase tickets for the Best CFOs of the Year luncheon or any of the other Celebrate!Enterprise events, click here.
Also, be sure to check out the Celebrate!Enterprise promotional video below. It’s about a minute long and gives a taste of what’s to come during the four days of events.
