Judging entrepreneurial excellence

We would like to express a very special thanks to all of the judges of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Midwest 2009 program for their commitment. The insight, experience and point of view each one brought to the process was invaluable.

Selim A. Bassoul

CEO, Middleby Corp.

Dr. Michael A. Evans

chairman, president and CEO, AIT Laboratories

Cheryle R. Jackson

president and CEO, Chicago Urban League

Sadhu Johnston

chief environmental officer, City of Chicago

Tim Lima

global chief operating officer, RW Armstrong

Ralph J. Nicoletti

senior vice president and CFO, Alberto-Culver

George A. Peinado

managing director, Madison Dearborn Partners

Anna May Trala

chief financial officer, GTCR

Charles R. Whitchurch

board member, SPSS

Steven E. Zuccarini

vice chairman, Innerworkings Inc.

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