For the 2018 C-Suite Awards, Columbus Business First is honoring central Ohio’s most admired executives. Benefactor Group has had the pleasure of working with a number of the businesses featured, and we sincerely congratulate all honorees.
The full list as published by Business First can be found below:
The Honorees
Lifetime Achievement
Tom Katzenmeyer
President & CEO, Greater Columbus Arts Council
Patrick Losinski
CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library
CEO: 10-25 Employees
Alex Bandar
PhD, Founder & CEO
Bill Ebbing
President, The New Albany Company
Brent Foley
Principal, TRIAD Architects
Rachel Friedman
Founder & CEO, TENFOLD
Catherine Lang-Cline
President & Co-Creator, Portfolio Creative
CEO: 26-199 Employees
Joelle Brock
President & CEO, Leading EDJE
Greg Guy
CEO, Air Force One, Inc.
Curtis Jewell
Chairman & CEO, EXCEL Management Systems, Inc.
Dwight Smith
Chairman & CEO, Sophisticated Systems, Inc.
Alex Timm
Co-Founder & CEO, Root Insurance Company
Greg Ubert
Founder & President, Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea
CEO: 101-500 Employees
Tara Abraham
Founder & Co-CEO, Accel Inc.
Luconda Dager
President, Velvet Ice-Cream
Sandy Doyle-Ahern
President, EMH&T
Curtis J. Moody, FAIA
CEO, Moody Nolan Inc.
CEO: 500+ Employees
Chris Doody
Founder & CEO, Piada Italian Street Food
Tom Feeney
President & CEO, Safelite AutoGlass
Scott White
President & CEO, IGS Energy
CEO: Institutions
David Harrison
President, Columbus State Community College
Edward Lamb
President & CEO, Mount Carmel Health System
Dana McDaniel
City Manager, City of Dublin
CEO: Nonprofits
Dee Anders
CEO & Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio
Frederic Bertley
President & CEO, COSI
Janet Chen
Executive Director, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Courtice, PhD
President & CEO, United Way of Central Ohio
Mary Cusick
former President & CEO, Women’s Fund Central Ohio
Chad Jester
President, Nationwide Foundation
Tom Katzenmeyer
President & CEO, Greater Columbus Area Council
Patrick Losinski
CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library
Douglas F. Kridler
President and CEO, The Columbus Foundation
CFO
Donald Brown
Executive Vice President & CFO, NiSource
Joe Lombardi
Director, Department of Finance & Management, City of Columbus
CIO
Michelle Burk
Chief Information Officer/Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
Tim Cunningham
CIO, Grange Insurance
Chad Meek
CIO, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
CMO
David Blum
Chief Information & Marketing Officer, W.W. Williams
COO
Doreen DeLaney Crawley
Executive Vice President & COO, Grange Insurance
John Page
General Manager, SMG/Greater Columbus Convention Center
