Previous Honorees
Jordan Smyth
2021 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Managing Director
Edgemoor Investment Advisors
Connie Tipton
2021 Regional Honoree
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
International Dairy Foods Association
Bob Cohen
2021 Corporate Honoree
President & CEO
Perseus Realty, LLC
Rose Cohen
2021 Corporate Honoree
Managing Director and
Ultra High Net Worth Team Lead
Citi Private Bank
Thomas J. Donohue
2019 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
President and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
David N. Parker
2019 Regional Honoree
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
American Gas Association
Larry Cohen
2018 National Honoree
Chief Executive Officer
Capital Senior Living Corporation
Peter Larkin
2018 Regional Honoree
President & Chief Executive Officer
National Grocers Association
Arnie Whitman
2017 National Honoree
Chairman
Formation Capital, LLC
Tom Kuhn
2017 Regional Honoree
President
Edison Electric Institute
Thomas "Tom" J. DeRosa
2016 National Honoree
CEO and Director
Welltower, Inc.
Rushern L. Baker, III
2016 Regional Honoree
County Executive
Prince George's County, Maryland
Debra Cafaro
2015 National Honoree
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ventas Inc
Terry Klaassen
Paul Klaassen
2014 Inaugural Honorees
Founders
Sunrise Senior Living