Hall of Fame
The Director of the Year Awards recognize corporate directors for their outstanding dedication to the highest ideals of leadership in the boardroom.
Award Winners
2011
Douglas K. Ammerman – Corporate Governance
Monica Lozano – Corporate Growth & Development
Thomas E. Pardun – Corporate Leadership & Service
Sheldon Razin – Enhancement of Economic Value
Murray E. Rudin – Early Stage Companies
2010
Scott Garrett – Enhancement of Economic Value
Randall R. Lunn – Early Stage Companies
Thomas McKernan – Corporate Citizenship
Scott Mercer – Corporate Leadership & Service
Joseph Sullivan – Corporate Growth and Development
2009
Hank Adler – Corporate Governance
Neil Dimick – Corporate Leadership & Service
Thomas A. Madden – Corporate Growth & Development
Matthew Witte – Early Stage Companies
Dean Yoost – Enhancement of Economic Value
Jack W. Peltason – Chairman’s Award
Hon. Harriett M. Wieder – Chairman’s Award
2008
Barbara Alexander – Corporate Governance
Bala Iyer – Corporate Growth and Development
Jeanne Jackson – Corporate Leadership & Service
Glenn Schafer – Enhancement of Economic Value
Luis Villalobos – Early Stage Companies
Nicolaos Alexopoulos – Chairman’s Award
2007
John Cardis – Corporate Governance
John Grundhofer – Lifetime Achievement
Linda Fayne Levinson – Corporate Leadership & Service
Fernando Niebla – Corporate Citizenship
James Peterson – Corporate Growth & Development
2006
Byron Allumbaugh – Corporate Leadership & Service
George Argyros – Lifetime Achievement
Janet Davidson – Corporate Citizenship
Larry Higby – Corporate Governance
Harry Lambert – Early Stage Companies
Matt Massengill – Corporate Growth & Develpment
Howard Phanstiel – Enhancement of Economic Value
2005
Vilma S. Martinez, Esq. – Companies in Transition
James Mazzo – Economic Value
Michael Mussallem – Corporate Growth
William Popejoy – Corporate Citizenship
Don Milder – Early Stage Companies
Louis Knobbe – Chairman’s Award
Nick Yocca – Chairman’s Award
2003
Dwight Decker – Companies In Transition
Eugene Goda – Economic Value
Joe Kiani – Corporate Growth
Henry Samueli – Corporate Citizenship
Drew Senyei – Early Stage Companies
Peter Ueberroth – Corporate Governance
2002
Frederick Haney, Venture Management Co.
Sam Inman, Viking Components
Don Kennedy, First American Corporation
Gen. William Lyon, William Lyon Homes
Betsy Sanders, The Sanders Partnership
John Shaw, The Shaw Group
Ralph Whitworth, Relational Investors, LLC
2001
John Clendenin, Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
Kimberly Cripe, CHOC Hospital
HK Desai, QLogic Corporation
David G. Hanna, Hanna Capital LLC
David Pyott, Allergan, Inc.
Henry Segerstrom, CJ Segerstrom & Sons, LLC
John Tu, Kingston Technology Corporation
2000
Franklin Brown, Endologix, Inc.
Mike Feng, InveStar Capital, Inc.
Paul Folino, Emulex Corporation
Chuck Haggerty, Western Digital Corporation
Safi Qureshey, Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
Ray Watson
1999
Donald Beall, Rockwell Inc.
Arnold Beckman, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
David Berkus, Berkus Technology Ventures, Inc.
William Drobish, Silicon Systems Inc.
Michael Henson, Radiance Medical Systyems, Inc.
Carol Miltner, Global Distribution Council
Ted Smith, File Net
1998
Dick Allen, Dima Ventures, Inc.
Louis Delmonico, Eureka Capital Markets, LLC
David Dukes, RSI Holding Corporation
Bruce Edwards, Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
Linder Charlie Hobbs, Hobbs Associates
James Rosse, Freedom Communications, Inc.
1997
Kathryn Braun, Western Digital Corporation
J. Michael Hagan
Alan Hoops
Jay Kear, Kear Enterprises
Jerre Stead, Ingram Micro
Sam Yau, National Education Corporation
1996
James Doti, Chapman University
William Foley, II
Terry Hartshorn, PacifiCare
Robert Hoff, Crosspoint Venture Partners
Julie Newcomb-Hill, Hiram Hill Development
Thomas Yuen, SRS Labs, Inc.
1995 & Prior
William Conlin
Peter Craig, Somerset Automation Inc.
David Holder
Gary Liebl, Smartflex Systems, Inc.
Charles Martin
Joseph Prevratil, Archstone Foundation
Note: In 2005 the numbering of the award years was changed to align with current year achievement as opposed to prior year which explains the ostensible lack of a listing for 2004.
