Corporate Directors Forum Names 7 'Directors of the Year'

Corporate Directors Forum, the San Diego-based organization that offers corporate governance training and networking opportunities to members of boards of directors, recently announced the seven members it has selected for its annual Director of the Year awards.

The organization said it will celebrate the honorees at an evening event Sept. 20 at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla.

Selected for the organization's 2018 awards were:

Corporate Governance

Bradley Feldmann, chairman, president and CEO of Cubic Corp.; director at UrbanLife

Enhancement of Economic Value

John Case, director and CEO of Realty Income Corp.; director at Duke Realty Corp.

Companies in Transition

Tina Nova, chairwoman at Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; director at Veracyte; director at Rady Children's Hospital Pediatric Genomics and System's Medicine Institute

Rising Star

Oliver "Chip" Brewer, director, president and CEO of Callaway Golf; director at Topgolf; director at the National Golf Foundation; director at the Legacy Charitable Foundation

Corporate Governance (Not-for-Profit)

Retired Rear Adm. Ronne Froman Blue, chairwoman at the USS Midway Museum; former CEO of the San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross; former chief operations officer for the city of San Diego; senior vice president at General Atomics' energy group

Lifetime Achievement

Jim Blair, partner at Domain Associates; director at the Prostate Cancer Foundation; director at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Lifetime Legacy

Debra Reed, executive chairwoman at Sempra Energy; former president and CEO of Sempra Energy; director on various boards

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