Corporate Directors Forum Names 7 'Directors of the Year'
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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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