Executive Excellence Awards

                                    2021 Event Postponed

Seattle Business magazine events for 2021 except for Best Companies To Work For have been temporarily postponed due to the pandemic. Please check back for more information or contact Executive Editor Rob Smith at [email protected]

The Executive Excellence Awards program is the Pacific Northwest’s premier C-suite leadership event. It recognizes Washington executives who have demonstrated extraordinary, consistent leadership in guiding their companies or nonprofit organizations to success. Previous honorees include names that read like a regional who’s who of CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, etc. 

Winners were announced at an awards gala on January  23, 2020 at Museum of Flight and are not featured in the January/February issue of Seattle Business magazine.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Alberg, co-founder & managing Director, Madrona Venture Group

Executive Excellence Awards:

Eugenio Pace, co-founder & chief executive officer, Auth0

Amy Balliett, co-founder & chief executive officer, Killer Visual Strategies

Amy Nelson, founder & chief executive officer, The Riveter

Tom Sebastian, president & chief executive officer, Compass Health

Beth McCaw, president & chief executive officer, Washington Women’s Foundation

Shauna Swerland, founder & chief executive officer, Fuel Talent

Jeremy Wacksman, president, Zillow 

Melba Bartels, executive vice president & chief financial officer, BECU

Jeff Dance, founder & chief executive officer, Fresh Consulting

Matt Hulett, president, Rosetta Stone Inc.

Kieran Snyder, co-founder & chief executive officer, Textio

Debbie Crandall, president, Parker Staffing

Brent Beardall, president & chief executive officer, WaFd Bank

Mary Knell, chief executive officer, Pacific Northwest Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo

Rod Diefendorf, chief operating officer, PitchBook