Welcome to the fifth installment of Seattle Business magazines annual celebration of outstanding achievement in the C-suite. The Executive Excellence Awards recognize CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, executive directors and other inspirational leaders for modeling exemplary behavior in the day-to-day operation of complex corporate ecosystems as well as in the larger context of providing a moral compass. Learn about this years 14 honorees that follow. And congratulations to all!
2017 Executive Excellence Award Winners
Ada M. Healey
Vice president, Vulcan Real Estate, Seattle
Stein Kruse
CEO, Holland America Group, Seattle
Ardine Williams
VP of Talent Acquisition, Amazon Web Services, Seattle
Glenn Kelman
CEO, Redfin, Seattle
Karen Lee
CEO, Pioneer Human Services, Seattle
Budd Gould
Founder and President, Anthonys Restaurants, Kirkland
Governance Award
Board of Directors, Alaska Air Group, Seattle
Benson Porter
President & CEO, BECU, Tukwila
Darryl Rawlings
CEO, Trupanion, Seattle
Scott Svenson
Cofounder and CEO, MOD Pizza, Bellevue
Scott Porad
CTO, Rover.com, Seattle
John J. Legere
President and CEO, T-Mobile US, Bellevue
Tucker Moodey
President, eCommerce Platform, Expedia Inc., Bellevue
Lifetime Achievement Award
Roy M. Whitehead, Chairman and CEO, Washington Federal, Seattle
THE JUDGES
Bruce Avolio /// executive director /// University of Washington Center for Leadership
Patricia Bedient /// retired EVP /// Weyerhaeuser Company
Jon Fine /// president & CEO /// United Way of King County
Stewart Landefeld /// partner /// Perkins Coie
Stanley B. McCammon /// president and CEO /// Joshua Green Corporation
John Meisenbach /// founder and chairman /// MCM
John Oppenheimer /// founder & CEO /// Columbia Hospitality
Joseph Phillips /// dean /// Albers School of Business and Economics /// Seattle University
