2023 Chief Executive of the Year

CEO of the Year Winners: 2022 – 1986

2022
Marc Benioff
Salesforce

2021
Kenneth Frazier
Merck & Company

2020
Brian Moynihan
Bank of America

2019
Arne Sorenson
Marriott International

2018
Marillyn A. Hewson
Lockheed Martin

2017
Stanley Bergman
Henry Schein

2016
Randall Stephenson
AT&T

2015
Jim McNerney
Boeing

2014
Bob Iger
The Walt Disney Co.

2013
David Cote
Honeywell

2012
David C. Novak
Yum! Brands Inc.

2011
Alan Mulally
Ford Motor Co.

2010
Hugh Grant
Monsanto

2009
Jim Skinner
McDonald’s

2008
Anne Mulcahy
Xerox

2007
Bob Ulrich
Target

2006
A.G. Lafley
Procter & Gamble

2005
George David
United Technologies

 

2004
Fred Smith
Fedex

2003
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
American International Group

2002
Sandy Weill
Citigroup

2001
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies

2000
John T. Chambers
Cisco Systems

1999
Herb Kelleher
Southwest Airlines

1998
Lawrence A. Bossidy
Alliedsignal

1997
Andrew S. Grove
Intel

1996
Roberto C. Goizueta
Coca-Cola

 

1995
David D. Glass
Walmart

1994
William H. Gates III
Microsoft

1993
John F. Welch Jr.
General Electric

1992
P. Roy Vagelos
Merck

1991
Wayne Calloway
Pepsico

1990
Anthony J. F. O’Reilly
H.J. Heinz

1989
Donald F. Petersen
Ford Motor Company

1988
J. Willard Marriott Jr.
Marriott

1987
Charles F. Knight
Emerson Electric

1986
Roger Smith
General Motors

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Roundtable

Strategic Planning Workshop

1:00 - 5:00 pm

We are in a period of rapid change. Customer needs, technologies, competitors and internal capabilities require companies to review and update their strategies for the new realities. In this workshop, strategy experts Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison will show you a systematic approach to strategic planning to help you refine or redefine your business strategy and approach including:

  • Learn what you need to know to develop an effective strategic plan. Put the right players on the strategic planning team.
  • Develop strategies that leverage your company’s unique position in the marketplace. Lift your management team beyond “business as usual” thought processes and activities.
  • Translate your strategies into action. Achieve your vision for success and generate superior financial results.
  • Identify exactly what you need to do now to position your company for future success.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

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Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

Limited space available.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $495 will be added to your total.

Golf Outing

10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS

General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $295 will be added to your total.