The Daily Record announces Most Admired CEOs

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The Daily Record today announced its 2014 Maryland‘s Most Admired CEOs, a group of 30 top leaders in for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations statewide.

The winners will be recognized during an awards dinner Sept. 18 at the BWI Hilton.

The Daily Record launched its Most Admired CEOs program in 2012 in order to seek out and recognize remarkable business and nonprofit leaders in the state. Nominations for the award were solicited from the public, and winners were chosen by a panel of eight past Most Admired CEOs honorees and a representative of The Daily Record. Nominees were judged on their professional experience, community involvement and commitment to inspiring change.

Winners are selected in six categories, including nonprofits that earn less than $10 million in annual revenue; nonprofits that earn more than $10 million in annual revenue; private companies with 150 or more employees; private companies with between 51-149 employees; private companies with 50 or fewer employees; and public companies.

“Being named a Most Admired CEO takes more than in-depth knowledge about running a company or organization. It requires an extraordinary level of drive and ambition because it is a tremendously challenging job,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, publisher of The Daily Record. “They have learned the value of surrounding themselves with great team members, with leaders and employees who believe in the organization’s core values and mission. We at The Daily Record are honored to recognize these inspiring individuals.”

This year’s honorees include four leaders who are being recognized for a second time: Andy Bertamini, Maryland Region President of Wells Fargo Bank; Barb Clapp, president and CEO of Clapp Communications; Dr. Peggy Naleppa, president and CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center; and Alexandra Wrage, president and CEO of TRACE International, Inc.

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Winners are listed by category.  There are 6 categories.

Nonprofit Less than $10 Million in Annual Revenue

Dr. Renee Foose
Howard County Public School System

David A. Greenberg
The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.

William McLennan
Paul’s Place, Inc.

Robin Prothro
Susan G. Komen Maryland Affiliate

Alexandra Wrage
TRACE International, Inc.

Nonprofit with More than $10 million in Annual Revenue

John B. Chessare, M.D.
GBMC HealthCare System

Dr. Carla D. Hayden
Enoch Pratt Free Library

Kevin Lindamood
Health Care for the Homeless

Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.
Stevenson University

Neil Meltzer
LifeBridge Health

Stephen H. Morgan
The Arc Baltimore

Dr. Peggy Naleppa, MS, MBA, FACHE
Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Barry P. Ronan
Western Maryland Health System

John M. Sernulka
Carroll Hospital Center

Private Company with 150 or More Employees

Ori Reiss
GlobalNet Services, Inc.

Private Company with 51-149 Employees

Jim Caruso
Flying Dog Brewery

Donnie Downs
Plan B Technologies, Inc.

Wes Guckert, PTP
The Traffic Group, Inc.

Tonya Jackson
The Agape Health Group, Inc.

Angie Lienert
IntelliGenesis LLC

Robert L. Wallace
BITHGROUP Technologies

Private Company with 50 or Fewer Employees

Jody Berg
Media Works, Ltd.

Barb Clapp
Clapp Communications

John M. Collard
Strategic Management Partners, Inc.

Drew Greenblatt
Marlin Steel Wire Products

Dave Hartman
Hartman Executive Advisors

Karen Pecora-Barbour
The Barbour Group, LLC

Public Company

Andy Bertamini
Wells Fargo Bank

Michael C. MacDonald
Medifast

J. Scott Wilfong
SunTrust, Greater Washington/MD Region