The independent selection panel of the 19th Annual Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards is proud to announce their 2025 Bay Area CFO of the Year Finalists across five categories. The Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 18th at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco (5 Embarcadero Center).
Individual tickets including a cocktail reception, dinner, awards ceremony, and post-event networking, are available at cfoawards.org.
The full list of finalists as well as this year’s Hall of Fame winner are:
2025 Winner, Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement Award
Doug Bettinger, Executive Vice President and CFO, Lam Research
Public Company – Large
Shelagh Glaser, Synopsys, Inc.
Jeff Howie, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Zane Rowe, Workday
Public Company – Medium
Rukmini Sivaraman, Nutanix
Dominic Phillips, Samsara
Chris Lapointe, SoFi
Public Company – Small
Dan Fleming, Credo
Sarah Blanchard, Udemy
David Schwarzbach, Yelp
Non-Public Company
Andrea Hecht, CSAA Insurance
Ashlee Cabeal, Hamilton Zanze
Karen Walker, Sysdig Inc.
Non-profit Organization
Michael Wimbish, Aspire Public Schools
Eric Larra, Episcopal Community Services
Inessa Shishmanyan, Peninsula Family Services
Emerging Company
Lisa Cummins Dulchinos, Ayar Labs, Inc.
Rama Katkar, Notion Labs, Inc.
Larry Roseman, Thumbtack
Please join us at the event on September 18th to find out who will win!
Now in its 19th year, the awards dinner on Thursday, September 18th is attended by hundreds Bay Area business executives and community leaders. All proceeds benefit Larkin Street Youth Services, the leading provider of housing, health services, job placement, and more to young people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.
Business attire is recommended. To sponsor the Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards or for more information, visit cfoawards.org or email [email protected].