The independent selection panel of the 20th Annual Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards is proud to announce its 2026 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 24th 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:
2026 Winner, Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement Award
Scott Herren, Retired CFO, Cisco Systems
Public Company – Large
Ellie Mertz, Airbnb
Aidan Viggiano, Twilio
Nitin Agrawal, CoreWeave
Public Company – Medium
Kiran Choudary, Rubrik
Ashley Johnson, Planet Labs
Drew Vollero, Reddit, Inc.
Public Company – Small
Chris Ogden, CytomX Therapeutics
Howard Wilson, PagerDuty
Mandy Fields, e.l.f. Beauty
Non-Public Company
Philip Mortimer, Heffernan Group
Judah Matthews, Pebble Beach Resorts
Bill Yialamas, PayJoy
Non-profit Organization
Charles Fowlkes, Community Housing Development Corporation
Stacy Robson, CA Association of Food Banks
Nereyra Houle, Kidango
Emerging Company
Anup Singh, Illumio
Susan Kim, PsiQuantum
Sean Brecker, Oura Ring
Please join us at the event on September 24th to find out who will win!
Now in its 20th year, the awards dinner on Thursday, September 24th 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 the Bay Area.
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].