2026 Winners & Finalists

2026 Winner, Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement Award

• R. Scott Herren, Retired CFO, Cisco Systems

2026 Winners

• Public Company – Large
  Ellie Mertz, Airbnb
  
• Public Company – Medium
  Drew Vollero, Reddit, Inc.
  
• Public Company – Small
  Mandy Fields, e.l.f. Beauty
  
• Non-Public Company
  Judah Matthews, Pebble Beach Resorts
  
• Emerging Company
  Sean Brecker, Oura Ring
  
• Non-Profit Organization
  Stacy Robson, CA Association of Food Banks
  
• Rising Stars
  

  Ruchika Chopra, Illumio
  Tina Hristova, Planet Labs
  Bryan Vaniman, Twilio

2026 Finalists

• Public Company – Large
  Nitin Agrawal, CoreWeave
  Aidan Viggiano, Twilio
• Public Company – Medium
  Kiran Choudary, Rubrik
  Ashley Johnson, Planet Labs
• Public Company – Small
  Chris Ogden, CytomX Therapeutics
  Howard Wilson, PagerDuty
• Non-Public Company
  Philip Mortimer, Heffernan Group
  Bill Yialamas, PayJoy
• Emerging Company
  Susan Kim, PsiQuantum
  Anup Singh, Illumio
• Non-Profit Organization
  Charles Fowlkes, Community Housing Development Corporation
  Nereyra Houle, Kidango