2009 Final Judges

A diverse and distinguished panel of final judges, representing major print and broadcast outlets, meets and selects the winner in each of the 12 competition categories from among finalists submitted by the preliminary judges and chooses the career achievement honorees. The dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management chairs the panel.

Stephen J. Adler
Senior Vice President and Editorial Director
Thomson Reuters Professional Division

Joanne Lipman*
Former Editor-in-Chief
Condé Nast Portfolio

Amanda Bennett
Executive Editor, Enterprise
Bloomberg News

Matt Murray*
Deputy Managing Editor,
National News
The Wall Street Journal

Jane Berentson
Editor
Inc.

Judy D. Olian
Dean
UCLA Anderson School of Management

Matthew Bishop*
New York Bureau Chief
The Economist

David Schlesinger
Editor-in-Chief
Thomson Reuters

Gene Bloch*
Managing Editor
CNN New York

Allan Sloan*
Senior Editor-at-Large
Fortune

Chrystia Freeland*
U.S. Managing Editor
Financial Times

Russ Stanton*
Editor
Los Angeles Times

John Hillkirk*
Executive Editor
USA Today

Jonathan Wald*
Former Senior Vice President, Business News
CNBC

Glenn Kramon*
Assistant Managing Editor
The New York Times

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*Photo Courtesy of Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times