CRO Magazine Names 2008 CEO of the Year Award Winners

CRO Conference Oct. 29 in Chicago to honor winners in seven categories

CRO magazine announced Thursday the seven winners of its 2008 CEO of the Year Awards, to be presented live to the honorees at the CRO Conference Oct. 29 at the Stephens Convention Center in Chicago. The winners were selected by the CRO magazine editorial team from a group of nominees in each of the seven categories published in the Jul/Aug issue .

“The winners of CRO magazine’s CEO of the Year Award 2008 reflect the year’s most important and effective leaders in professionalizing corporate responsibility practices—governance, risk, compliance, sustainability, philanthropy and CSR—within their own organizations,” said Jay Whitehead, President and Publisher of CRO Magazine and Chair of the CRO Conference.  “In the context of today’s irresponsibility-driven financial market crash, these exemplars in corporate responsibility are leading the way in modern governance, compliance and sustainability practices.  These seven winners represent nothing short of hope for the future of our economy and way of life.”

The full list of winners:

Large Market Public Company ($1+ billion 2007 revenues):  Paul Otellini, President & CEO, Intel Corp.

Mid Market Public Company ($100 million-$1 billion 2007 revenues):  Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com (awarded in June at CRO Conference San Francisco)

Small Market Public Company (<$100 million 2007 revenues): Neil Eckhart, CEO, Climate Exchange PLC

Non-Profit & Non-Governmental Organization:  Charles Moore, Executive Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

Government:  Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago

Corporate Foundation:  Stanley Litow, President, IBM International Foundation & Vice President IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs

Social Entrepreneur:  Jeffrey Hollender, President & Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation