PAST HONOREES
BOB COHEN
2024 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
President & CEO (Retired)
Perseus Realty
ROSE COHEN
2024 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Managing Director (Retired)
Citi Private Bank
MICHELLE MASON, FASAE, CAE
2024 Association Honoree
President & CEO
American Society of
Association Executives (ASAE) County Executive
DORIS-ELLIE SULLIVAN
2024 Visionary Honoree
President & CEO
Retirement Unlimited, Inc.
RUSHERN BAKER, III
2023 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Former Prince George’s County Executive
KEVIN BURKE
2023 Trade Association Honoree
President & CEO
Airports Council International North America
SUSAN NEELEY
2023 Trade Association Honoree
President & CEO
The American Council of Life Insurers​
JENNIFER VAN OSS
2023 Emerging Leader Honoree
Artist and Author
“Why I’m Scared of Doctors”
TRENT VAN OSS
2023 Emerging Leader Honoree
Associate Attorney
Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher
STEVE CALDEIRA
2022 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
President & CEO
Household & Commercial Products
TONYA MUSE, FASAE, CAE
2022 Corporate Honoree
Partner, U.S. Association,
Corporate Affairs & Non-Profit Practices
ODGERS BERNDTSON
STEVEN C. ANDERSON, FASAE, CAE, IOM
2022 Regional Honoree
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
JORDAN SMYTH
2021 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Managing Director
Edgemoor Investment Advisors
CONNIIE TIPTON
2021 Regional Honoree
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
International Dairy Foods Association
BOB COHEN
2021 Corporate Honoree
President & CEO
Perseus Realty, LLC
ROSE COHEN
2021 Corporate Honoree
Managing Director and
Ultra High Net Worth Team Lead
Citi Private Bank
THOMAS J. DONOHUE
2019 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
President and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
DAVID N. PARKER
2019 Regional Honoree
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
American Gas Association
LARRY COHEN
2018 National Honoree
Chief Executive Officer
Capital Senior Living Corporation
PETER LARKIN
2018 Regional Honoree
President & Chief Executive Officer
National Grocers Association
THOMAS "TOM" J. DEROSA
2016 National Honoree
CEO and Director
Welltower, Inc.
RUSHERN L. BAKER, III
2016 Regional Honoree
County Executive
Prince George’s County, Maryland