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2025

ONCON ICON AWARDS

The OnCon Icon Awards recognize the top COOs in the entire world. Finalists were voted on by peers to determine the winners (click here to see how winners are chosen). The 2025 Awards were presented virtually at OnCon 2025 on April 29th.

EXPLORE THE 2025 WINNERS

Winners are in alphabetical order by first name. Job title and company are listed based on time of selection. 

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TOP 100 COO AWARD WINNERS

  • Aaron Drago | Chief Operating Officer | Deephaven Mortgage

  • Adrian Grundy | COO | Granite City Electric Supply

  • Al Hurley | Chief Operations Officer | Essentia Health

  • Alan Kersner | COO | Brown Harris Stevens

  • Alex Dougherty | COO | Aventiv Technologies

  • Alfredo Isaac Uriostegui | Safety Director, COO | New Legend Inc.

  • Ali Qureshi | COO | NuAxis Innovations

  • Alysha Bowers | Chief Operating Officer | Empower, Delivered by Craighead Electric

  • Amie Hibbins | COO | LevelUP HCS

  • Andre Boyd | Chief Operating Officer | The Christ Hospital Health Network

  • Andrew Riesenfeld | COO of GTM | Zoominfo

  • Anthony Rivera | COO | Clearwater Marine Aquarium

  • Aslam Canchi Mohamed | Chief Operating Officer - Americas | Cognizant

  • Bernd Meyer | EVP Operations Reynolds American Inc. | Reynolds American Inc.

  • BJ Hendler | COO | American Lumber Inc.

  • Blaise Warren | Chief Operating Officer - Multi-Asset Strategies | Invesco

  • Bob Toomey | SVP Franchise Ops | Five Guys Enterprises

  • Brace Lowe | Chief Operating Officer | A Second Chance, Inc

  • Brandon Gibson | Chief Operating Officer | State of Tennessee

  • Brendan Cosgrove | COO, CISO | TeamLogic IT

  • Burke Malin | COO | Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, LLC

  • Caroline Skinner | Chief operating officer | Tupelo Honey Hospitality

  • Chris Holt | Vice President of Corporate Services (CFO/COO) | International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

  • Christopher Foley | Chief Clinical Operations Officer/CMO | Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

  • Dan Fermon | Chief Operating Officer | Firefly Aerospace

  • Dana Taylor | Chief Operating Officer | Fairfield Memorial Hospital

  • David McGlynn | Administrative Director, Office of the Dean and Communications | University of Cincinnati

  • Duerk Brewer | Chief Operating Officer | Matthews Real Estate Investment Services

  • Dumitru Boscanean | Vice President of Operations | Utilities One

  • Elizabeth Bejar | Provost, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | Florida International University

  • Eric Walsh | EVP, Global Operations and Delivery | MRI Real Estate Software LLC

  • Greg Dick | Chief Football Operations Officer & Head of Grey Cup and Events | Canadian Football League

  • Gregory Smith | Chief Operating Officer, Northern California, Pharmacy | Kaiser Permanente

  • Jamal Hamad | SVP Stores and Professional Services | Rona

  • Jamie Feinour | COO | Novant Health

  • Jason Collins | Chief Operating Officer | Spring Oaks Capital, LLC

  • Jennifer Ogle | Chief Operating Officer | DHS/FEMA

  • Jeremy Fritz | Chief Operating Officer | Right at Home

  • Joanne Heyob | SVP Operations Strategy & Design | WD Partners

  • Joe Nettleton | VP Operations and General Manager | Cambrex Charles City, Inc.

  • John Cunningham | Global Digital Engineering - COO | EY

  • John L. Allen | Chief Operating Officer | Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services, Inc

  • Karim Chalhoub | COO | Caravel Autism Health

  • Karlyn Ollendick | Chief Operating Officer | Elite Casino Resorts

  • Kenneth Jones | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer / Chief Equity Officer | The MacArthur Foundation

  • Lisa Thompson | Chief Program Officer | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

  • Lynette Washington | Chief Operating Officer | Baltimore City Public Schools

  • Mario Centola | EVP & COO International Operations | Chuck E Cheese

  • Mark Vaughn | COO | Columbia University

  • Melange Matthews | Executive VP & COO | The Public Health Institute

  • Michael J Mrlik II | COO | Bar Louie

  • Nicole Barnett | COO | Planned Parenthood Northern California

  • Rena Sharpe | COO | Goodwill Kentucky

  • Robin Wright | COO | UCF Life Science Incubator

  • Sarah Buck | Executive Director of Operations | DeNOVO Solutions, LLC

  • Sonal Puri | VP Global Business Operations | Check Point

  • Telle VanTrojen | COO/Partner | Geneva Financial

  • Tiffany Northern | COO | Texas Health Resources

  • Tracey Decker | Chief Operating Officer | Center for Human Development

  • Tricia Snider | Chief Operating Officer | Restaurant Depot

  • Wes Marks | COO | Five Star Parks

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TOP 50 COO AWARD WINNERS

  • Alexander Boehm | COO | TALKE USA

  • Amber Collins | Chief Operating Officer | Peak Dental Services

  • Andrew Blanco | Chief Operating Officer | Unique Vacations, Inc.

  • Anthony Slimowicz | COO & EVP | Amynta Group

  • Barry Howard | Chief Operating Officer | New America (The New America Foundation)

  • Chad Collins | Vice President Operations/COO | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

  • Chad Mead | EVP & COO | Acuative

  • Chad Williamson | COO | Focus Quest LLC

  • Coleen Jeter | COO | Sequoia Care

  • Cyrill Kellerhals | COO | Andelyn

  • Daniel Marun | Global COO | DKT International

  • David Cavey | VP of Operations / COO | Trilogy

  • Eugene Lee | Chief Operating Officer | CMI Media Group

  • Gabriel Garcia | CCO/IL Gaming Operations | Accel Entertainment

  • Ganesh Vaideeswaran | COO | The Viswa Group

  • Gregg Spratto | Chief Operating Officer | Sovos

  • Holly Winn | Chief Operating Officer | Black River Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  • Jacob Gunter | Vice President, Technical Operations Americas | Swiss Re

  • Jacob Orrin | COO | Merit International Inc.

  • Jason Dabrow | President & COO | Chelten House Products

  • Jerh Collins | Chief Technical Operations and Quality Officer | Moderna

  • Kelly Baltz | Chief Operations Officer | B&A - McLean, VA

  • Kerry Bianchi | Global Chief Operating Officer | Publicis

  • Linda Fleming | COO | SweetRush, In.c

  • Lisa Fallert | COO | University of Utah Health Plans

  • Mary Martin | Chief Operating Officer | Duke University Hospital

  • Maureen Jordan | Chief Operating Officer Jefferson Einstein Hospital | Jefferson Health

  • Melanie Fernando | Chief Operating Officer | Aetna Better Health of Illinois

  • Michele Wong | COO | Active Wellness

  • Michelle Crespo | Chief Corporate Officer. | Access XP, LLC

  • Mimi Somerman | President & Chief Operating Officer | Equilibrium Labs

  • Peter Rothman | COO | Marcum Technology

  • Ralph Leung | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer | Pagaya Technologies LTD

  • Roland Gonzalez | COO | Church's Texas Chicken

  • Sean Trimble | Chief Operations Officer | Acro Service Corporation

  • Sudhir Dubey | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Vigilant Technologies

  • Supriya Sachar | Chief Operating Officer | Ygrene Energy Fund Inc

  • Tiffany Scott | COO | PeopleShare

  • Tim Baum | Vice President of Operations | HOA Brands, LLC

  • Waseem Bawa | Chief Operating Officer | WIS International

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TOP 10 COO AWARD WINNERS

  • Devenderjit (DJ) Chadha | Chief Customer Officer | NIIT USA Inc.

  • Emily Klor | Chief Operating Officer | Allstate Health & Benefits

  • Haley Sofiane | Chief Operating Officer | CareCentrix

  • Jenna Rozenblat | COO | Real

  • Jim Cunningham | Chief Operating Officer | Zelis

  • John Joyal | COO | Moderna

  • Quan Boatman | Chief Operating Officer | U. S. Department of Interior, Interior Business Center

  • Rich Tucker | COO | Waterstone Mortgage

  • Shavone Dajee | SVP Operations | IGT Solutions

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COO OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER

  • Shohreh Abedi | Chief Operations & Technology Officer | The Auto Club Group - AAA

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