2008 Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards

On May 29, 2008, more than 450 local leaders attended a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco to honor Bay Area CFO Award finalists and winners. The event raised more than $400,000 to benefit Larkin Street Youth Services, a globally recognized leader providing outreach, housing, medical, social and educational services to homeless and at-risk youth in San Francisco.

Click here to view full release: CFO Awards 2008 Winners Announced

To view photographs of the event, click here: CFO 2008 Photos

Lifetime Achievement Honoree
               Andy D. Bryant, Intel Corporation

2008 Winners

Public Company with revenues above $500MM  
                George Reyes, Google, Inc.

Public Company with revenues up to $500MM
                Earl Fry, Informatica Corporation

Non-Public Company
                Jonathan C. Gologorsky, Lark Creek Restaurant Group

Venture-Backed Company
                Karen Blasing, Force10 Networks, Inc.

Community Service
                Art Fatum, Low Income Investment Fund

Transformation Agent
                Alison Rempel Brown, California Academy of Sciences

2008 Finalists
Public Company with revenues above $500MM
                Elisha W. Finney, Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
                Sharon L. McCollam, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Public Company with revenues up to $500MM
                Myles B. McCormick, Bare Escentuals, Inc.

Non-Public Company
                Susan M. Biglieri, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
                Daniel Y. Chin, Ghilotti Bros., Inc.

Venture-Backed Company
                Michael McDonald, Bay Microsystems, Inc.
                David Wittenkamp, Merced Systems, Inc.

Community Service
                Shari Freedman, Worldwise, Inc.
                Monica Pressley, The San Francisco Foundation

Transformation Agent
                Michael R. Kourey, Polycom, Inc.
                Barry McCarthy, Netflix, Inc.