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CED Distinguished Performance Awards Celebration

Commitment to Business Statesmanship.
OCTOBER 27, 2020 | VIRTUAL MEETING

October 27, 2020

On October 27, CED’s annual Distinguished Performance Awards Celebration will honor six business leaders who have answered the call for leadership in their companies and the communities in which they operate and demonstrated exemplary Leadership in Challenging Times. We have an exciting virtual program that will feature the award presentations and will also include six “breakout room” discussions for our guests hosted by the awardees and their introducers on Leadership In Challenging Times. We hope you will join us for this special night.

Highlighting the outstanding work of our Awardees offers the business community strong examples they can follow, and it pays tribute to the legacy of CED’s founders, America’s leading CEOs who, during WWII, heeded the call to public service to guide the transition from a wartime economy to a prosperous peacetime economy. Our honorees and their introducers are highlighted below, with a special thank you to our sponsors. 

Click here to see photos from the 2019 Awards Dinner.

Click here to see previous award winners.

Where
Virtual Celebration

Event Start Time
October 27, 2020, 5:00 PM

Event End Time
October 27, 2020, 6:30 PM


View the Awards Program

Our Honorees have started the discussion on Leadership in Challenging Times.  View the webcasts—and Get Ready for the Live Discussion in the breakout rooms at the Awards Celebration . 

2020 Distinguished Performance Honorees 

 

Introduced By:

Kathy J. Warden


Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Northrop Grumman Corporation

David Abney


Executive Chairman and Former CEO, UPS

 


 

Introduced By:

Marillyn Hewson


Executive Chairman, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Julie Sweet


Chief Executive Officer, Accenture

 


 

Introduced By:

Edward W. Stack


Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DICK’s Sporting Goods

Mark King


Chief Executive Officer, Taco Bell Corp

 


 

Introduced By:

Lucinda "Cindy" Baier


President and Chief Executive Officer, Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Debra A. Cafaro


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas

 


 

Introduced By:

Gary Norcross


Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FIS



Ellen R. Alemany


Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, CIT Group

 


 

Introduced By:

Vicki Hollub


President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental

Alan Murray


CEO of Fortune Media


 

For pricing information, please contact Brian Teagle at brian.teagle@tcb.org.

2020 AWARDS SPONSORS

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EY
 
Edelman
 
Elbit Systems
 
 
FIS Global
 
FTIE
 
Galt & Company
 
 
Guardian Life
 
HII
 
Honeywell
 
 
Johnson & Johnson
 
Lockheed Martin
 
Merck
 
 
NYSE
 
Northrop Grumman
 
Occidental Petroleum
 
 
PJ Solomon
 
PVH
 
Pitney Bowes
 
 
Pratt & Whitney
 
RW2 Enterprises, LLC
 
S&P Global
 
 
State Street
 
TIAA
 
Taco Bell
 
 
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 
UPS
 
Ventas, Inc.
 
OUR MISSION

All proceeds support The Conference Board's not-for-profit mission.

SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Chevron
Elbit Systems
Merck
Pitney Bowes
Pratt & Whitney
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS
Boeing
Edelman
FTIE
Galt & Company
RW2 Enterprises, LLC
LEADERSHIP SPONSORS
Dicks Sporting Goods
FIS Global
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
BENEFACTOR SPONSORS
Brookedale
EY
NYSE
S&P Global
State Street
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
Guardian Life
HII
Honeywell
PJ Solomon
Taco Bell
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Accenture
CIT
Johnson & Johnson
Occidental Petroleum
PVH
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
TIAA
UPS
Ventas, Inc.
AGENDA
OCTOBER 27, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING
October 27, 2020

On October 27, CED’s annual Distinguished Performance Awards Celebration will honor six business leaders who have answered the call for leadership in their companies and the communities in which they operate and demonstrated exemplary Leadership in Challenging Times. We have an exciting virtual program that will feature the award presentations and will also include six “breakout room” discussions for our guests hosted by the awardees and their introducers on Leadership In Challenging Times. We hope you will join us for this special night.

Highlighting the outstanding work of our Awardees offers the business community strong examples they can follow, and it pays tribute to the legacy of CED’s founders, America’s leading CEOs who, during WWII, heeded the call to public service to guide the transition from a wartime economy to a prosperous peacetime economy. Our honorees and their introducers are highlighted below, with a special thank you to our sponsors. 

Click here to see photos from the 2019 Awards Dinner.

Click here to see previous award winners.

Where
Virtual Celebration

Event Start Time
October 27, 2020, 5:00 PM

Event End Time
October 27, 2020, 6:30 PM


View the Awards Program

Our Honorees have started the discussion on Leadership in Challenging Times.  View the webcasts—and Get Ready for the Live Discussion in the breakout rooms at the Awards Celebration . 

2020 Distinguished Performance Honorees 

 

Introduced By:

Kathy J. Warden


Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Northrop Grumman Corporation

David Abney


Executive Chairman and Former CEO, UPS

 


 

Introduced By:

Marillyn Hewson


Executive Chairman, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Julie Sweet


Chief Executive Officer, Accenture

 


 

Introduced By:

Edward W. Stack


Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DICK’s Sporting Goods

Mark King


Chief Executive Officer, Taco Bell Corp

 


 

Introduced By:

Lucinda "Cindy" Baier


President and Chief Executive Officer, Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Debra A. Cafaro


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas

 


 

Introduced By:

Gary Norcross


Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FIS



Ellen R. Alemany


Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, CIT Group

 


 

Introduced By:

Vicki Hollub


President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental

Alan Murray


CEO of Fortune Media


 

For pricing information, please contact Brian Teagle at brian.teagle@tcb.org.

2020 AWARDS SPONSORS

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EY
 
Edelman
 
Elbit Systems
 
 
FIS Global
 
FTIE
 
Galt & Company
 
 
Guardian Life
 
HII
 
Honeywell
 
 
Johnson & Johnson
 
Lockheed Martin
 
Merck
 
 
NYSE
 
Northrop Grumman
 
Occidental Petroleum
 
 
PJ Solomon
 
PVH
 
Pitney Bowes
 
 
Pratt & Whitney
 
RW2 Enterprises, LLC
 
S&P Global
 
 
State Street
 
TIAA
 
Taco Bell
 
 
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 
UPS
 
Ventas, Inc.
 

David Abney
Former Chairman of the Board
United Parcel Service

Ellen Alemany
Chairwoman
First Citizens Bank (Bancshares)

Lucinda Baier
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Brookdale Senior Living

Debra Cafaro
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ventas, Inc.

Marillyn Hewson
Chairman, President and CEO
Kelly Aviation Center, L.P.

Vicki Hollub
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mark King
Chief Executive Officer
Taco Bell Corp

Alan Murray
CEO
Fortune Media (USA) Corporation

Gary Norcross
President and CEO
Fidelity National Information Services,

Edward Stack
Chairman and CEO
Dick's Sporting Goods

Julie Sweet
Chair & CEO
Accenture

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Supporting Sponsors
Chevron
Elbit Systems
Merck
Pitney Bowes
Pratt & Whitney
Associate Sponsors
Boeing
Edelman
FTIE
Galt & Company
RW2 Enterprises, LLC
Leadership Sponsors
Dicks Sporting Goods
FIS Global
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Benefactor Sponsors
Brookedale
EY
NYSE
S&P Global
State Street
Contributing Sponsors
Guardian Life
HII
Honeywell
PJ Solomon
Taco Bell
Corporate Sponsors
Accenture
CIT
Johnson & Johnson
Occidental Petroleum
PVH
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
TIAA
UPS
Ventas, Inc.