2016 Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner

Annual Dinner

The Distinguished Performance Awards Program recognizes business leaders who have answered the call for leadership in their companies and the communities in which they operate. History has shown that when business becomes significantly involved in helping to solve key economic problems, it can have a long-term positive effect on society. Highlighting the outstanding work of our Distinguished Performance Awardees offers the business community strong examples they can follow.

CED's 2016 Dinner took place on September 14 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. A list of past and present awardees can be viewed here.

Awards Dinner Program Awards Dinner Videos

2016 Award Recipients

David Cordani
Chairman and CEO
Cigna Corporation
Leadership in the Nation’s Interest Award
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Introduced by: Kent Thiry
Chairman and CEO
DaVita

George S. Barrett
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Peter G. Peterson Business Statesmanship Award

Introduced by: Larry Merlo
President and CEO
CVS Health

John T. Chambers
Executive Chairman
Cisco Systems
Owen B. Butler Education Excellence Award

Introduced by: Lowell McAdam
Chairman and CEO
Verizon

Alan M. Dachs
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fremont Group
Corporate Citizenship Award

Introduced by: Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
President and CEO
TIAA

Ilene S. Gordon
Chairman, President and CEO
Ingredion
Leadership in Diversity Award

Introduced by: Mark Sutton
Chairman and CEO
International Paper

Richard J. Kramer
Chairman, CEO & President
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Leadership in the Nation’s Interest Award
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Introduced by: Christopher M. Connor
Executive Chairman
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Takeshi “Tak” Niinami
President & CEO
Suntory Holdings Limited
Global Leadership Award

Introduced by: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School

Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman and CEO
Grand Reserve Inn
Former Chairman and CEO
Frontier Communications
CED Leadership Award

Introduced by: Denise Morrison
President and CEO
Campbell Soup Company

Committee Co-Chairs

Patricia Russo
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Edward B. Rust, Jr.
State Farm Insurance Companies

Committee Members

Beth Brooke-Marciniak
EY

Carl T. Camden
Kelly Services, Inc.

Teresa Carlson
Amazon Web Services

Wade Dyke
Kaplan, Inc.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
TIAA

Pat Gross
The Lovell Group

Jack Hockema
Kaiser Aluminum

D. Bryan Jordan
First Horizon National Corp.

Robert J. Kueppers
Deloitte LLP (Ret.)

Martha McGarry
Skadden Arps

Denise Morrison
Campbell Soup Company

Jennifer Nason
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ronald P. O’Hanley
State Street Global Advisors

Peter G. Peterson
Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Frederick W. Smith
FedEx Corporation

Ronald A. Williams
RW2 Enterprises, LLC

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