Luminary Awards

2009 Recipients

Entrepreneurial Champion

Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP

  

Dr. Candace Kendle (bio)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kendle International Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio

Corporate Innovator

 

Ellen Kullman (bio)
Chief Executive Officer
DuPont Co.
Wilmington, Delaware 

Philanthropic Innovator

Sponsored by Accenture

 

Zainab Salbi (bio)
Founder and CEO
Women for Women International
Washington DC 

Previous winners...

Each year C200 presents the Luminary Awards to exceptional women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders:

  • Entrepreneurial Champion who has created an innovative new product or service with global implications. This entrepreneur's company has $20 million or more in annual revenues and a rapid and continuing growth rate since its launch.
  • Corporate Innovator who has changed or dramatically expanded the strategy of her corporation and impacted the value of the business significantly. Her company has $250 million or more in annual revenues.
  • Philanthropic Innovator who has developed an innovative funding and charitable giving program of scale, and who continues her involvement with the program.

Major corporations sponsor each Luminary Award. The 2009 corporate sponsors are Ernst & Young LLP and Accenture.

The 2010 C200 Luminary Awards will be presented at the C200 Annual Conference on Friday, October 1st during a luncheon ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, CA

To nominate a candidate for the 2010 Luminary Awards, please contact Amy O'Keeffe at aokeeffe@c200.org  

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Megan O’Brien at mobrien@c200.org