2024 Honorees:

William Gold, PhD

President, Gold Health Strategies

Leon J. Warshaw Leadership in Healthcare

Jared Lewis

Vice President, Total Rewards, Curtiss-Wright Corp

Distinguished Service to NEBGH

Cynthia Williamson

Head of Total Rewards, North America, Ralph Lauren

Outstanding Leadership in Workplace Health

Victor DeStefano

New York Commercial Plan President, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Anthem Blue Cross

Outstanding Leadership in Business

Joseph Grasso, PhD

Vice President of Workforce Transformation and Customer Marketing, Lyra Health

Outstanding Leadership in Behavioral Health: Lyra Health

Past Honorees:

2023

  • Marco Diaz - SVP, Global Head of Benefits, News Corp
  • Jessica Paik - Chief Executive Officer of National Accounts, UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual
  • Carl Haney - EVP, Research, Product and Innovation Officer, The Estee Lauder Companies
  • Adam Chekroud - President, Co-Founder, Spring Health

2022

  • Louis A. Shapiro - President & CEO, Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Chris Kim - Global Head of Employee Experience, Benefits & Wellness, KKR
  • Shelley Sinclair - Associate Director, Total Rewards - Health Benefits Strategy, EY
  • Russell Glass - CEO, Headspace Health
  • Mark Lutes - Chair/Board of Directors/Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker & Green

2021

  • Kathryn Martin - Chief Operating Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering
  • Harry Ritter, MD - Founder and CEO, Alma
  • Danielle Shanes - SVP and Head of Benefits & Well-Being, NBA
  • Sree Chaguturu, MD - SVP and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark

2020

  • Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD - President and CEO, Montefiore Medicine
  • Richard Park, MD - Founder, CityMD
  • Michael Rendel, MD - Managing Director, Global Medical Director, Goldman Sachs

2019

  • Michael McGuire - Health Plan CEO of NY, UnitedHealthcare
  • Michael Dowling - President and CEO, Northwell Health
  • Steven First - Vice President of Global Benefit, Pfizer Inc.

2018

  • Kenneth L. Davis, MD - President and CEO, Mt. Sinai Health System
  • Claire Levitt - Deputy Commissioner, NYC Mayor’s Office of Labor Relations
  • David Sandman, PhD - President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation

2017

  • Vince C. Ashton - President and CEO, HealthPass New York
  • Michelle Martin - Vice President, CBS Corporation
  • Robert G. Smith - Founder, Smith Affiliated Capital

2016

  • Brian T. Griffin - President, Commercial and Specialty Business, Anthem, Inc.
  • Tom X. Lee, MD - Chairman and Founder, One Medical
  • Wendy Brennan - Executive Director, NAMI-NYC Metro

2015

  • Frank Branchini - Chairman and CEO, Emblem Health, Inc.
  • Dennis J. Wilson - President and CEO, Delta Dental of New Jersey

2014

  • Jim Keane - President and CEO, Steelcase
  • Barry H. Ostrowsky - President and CEO, Barnabas Health

2013

  • John J. Connolly EdD - President and CEO, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
  • Steven J. Corwin, MD - CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

2012

  • Greg Behar - President and CEO, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Mike Boswood - President and CEO, Truven Health Analytics

2011

  • Jeff Alter - CEO, Employer and Individual Business, UnitedHealthcare
  • Robert I. Grossman, MD - CEO, NYU Langone Medical Center

2010

  • Bob Moritz - Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
  • Steven M. Safyer, MD - President and CEO, Montefiore Medical Center

2009

  • Murray D. Martin - Chairman, President, and CEO, Pitney Bowes
  • Mark Wagar - President and CEO, Empire BCBS

2008

  • H. Edward Hanway - Chairman and CEO, CIGNA HealthCare
  • William C. Weldon - Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson            

2007

  • Adam Schechter - Executive Vice President and President of Global Human Health, Merck & Company, Inc.
  • Theodore O. Will - CEO, IPRO

2006

  • Maura C. Breen - General Manager, Verizon
  • Herbert Pardes, MD - President and CEO, New York – Presbyterian Hospital

2005

  • Pamela Brier - President and CEO, Maimonides Medical Center
  • Steven Heyer - CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

2004

  • Donna Lynne - President, GHI
  • Bruce Mosler - President and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

2003

  • Frank Calamari - President and CEO, Calvary Hospital
  • Ronald Williams - Chairman, President and CEO, Aetna Inc.

2002

  • Morton Hyman - Chairman and CEO, Overseas Shipholding Group
  • Donald Rubin - Founder, MultiPlan Inc

2001

  • Spencer Foreman, MD - President, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Arthur J. Mirante II - CEO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

2000

  • Stanley Brezenoff - CEO, Maimonides Medical Center
  • John Castle - Chairman and CEO, Castle Harlan, Inc.

1999

  • John H. Biggs - CEO, TIAA-CREF
  • Henry McKinnell, PhD - Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc.

1998

  • Jeffrey H. Becker, Esq. - Founder, Epstein Becker & Green PC
  • Frank Branchini - CEO, GHI

1997

  • Eugene McGrath - Chairman and CEO, Consolidated Edison
  • John W. Rowe, MD - President and CEO, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

1996

  • Frederic Salerno - CEO, NYNEX
  • Anthony Watson - CEO, HIP - Health Plan of New York

1995

  • David B. Skinner, MD - President and CEO, New York Hospital
  • Alair Townsend - Publisher, Crain's New York Business