2023 Honorees:

Marco Diaz

SVP, Global Head of Benefits, News Corp

Outstanding Leadership in Workplace Health

 

Jessica Paik

Chief Executive Officer of National Accounts, UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual

Distinguished Service to NEBGH

 

Carl Haney

EVP, Research, Product and Innovation Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies

Outstanding Leadership in Business

 

Adam Chekroud

President, Co-Founder, Spring Health

Outstanding Leadership in Behavioral Health: Spring Health

Past Honorees:

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