America's Best CEOs
DeMarche's Best CEO for 2009 Award is based on our
Migration analysis. Utilizing the analysis of the Best 100 Companies,
DeMarche screens the "Best" analysis for CEOs who receive compensation at the
lower end of the spectrum (for whatever reason, and using data reported to the
SEC).
Therefore, the Best CEO Award goes to the companies with the most positive
Migration for CEOs that are compensated at the lower end of the spectrum. We
view this as getting the most for the shareholders' money.
| Company Name |
CEO |
| 1-800-FLOWERS.COM CL A |
James F. McCann |
| 3M CO |
George W. Buckley |
| ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCP |
Jeanne Delaney Hubbard |
| ADAMS GOLF INC |
Oliver G. (Chip) Brewer, III |
| AES CORP THE |
Paul T. Hanrahan |
| AIR T INC |
Walter Clark |
| ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC |
W. Allen Doane |
| ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC |
Peter C. Chang |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC |
Louis C. Camilleri |
| AMAZON.COM INC |
Jeffrey P. Bezos |
| AMERICAN TOWER CORP |
James D. Taiclet, Jr. |
| AMERIGON INC |
Daniel R. Coker |
| APPLE INC |
Steven P. Jobs |
| APPLIANCE RECYCLING CTR |
Edward R. Cameron |
| ARABIAN AMERICAN DVLPMNT |
Hatem El-Khalidi |
| ARGAN INC |
Rainer H. Bosselmann |
| ARRHYTHMIA RESRCH TECH |
James E. Rouse |
| ARTESIAN RESOURCES CP A |
Dian C. Taylor |
| ASTA FUNDING INC |
Gary Stern |
| ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK |
Michael T. Prior |
| AUTOINFO INC |
Harry M. Wachtel |
| BALL CORP |
R. David Hoover |
| BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA |
Hugh C. Lane, Jr. |
| BIO-IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES |
Mark L. Weinstein |
| BIOMERICA INC |
Zackary S. Irani |
| BOOTS & COOTS INTL WELL |
Jerry L. Winchester |
| BOSTON BEER INC A THE |
Martin F. Roper |
| BRUKER CORP |
Dr. Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D. |
| CADUS CORP |
David Blitz |
| CALIFORNIA FIRST NATL BA |
Patrick E. Paddon |
| CANTERBURY PARK HLDG CP |
Randall D. Sampson |
| CENTRAL VERMONT PUB SVC |
Robert H. Young |
| CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CP |
John R. Schimkaitis |
| CKX LANDS INC |
Arthur Hollins, III |
| COCA COLA BOTTLING CL CM |
J. Frank Harrison, III |
| CONSOLIDATED WATER CO |
Frederick W. McTaggart |
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY GRP |
Mayo A. Shattuck, III |
| CONTINENTAL MATERIALS CP |
James G. Gidwitz |
| CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP |
Grant C. Bennett |
| CRAFTMADE INTERNAT INC |
James R. Ridings |
| CROGHAN BANCSHARES |
Steven C. Futrell |
| CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP |
John P. Kelly |
| CYBEX INTERNATIONAL INC |
John Aglialoro |
| DELTIC TIMBER CORP |
Ray C. Dillon |
| DORMAN PRODUCTS INC |
Richard N. Berman |
| DOVER DOWNS GAM & ENT |
Denis McGlynn |
| DRYCLEAN USA |
Michael S. Steiner |
| DVL INC |
Alan E. Casnoff |
| DYNEGY INC A |
Bruce A. Williamson |
| EAGLE MATERIALS INC |
Steven R. Rowley |
| EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORP |
Dominick A. Pagano |
| ELECTRO RENT CORP |
Daniel Greenberg |
| ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECH |
T. L. Kirchner |
| EMERGING VISION INC |
Christopher G. Payan, CPA |
| EPOCH HOLDINGS CORP |
William W. Priest |
| ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS |
Howard Pinsley |
| EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENG |
Germain Lamonde |
| FAMILY DOLLAR STORES INC |
Howard R. Levine |
| FEMALE HEALTH CO |
O.B. Parrish |
| FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORP |
Paul R. Sinsheimer |
| FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES |
John T. English |
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES |
Dr. Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D. |
| FOSSIL INC |
Kosta N. Kartsotis |
| FRED'S INC |
Michael J. Hayes |
| FURMANITE CORP |
John R. Barnes |
| GAMETECH INTERNAT INC |
Jay M. Meilstrup |
| GARMIN LTD |
Dr. Min H. Kao, Ph.D. |
| GENERAL COMMUNICAT CL A |
Ronald A. Duncan |
| GEORGE RISK IND-A |
Ken R. Risk |
| GMX RESOURCES INC |
Ken L. Kenworthy, Jr. |
| GSE SYSTEMS INC |
John V. Moran |
| GULFPORT ENERGY |
James D. Palm |
| HANSEN NATURAL CORP |
Rodney C. Sacks |
| HARLEY-DAVIDSON INC |
James L. Ziemer |
| HAWKINS INC |
John R. Hawkins |
| HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC |
Russell A. Gerdin |
| HESKA CORPORATION |
Dr. Robert B. Grieve, Ph.D. |
| HOPFED BANCORP INC |
John E. Peck |
| INFORMATION ANALYSIS INC |
Sandor Rosenberg |
| INGLES MARKETS INC CL A |
Robert P. Ingle |
| INSIGNIA SYSTEMS INC |
Scott F. Drill |
| INTERGROUP CORP |
John V. Winfield |
| INTERNAT ABSORBENTS INC |
Gordon L. Ellis |
| ITEX CORPORATION |
Steven White |
| J.W. MAYS INC |
Lloyd J. Shulman |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP |
David Barger |
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP |
David Neeleman |
| JEWETT-CAMERON TRAD CO |
Donald M. Boone |
| KIRBY CORP |
Joseph H. Pyne |
| KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION |
Kevin P. Knight |
| KOHL'S CORP |
R. Lawrence Montgomery |
| KREISLER MANUFACTURING |
Michael D. Stern |
| KSW INC |
Floyd Warkol |
| LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS |
Brian D. Pardo |
| LIFEWAY FOODS INC |
Julie Smolyansky |
| LINKWELL CORP |
Xuelian Bian |
| LIVEPERSON INC |
Robert P. LoCascio |
| MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC |
Jimmy S. H. Lee |
| MESA LABORATORIES INC |
Luke R. Schmieder |
| MET-PRO CORP |
Raymond J. De Hont |
| MEXCO ENERGY CORPORATION |
Nicholas C. Taylor |
| MGE ENERGY INC |
Gary J. Wolter |
| MILLER INDUSTRIES INC |
Jeffrey I. Badgley |
| MILLER INDUSTRIES INC |
William G. Miller |
| NATIONAL RESEARCH CORP |
Michael D. Hays |
| NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INT |
Mark A. LeDoux |
| NEW DRAGON ASIA CORP |
Li Xia Wang |
| NEW ULM TELECOM |
Bill Otis |
| NICHOLAS FINANCIAL INC |
Peter L. Vosotas |
| NISOURCE INC |
Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. |
| NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITI |
George H. Bernstein |
| NORTECH SYSTEMS INC |
Michael J. Degen |
| NORTHWEST PIPE CO |
Brian W. Dunham |
| NVE CORP |
Dr. Daniel A. Baker, Ph.D. |
| NYER MEDICAL GROUP INC |
Karen L. Wright |
| OCEAN BIO-CHEM INC |
Peter G. Dornau |
| OMNICELL INC |
Randall A. Lipps |
| OURPET'S COMPANY |
Dr. Steven Tsengas, Ph.D. |
| OYO GEOSPACE CORP |
Gary D. Owens |
| PAM TRANSPORTATION SVCS |
Robert W. Weaver |
| PATRICK INDUSTRIES INC |
Paul E. Hassler |
| PHC INC A |
Bruce A. Shear |
| POPE RESOURCES UDR L.P. |
David L. Nunes |
| POZEN INCORPORATED |
Dr. John R. Plachetka, Pharm.D. |
| PSYCHEMEDICS CORP |
Raymond C. Kubacki, Jr. |
| QUIXOTE CORP |
Leslie J. Jezuit |
| RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC |
Ronald M. Moquist |
| REPLIGEN CORP |
Dr. Walter C. Herlihy, Ph.D. |
| REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC |
Susan M. Ivey |
| RGC RESOURCES INC |
John B. Williamson, III |
| SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS GR |
Ben T. Morris |
| SAUL CENTERS INC |
B. Francis Saul, II |
| SCIENTIFIC INDUSTR. |
Helena R. Santos, CPA |
| SEALED AIR CORP |
William V. Hickey |
| SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY |
Alfred P. West, Jr. |
| SENECA FOODS CORP CL A |
Kraig H. Kayser |
| SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC |
Bruce C. Galton |
| SIMCLAR INC |
Samuel J. Russell |
| SKYWEST INC |
Jerry C. Atkin |
| SONO TEK CORP |
Dr. Chistopher L. Coccio, Ph.D. |
| SOUTHERN COPPER CORP |
Oscar Gonzalez Rocha |
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO |
Gary C. Kelly |
| STANDEX INTERNAT CORP |
Roger L. Fix |
| STEINER LEISURE LTD |
Leonard I. Fluxman |
| STERLING CONSTRUCTION CO |
Patrick T. Manning |
| STRAYER EDUCATION INC |
Robert S. Silberman |
| STUDENT LOAN CORP THE |
Michael J. Reardon |
| SUN HYDRAULICS INC |
Allen J. Carlson |
| SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY INC |
Paul J. Schulte |
| SYNALLOY CORP |
Ronald H. Braam |
| SYNTEL INC |
Bharat Desai |
| TARRANT APPAREL GROUP |
Gerard Guez |
| TASER INTERNATIONAL INC |
Patrick W. Smith |
| TECHNE CORP |
Thomas E. Oland |
| TGC INDUSTRIES INC |
Wayne A. Whitener |
| THESTREET.COM INC |
Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. |
| THOR INDUSTRIES INC |
Wade F. B. Thompson |
| TRANS WORLD CORP |
Rami S. Ramadan |
| TRANSCAT INC |
Carl E. Sassano |
| TRANSCEND SERVICES INC |
Larry G. Gerdes |
| TRANSNET CORP |
Steven J. Wilk |
| TRIO-TECH INTERNAT |
Siew Wai Yong |
| U.S. CELLULAR CORP |
John E. Rooney |
| U.S. LIME & MINERALS INC |
Timothy W. Byrne |
| UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC |
R. Jeffrey Bailly, CPA |
| UNICO AMERICAN CORP |
Erwin Cheldin |
| UNIFIRST CORP |
Ronald D. Croatti |
| UNITIL CORP |
Robert G. Schoenberger |
| UNIVERSAL CORP |
Allen B. King |
| UNIVERSAL STAIN & ALLOY |
Clarence M. McAninch |
| US HOME SYSTEMS INC |
Murray H. Gross |
| UTG INCORPORATED |
Jesse Thomas Correll |
| UTI WORLDWIDE INC |
Roger I. MacFarlane |
| VALUE LINE INC |
Jean Bernhard Buttner |
| VECTREN CORP |
Niel C. Ellerbrook |
| VERSAR INC |
Dr. Theodore M. Prociv, Ph.D. |
| WAKE FOREST BANCSHARES |
Robert C. White |
| WASHINGTON POST CO |
Donald E. Graham |
| WD-40 CO |
Garry O. Ridge |
| WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC |
John P. Mackey |
| WILLIAMS CONTROLS INC |
Patrick W. Cavanagh |
| WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CP |
Charles F. Willis, IV |
| WINMARK CORPORATION |
John L. Morgan |
| WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC |
Robert Olson |
| WIPRO LTD ADS |
Azim H. Premji |
| XEROX CORP |
Anne M. Mulcahy |
| YORK WATER CO THE |
Jeffrey S. Osman |
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