CHICAGO, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Winners of the 2025 CEO Pinnacle™ Awards have been selected after a nomination period and judging process that began in October 2025. The annual program is produced by the Chief Executives Council, a community and platform focused on best practice resources, career development and training, strategic research, and peer networking.

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Presidents, Founders and related titles were eligible to enter. Applicants were self-nominated or nominated by a colleague via a brief online application form that requests anonymous information on 2025 financial performance, work experience, volunteer or philanthropic activities, and educational background.

All nominations were screened by an algorithm, and then judged by Chief Executive Council board advisors. The following Winners and Runners-Up are announced for 7 categories based on size and type, public vs. private.

Category/Classification	2025 Winners	Company	Title

Enterprise/Public/Winner	Mohit Joshi	Tech Mahindra	CEO & Managing Director
Enterprise/Private/Winner	Maria Treibitch	Pharmbills	CEO

Startup/Winner	Jorge Barragan	The Picklr	CEO
Startup/Runner-Up	Peacemark Hammed	Shride Logistics	Founder/CEO

Medium/Private/Winner	Jonathan Evans	B&A	President & CEO
Medium/Private/Runner-Up	Matthew Phillips	Car Pros Auto Group	CEO

Not-For-Profit/Winner	Angela Williams	United Way Worldwide	President & CEO
Not-For-Profit/Runner-Up	J.J. Lewis	Northstar Reach	CEO

Government/Winner	Steve Hewitt	Kansas Turnpike Authority	CEO

Small Business/Winner	James Stephens	Known Technologies	CEO
Small Business/Runner-Up	Joseph Henderson	Sierra Health	CEO

From the category winners above, a 2025 National CEO Pinnacle Award winner was selected based on the same criteria. Congratulations to Jorge Barragan, CEO, The Piklr.

“Chief Executives continued to demonstrate their significant contributions in 2023, and the CEO Pinnacle Awards brings recognition to these hard-working individuals”, states Neil Brown, CEO, Chief Executives Council. “We wish the winners of the CEO Pinnacle Awards continued success and hope their examples can help others excel.”

All winners and runners-up will be notified by email and receive a frame-quality Certificate. The 2025 National CEO Pinnacle Award winner will receive a gold-plated and engraved statuette/trophy manufactured by the makers of the Oscar^® Awards.

Applications and registration for the 2026 CEO Pinnacle Awards will begin October 1, 2026 at the following link: www.chiefexecutivescouncil.org/ceo-awards/.

ABOUT the Chief Executives Council

Chief Executives Council™ is a community and platform for CEOs, Presidents, Founders and related professionals focused on best practice resources, career development and training, peer networking and recognition. Programs include research studies on strategic topics, webinars and roundtable panels, informative articles and whitepapers, the CEO Insights™ Interview Series, and the annual CEO Pinnacle™ Awards. Chief Executives Council publishes the annual CEO Sentiment™ Study that quantifies a CEO Financial Performance Index™ (FPI), and the CEO Spending/Budget Index™ (SBI); along with the annual CEO Talent Study, and the upcoming CEO 2030: Predictions Panel.

For more information, visit www.ChiefExecutivesCouncil.org, or call Neil Brown, CEO at 630-710-4710.

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