Members of the Orange County business community’s financial sector gathered Jan. 28 to laud five winners of the Business Journal’s Seventh Annual CFO of the Year Awards.
The event drew a crowd of nearly 800 at the Hotel Irvine Jamboree Center.
Kevin Manion, of Aliso Viejo-based liquor and wine wholesaler Young’s Market Co., received a lifetime achievement award for a career that also has included stints at Hostess Brands LLC and Nestle USA.
Manion entertained the crowd with a speech punctuated by dead-pan humor: “Young is one of those biggest companies you never heard of here in Orange County, delivering happiness to drinking-age boys and girls.”
The other winners were: Public Company: Frank Martell of CoreLogic Inc. in Irvine.
Private Company: Stephen Dixon of Fluidmaster Inc. in San Juan Capistrano.
Not-for-Profit Organization: Donald Voska of Goodwill of Orange County in Santa Ana.
Rising Star: Kent Ratzlaff of Niagara Bottling LLC in Ontario/Irvine.
Profiles of the winners will be in the Business Journal’s Feb. 10 issue.
View the Gallery of photos from this event HERE
