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36 AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Los Angeles Business Journal’s
Fifth Annual CFO of the Year Nominee Finalists
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increasingly challenging
as payors continue
to ratchet down
reimbursement as
healthcare costs continue
to rise.
Since returning to
Lakewood Regional
Medical Center in
2006, Formby has played a key role in
stabilizing hospital operations through
multiple leadership changes. She has
led the expansion of services at the hos-
pital, including a $10.5 million Cath
Lab and Electrophysiology expansion
proposal, presented the project to Tenet
Senior Executive Leadership and receiving
approval and funding. She has also
guided an additional $11.0 million in
capital improvements in each of the
past three years.
CONRAD FREUND
LA84 FOUNDATION
Responsible for managing the finances
of the LA84 Foundation (formerly the
Amateur Athletic
Foundation), Conrad
Freund has been a
key member of the
management group
of a Foundation that
continues to give
back to the community.
The numbers
speak for themselves. Starting with
$93 million, the Foundation has now
spent back for the benefit of the community
$200 million for the benefit of
youth sport. Assets as of June 2011 are
at $140 million.
CalCPA proudly salutes the CFO of the Year nominees and award winners.
Michael Spindler, CPA
Navigant Consulting Inc.
Beth Bayer, CPA
Time Warner Cable
Don’t Miss CalCPA’s Financial Leadership Forum Xchange
a platform for key finance executives to address the leading
issues, changes and trends in today’s business world.
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Tayika Dennis, CPA
NSBN LLP
Corey Stigile, Esq., CPA
Hochman Salkin Rettig
Toscher & Perez
Behind all the numbers,people are the bottom line.
www.calcpa.org
Under the leadership of Freund, the
Foundation endowment has grown
from the initial $93 million which was
invested entirely in bonds to a diversified
portfolio which reached $208 million
in the year 2000. Today, at the end
of July 2011, the fund is posting a
healthy $140 million, considering the
enormous challenges presented by our
economy today.
SCOTT FRIEDMAN
INTERNET BRANDS
Through
Friedman’s
financial
leadership,
Internet Brands
has seen
steady growth.
Scott Friedman has
overseen the growth of
an extremely specialized
company in Internet
Brands, which
operates community
and e-commerce websites
in the automotive,
home, shopping,
and travel and leisure categories. The
challenges for Friedman have come in
the form of strategically organizing the
discounts and special offers for the different
websites.
Internet Brands’ unique structure
requires an immense amount of financial
planning that has to go into organizing
promotions, especially at the
level of car purchases, one of Internet
Brands’ key sectors. Friedman also
manages job listing, portfolio and community
sites that enable users to manage
several aspects of their careers.
Through Friedman’s financial leadership,
Internet Brands has seen steady
growth.
TIM GOETZ
ROBINSON HELICOPTER
Goetz has
led Robinson
through increasingly
profitable
years as they
continue to
grow revenue
and increase
production year
after year.
Tim Goetz is the CFO
of the world's leading
manufacturer of civil
helicopters. Not only
does he oversee all of
the financial planning
and analytics that go
into being a financial
leader but he also
oversees and conducts monthly safety
courses for helicopter flight instructors
and maintenance technicians. Robinson
has consistently added new models
into the market place and Goetz’s execution
as a financial leader has enabled
them to do this in an extremely profitable
manner.
Just last year Robinson added
133,000 square feet to its manufacturing
facility in Torrance to deal with the
increased demand for the helicopters.
Goetz has led Robinson through
increasingly profitable years as they
continue to grow revenue and increase
production year after year.
GREGG GOLDMAN
USC MARSHALL
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
As Chief Financial Officer & Senior
Associate Dean, Finance & Administration,
USC Marshall School of Business,
Gregg Goldman oversees a wide range
of administrative functions, including
managing personnel of 500 faculty and
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