Corporate Leaders Receive Seventeenth Annual Emerald Asset Management "E-3 Awards"
February 08 2017 - 2:57PM
Business Wire
CrowdJoy, Enviva Partners, LendingTree, Trex
Company Executives Recognized
The chief executive officers of publicly-traded companies Enviva
Partners (NYSE: EVA), LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE), and Trex Company
(NYSE: TREX), and private company CrowdJoy, have been named as the
recipients of the seventeenth annual “E-3 Awards,” presented by
Emerald Asset Management at the 24th annual Emerald Groundhog Day
Investment Forum, held in Philadelphia on February 2, 2017.
Joseph Besecker, President of Emerald Asset Management said,
“This unique award was created to recognize leaders who epitomize
the qualities that are inherent in the most successful business
leaders – qualities that reflect an entrepreneurial spirit and a
commitment to excellence,” adding, “The award’s name – E-3 –
reflects these criteria: the Emerald Entrepreneurial and Excellence
Award.” Joseph Garner, Emerald’s Director of Research for Emerald,
said, “These leaders have taken risks and fueled innovation. They
have created jobs and built companies. They have worked tirelessly
to reward their employees and shareholders. They are leaders in
every sense of the word.”
Through an intensive multi-faceted process, Emerald’s team of
research analysts and portfolio managers identified corporate
leaders who have demonstrated:
- A creative “outside the box” approach
to corporate achievement;
- An entrepreneurial approach that
maximizes human initiative;
- A corporate culture that promotes
personal and corporate excellence;
- A demonstrated record of
accomplishment: creating jobs, stimulating growth, and enhancing
shareholder value; and
- An ability to effectively identify and
adapt cutting-edge technologies and processes.
The 2017 winners of the E-3 Award are:
Public Company Executive
Award:
- James E. Cline, President and CEO, Trex
Company (NYSE: TREX)
Science and Technology Executive
Award:
- Douglas R. Lebda, Chairman & CEO,
LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE)
Green Company Award:
- John Keppler, Chairman & CEO,
Enviva Partners (NYSE: EVA)
Private Company Award:
- Ryan Owen, CEO and Co-Founder,
CrowdJoy, Inc.
Presented by Emerald Asset Management, Groundhog Day Investment
Forum sponsors include Pepper Hamilton LLP, Sturdivant & Co.,
First National Bank/ FNB Corporation, Trout, Ebersole & Groff
LLP, Boenning & Scattergood, Raymond James and Greentree. The
first Emerald Investment Forum was held in 1994 and has grown to
become the definitive yearly kick-off conference for investors
focusing on small- and mid-cap companies. Next year’s Emerald
Groundhog Day Investment Forum is tentatively scheduled for
February 1, 2018 in Philadelphia.
Founded in 1991, Emerald Asset Management, Inc. is a diversified
investment management company that operates through its
subsidiaries Emerald Advisers Inc., Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers
Trust, Emerald Separate Account Management LLC, Emerald Direct
Lending Advisers LLC and EmStone Advisers LLC. Assets managed by
these companies totaled approximately $4.7 billion as of December
31, 2016. “Driven by Research,” Emerald employs an intense
fundamental, research-focused investment philosophy and focuses
primarily on growth and value oriented equity investing and income
oriented investing. Emerald and its subsidiaries maintain offices
in King of Prussia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland,
Ohio. Its global headquarters is located in Leola, PA.
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