E&Y announces judges for Entrepreneur of Year in LA

Ernst & Young today announced the 2012 judging panel for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^® program in Los Angeles. The panel is made up of local business leaders, including previous winners of the award, leading CEOs and private capital investors.
The judges are: Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Venture Partners; Deppak Chopra of OSI Systems; Chuck Davis of Technology Crossover Ventures; Mark Hardy of Aurora Capital Group; Jeri Harman of Avante Mezzanine Partners; Carlton Jenkins of The Yucaipa Companies; Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures; Eric Kutsenda of Seidler Equity Partners; J. Christopher Lewis of Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity; Dr. Linda Livingsone of the Graziadio School of Business & Management; Jane Pak of NAWBO; Kamran Pourzanjani of Bestcovery.com; Julie Schoenfeld of Perfect Market; and Mark Stagen of Emerald Health Services.
Now in its 26th year, the program has honored entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Michael Dell of Dell Inc. and Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines.