2026 Ohio ORBIE Awards Winners

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February 20, 2026 • 8:15 AM

The Renaissance Downtown Columbus

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Congratulations to the 2026 Ohio ORBIE Awards winners!

Leadership

Deneen
DeFiore

United Airlines

Leadership

Ted
Torbeck

Cincinnati Bell

Global

Annlea
Rumfola

Vantive

Global

Rakesh
Sharma

Cleveland Clinic

Large Enterprise

Richard
Nagle

The Ohio State University

Large Enterprise

Emily
Wahl

Scotts Miracle-Gro

Enterprise

Katrina
Biscay

University of Cincinnati

Enterprise

John
Fleischer

CBIZ

Large Corporate

Shawn
McMillian

altafiber

Large Corporate

Zack
Storer

Health Carousel

Corporate

Chris
Hickok

Home City Ice

Corporate

John
Virden

Miami University

Leadership
Award Recipient

Deneen
DeFiore

Ted
Torbeck

Global
Finalists

Kurt
Berberich

Scot
Burdette

Lisa
Dietrich

Dane
Durbin

Jake
Lorz

Mark
Macioce

Todd
Mesick

Bhavik
Rao

Annlea
Rumfola

Rakesh
Sharma

Douglas
Smith

Large Enterprise
Finalists

Waco
Bankston

Holly
Drake

Michael
Haas

Kendall
Kowalski

Kristin
Lowery

Richard
Nagle

Mike
Onders

Guru
Vasudeva

Emily
Wahl

Bill
Wertz

Enterprise
Finalists

Greg
Allender

Katrina
Biscay

Brittaney
Carter

Chris
Deakin

Carla
Donev

Dave
Fiser

John
Fleischer

Ryan
Hale

Navpreet
Jatana

Large Corporate
Finalists

Ricardo
Bartra

Michael
Berry

Susan
Carroll-Boser

Greg
Journey

Katherine
Lowry

Shawn
McMillian

Kevin
Moran

Andy
Norman

Deepesh
Randeri

Brad
Stokes

Zack
Storer

Swathi
West

Corporate
Finalists

Carly
Devlin

Michael
Farrar

Chris
Hickok

William
McCaster

Sophia
Mohr

Gregg
Oosterbaan

Tina
Price

Michal
Slominski

John
Virden

Sean
Ware

Media Partner

CentralOhioCIO Underwriters

NEOhioCIO Underwriters

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bronze Partners

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