Posted:Â June 2, 2025

Since 1999, Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO awards have grown into Atlantic Canada’s premier celebration of corporate leadership excellence. Winners are known for growing their business, advancing their industry and giving back to their community. The 2025 winners were celebrated on May 15 in Halifax, including 16 Dal alumni:
- Faten Alshazly (BSc (CS)'99), co-founder & CCO, WeUsThem and CEO, HealthEMe
- Courtney Sherlock (BSc'00), CEO, Halifax Tides Football Club
- Mike Davis (BEng'01, MEng'08), president & CEO, David Pier Consulting and 2024 Aurum Award winner
- Carolann Harding (CCS'86), CEO, SmartICE Sea-Ice Monitoring & Information Inc.
- Stephen Harding (MBA'91), president & CEO, Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation
- Patricia Lingley-Pottie (BScN'88, PhD'11), president & CEO, Strongest Families Institute and 2022 Aurum Award winner
- Margaret Melanson (BA'80, MSc'82), president & CEO, Horizon Health Network
- Kim Furlong (BScPT'88, MSc'00), founder & CEO, Newfoundland Balance & Dizziness Rehab Inc. and 2024 Aurum Award winner
- Alan Norman (BSc'01), co-CEO, Tire Shack Brewing Co.
- Mo AlGermozi (BEng'17), CEO, GIT Coatings
- Craig Bell Estabrooks (MA'09), president & CEO, Port Saint John
- John Richard Gonzales (BScPT'06), president & CEO, Rehab1 Performance Centers NB
- Laura Kanaan (LLB'09), CEO, MDW Law, Managing Partner, Tandem Family Law
- Marc MacDonald (BScPT'01), president & CEO, Reactive Health Inc.
- Michael Peters (Renewable Energy Technologies Cert.'21), CEO, Glooscap Ventures
- Andy MacLellan (BComm'01), CEO, VERB Interactive