Otis CEO Recognized For Leadership In 'Challenging Times'

FARMINGTON, CT — The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board Tuesday announced the six business leaders and their companies — including the top executive at Farmington-based Otis — that will be receiving the CED Distinguished Leadership Awards.

An annual tradition recognizing corporate citizenship and business stewardship, this year's awards pay special tribute to business leaders and their companies that have "demonstrated exceptional leadership in very challenging times, including defeating the pandemic, ensuring an economic recovery that provides equal opportunity for all Americans, and building a more civil and just society."

The CED will present the awards to the honorees on Oct. 25 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.

"The leadership in the nation’s interest these distinguished honorees have demonstrated
embody the best of business stewardship and corporate responsibility, by navigating their companies,
communities, and country through a time of vast disruption,” said Lori Esposito Murray, the president of the CED. "By recognizing these exemplary leaders and companies, CED inspires others to follow in their
footsteps – and advance policies in the nation’s interest that provide equal opportunity for all."

The recipients of the 2021 Distinguished Leadership Awards:

• Judy Marks, President & CEO of Otis (Award presented by Ellen Kullman, president and CEO of Carbon)
• Karen S. Lynch, President & CEO of CVS Health (Award presented by Marc N. Casper, Chairman, President and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• John W. Rogers Jr., Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO and CIO of Ariel Investments (Award presented by Valerie Jarrett, President of the Barack Obama Foundation and senior distinguished fellow at The University of Chicago Law School)
• Margaret Keane, Executive Chair of Synchrony (Award presented by Tom Wilson, Chair, President and CEO of Allstate Corporation)
• Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering and Co-Founder & Chairman of Moderna (Award presented by Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Brian Moynihan, Chairman & CEO of Bank of America (Award presented by Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture)