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America's Best CEOs

DeMarche's Best CEO for 2009 Award is based on our Migration analysis. Utilizing the analysis of the Best 100 Companies, DeMarche screens the "Best" analysis for CEOs who receive compensation at the lower end of the spectrum (for whatever reason, and using data reported to the SEC).

Therefore, the Best CEO Award goes to the companies with the most positive Migration for CEOs that are compensated at the lower end of the spectrum. We view this as getting the most for the shareholders' money.

Company Name	CEO
1-800-FLOWERS.COM CL A	James F. McCann
3M CO	George W. Buckley
ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCP	Jeanne Delaney Hubbard
ADAMS GOLF INC	Oliver G. (Chip) Brewer, III
AES CORP THE	Paul T. Hanrahan
AIR T INC	Walter Clark
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC	W. Allen Doane
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC	Peter C. Chang
ALTRIA GROUP INC	Louis C. Camilleri
AMAZON.COM INC	Jeffrey P. Bezos
AMERICAN TOWER CORP	James D. Taiclet, Jr.
AMERIGON INC	Daniel R. Coker
APPLE INC	Steven P. Jobs
APPLIANCE RECYCLING CTR	Edward R. Cameron
ARABIAN AMERICAN DVLPMNT	Hatem El-Khalidi
ARGAN INC	Rainer H. Bosselmann
ARRHYTHMIA RESRCH TECH	James E. Rouse
ARTESIAN RESOURCES CP A	Dian C. Taylor
ASTA FUNDING INC	Gary Stern
ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK	Michael T. Prior
AUTOINFO INC	Harry M. Wachtel
BALL CORP	R. David Hoover
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
BIO-IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES	Mark L. Weinstein
BIOMERICA INC	Zackary S. Irani
BOOTS & COOTS INTL WELL	Jerry L. Winchester
BOSTON BEER INC A THE	Martin F. Roper
BRUKER CORP	Dr. Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.
CADUS CORP	David Blitz
CALIFORNIA FIRST NATL BA	Patrick E. Paddon
CANTERBURY PARK HLDG CP	Randall D. Sampson
CENTRAL VERMONT PUB SVC	Robert H. Young
CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CP	John R. Schimkaitis
CKX LANDS INC	Arthur Hollins, III
COCA COLA BOTTLING CL CM	J. Frank Harrison, III
CONSOLIDATED WATER CO	Frederick W. McTaggart
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GRP	Mayo A. Shattuck, III
CONTINENTAL MATERIALS CP	James G. Gidwitz
CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP	Grant C. Bennett
CRAFTMADE INTERNAT INC	James R. Ridings
CROGHAN BANCSHARES	Steven C. Futrell
CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP	John P. Kelly
CYBEX INTERNATIONAL INC	John Aglialoro
DELTIC TIMBER CORP	Ray C. Dillon
DORMAN PRODUCTS INC	Richard N. Berman
DOVER DOWNS GAM & ENT	Denis McGlynn
DRYCLEAN USA	Michael S. Steiner
DVL INC	Alan E. Casnoff
DYNEGY INC A	Bruce A. Williamson
EAGLE MATERIALS INC	Steven R. Rowley
EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORP	Dominick A. Pagano
ELECTRO RENT CORP	Daniel Greenberg
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECH	T. L. Kirchner
EMERGING VISION INC	Christopher G. Payan, CPA
EPOCH HOLDINGS CORP	William W. Priest
ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS	Howard Pinsley
EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENG	Germain Lamonde
FAMILY DOLLAR STORES INC	Howard R. Levine
FEMALE HEALTH CO	O.B. Parrish
FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORP	Paul R. Sinsheimer
FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES	John T. English
FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES	Dr. Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D.
FOSSIL INC	Kosta N. Kartsotis
FRED'S INC	Michael J. Hayes
FURMANITE CORP	John R. Barnes
GAMETECH INTERNAT INC	Jay M. Meilstrup
GARMIN LTD	Dr. Min H. Kao, Ph.D.
GENERAL COMMUNICAT CL A	Ronald A. Duncan
GEORGE RISK IND-A	Ken R. Risk
GMX RESOURCES INC	Ken L. Kenworthy, Jr.
GSE SYSTEMS INC	John V. Moran
GULFPORT ENERGY	James D. Palm
HANSEN NATURAL CORP	Rodney C. Sacks
HARLEY-DAVIDSON INC	James L. Ziemer
HAWKINS INC	John R. Hawkins
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC	Russell A. Gerdin
HESKA CORPORATION	Dr. Robert B. Grieve, Ph.D.
HOPFED BANCORP INC	John E. Peck
INFORMATION ANALYSIS INC	Sandor Rosenberg
INGLES MARKETS INC CL A	Robert P. Ingle
INSIGNIA SYSTEMS INC	Scott F. Drill
INTERGROUP CORP	John V. Winfield
INTERNAT ABSORBENTS INC	Gordon L. Ellis
ITEX CORPORATION	Steven White
J.W. MAYS INC	Lloyd J. Shulman
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP	David Barger
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP	David Neeleman
JEWETT-CAMERON TRAD CO	Donald M. Boone
KIRBY CORP	Joseph H. Pyne
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION	Kevin P. Knight
KOHL'S CORP	R. Lawrence Montgomery
KREISLER MANUFACTURING	Michael D. Stern
KSW INC	Floyd Warkol
LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS	Brian D. Pardo
LIFEWAY FOODS INC	Julie Smolyansky
LINKWELL CORP	Xuelian Bian
LIVEPERSON INC	Robert P. LoCascio
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC	Jimmy S. H. Lee
MESA LABORATORIES INC	Luke R. Schmieder
MET-PRO CORP	Raymond J. De Hont
MEXCO ENERGY CORPORATION	Nicholas C. Taylor
MGE ENERGY INC	Gary J. Wolter
MILLER INDUSTRIES INC	Jeffrey I. Badgley
MILLER INDUSTRIES INC	William G. Miller
NATIONAL RESEARCH CORP	Michael D. Hays
NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INT	Mark A. LeDoux
NEW DRAGON ASIA CORP	Li Xia Wang
NEW ULM TELECOM	Bill Otis
NICHOLAS FINANCIAL INC	Peter L. Vosotas
NISOURCE INC	Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.
NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITI	George H. Bernstein
NORTECH SYSTEMS INC	Michael J. Degen
NORTHWEST PIPE CO	Brian W. Dunham
NVE CORP	Dr. Daniel A. Baker, Ph.D.
NYER MEDICAL GROUP INC	Karen L. Wright
OCEAN BIO-CHEM INC	Peter G. Dornau
OMNICELL INC	Randall A. Lipps
OURPET'S COMPANY	Dr. Steven Tsengas, Ph.D.
OYO GEOSPACE CORP	Gary D. Owens
PAM TRANSPORTATION SVCS	Robert W. Weaver
PATRICK INDUSTRIES INC	Paul E. Hassler
PHC INC A	Bruce A. Shear
POPE RESOURCES UDR L.P.	David L. Nunes
POZEN INCORPORATED	Dr. John R. Plachetka, Pharm.D.
PSYCHEMEDICS CORP	Raymond C. Kubacki, Jr.
QUIXOTE CORP	Leslie J. Jezuit
RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC	Ronald M. Moquist
REPLIGEN CORP	Dr. Walter C. Herlihy, Ph.D.
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC	Susan M. Ivey
RGC RESOURCES INC	John B. Williamson, III
SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS GR	Ben T. Morris
SAUL CENTERS INC	B. Francis Saul, II
SCIENTIFIC INDUSTR.	Helena R. Santos, CPA
SEALED AIR CORP	William V. Hickey
SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY	Alfred P. West, Jr.
SENECA FOODS CORP CL A	Kraig H. Kayser
SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	Bruce C. Galton
SIMCLAR INC	Samuel J. Russell
SKYWEST INC	Jerry C. Atkin
SONO TEK CORP	Dr. Chistopher L. Coccio, Ph.D.
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP	Oscar Gonzalez Rocha
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO	Gary C. Kelly
STANDEX INTERNAT CORP	Roger L. Fix
STEINER LEISURE LTD	Leonard I. Fluxman
STERLING CONSTRUCTION CO	Patrick T. Manning
STRAYER EDUCATION INC	Robert S. Silberman
STUDENT LOAN CORP THE	Michael J. Reardon
SUN HYDRAULICS INC	Allen J. Carlson
SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY INC	Paul J. Schulte
SYNALLOY CORP	Ronald H. Braam
SYNTEL INC	Bharat Desai
TARRANT APPAREL GROUP	Gerard Guez
TASER INTERNATIONAL INC	Patrick W. Smith
TECHNE CORP	Thomas E. Oland
TGC INDUSTRIES INC	Wayne A. Whitener
THESTREET.COM INC	Thomas J. Clarke, Jr.
THOR INDUSTRIES INC	Wade F. B. Thompson
TRANS WORLD CORP	Rami S. Ramadan
TRANSCAT INC	Carl E. Sassano
TRANSCEND SERVICES INC	Larry G. Gerdes
TRANSNET CORP	Steven J. Wilk
TRIO-TECH INTERNAT	Siew Wai Yong
U.S. CELLULAR CORP	John E. Rooney
U.S. LIME & MINERALS INC	Timothy W. Byrne
UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC	R. Jeffrey Bailly, CPA
UNICO AMERICAN CORP	Erwin Cheldin
UNIFIRST CORP	Ronald D. Croatti
UNITIL CORP	Robert G. Schoenberger
UNIVERSAL CORP	Allen B. King
UNIVERSAL STAIN & ALLOY	Clarence M. McAninch
US HOME SYSTEMS INC	Murray H. Gross
UTG INCORPORATED	Jesse Thomas Correll
UTI WORLDWIDE INC	Roger I. MacFarlane
VALUE LINE INC	Jean Bernhard Buttner
VECTREN CORP	Niel C. Ellerbrook
VERSAR INC	Dr. Theodore M. Prociv, Ph.D.
WAKE FOREST BANCSHARES	Robert C. White
WASHINGTON POST CO	Donald E. Graham
WD-40 CO	Garry O. Ridge
WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC	John P. Mackey
WILLIAMS CONTROLS INC	Patrick W. Cavanagh
WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CP	Charles F. Willis, IV
WINMARK CORPORATION	John L. Morgan
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC	Robert Olson
WIPRO LTD ADS	Azim H. Premji
XEROX CORP	Anne M. Mulcahy
YORK WATER CO THE	Jeffrey S. Osman

Compensation data provided by Xignite, Inc.

IN THIS SECTION

	Altman Z-Score
	Best 100 Companies
	Best CEOs
	How Winners Are Determined
	Migration

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