About Brian Green

2016 Recipient

Brian Green is the Senior Vice President of North America Sales and Client Enterprise Solutions at Learning Tree International. He sits on the IES Executive Leadership Advisory Board and has been an IES member since 2013.

Brian is a highly-accomplished client engagement leader in the professional training, coaching and IT management/consulting […]

About Heather Combs

2019 Recipient

Heather Combs is the CEO of Straightline.

She sits on the IES Executive Leadership Advisory Board. She has been a speaker at the IES Women in Sales program and has been a corporate member since 2014.

She is known as a tenacious sales executive with proven performance in business unit management, product […]

About Thomas Ellis

2017 Recipient

Thomas Ellis is an in-demand sales trainer and coach.

He has a passion for helping sales professionals truly understand how to obtain success in sales and has demonstrated this in his interactions with hundreds of guests at IES programs nationwide.

His company, EWC Consultants, specializes in sales training and coaching, the goal […]

About Darrell Gehrt

2021 Recipient

Cvent Sales leader Darrell Gehrt has been an IES member since 2015 and serves on the IES Executive Council.

His professional career has been defined by taking on a series of entrepreneurial ventures that have grown rapidly.

His professional experiences range from starting as a commission-only sales rep, to co-founding a business […]