Magazine Hot List 2009: Executive of the Year, MaryAnn Bekkedahl

At Rodale Inc., a tranquil company where employees gather for 5 o’clock on-site yoga classes and even the office coffee beans are sustainably sourced, MaryAnn Bekkedahl has been something of a noisemaker. At an international sales meeting she ran while heading up Men’s Health’s international business, for example, Bekkedahl organized a soccer tournament that ended with several Americans on the injury list, to the horror of longtime company steward Ardie Rodale. In other years, Bekkedahl’s meetings ended with boozy pool parties and, once, a dance contest that got so rowdy that the resort got complaints from other guests.

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