Thomas Cousino

Cousino's Navy Bistro in Toledo - Thomas Cousino, President and CEO.

Along with Kern, other judges selected are Jay Black Jr., Chief of Staff, City of Toledo; Thomas Cousino, President, Front Street Ventures; Tony Damon, CEO, SSOE, Inc.; Robert O. Edmister, Dean, College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University; Jan Skunda, Executive Vice President, Funk Luetke Skunda Marketing Inc.; and Matthew C. Townsend, President, OCP Contractors.

Tom Cousino, CEO, Front St. Ventures - Toledo, Ohio

Thomas E. Cousino, Front Street Ventures in Toledo.

Joining Mr. Smith in the honors from Ernst & Young LLP were James Aston, president of Ohio Concrete Sawing & Drilling Inc. of Sylvania; Roger Benz, president of Seneca Medical Inc. of Tiffin; Thomas Cousino, president and chief executive of Front Street Ventures of Toledo; Thomas Kiser, president and chief executive of Professional Supply Inc. of Fremont; Joseph Kunkle, strategic business unit manager for SSOE Inc. of Toledo; and Michael McAlear, president of Service Spring Corp. of Millbury.
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Mr. Cousino, who got his start in his father's restaurant business at 12, transformed the eastern banks of the Maumee River across from downtown Toledo with The Docks, a restaurant row.His company has six Cousino restaurants: Cousino's Steakhouse, the Navy Bistro, Tangos Mexican Cantina, Eileen's Wine Bar, Gumbos, and The Courtyard at the Navy.