shares in 2011, when he increased his stake in the company to 8.1% of Class A shares, and again in 2015, when he exercised stock options—acquired as part of a repayment plan on the 2009 loan—to purchase 15.9million Class A shares, making him the largest shareholder. As of March 7, 2016, Slim owned 17.4% of the company's Class A shares, according to annual filings submitted by the company. While Slim is the largest shareholder in the company, his investment only allows him to vote for Class A directors, a third of the company's board. Board of directors A. G. Sulzberger, chairman of the New York Times Company and publisher of the New York Times Aman Bhutani, CEO of GoDaddy Manuel Bronstein, CPO of Roblox Beth Brooke, former global vice chair of public policy for Ernst & Young Rachel Glaser, CFO of Etsy Arthur Golden, bestselling author Hays Golden, former AIG executive Meredith Kopit Levien, CEO of the New York Times Company Brian McAndrews, former chairman and CEO of Pandora Media David Perpich, former president of Wirecutter John W. Rogers Jr., founder of Ariel Investments Doreen Tobin, former CFO of Verizon Rebecca Van Dyck, CMO of Reality Labs Community awards The company sponsors a series of national and local awards designed to highlight the achievements of individuals and organizations in different realms. In 2007, it inaugurated its first Nonprofit Excellence Award, awarded to four organizations "for the excellence of their management practices". Only nonprofits in New York City, Long Island, or Westchester were eligible. Jointly with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, the New York Times Company sponsors an award to honor librarians "for service to their communities". The I Love My Librarian! award was given to ten recipients in December 2008, and presented by the New York Times Company president and CEO Janet L. Robinson, Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian, and Jim Rettig, president of the American Library Association. The award has been given to ten exceptional librarians annually since that date. In May 2009, the company launched The New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award to honor an American playwright who had recently had his or her professional debut in New York. The first winner was Tarell Alvin McCraney for his play "The Brothers Size". In 2010, Dan LeFranc won for his play "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake". See also List of companies based in