Sundt Construction, Inc., ranked No. 5 on Engineering News Record's (ENR) 2021 Top Southwest Contractors list. ENR, the construction industry's principal trade publication, generates its regional list based on the prior year's construction revenue. Sundt has consistently ranked in the top five of ENR Southwest's Top Contractors. Sundt reported over $654.72 million in … [More]
Center for the Future of Arizona Names 2021 Public Service Award Recipients
The Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) today announced the five outstanding recipients of the 2021 Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Awards. Non-elected public servants honored this year are: Deputy Chief of Staff for the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation Dr. Sophina Manheimer Calderon, Chief of Staff for the City Manager’s Office/Interim Public Works Director for the … [More]
The Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council Celebrates 100 Years of Scouting
The Boy Scouts of America’s Grand Canyon Council (GCC), an independent nonprofit organization chartered by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in Ariz., is celebrating an amazing milestone - 100 years of scouting! The organization has been supporting Scouts in Arizona since 1921. Three fun-filled Centennial Celebrations will be offered this year and are open to everyone, not … [More]
ZorroSign Named Blockchain SaaS Innovator of the Year at the UAE Business Awards 2021
Phoenix-based ZorroSign, Inc, a leader in digital signature technology and the global provider of ZorroSign DTM—a secure platform delivering digital signature and digital transaction management, has been named “Blockchain SaaS Innovator of the Year 2021” at the UAE Business Awards 2021. This awards program honors the businesses and individuals that innovate and have helped to … [More]
National AV Integrator Celebrates 30 Years of Audiovisual Innovation
CCS Presentation Systems, one of the largest integrators of audiovisual equipment in the U.S., turns 30 years old today. Beginning as a 2-person operation in 1991, CCS now has over 350 employees nationwide and annual revenue across the CCS group tops $160 million dollars. In 1991 John Godbout and his wife, Beth, decided after moving 9 times for John’s previous job with IBM, … [More]
Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Recognizes 121 Employers Statewide
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and Maricopa County Department of Public Health have honored 121 employers across the state for excellence in worksite wellness strategies. The seventh annual Healthy Arizona Worksites Program awards event, held virtually on Thursday, June 17, recognizes many of the hundreds of participating corporations, healthcare … [More]
Phoenix Children’s Ranked in all 10 Specialties By U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Children’s Hospitals’
For the fifth time, Phoenix Children’s Hospital has earned national rankings from U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” in 10 out of 10 ranked specialties. The health system is the only children’s hospital in Arizona ever to have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and one of only 22 children’s hospitals that received 10 out of 10 shields in the … [More]
Arizona Foundation for Women Graduates Inaugural SHE Leads!™ Class of 2021
Arizona Foundation for Women (AFW), a not-for-profit agency that advocates for women’s causes in Arizona, graduated 29 Arizona women from SHE Leads!™, a women’s-centric leadership program dedicated to advancing women in the workplace. Throughout the past six months, SHE Leads!™ participants raised over $68,000 for non-profits focused on helping Arizona women. The cohort is … [More]
Phoenix Children’s Homeless Youth Outreach Program Marks 20th Anniversary with New Crews’n Healthmobile
A new Crews’n Healthmobile will soon roll through the Valley to serve the city’s most vulnerable children. A mainstay of Phoenix Children’s Homeless Youth Outreach program, the new “doctor’s office on wheels” will deliver integrated medical and behavioral health services directly to youth experiencing homeless across greater Phoenix. The 38-foot Crews’n Healthmobile, one … [More]
BBB Announces Finalists for 2021 Torch Awards for Ethics
Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest (BBB) proudly announces 22 Greater Arizona companies as finalists for the 2021 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics. The event is sponsored by Desert Financial Credit Union and raises awareness in marketplace ethics and recognizes businesses that operate with the highest levels of integrity. BBB Torch Awards for Ethics is one of … [More]
Carvana Catapults onto the Fortune 500 List in Only Eight Years, One of the Fastest Rises to Date
Carvana, the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, today debuted on the Fortune 500® at no. 483; one of the fastest growing tech companies added to the prestigious list. Based on organic growth alone, only Amazon and Google made it to the Fortune 500 faster. Carvana is one of the youngest companies to make the 2021 Fortune 500 List, and its trajectory … [More]
12 News KPNX in Phoenix Wins 2021 Walter Cronkite Award for Exceptional Reporting on Systemic Racism
12 News, TEGNA Inc.’s NBC affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona, was honored today with a Walter Cronkite Award for reporting on systemic racism for “The Work is Hard and Not Done: Being Black in the Valley," which explores the Black experience and historical events in Arizona and includes interviews with mothers, faith leaders, neighbors, and 12 News anchors Caribe Devine, Rachel … [More]
Delta Dental of Arizona Earns Healthy Arizona Worksites Gold Award for Fifth Consecutive Year
For the fifth year in a row, Delta Dental of Arizona has earned the Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP) Gold Award for its implementation of evidence-based health initiatives to improve the well-being of their employees, employees’ families and communities. HAWP, a public health initiative developed through a partnership between the Arizona Department of Health Services … [More]
Valleywise Health Earns High Ratings from Moody’s and Fitch Credit Rating Agencies
Valleywise Health has received some of the highest ratings awarded by Moody’s Investment Services and Fitch, two national credit rating agencies, for its 2021 bond sale. Moody’s assigned an “Aa3” rating and Fitch a “AA-“ rating to the healthcare district’s general obligation bonds that were overwhelmingly approved by Maricopa County voters in 2014. Both agencies … [More]
Glendale Chamber Leader Selected for Leadership Diversity Program
Robert W. Heidt Jr., Glendale Chamber of Commerce, President & CEO, has been selected by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) to participate in a unique leadership development opportunity with nine other chamber of commerce professionals from communities throughout the United States. The Chamber Leadership Diversity Program is an immersive executive … [More]
Laura Slawny of 10 to 1 Public Relations Named to Inaugural Class of Global Leadership Academy for Emerging PR and Marketing Leaders
10 to 1 Public Relations, a strategic communications firm serving clients in varied industries such as healthcare, technology, transportation, finance, and more, has announced that Laura Slawny has been accepted into a leadership development program for emerging PR and marketing professionals in IPREX, a premier global communications network of independent, partner agencies … [More]
