A huge crowd filled JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Thursday night as Az Business magazine and BestCompaniesAZ honored the Most Admired Companies (MAC) of 2019.
“Our primary goal in developing the MAC program 10 years ago was to find and recognize those companies that set a standard of excellence that other businesses should aspire to achieve,” said Josh Schimmels, publisher of AZ Big Media, which produces Az Business magazine and eight other Arizona-based publications. “We built the program to recognize those companies that have the biggest impact on the economy, on their employees and on the communities in which they do business. Arizona is filled with great servant leaders, innovators, and forward-thinkers. This year’s MAC recipients embody those qualities.”
Title sponsors for the Most Admired Companies Awards were WaFd Bank Arizona and BestCompaniesAZ. Premier sponsors were Blue Cross Blue Shield, Charles Schwab and Mobile Mini. Signature sponsors were Arizona Diamondbacks, Cancer Treatment Centers of American Phoenix, CopperPoint Insurance Companies, DP Electric, DPR Construction, Duffy Group, FirstBank, GymPass, Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, Intel Corporation, National Bank of Arizona, PipelineAZ, Salt River Project, Spear Education, The Statesman Group, Troon, UnitedHealthcare, USAA, Vitalant, and Westroc Hospitality.
In addition to recognizing the 40 companies that earned recognition as Arizona’s Most Admired Companies and in honor of the program’s 10th anniversary, 10 companies earned spotlight awards for exceptional achievement in each of the five pillars of the MAC program: Workplace culture, social responsibility, customer opinion, innovation, and leadership excellence.
Here are photos from the event. Double-click on the slide show to see the images at full size.
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The Spotlight Award winners:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Charles Schwab
Cresa
GoDaddy
Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company
Quarles & Brady
Sundt Construction
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
UnitedHealthcare
Washington Federal Bank
The Most Admired Companies of 2019
American Express
Arizona Diamondbacks
Assisted Living Locators
Axon
CBRE
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)
Charles Schwab
Chasse Building Team
CopperPoint Insurance Companies
Cresa
DP Electric Inc.
DPR Construction
Duffy Group
Farmers Insurance
FirstBank
Gallagher & Kennedy
GoDaddy
Greenberg Traurig
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino
Homeowners Financial Group
Intel Corporation
JDA Software
JE Dunn Construction
JLL
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
Kitchell
LAVIDGE
Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency
Make-A-Wish America
Microchip Technology
Mobile Mini
Mortenson
National Bank of Arizona
OneAZ Credit Union
Quarles & Brady
Salt River Project
Sonora Quest
Spear Education
Sundt Construction
The CORE Institute
The Statesman Group
Troon
UMB Bank
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
UnitedHealthcare
Vanguard
Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems)
Washington Federal Bank
Westroc Hospitality (Hotel Valley Ho, Mountain Shadows, Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain)
