A capacity crowd honored Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2022 at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.
“With the pandemic and inflation, Arizona businesses are coming off the most challenging year in history,” said AZ Big Media Editor in Chief Michael Gossie, who co-hosted the event with Danielle Williams. “Last year’s Most Admired Companies Awards became the first celebration in history where our hands consumed more alcohol than our mouths.”
But through all the challenges, 50 companies rose from the adversity of past couple years and earned the right to call themselves Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2022.
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AZ Business magazine and BestCompaniesAZ team up to present the Most Admired Companies program each year and the primary goal it to find and recognize those organizations that excel in these six key areas:
• Customer opinion
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Innovation
• Leadership excellence
• Social responsibility
• Workplace culture
Premier sponsors of Arizona’s Most Admired Companies are Paragon IT Professionals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Spotlight Award sponsors are WaFd Bank and BMO.
Spotlight award winners
Besides honoring all 50 Most Admired Companies of 2022, six spotlight awards were presented to companies who excelled in the key areas:
Spotlight Award for Excellence in Innovation: Health Information Management Systems (HIMS)
Spotlight award for Excellence in Customer Opinion: FirstBank
Spotlight award for Excellence in Workplace Culture: Axon
Spotlight award for Excellence in Social Responsibility: Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest
Spotlight Award for Excellence in Leadership: Barry Chasse and CHASSE Building Team
Publisher’s Award for Excellence in the Pillars of Most Admired Companies: Arizona Diamondbacks
“I am proud that our continued commitment and investment in people and culture is being acknowledged and celebrated and want to thank AZ Big Media for this award,” said Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall. “I look forward to continuing to build and improve on an incredible foundation that has been laid by this organization during our 25-year history here in the Valley.”
Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2022
Accenture
American Express
Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Blue Yonder
CBIZ
CBRE
CHASSE Building Team
Canyon State Electric
Charles Schwab
CopperPoint Insurance Companies
Cresa
DP Electric Inc.
Desert Financial Credit Union
Equity Methods
Farmers Insurance
Fennemore
Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold
Gallagher & Kennedy
GoDaddy
Greenberg Traurig
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona
Health Information Management Systems (HiMS)
Homeowners Financial Group USA
JE Dunn
KUBRA
LAVIDGE
Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company
Microchip Technology
Mortenson
OneAZ Credit Union
Quarles & Brady
Spear Education
Sundt Construction
Terros Health
Voya Financial
