Most Admired Companies of 2023: Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona

50 companies have risen from the constantly evolving and ever-challenging business environment to earn the right to call themselves Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2023, including Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona.

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“Most Admired Companies is the most comprehensive and prestigious annual corporate awards program in Arizona,” says Amy Lindsey, publisher of AZ Big Media, which publishes Az Business magazine and co-founded the Most Admired Companies program with the team from BestCompaniesAZ. “To be called a Most Admired Company, a business must demonstrate excellence in its leadership; corporate culture; innovation; customer relations; community engagement; and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and programs.”

Arizona’s Most Admired Companies will be recognized at a celebration dinner on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix. For sponsorship information, email Amy.Lindsey@azbigmedia.com. For information about the event honoring Arizona’s Most Admired Companies, email Lynette.Carrington@azbigmedia.com or click here. To buy tickets, click here.

Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona

Top Arizona executive: Jason Barlow, president and CEO

What it does: Housing nonprofit for families in need

Admirable trait: Employee surveys demonstrate that overall employee engagement is at an impressive 95%, leadership is rated at 93% and corporate culture and communications, 90%. Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona has built more than 1,200 homes, contributed more than 3,800 repairs and improved homes for more than 5,000 Arizona families.

Innovation: Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona recently built its first 3D-printed home in Tempe. This innovative approach to home construction not only ensures affordability but also speed and energy efficiency as well. The use of 3D printing technology in constructing homes presents a promising solution to the problem of affordable housing and Habitat hopes to dramatically reduce housing costs while using fewer resources.