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 Northern Trust.


LEARN MORE: Here are Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2023


“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.

Northern Trust

Top Arizona executive: Michael O’Grady, chairman and CEO

What it does: Financial services

Workplace culture: Most recently, Northern Trust Pride Business Resource Council hosted an event to show support against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. And, Northern Trust’s Asian Leadership Business Resource Council is an annual participant in the Tempe Dragon Boat Races. The company also has an Employee Engagement Team, responsible for cultivating the Tempe office’s culture and enabling opportunities to host events for the Super Bowl, the Golf Open, Halloween and more. 

Innovation: Northern Trust’s Achieve Greater Together program has been at the forefront of many company events. This, coupled with the Business Resource Councils, are able to make a great presence within the Valley. Additionally, Northern Trust is home to the Quarter Century Club, which celebrates Partners’ 25-year tenure with the company. 

Most Admired Companies of 2023

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Achieve

Axis for Autism

Axon

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Burch & Cracchiolo

CHASSE Building Team

Canyon State Electric

Circle the City

Clayco

Colliers in Arizona

Copa Health

CopperPoint Insurance Companies

Corbins

Cresa

DP Electric

Desert Financial Credit Union

Fennemore

FirstBank of Arizona

Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold

Gila River Resorts & Casinos

Greenberg Traurig

Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona

Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino

Haydon Building Corp

JE Dunn Construction

KUBRA

LGE Design Build

Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company

Mark-Taylor Residential

Meritage Homes Corporation

Northern Trust

OneAZ Credit Union

P.B. Bell

Quarles

Qwick

RPG Brands

Salt River Project

StrataTech Education Group

Sunland Home Care

Suntec Concrete

Terracon Consultants

Terros Health

The James Agency

TriWest Healthcare Alliance

U-Haul International, Inc.

USAA

Valleywise Health

Voya Financial

WillScot Mobile Mini

Willmeng Construction