A crowd of nearly 400 packed the ballroom at the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia Thursday to honor Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2017.

“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,” said Cheryl Green, publisher of AZ Big Media. “Arizona is filled with great servant leaders, innovators and forward thinkers. This year’s MAC recipients embody those qualities.”