Business Excellence Awards
Each year the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce recognizes outstanding individuals, businesses, and organizations with the Business Excellence Awards. Award recipients represent the best of who we are as business and community leaders.
Awards will be given in one or more of the following categories: Business of the Year, Community Service, Corporate Ally, Emerging Leader, Member Service, and Supplier Diversity Champion.
Click on the button below to complete the online Awards Nomination Form.
Nomination deadline is Wednesday, February 15, 2017.
2015
Business of the Year
Fantastic Moves
&
AIDS Arms, Inc.
Extra Mile*
Community Service
David Mack Henderson
Fairness Fort Worth
&
Kimberly Kantor
Rainbow Roundup
Corporate Ally
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Member Service
Marsha Thomas
TNT Promotions
Supplier Diversity Champion
David Gifford Robinson
Brinker International
Emerging Leader
Jaime Duggan
Duggan Law Firm
2014
Business of the Year
Liberty Burger
Extra Mile*
Community Service
Pride Pharmacy
Corporate Ally
Haynes & Boone, LLP
Member Service
Michael Henshaw
TravelOUT
Supplier Diversity Champion
Robin Pulford
American Airlines
Emerging Leader
Christopher Gorrie
Fort Worth Police Department
Community Impact
ilume Management Services
Chairman's Award
Tony Vedda
North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce
President & CEO
2013
Business of the Year
Hunky's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
Caven Enterprises
Corporate Ally
Wells Fargo
Member Service
Gib Murray
Raytheon
Supplier Diversity Champion
Tim & Thom DeWitt
OBOX Solutions
Emerging Leader
Pam Bowers, PhD
Fort Worth Police Department
Chairman's Award
Justin Williams
Capital Title of Texas Uptown
2012
Business of the Year
Law Office of Rob Wiley, PC
Community Service
Cooper Smith Koch
Corporate Ally
Southwest Airlines
Member Service
Jeremy Bradford
American Cancer Society
Supplier Diversity Champion
Nancy Minchillo
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Emerging Leader
Kristopher Parker
Chairman's Award
Marsha Thomas
TNT Promotions
2011
Business of the Year
UPS Store Highland Park
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
Hon. Chris Luna
Corporate Ally
AT&T
Member Service
Debbie Hoff
Raytheon (Retired)
Emerging Leader
Travis Gaspar
Business Person of the Year
Dr. Kevin Terrell
Kevin Terrell, DDS
Chairman's Award
John Ambler
Headington Companies
2010
Business of the Year
Fashion Optical
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
ilume Management Services
Corporate Ally
Raytheon
Member Service
ilume Management Services
Emerging Leader
Justin Williams
Uptown Capital Title
Business Person of the Year
Bob McCraine
Texas Pride Realty
Chairman's Award
Jamie Sloan
2009
Business of the Year
Crain & Craig, LLC
Extra Mile*
Community Service
Hon. Joel Burns
Fort Worth City Council
Corporate Ally
Texas Instruments
Member Service
David Wickham
Warwick Melrose Hotel
Emerging Leader
Matt Burckhalter
Business Person of the Year
Rebecca Covell
Covell, PC
Chairman's Award
Candy Marcum
Stonewall Behavioral Health
2008
Business of the Year
FASTSIGNS Irving/Las Colinas
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
Gina Menicucci &
Susan Amick
Corporate Ally
Hewlett Packard
Member Service
Thom Dance
UPS Store on Cedar Springs
Emerging Leader
Brandon Dowdy
Business Person of the Year
Christopher Watts
The Petropolitian
Chairman's Award
Jeff Youngblood & Cory Merchant
FASTSIGNS Irving/Las Colinas
2007
Business of the Year
UPS Store on Cedar Springs
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
Youth First Texas
Corporate Ally
Brinker International
Member Service
Texas Instruments
Business Person of the Year
Lorie L. Burch
Law Office of Lorie L. Burch, PC
Chairman's Award
Amy Moreland
Southwest Office Systems
2006
Business of the Year
Dallas Tavern Guild
ExtrAA Mile*
Community Service
Michael Doughman
Dallas Tavern Guild
Corporate Ally
American Airlines
Member Service
Tony Vedda
Chairman's Award
Teresa Cain
Mills & Williams, PC
* Sponsored by American Airlines