Member Awards and Recognition – Spring 2008

Chad Coe, president, Coe Financial Group Inc.

Named an Outstanding Financial Advisor by Registered Rep magazine.

Michael Walmer, President & CEO, Electron Energy Corp.

Named Small Business Person of the Year Award from the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (He’s the third Vistage member in a row to receive the annual award.)

Bertin Rioux, CEO, Construction Goscobec

Awarded the Mercuriades Award in the Industrial and Processing Production.

Mark Hills, President, Hills Foods Ltd.

Inducted into the BC Restaurant Hall of Family in the Friend of the Industry category.

Kate Joslyn, President & CEO, Cognera Corp.

The only Alberta-based and 100 percent Canadian-owned vendor of 23 finalists selected in the Global Outsourcing Excellence Awards.

Brian Taber, President & CEO, Taber Company Inc.

Company named to Outside magazine’s “Best Places to Work,” ranking 6th in the small size category (15-49 employee group).

Rochester, N.Y., Vistage Chairs and members

Dedicated the “Vistage House” for the Rochester-based Flower City Habitat for Humanity sponsored by group members and Chairs. A new owner moved in this April.

Robert Sweeney, President, Sweeney Excavation Inc.

Named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list

Walter Fegley, president; Randy Andrus, director of preconstruction; Chris Heim, project director; Erik Kissner, director of field operations

Named 2007 General Contractor by American Subcontractors Association. The company also received the following recognition for its DiamondView Tower: Merit Award, Associated General Contractors Build San Diego Awards; Excellence in Construction Award, Associated Builders and Contractors, San Diego Chapter; Alonzo Award, Downtown San Diego Partnership; Best of ’07 Award, California Construction. Additional honors for the year include: Excellence in Construction Award for Santa Fe Summit; No. 29 in Fastest 100 Growing Private Companies  and among 50 Largest Private Companies by the San Diego Business Journal; 7th largest general contractor in San Diego, San Diego Daily Transcript; Among the Top 50 Green Constructors and Top 400 General Contractors, Engineering News Record; 8th largest general contractor in state office construction, California Construction; and Tilt-up Building Award, American Concrete Institute, San Diego Chapter.

Peter Van Cleve, Managing Partner, the law firm Bryan Cave L.L.P.

Made the list of “The Most Influential St. Louisans” in the St. Louis Business Journal

Judith E. Glaser, President & CEO, Benchmark Communications Inc.

Received Bronze Business Book Award in the leadership category at the AXIOM Business Book Awards for her book “Creating We: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy, Thriving Organization.” She also was named of of the Top 100 Thought Leaders on leadership, and her company was one of the top U.S. small- to midsized leadership firms, by Executive Excellence Magazine.

Jeff Kelly, CEO & Chairman, Hamill Manufacturing Co.

Featured in a Jan. 21, 2008 Reuters article on the U.S. labor pool

Dan Francis, Co-founder, EPIC

Company named the No. 1 Place to Work among the Top 25 Medium-Sized Companies in the Greater Bay Area, according to a San Francisco Business Times survey.

Stephen Smith, President & CEO, Strike Energy Services

Named on of Canada’s Best Managed Companies of 2007

Bob Meggy, President  & CEO, The Great Little Box Company

Named on of Canada’s Best Managed Companies of 2007

Dennis Goll, President & CEO, West Wind Aviation

Named on of Canada’s Best Managed Companies of 2007

Brian Taylor, President & CEO of Detechtion Technologies

Featured in January issue of New Technology Magazine

Joe P. Repovs, CEO & President, Samco Machinery Ltd.

Featured in the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business column.