Three Vistage Members Named as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2015 in the San Diego Region

San Diego, June 30, 2015 – Vistage Worldwide, a global organization that assembles and facilitates private advisory boards for CEOs, senior executives and business owners, is proud to announce that three Vistage members have been selected as winners of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 San Diego awards.

Member Mary Ann McGarry, CEO of Guild Mortgage, was selected as the winner in the Financial Services category. Rob Hayes, CEO and Founder, and Peter Botz, General Counsel of Triton Management Services & Two Jinn, received the award in the Business Re-imagined category.

In addition to the two winning companies, Lorne Polger, Co-founder of Pathfinder Partners, LLC, was selected as a finalist for the awards. Member Robert Moberg, CEO of ChiroTouch, was also selected as a semifinalist.

“We are proud to have so many member companies representing a variety of industries nominated for the Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young,” said Jason Bateman, Regional Executive for Vistage’s pacific region. “We would like to congratulate all of the nominees and thank them for their contributions to Vistage and the San Diego business community.”

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Each spring, the business community comes together to celebrate regional semifinalists, finalists and winners. These honorees not only create and build market-leading businesses, but also help take the standard of excellence to new heights, transform the face of industry, create jobs and contribute to the vibrancy of communities. The winning companies were selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a special gala on June 18, 2015.

About Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses. For more than 65 years, we’ve been helping CEOs, business owners and key executives solve their greatest challenges through confidential peer groups and one-to-one executive coaching sessions. Today, more than 45,000 members in 35 countries rely on Vistage to help make better decisions for their companies, families and communities. The results prove it: Vistage CEO members grew their annual revenue on average by 4.6% in 2020, while nonmembers with comparable small and midsize businesses saw revenue decrease by 4.7%, according to a study of Dun & Bradstreet data. Learn more at vistage.com.

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