The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) has awarded U-Pull-&-Pay, in Phoenix, with its Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award in recognition of its exemplary safety and health management systems. The company joins 27 other companies in Arizona with this distinction. “SHARP is a voluntary consultation program that awards … [More]
IASIS Healthcare Promotes Jacob Golich as Administrator of Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital
IASIS Healthcare recently promoted Jacob Golich to Administrator of Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, a leading community hospital that provides comprehensive healthcare services that include emergency care, orthopedics, advanced surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, maternity care, women's services, pain management and wound care in a caring atmosphere. In his new role, Golich … [More]
TopClassActions.com Chosen as One of the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100
Editors of the American Bar Association's ABA Journal have selected Phoenix-based TopClassActions.com as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal news audience. The ABA‘s Blawg 100 Hall of Fame features the very best law blogs, known for their untiring ability to craft high-quality, engaging posts, sometimes on a daily basis. TopClassActions.com leads the pack by posting … [More]
Phoenix Industrial Development Authority Elects 2015 Board Officers
The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, AZ (the “Phoenix IDA”), announces the election of officers for its 2015 board of directors. Tommy Espinoza will serve as president, with Christa Severns as vice president, Judy Bernas as treasurer and Sal Rivera as secretary. Serving a one-year term beginning in January, the officers will lead the nine-member board … [More]
Sojourner Center Appoints Dr. Robert L. Knechtel as COO
As Sojourner Center embarks on a five-year plan to strengthen and expand its safety net of domestic violence services, the organization has added a new chief operations officer, Robert L. Knechtel, J.D., M.D. Dr. Knechtel, a co-founder of three startup companies and holder of a medical degree, fortifies Sojourner Center's executive team for the years of growth ahead. Dr. … [More]
Magellan Health Receives 16 Marketing and Communications Awards
Magellan Health, Inc. has received 16 awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), Web Marketing Association, Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), and American Graphic Design and Advertising (AGDA) for its print and electronic communications. Magellan Health recently underwent a branding redesign, and these materials feature the new … [More]
Associa Arizona Gives $15K to Charity
Associa Arizona recently held a fundraiser at TopGolf Riverwalk in Scottsdale that brought in more than 100 participants and $15,000 for Associa Cares, benefiting families who’ve experienced a crisis at their home. “The 2014 Steve Johnson Memorial Fundraiser was a tremendous success thanks to our incredible business partners,” says President and CEO Paula Randolph, PCAM®. “It … [More]
Legislative Veteran Mike Huckins Appointed to Greater Phoenix Chamber Executive Team
The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce today announced the appointment of Mike Huckins as vice president of Public Affairs. Huckins will spearhead the Chamber’s lobbying efforts at the Capitol, oversee the Chamber’s public affairs and seven issue committees, as well as provide leadership for the Chamber’s internal public affairs team. “We are thrilled to welcome Mike to the … [More]
Cox Business Wins Technology Leadership Award for Mesa Public School District Implementation
Cox Business recently won the Best Application of the Year from the Metro Ethernet Forum, a global alliance comprising more than 220 organizations – including telecommunications service providers, cable companies and others – for the company’sMesa (AZ) Public School District implementation. Ethernet is the preferred data networking technology among businesses and non-profit … [More]
North Scottsdale AmSpirit Business Connections Chapter Sponsors a Wounded Warrior
The North Scottsdale Business Connections Chapter of AmSpirit Business Connections chose to adopt a family this year and we looked to the USO to see if they knew of someone in need. Tara Mogan the director of the USO provided us with Corporal Yancy Green. Green, a Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan,is part of the Wounded Warrior Project. On Wednesday, November … [More]
Lovitt & Touché Appoints Robinson as Sales Exec to Grow Employee Benefits, Healthcare Insurance Sectors
Lovitt & Touché, an Arizona-based insurance brokerage and benefits solutions provider, has hired Jackie Robinson as a sales executive specializing in property/casualty risks and employee benefits within the human services and healthcare industries. She is based at the company’s Tempe office. Robinson has more than 16 years of experience in the insurance industry, most … [More]
Indulgent Confections Partners With Volunteering Platform, GoVoluntr, To Reward Kindness In The Community
Indulgent Confections, a wholesome line of delicious, artesian confections, is pleased to join forces with GoVoluntr, a social network that connects volunteers, nonprofits and businesses together into an engaging community of "Do Goodrs." GoVoluntr partners with business of all types and sizes to reward the act of volunteerism. The program incentivizes and rewards Do Goodrs … [More]
BeyondTrust Hires Kevin Gallagher to Serve as Vice President of Strategic Alliances
BeyondTrust®, the security industry’s only provider of context-aware solutions for privilege and vulnerability management, has announced Kevin Gallagher has joined BeyondTrust as vice president of Strategic Alliances. In his role, Gallagher will be responsible for creating and accelerating routes to market for BeyondTrust products and solutions. This will encompass strategic, … [More]
Telesphere Wins a 2015 CIO Impact Award in Enterprise Architecture
Telesphere, the leading provider of nationwide Unified Communications as a Service for businesses, has been named a winner by Frost & Sullivan in its annual 2015 CIO Impact Awards. Earlier today, Frost & Sullivan announced 44 world-class companies as winners of the 2015 CIO Impact Awards. The recipients are comprised of enterprise teams, individuals, and technology … [More]
Arizona Commerce Authority Announces Semifinalists in the Fall 2014 Arizona Innovation Challenge
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced 25 semifinalists in its Fall 2014 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), a bi-annual business plan competition awarding $3 million annually to talented entrepreneurs. Each year, the ACA awards – $1.5 million in the spring and $1.5 million in the fall – the most qualified, innovative startups and early-stage companies. … [More]
The Immigration Effect: Boom or Bust for Business
Immigration is often discussed in moral terms of right and wrong. Is it right to exclude children born and raised in the U.S. from an opportunity to live legally in America because their parents entered illegally? Isn’t it wrong to give people who broke the law by smuggling themselves into our country a path to legal work status and even citizenship? These may be points for … [More]
Senator Jeff Flake, United States Senator – Arizona
Immigration is a hot-button topic throughout our country, and policies impact many aspects of our lives. Whatever problems our country faces, we continue to be seen as the “land of opportunity,” attracting people for educational, business, political and personal reasons. The topic is especially compelling here because Arizona is a border state. Our focus in this December … [More]
No Legal Risk with Office Gambling? Don’t Bet on It
If part of your office culture includes friendly wagers for Fantasy Football, the Super Bowl, March Madness and Lottery office pools, you might want to quit while you’re ahead and put the kibosh on any gambling activities. That’s because, even though it is widely accepted and popular among employees, any wagering involving money and bets could run afoul of state law and open up … [More]
