Tualatin Area Chamber begins the New Year with the Excellence in Business Awards Banquet!
The past year was a very exciting and successful year for the Tualatin Area Chamber of Commerce. With the energy and commitment of myself, Ali, the Board of Directors, and thirty-three volunteers, all benefits and programs were successfully completed through the entire calendar. We held:
- 12 successful Business Advantage Breakfasts at Brix Tavern
- The Excellence in Business Awards Banquet last March
- 2 Key Leaders Breakfast’s at the Tualatin Country Club informing our businesses about the Economic Forecast and the Legislative Update
- 3 Seminars at Perlo Construction on business education classes
- The Tualatin Golf Classic Tournament
- The Titanium Trades & Manufacturing Forum in October
- A total of 53 local Networking events
- 5 ribbon cuttings
- The Multi-Chamber Pirate Networking event complete with pirate singers and costumes
- The “Shop Local Campaign” for the Holidays
- And published two separate Tualatin Area Chamber Magazine/Directories. Whew!
Now it’s again time for the Excellence in Business Awards Banquet and we are excited to be sending out the nominations for members to vote on who they would like to see receive the award for their work in 2025.
With so much activity all year we had even more members join and participate in the programs and so we have even more nominations than we have had before. Please join us for a lovely evening at the Tualatin Country Club to celebrate our business leaders. There will be an elegant buffet dinner and carving station, our event signature drink, a raffle and wine wall. Best of all, there will be celebrations with people in our business community that have worked so hard all year to excel. Please join us and don’t forget to vote this month when you receive your ballot!
The Nominated are:
Tualatin Business Leader of the Year: Bob McCall, Tualatin Country Club; Skip Stanaway, A& I Distributors; Nina Carlson, NW Natural; Kristin Bauer, Bank of the Pacific.
New Business of the Year: RECS (pickleball club), Artur Cafe, Shelly’s Sourdough Bread.
Volunteer of the Year: Jeff Hjelte, Berkshire Hathaway; Nicole Wong, Youth Creative Labs; Liz Gleim, Excursion Travel.
Spirit of Tualatin Individual: Terri Beardsley, Life Vantage; Sue Whitehead, Citizens Bank.
Spirit Of Tualatin Business: Margie Green, TTSD Foundation; Donna Capodacqua, Chrysalis Partners; Tamara Davis & Liz Tafel, Grocery Outlet.
TITANIUM Business LEADER of the Year: Scott Ness, Nortek; Brian Smith, Albina Co.
TITANIUM Manufacturer of the Year: LAM Research, Sesha Varadarajan, Senior VP and General Manager; Joseph Lu, Qpo Energy, Inc.; Scott Ness, Nortek.
TITANIUM Trades of the year: Kendall Ekerson, Columbia Roofing; Nick McClaugherty, Convergint; Anthony Scales, Milgard Windows.
TITANIUM Partner of the year: Mark Derbyshire, Landmark Ford Commercial Trucks; Mike Brown, On the Go Promotions; Sue Whitehead, Citizens Bank.
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Skip Stanaway ended his term as Chair of the Tualatin Area Chamber Board of Directors
