Awards – June 21, 2013

Carroll Beach, board chairman of Boulder-based Elevations Credit Union, received the Credit Union Times 2013 Trailblazer Volunteer of the Year for his vision of helping to guide Elevations and the credit union movement into new innovation and delivery of products and services. He received the award during the Credit Union National Association’s Governmental Affairs Conference held in Washington D.C. Beach received the award. Also, Eva Gaudio, senior vice president of Governmental and Student Relations for Elevations Credit Union was awarded the Legislative & Political Coordinator of the Year for Colorado by the Mountain West Credit Union Association. The award recognizes legislative and political coordinators, who embrace the passion and motivation to recruit, educate, communicate and mobilize credit union advocates.

Cynthia Dietrick received the Bebe Price Award for Community Service from Foothills United Way during its Live United 2013 celebration held at the University of Colorado-Boulder on June 5. The nonprofit organization also presented Spirit of the Community awards to Terry Benjamin, the Bridge House Resource Center and CableLabs.

David Barrett, owner of Barrett Studio Architects in Boulder, was inducted into the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows on June 21. The college recognizes architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society, and achieved a standard of excellence in the profession locally and nationally.

Joe Romano, owner of eight Domino’s Pizza stores in and around Boulder and Douglass counties and co-owner of 35 Domino’s Pizza stores in Dallas and surrounding areas, was awarded the International Franchise Association’s Gold Franny Award for operational excellence. The award will be celebrated at an upcoming Domino’s Pizza awards ceremony in London. The awards are based on operational audit scores, community involvement, store safety and security, and team member morale.

Capital Business Systems office in Westminster, which serves Boulder and Broomfield counties, received an Outstanding Partner Award from Canon USA. Capital Business Systems is an independent dealer servicing Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, and is one of Canon’s top 30 dealers, ranking in the top 5 percent of more than 600 dealers in the US. with 47 percent growth in 2012.

Boulder-based JNBridge LLC was named to the 2013 SD Times 100 in the “APIs, Libraries and Frameworks” category. SD Times names companies and organizations of all sizes who have demonstrated leadership and innovation that contribute to the advancement of the software development industry over the past calendar year.

The Boulder Chamber recognized five women leaders with awards for addressing business or community needs. Lenna Kotke, executive director of Via Mobility for Life was one of the five who received a 2013 Women Who Light the Community award. Via is a nonprofit transportation group that helps seniors and other residents live more independently by giving them rides to places where they need to go. Also receiving awards were Diana Sherry, creator of the Boulder Public Library’s BoulderReads! Program, which promotes literacy and helps people discover the power and joy of reading; Sue Coffee, founding artistic director of Sound Circle, a women’s a cappella ensemble and the Resonance Women’s Chorus; Julie Colwell, co-founder of the Boulder Center for Conscious Community, a nonprofit group that helps people discover their authentic selves; and Paula Dupre Pesmen, executive director of There With Care, a nonprofit group that helps families with children facing critical illness.

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