2024 Award Winners
Public Sector Partner of the Year
Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of Government Contracting and Business Development U.S. Small Business Administration Presented by PilieroMazza PLLC
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Business Advocate of the Year
Vice President and Regional Counsel - Mid-Atlantic States Market
Kaiser Permanente Presented by Holy Cross Health
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Innovator of the Year
Presented by The Universities at Shady Grove
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Visionary Award
Presented by Kaiser Permanente
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Legislator of the Year
Councilmember At-Large
Montgomery County Council Presented by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
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Public Safety Leadership Award
Chief of Police
Montgomery County Department of Police Presented by Motorola Solutions
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Chair's Award
Lowell Yoder
Presented by Board Chair Erin Allen
AWARD SPONSORS
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GENERAL RECEPTION SPONSOR
WELCOME TOAST SPONSOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECEPTION SPONSOR
MEDIA SPONSOR
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GENERAL RECEPTION BEVERAGE SPONSOR
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PLATINUM SPONSORS
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GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
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AT&T
Berry Solutions Group Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Boland Cordia Resources GRF CPAs & Advisors Interfaith Works |
Miles & Stockbridge
Montgomery College The National Children's Center Purple Line Transit Partners Rodgers Consulting, Inc. Visit Montgomery WorkSource Montgomery |
2024 GUEST LIST
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A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC (APRA)
Adventist HealthCare Agentis Air AstraZeneca AT&T Berry Solutions Group Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Boland Brontide, LLC CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Chesapeake Public Strategies Children's National Hospital CohnReznick LLP Contemporaries, Inc. Cordia Resources Covanta Crown Castle International EagleBank Edsol Communications LLC Federal Realty Investment Trust Fitzgerald Auto Mall FOODCO USA Foundation Digital Media Friends of Patients at the NIH Gilbane Building Company GRF CPAs & Advisors Holy Cross Health HUGHES, An EchoStar Company IG Services Information Systems Solutions, Inc. Interfaith Works ITegrity Inc. Junior Achievement of Greater Washington Kaiser Permanente Lantian Development Lee Development Group (LDG Inc.) Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. Lockheed Martin Corporation M&T Bank Madison Services Group, Inc. Marriott International, Inc. |
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC) MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Miles & Stockbridge Montgomery College Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) Motorola Solutions The National Children's Center Pathology Assist-Temp, Inc. Pepco, an Exelon Company PilieroMazza PLLC PNC Bank Pn Automation, Inc. Precise Software Solutions Purple Line Transit Partners Red Coats, Inc./Admiral Security/Datawatch Systems Roberts Oxygen Company Rodgers Consulting, Inc. Rose Li & Associates Sandy Spring Bank Shapiro & Duncan, Inc. Sodexo, Inc. Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. Streamline Management, LLC Suburban Hospital T and T Consulting Services, Inc. TD Bank The Universities at Shady Grove Top Notch Kleaning Total Wine & More United Therapeutics Corporation United Solutions, LLC U.S. Pharmacopeia Visit Montgomery Washington Adventist University Washington Gas, A WGL Company Westat The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company WorkSource Montgomery WSSC Water |
2024 Annual Awards Selection Committee
COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Erin Allen
President
Contemporaries, Inc.
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Secretary
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. William N. Wiechmann Vice President and Regional Counsel: Mid-Atlantic States Region |
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Immediate Past Chair of the Board
Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Suburban Hospital Leslie Ford Weber Director, Government & Community Affairs, Montgomery County, and Federal Strategy |
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Economic Development Committee Chair
The Universities at Shady Grove Dr. Anne Khademian Executive Director |
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Award Criteria and Past Award Winners
Visionary Award
This award recognizes an individual or organization for its innovation and tremendous contributions to the County and beyond.
- Total Wine & More, 2023
- The Children's Inn at NIH, 2022
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2021
- Paul J. Wiedefeld (WMATA), 2019
- Wallace D. Loh (President, University of Maryland College Park), 2018
- Martine Rothblatt (Chairman and Chief Executive, United Therapeutics), 2017
- Bell Nursery USA, 2016
- NOAA, 2015
- Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, 2013
- Clifford "Cliff" Kendall (Chairman, VSE Corporation), 2012
- Dr. Stewart Edelstein, 2011
- NIST, 2010
- Dr. James Whang, 2009
Legislator of the Year
This award recognizes a legislator who exemplifies the ideals of the Chamber - a passion for innovative ideas, a commitment to economic growth and prosperity, and a dedication to our community.
- The Honorable Lily Qi (Maryland House of Delegates), 2023
- The Honorable Jamie Raskin (United States House of Representatives), 2022
- The Honorable Andrew Friedson (Montgomery County Council), 2021
- The Honorable Ben Cardin (United States Senate), 2019
- The Honorable Brian J. Feldman and The Honorable Marc A. Korman (Maryland General Assembly), 2018
- The Honorable Anne Kaiser (Maryland General Assembly), 2017
- The Honorable Nancy Floreen (President, Montgomery County Council), 2016
- Senator Ben Cardin (United States Senate), 2015
- Senator Nancy King (Maryland Senate), 2014
- Congressman Chris Van Hollen (United States House of Representatives), 2013
- Congressman Chris Van Hollen (United States House of Representatives), 2009
- Maryland State Delegate Brian Feldman (Maryland General Assembly), 2008
- Council Member Mike Knapp (Montgomery County Council), 2006
Public Sector Partner of the Year
This award recognizes an individual or organization that works in partnership with the Chamber to propel our mission forward.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2023
- Bibi Hidalgo (Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration), 2022
- Ash Shetty (Director, Montgomery County Office of Procurement), 2021
- Montgomery County Public Schools, 2019
- Maryland Department of Commerce, 2018
- Montgomery College, 2017
- National Institutes of Health, 2016
- Tracey Pinson (Office of Small Business Programs, United States Army), 2014
- U.S. Small Business Administration, 2013
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012
- U.S. NRC, 2011
- Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, 2010
Business Advocate of the Year
This award recognizes the significant impact of an individual's advocacy efforts to advance the Chamber's legislative goals.
- William N. Wiechmann (Kaiser Permanente), 2024
- Bob Elliott (Lantian Development), 2023
- Sophia Tong (CEO, T and T Consulting Services, Inc.), 2022
- Kelly Groff (President and CEO, Visit Montgomery), 2021
- Julie Verratti, 2019
- Bruce H. Lee, 2018
- Norm Augustine, 2017
- Lawrence Duncan III, 2016
- Tom McElroy, 2015
- Clark Kendall, 2014
Innovator of the Year
This award is presented to an individual or company in Metro Maryland that is a pioneer, introducing new products, business practices, and/or services to the marketplace.
- David Nguyen (United Solutions), 2023
Chair's Award
- Gigi Godwin and Barbara Ashe, 2023
- Gus Bauman and Angela Prentice, 2022
- Leslie Ford Weber and Bruce Lee, 2021
- Pam Mazza, 2019
- Stew Edelstein, 2018
- David Nyugen, 2017
- Leslie Ford Weber, 2016
- Steve Robins, 2015
