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[Salt Lake City, UT] – November 17, 2009 –MonaVie (www.monavie.com), maker of the premier blend of the Brazilian acai berry and energy drink products, today announces that Dallin A. Larsen, MonaVie Founder, Chairman and CEO, was named the national winner of the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Emerging Category. See Press Release
Having worked at their mother Maxine’s catering company since before high school, brothers Jeff and Aaron Turner “went kicking and screaming away” from the family business when it came time to launch their own careers. See article
Patricia Richards approaches her position as the senior vice president and regional manager of the Private Bank at Wells Fargo as if she’s putting together a puzzle. “My job is to help clients identify what they want to accomplish and how to pull the pieces together to accomplish them,” she says. See article
In a special awards ceremony held at the Grand America Hotel on October 23, 2009, the MountainWest Capital Network announced its annual Utah 100 ranking of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. MonaVie Founders Dallin A. Larsen and Randy Larsen were honored with a crystal trophy on behalf of MonaVie, as the No. 1 fastest-growing company on the Utah 100 list and No. 3 in overall revenue.
“You’re the ones that are the engine driving the economy,” Utah Governor Gary Herbert told representatives from Utah’s top entrepreneurial companies. The annual program recognizes the 100 fastest growing Utah companies, the 15 Top Revenue Growth companies, and 12 Emerging Elite companies.
In an exclusive interview in the November Utah 100 edition of Utah CEO magazine, Dallin says that direct selling is coming of age. Pointing to Warren Buffet’s purchase of The Pampered Chef a few years ago Dallin said, “That was a turning point in direct selling. A lot of naysayers looked at that and said, ‘Wow, if perhaps the savviest investor in the world wants to invest in a direct selling company, then maybe there’s more to this as a business model.’”
Click here to view the official MWCN Utah 100 awards press release, or read a summary of the event in the Deseret News by clicking here.
Utah Business, Nov 2008
Best Company - Workers Compensation Fund
Best Company - Mountain America Credit Union
Salt Lake CVB Honored with Three Prestigious Awards
The Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau was recently awarded three prestigious industry awards: Corporate & Incentive Travel's 2008 Award of Excellence, Meeting News' Planners' Choice Award, and Meetings & Conventions' Gold Service Award-the 14th time the SLCVB has been honored with this award. Each award was voted on by the readers of the respective publications, meeting professionals responsible for booking hundreds of thousands of meetings and conventions nationwide.
Being recognized by the readers of any one of these esteemed industry publications is an honor. Receiving these three in a single year truly demonstrates the level of service Salt Lake and you, our hospitality partners, are committed to offering all incoming meeting and convention groups.
Service remains the cornerstone of the SLCVB, offering a truly superior level of customer and client satisfaction within the industry. Post-convention surveys consistently rate the Bureau's Services Department very high, receiving rave reviews from meeting planners.
"Salt Lake's convention services team deserves every award they've won-they are on top of everything throughout the entire meeting process," said Linda Hines, Convention Manager for the American Military Surgeons of the U.S. "Not only are they incredible helpful with all the logistical issues of producing a great event, they're also truly focused on increasing meeting attendance and have great attendance promotion programs ready to implement."
Cuisine Unlimited
July 2008 Utah Business Magazine Corporate Cuisine Awards
For the third year in a row, Cuisine Unlimited proves to be the company for Utah business catering. Known for creative presentation and unique catering concepts, Cuisine Unlimited is a true crowd pleaser. Whether planning a small, informal meeting or putting on an upscale business conference, Cuisine Unlimited’s seasoned staff and menu are poised to handle any event from start to finish.
Bard
When employees from Bard Electrophysiology delivered 650 pounds of food to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank on July 19th, Bard reached its goal of performing 100 Acts of Kindness in celebration of 100 years in business.
"We may have achieved the goal we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year, but at Bard, we’ve never been satisfied to simply meet expectations – we always strive to exceed them. And if we can perform 100 Acts of Kindness before the end of July, how many can we perform by the end of December?"
Read more about this milestone – and find out which locations tallied the most Acts so far – on www.bardinfocenter.com. In addition, we’ll continue to track the Acts of Kindness all year long on www.Bard100.com/kindness.
Thanks to their employees, Bard achieved their goal. With their help, Bard will exceed it – and they will improve many more lives in the process.
Snowbird Named 2007 Golden Eagle Award Winner
Citing its participation in the American Fork Pacific Mine reclamation project, the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) awarded Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort the 2007 Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence by a ski resort Sunday, May 6, 2007. The Golden Eagle award and seven Silver Eagle awards were presented at the NSAA National Convention and Tradeshow in Palm Springs, Calif.
"Snowbird is really proud to be a part of a project that has such a positive impact on aquatic wildlife and water quality," said Snowbird Owner Dick Bass.
In addition to the Golden Eagle award, Snowbird™s participation in the Pacific Mine reclamation project was recognized with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Achievement Award and the State of Utah’s 2007 Earth Day Award.
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Workers Compensation Fund
Peggy Larsen, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing was named one of the Thirty Women to Watch by "Utah Business Magazine" in their April 2007 edition. Larsen has over 35 years working in the insurance industry. As Senior VP of WCF, a billion-dollar fund providing workers compensation insurance to more than 28,000 businesses in the state, Larsen is the highest ranking female in Utah's insurance industry. Her impact on the community goes far beyond insurance. "If I can make a difference in a young person's life, help someone be all that they can be-that is true success."
Workers Comp Fund declares $20M dividend
The board of directors of the Salt Lake-based Workers Compensation Fund has declared a $20 million dividend that will be distributed in December.
It follows a $21.5 million dividend distributed in August.
The dividend will be distributed to a majority of WCF policyholders, each receiving roughly 8 percent of their earned premium attributable to the 12 months ended Sept. 30.
WCF said the second dividend for the year was a result of lower-than-anticipated claims expenses, primarily attributable to fewer catastrophic claims.
With the new dividend, WCF will have returned more than $251 million in dividends to policyholders since 1991.
Deseret News, December 1, 2006
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Smith's Food and Drug
Smith's is offering customers a convenient way during the holidays to help feed the hungry by adding a Gift of Giving bag to grocery orders, and the chain will deliver the donations to local food banks. The Gift of Giving program offers two items for purchase that are at or near cost. One option is a bag of 13 canned food items retailing at $11 for a cost of $7. The second option is a holiday turkey for $10. Other items are also available for donation. The program is available in all Smith's Stores through December 16. Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, November 14, 2006.
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Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
The first of its kind in North America, Snowbird’s new nearly 600-foot Peruvian Tunnel houses a conveyor lift that will transport skiers and riders from Peruvian Gulch into Mineral Basin. Located at the top of the new Peruvian Express high-speed quad, the 12-foot high, 10-foot wide tunnel provides a four-minute ride to intermediate terrain in Mineral Basin. The new tunnel and lift makes intermediate terrain more accessible to skiers and riders by eliminating many switchbacks and the steepest pitch of Chip’s Run. It also provides an efficient way to reach Hidden Peak without the use of the Tram.
Snowbird’s original Peruvian lift was removed in spring 2006 and replaced with a new high-speed quad, the Peruvian Express. While the base of the new lift remains near the original bottom terminal, the top station is located below the steepest Chip’s Run pitch, an approximately 2,400-vertical-foot rise. This 8,000-linear-foot lift transports 1,800 people per hour, providing an eight-minute ride. Should wind conditions prevent Tram operation, this lift will allow for continued skier access to Peruvian Gulch and Mineral Basin.
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Cuisine Unlimited, Inc
Featured in the 2006 “Utah Small Business Resource Guide” as one of Utah’s best small business success stories.
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MonaVie
Highlighted in the November issue of “Your Business at Home” Magazine. This publication is on sale Oct 15th through November 15th at Borders and Barnes & Noble. The entire issue is devoted to MonaVie and there is a free DVD included in each issue telling about the company.
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Hutchings Baird Curtis & Astill, PLLC
Dennis Astill was recently made the project manager and legal counsel for the redevelopment of the Geneva Steel site in Utah County. The site is a 1,750 acre parcel of land that used to comprise the Geneva Steel mill. It sits in a small town called Vineyard. In 10-15 years there will be as many as 40,000 residents in Vineyard as a result of this redevelopment project. The redevelopment will also include commercial-retail uses, offices and light industrial use. It is the largest project of its type in the entire United States other than some military bases that have been closed and are being redeveloped. It’s a very important project for the state and of course for Utah County.
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Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah
Regence has been heavily involved in the new Medicare Part D prescription program for seniors and continues to support their caring foundation for children.
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Wells Fargo Bank
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgraded Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to AA+, making Wells Fargo S&P’s highest credit-rated bank in the U.S. In 2003, Moody’s Investors Service rated Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. the United States’ only “AAA” bank, its highest credit-rating.
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