MEDFORD, Ore. — Local business leaders were honored Thursday at the Medford-Jackson County Chamber’s ‘Excellence in Business Awards’.
It’s the year’s largest gathering of Southern Oregon’s brightest and most successful business leaders and people that have made a significant difference to the local community.
This year’s top honor, the First Citizen award, went to Dr. Brian Gross who spent thirty-five years as a cardiologist. During that time he helped develop a process that brought the death rate for certain heart attacks down.
“You can’t do this alone, this is an entire cardiac community. I happen to be getting the award tonight, but it takes — I want to receive it on behalf of all of them,” said Dr. Gross.
More recently, Dr. Gross helped to bring Pulse-Point to our area. That’s an app that alerts people trained in CPR to emergencies happening nearby.
This is the 99th year of the awards.
2018 Excellence in Business Awards |
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FIRST CITIZEN | Dr. Brian Gross, MD, FACC, FAHA | |
RETAILER OF THE YEAR | Walmart, Medford | |
MEMBER OF THE YEAR | David Wright | |
NEW MEMBER OF THE YEAR | Bobbio’s Pizza | |
OUTSTANDING CORPORATE CITIZEN | For-Profit | S+B James Construction |
Non-profit | Maslow Project | |
BUSINESS EXCELLENCE | Small | KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP |
Medium | Precision Electric | |
Large | People’s Bank of Commerce | |
COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD | Darcy Mann-Self, President, Pear Blossom Festival | |
RISING STAR AWARD | Damien Rennie, Sky Oak Financial |
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