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2016 Business Excellence Awards CommitteeFrom left: back row — Jason Toner (Tourism Windsor Essex), Heather Mazzotta (Motor City Chrysler), Jonathan Roung (CIBC Imperial Service), Kelly Blais (Media Street Productions, show producer), Marlene Corey (TVCOGECO, exclusive broadcast sponsor) and Keith Chinnery (Bell Media radio stations AM800 & AM580, platinum sponsor); front row — Marianne Burke (Windsor- Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, director of events), Gisele Levas-seur, Shelby Colarossi (Windsor Essex Community Health Centre), Natalie Henderson (Canadian Auto Stores Ltd., chair), and Beverly Becker (Windsor Star, presenting sponsor). C O U RT E SY M I K E KOVA L I V, S NA P D

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Welcome to the 26th Annual Business Excellence Awards. Since 1991, the Business Excellence Awards has become the premier business event of the year, recog-nizing the achievements and con-tributions of business leaders in Windsor and Essex County.

Our over 250 past winners are testament to the achievement, entrepreneurial spirit, and the unwavering commitment to the economic growth of the Windsor-Essex business community.

Twelve awards are presented and award winners announced live at the Business Excellence Awards. This year a new award category will be presented, Pillars of our Com-munity. This award recognizes a registered not-for-profit organiza-

tion, philanthropic organization, or person that has made an out-standing contribution to the social, cultural or economic well-being of the Greater Windsor-Essex Area.

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The Finalists have so much to be proud of. You represent our area’s finest with commitment and dedi-cation you contribute to us all. You are the reason why we continue to be inspired and see a great future for years to come in our commu-nity. Congratulations!S E E I N S P I R AT I O N O N P G . H 4

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The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce extends its appreciation to all volunteers and providers who support the Busi-ness Excellence Awards.

Their contributions to this event are immeasurable.

2016 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD JUDGES

Marie Campagna – Hotel-Dieu Grace Health Care

Nancy Creighton –Ministry of Development, Employment & Infrastructure

Irfan Daya – RBC Royal Bank of Canada

Lee Anne Doyle – 1999 ATHE-NA Leadership Recipient

Kate Dunlop Tracey – City of Windsor

Jason Ilijanic – WFCUWally McNeilly – AONHayley Morgan – Big Brother

Big Sisters of Windsor EssexLorne Shantz – Web Geeks

Marketing Inc.Jason Toner – Tourism Wind-

sor Essex Pelee Island

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teers of TVCOGECO for the annual support and coverage of the Busi-ness Excellence Awards.

Programming and Community Relations Manager – Robert Scussolin

Producer/Director – Marlene Corey

Watch the Business Excellence Awards on TVCOGECO on Tuesday, May 3 at 9 p.m., Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m.

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Tonight’s awards would not be pos-sible without the generous support of our sponsors, judges, volunteers, and supporters. Without you, an event of this magnitude and caliber would not be possible. A special thank you to

tonight’s Presenting Sponsor, Wind-sor Star, and our Exclusive Broadcast Sponsor, TV Cogeco.

Once again, congratulations to all of the Finalists and Award win-ners. We dedicate this celebration to you and your commitment to business excellence in Windsor-

Essex. On behalf of the entire BEA Committee we want to thank you for continuing to make us proud!

Natalie Henderson Canadian Auto Stores Ltd.Chair, Windsor-Essex Regional Cham-ber of Commerce BEA Committee

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ATHENA AWARDThe ATHENA Award program cel-

ebrates the potential of all women as valued members and leaders of the community and recognizes their sup-porters. It honours individuals who strive toward the highest levels of pro-fessional accomplishment. Individu-als, who excel in their chosen field, have devoted time and energy to their com-munity in a meaningful way, and who open paths so that others may follow.

BELIEVE WINDSOR ESSEX AWARDThe Believe Windsor Essex Award

recognizes an individual or business that has demonstrated a significant and sustained commitment to posi-tive business development, econom-ic growth and diversity within our region. It is chosen by the Business Excellence Awards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEARAn owner or founder who formed at

least one venture, primarily respon-sible for the recent (last two years) performance of a privately held busi-ness that is at least three years old, who has made an outstanding con-

tribution to their local economy, and the entrepreneurial spirit. Nominees will demonstrate company growth including sales, profitability, growth prospects, risk taking, employment creation and acceptance in the mar-ket. They also show commitment to R&D and development of technologi-cal advances in its industry sector.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDRecognizes an Essex County busi-

ness that has enthusiastically and successfully embraced the global marketplace (including the U.S.) through physical expansion, world-wide sales and/or multi-national alliances. All sized businesses, domestic or foreign-owned, will be considered. Nominees will be selected based on these performance criteria over the last 3-5 years: Direct employment retained and created, Facilities created, Increased sales, and Leadership in the global arena.

PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITY AWARDThis award recognizes a regis-

tered not-for-profit organization, philanthropic organization, or per-son that has made an outstanding

contribution to the social, cultural or economic well-being of the Greater Windsor-Essex Area. This nominee positively impacted the community, and demonstrated best business practices. The business mission/objective/goals of the organization reflect a community need which has a clearly defined strategic plan.

PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEARAn individual professional, who

is self-employed or employed in a company or organization. The per-son has demonstrated excellence in his or her field of business in the recent past, and has demonstrated leadership and positively impacted the community. Examples include CEOs, lawyers, accountants, doctors, bankers, consultants, etc. Non-prof-it leaders are eligible for this award.

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEARRecognizes a standout young

professional/entrepreneur who is ‘on the rise’. Nominees, 30 years of age and under, will demonstrate a proven commitment to our commu-nity through outstanding scholar-ship and achievements and exem-plary leadership and community

involvement. The recipient must demonstrate innovative thinking, exemplary leadership qualities, commitment to making a difference, ability to engage and inspire others, and act as a positive role model to his/her peers and colleagues. The recipient will also demonstrate sig-nificant growth potential as a future leader in Windsor-Essex.

SMALL COMPANY OF YEAR (up to 25 FTE employees)MIDSIZE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (26-99 FTE employees)LARGE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (over 100 FTE employees)

Nominees will demonstrate strate-gic goals and how they accomplished them. They show success in company growth including sales, profitability, growth prospects, employment cre-ation and acceptance in the market. They will also illustrate their commit-ment to R&D, and the development of technological advances in the com-pany’s industry sector.

NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEARA new business or an owner /

manager of a business venture that is at least one year old but less than

three, or an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to their local economy, and the entrepre-neurial spirit. Nominees will dem-onstrate company growth including sales, profitability, growth prospects, employment creation and accep-tance in the market. They will show commitment to R&D and the devel-opment of technological advances in the company’s industry sector.

TOURISM & HOSPITALITY AWARDRecognizes a business that has

demonstrated excellence in the areas of hospitality and tourism, and has played a vital role in the growth of their sector. The business should demonstrate the critical suc-cess factors that have played a role in their success including employee relations, economic development/investment, business growth, and contributions to the community. This local business goes above and beyond providing extraordinary customer service and recognizes the importance of hospitality in the area as well as serving the commu-nity. Examples include wineries, restaurants, hotels, tourist attrac-tions and golf courses.

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Anticipating a packed house at Caesars Windsor, the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Com-merce Annual Business Excellence Awards is becoming one of the area’s “premiere business events,” according to Natalie Henderson.

The BEA chair is looking forward to the 26th annual gala on Wednesday, April 20. It will showcase the applause-worthy achievements of local organi-zations. “There are great nominees every year,” Henderson says.

A new award category, Pillars of Our Community, recognizes a registered not-for-profi t organiza-tion, philanthropic organization or person that has made an outstand-ing contribution to the social, cul-tural or economic well-being of the Greater Windsor-Essex Area. The nominee has positively impacted the community and demonstrated best business practices. The goals of their organization refl ect a com-

munity need, one with a clearly defi ned strategic plan.

“The Pillars of Our Community award takes the place of our inno-vation award. There are 12 awards again this year,” says Henderson. “This has been a long time coming for us. It’s the fi rst time a not-for-profi t can be eligible to win one of our awards; this category is the only one they can be nominated in.”

She adds that looking around Windsor-Essex, “there is a ton of not-for-profi t organizations that do so much for our community. We thought they should be recognized.”

An independent panel of judges has selected three fi nalists from a list of 27 nominees put forward by community members. A second panel, comprised of past winners and members of local businesses, will choose the winner from among United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County, the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County and Windsor-Essex Chil-

dren’s Aid Society. The judges’ fi nal pick will be

announced during the BEA’s din-ner and awards gala at Caesars Windsor. “It will be exciting for all,” Henderson says.

The BEA believes it is important to encourage not-for-profi t organiza-tions doing important work. “There is a lot of volunteer and donated time and e� ort that goes into these orga-nizations,” Henderson says. “It’s the behind-the-scenes work that we really want to shine a light on. Showing their excellence is what these awards are really all about.”

The three fi nalists for the award “are very well known and all have separate achievements that have positively impacted the commu-nity. This is a great way to feature their work,” Henderson says. “We’re hoping this will set the stage for even more nominees next year.”

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Winning the 2015 Small Com-pany of the Year award was a big deal for Jodi Mason and her team at Urban Home.

They are still feeling the positive vibrations of the thrilling gala event and the publicity the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Com-merce’s honour has generated.

Learning that Urban Home had been nominated for an award was a pleasant surprise for Mason,

Urban Home’s owner and princi-pal design consultant.

“I never did find out where that initiated,” she says.

Like other nominees, Mason was invited to tell the BEA judges about her business in a questionnaire, revealing the company’s origins, its growth and profitability, job creation and employee relations, customer satisfaction, service and measurable quality improvements, innovation, research and develop-ment, community and charitable

involvement, environmental responsibility and sustainability, and health and wellness.

The exercise of completing the questionnaire let Mason reflect on how far Urban Home has come. Established in 2003, she began by providing home staging services for real estate properties. Today, Urban Home is a luxury interior design studio with its own select furnishings boutique at 4409 Sem-inole St., Windsor.

Urban Home offers residential, commercial and hospitality design services and space planning, on-site consultations, material selections, product sourcing, accessorizing and personal shopping. The furni-ture boutique makes inspired, high quality pieces accessible to design clients as well as homeowners cre-ating their own interiors.

Appreciating how a person’s sur-roundings can influence how they feel and function in that space, Urban Home decided to offer a room makeover for one child who is chronically ill, disabled or dis-advantaged and may spend a lot of time in the bedroom.

The first annual Urban Angel Bedroom Makeover Event was held in 2013.

After consulting with the make-over recipient, the team transforms the space into a supportive, uplift-ing and special place. Staff commit their time, expertise, energy and enthusiasm and Urban Home cov-ers their costs.

Last year, approximately 40 companies were nominated for the BEA’s Small Company Award. The top three semi-finalists received recognition at the chamber’s 25th Anniversary Business Excellence Awards.

“To be a part of the top three was great!” Mason recalls.

Although Mason had been a judge for the ATHENA award some years ago, she was unprepared for the splendor of the silver anniver-sary event. “It felt like we were at the Oscars,” she says.

“The chamber made us all feel very special. Everybody was so

excited.” Videos of all the nominees were

played for the guests. Mason was impressed by the achievements of local organizations. When Urban Home was announced as the win-ner of the small business award, “it was awesome but really nerve-

wracking because my fellow nomi-nees and their businesses were so deserving.”

Says Mason: “When they called our name, it was really exhilarat-ing and emotional. I never experi-enced anything like that before.”S E E M A S O N O N P G . H 1 6

Jodi Mason is owner and principal design consultant of Urban Home, which won the Small Company of the Year award last year.

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Envisioning the best options for launching their careers back in 1983, Brian Schwab, John Savage and Stephen Savage determined Windsor-Essex was the place to be. They have continued to believe in their community, from the early years of establishing Cypher Sys-tems Group (CSG) to growing it to one of the region’s largest em-ployers and one of Canada’s most diverse technology companies.

CSG also has a strong social conscience, shown through the company’s support of many local community initiatives and global

humanitarian causes. Examining more than three

decades of CSG’s positive actions, the Business Excellence Awards Committee has recognized the company with the Believe Windsor Essex Award. The award honours a locally grown company that gives back to the community through business and philanthropy.

Describing themselves as “a tech-nology company that happens to sell insurance,” the CSG innovators and entrepreneurs originally identified a corporate niche and developed the proprietary technology to fill it.

The company broadened its reach throughout the 1990s, ex-

panding its businesses and es-tablishing itself as the dominant developer and supplier of point of sale technology in the Canadian in-surance industry. The medical in-surance business was soon added.

Since the early 2000s, CSG’s strategic product development has anticipated and kept pace with the needs of IT, medical as-sistance, health care management, publishing, entertainment and government. Working with some of Canada’s largest brands, CSG con-tinues to advance through techni-cal innovation, business expansion and enhanced customer service.

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CSG AT HOME IN WINDSOR-ESSEX

Cypher Systems Group owners (l-r) John Savage, Brian Schwab and Stephen Savage are winners of the Believe Windsor Essex Award. Since launching their careers in 1983, the trio saw Windsor-Essex as the place to be and have since given back to the community through business and philanthropy.

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Award, it gives us great pleasure to extend our sincerest congratulations to this year’s winner, WFCU Credit Union’s Insurance

Services partner, Cypher Systems Group.

We applaud the outstanding achievements of like-minded businesses, like Cypher Systems Group,

that have made their mark in their industry and this region. Congratulations to all the nominees and

recipients of this year’s Business Excellence Awards.

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Nick Ciarlariello

Born and raised in Windsor, Nick Ciarlariello is the Owner and President of Modern Moulding Inc.—a company that provides outstanding customer service and supplies stucco contractors with material and custom manufactured stucco mouldings. They also specialize in custom in-home interior designs such as fireplaces, crown mouldings, and other custom designs.

Since 1996, Modern Moulding has used its specialized, artistic design process to earn the respect and partnership of many con-tractors and homeowners. For most of the local stucco contractors, Modern Moulding is their go-to supply company for all of their stucco needs.

Modern Moulding is the premier choice for durable pre-coated foam mouldings and is a leading manufacturer of custom exterior

and interior trims, columns, cornices, caps and bases, mantels, arches, keystones, and any other custom creation the customer can dream of.

Ciarlariello was able to identify a niche market in pool copings and has spent the past few years perfecting the product. As a result, Modern Moulding has expanded to include manufacturing innovative pool coping kits and distributes them both locally and across North America

Ciarlariello has been instrumental in growing his key product line, DuRock Alfacing Ltd., in the Windsor market. When Ciarlari-ello first started his relationship with DuRock, the product was not very well-known in Windsor. Since the partnership, DuRock is now one of the most popular choices for stucco in the area. Ciarlariello believes he owes it all to carrying a good product and giving the customer what they want at all times.

Imad Najjar

Imad Najjar immigrated to Canada in 1992 with faith, dreams, and a vision.

Landing in Toronto he soon began paving his way. After his ar-rival in Canada Najjar soon moved to Windsor where he attended the University of Windsor and with little comprehension of the

English language, he completed a degree in political science.

Najjar sponsored his parents and brothers who joined him in Canada in 1998.

He started his first used car business in 2000. In 2002, after his brothers graduated from the University of Windsor, they started helping him on a part-time basis.

Najjar and his brothers expanded Rocky Motors from their first location at Howard and Eugenie to their current home at 975 Tecumseh Rd. E.

In 2007 an opportunity presented itself in downtown Windsor to open a restaurant. Najjar consulted with friends and profession-als and everybody told him the location he had in mind was a bad location and that downtown Windsor had become downtrodden. Yet Najjar stuck with his instinct. After months of renovations, Mazaar’s doors were open for business in August 2007.

Najjar plans to turn Mazaar into a chain restaurant and has already expanded with a second location in South Windsor in July 2015 and is currently scouting for yet another location in Windsor and/or possibly the Michigan area. Windsor and Essex County have been very supportive of Najjar’s businesses and he believes strongly in giving back to his com-munity. Najjar is proud to align himself with many local charities and organizations.

Kyle Pinsonneault

Kyle Pinsonneault is President of Canadian Executive Search Group Inc. (CES), a full cycle recruitment agency with a com-bined staffing experience of 30+ years.

Pinsonneault started CES in 2011 and has grown it to a multimil-lion dollar international recruitment firm—all before the age of

30. With nine offices across Canada and the U.S., CES has a proven track record in re-cruiting for all businesses, including Fortune 500 corporations, while always providing 100% customer satisfaction. From a long term perspective, CES is focused on growing into a global leader for the staffing world. Ultimately they expect to have between 50-100 locations internationally.

CES is the recipient of The Chatham Daily News’ Readers Choice Award for “Best Em-

ployment Agency in Chatham-Kent” for the past two years.

CES is a contributor to the Canadian Cancer Society through their casual dress down Fridays, where an employee must donate $1 to dress down. At the end of each year, CES donates all funds plus an additional amount to the Canadian Cancer So-ciety. CES is also a sponsor of the Windsor/Essex Pride Associa-tion and a regular sponsor to HRPA. The company also sponsors multiple local sports teams.

Pinsonneault has his Bachelors degree in Industrial Technology Management with a specialization in Industrial Logistics and a minor in Human Resources from the Illinois Institute of Technol-ogy. He has also been asked to speak at different conventions including IIT Entrepreneur and Junior Achievement.

Pinsonneault, who grew up in Essex County, volunteers any-where from 20 to 80 hours a week with the Chatham Y Pool Sharks swim team.

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Greg MonfortonGreg Monforton is a Founding Partner of Greg Monforton & Partners, which he established in 1981. Through inno-vative management and cutting edge marketing techniques, his practice quickly distinguished themselves as lawyers who help those who cannot otherwise afford legal services.Greg Monforton & Partners have built a reputation as one of Ontario’s most successful personal injury boutique law firms, where employees and clients are treated as real people deserving of real respect.Monforton proudly supports many local charities including Windsor Jewish Community Centre, Kingsville Folk Festival, Brain Injury Association Windsor/Essex, Windsor Regional Hospital Neurosciences Program, and Windsor Pride.Monforton has been honoured with numerous awards and recognitions over the years, including Spinal Cord Ontario – Volunteer Tribute Award (2013), Ontario Trial Lawyers Associ-

ation – Distinguished Service Award (2012), Law Society of Upper Canada – Certified Specialist Designation (2005), Registry of BestLawyers Canada (listed annually from 2006 to date), and the Canadian Legal Lex-pert Directory (listed annually from

2006 to date).Involvement in the com-munity is important to Monforton, who has served as a board member for many organizations, includ-ing Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (President), Brain Injury Association of

Windsor-Essex (President), St. Leonard’s Society of

Canada, Windsor-Essex County Men-tal Health Association, and Windsor Regional Hospital P.A.R.T.Y. Program (Prevent Alcohol & Risk-Related Trauma in Youth Windsor).For a decade, Monforton wrote “You and the Law”, a weekly column for the Windsor Star. He is a sessional in-structor at the University of Windsor and also frequently gives presenta-tions to local high school students on various legal topics.

Dr. Keven HockleyDr. Keven Hockley has practiced Dentistry in Windsor for over 25 years and in 2013 jointly formed a brand new clinic: Windsor Family Dentistry.Dr. Hockley and his wife Laurie just celebrated 25 years of marriage and have three children, all attending Western University. Dr. Hockley is a Past President of the Essex County Dental So-ciety, Past President and Life Member of LaSalle Minor Hockey Association, recog-nized donor at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex in LaSalle, founding leader of a local Dental Study Club, and past Adjunct Clini-cal Instructor at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, Ontario.Dr. Hockley is the recipient of LaSalle’s Citizen of the Year Award (2010) and the Award of Merit from the Canadian Dental Association.Dr. Hockley firmly believes in youth involvement in activities that

promote healthy living; that develop self esteem, confidence, team work, fair play; and ultimately facilitates the evolution of our youth into good citizens in our community.

Through Windsor Fam-ily Dentistry, Dr. Hockley sponsors individuals and various teams in hockey, soccer, baseball, and dance from LaSalle, Wind-sor, Tecumseh, Belle River, and Harrow. For the past several

years, his practice has also been a Bronze Sponsor for

the LaSalle Police Charity Golf Tour-nament that supports the LaSalle Police Youth Foundation.Dr. Hockley has contributed to the annual alumni fundraising campaign for theUniversity of Windsor and Western University and makes donations to Student Bursaries at the University of Windsor and St. Clair College. Dr. Hockley has served as the Dental Representative for the Dreamweaver Campaign, fundraising for the Cancer Unit.

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Dr. Fouad TayfourDr. Fouad Tayfour, Medical Director, Windsor Laser Eye Institute Inc. (WLEI), is a world leader in vision correction. Dr. Tayfour’s experience, combined with his extensive clinical research, has contributed significantly to world-wide improvements in laser vision cor-rection. Since establishing the WLEI in 1991, Dr. Tayfour has performed more than 60,000 LASIK and 50,000 cataract procedures.Dr. Tayfour completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto in 1987. The following year, he completed a Retina and Vitreous Fellowship at the University of Toronto. He is one of less than 100 retina specialists in Canada.He has grown his practice from one clinic in 1989 to five clinics in Windsor: Dr. Tayfour (Cat-aract), WLEI (Lasik), Windsor Retina (Retina), Crystal Clear (Laser-cataract out of hospital), and Windsor Surgical (Accredited operating room facility). He also maintains locations in Barrie (Lasik), Burlington (Lasik + Cataract), and Toronto (Cataract).In 2009, he founded The Dr. Fouad Tayfour Charitable Foundation, supporting individuals

and charitable organizations in the areas of education and health, including the Western Redevelopment Project at Windsor Regional Hospital aptly named Tayfour Campus.Since 2004 Dr. Tayfour has been repeatedly

recognized for his contributions and dedication to the community, he has been awarded several distinctions including: Windsor Regional Hospi-tal, Western Campus was renamed Tayfour Campus (2011); Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012); Be-lieve Windsor Award (2012); Windsor Essex Region Business Excellence Award, Herb Gray Champion Award (2013); Multicultural Council of

Windsor and Essex County, Windsor Roseland Rotary Club Vocational Service Award and the American/Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Award.Dr. Tayfour has been involved with the University of Windsor Board of Governors, Windsor Islamic Association (Member, Former President), Coalition 12 (Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator), and is actively involved in his professional associations: Canadian Ophthalmological Society and Canadian Retina Society.

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Daniel BoscoDaniel Bosco is the Owner of Windsor CrossFit (WCF). At 24-years-old, Bosco opened WCF and has grown it from a 1,200 square foot garage in 2011 to a 10,000 square foot facility today.An innovative and relentless leader, Bosco is raising the bar for the health and fitness industry in Windsor-Essex. Positive and limitless, Bosco will travel anywhere and everywhere to attend seminars, workshops, and certifications, all to advance his knowledge, business, and ultimately his team.Bosco was recognized by CrossFit Head Quarters and featured in several popular CrossFit magazines, local magazines, online media sources, The Windsor Star, CTV News, and others. Additionally, Bosco wrote health and fitness-related articles for The Drive Magazine.Through WCF, Bosco is involved in The Heart

Breaker Challenge to raise funds for Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Cardiac Wellness and Pulmo-nary Rehab Centre. He has raised over $10,000 for them in the past two years and was an award recipient each year for having the most teams

present from a single business.

Bosco initiated Check-In for Charity to raise funds for the Downtown Mis-sion and the Heart Breaker Challenge, held a Meet and Greet Fundraiser with local UFC Fighter Randa Markos, and participated in the 2015 RAM Tough Truck Pull for United Way. Bosco loves giving back to the community in any way he can and is grateful to have

such a great community and client base that is also willing to do the same.Bosco has also been a guest speaker at a graduating class of Personal Trainers at St. Clair College and provides gift cards to local charities for fundraising.

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Jennifer CharronJennifer Charron is the Director of Recruitment Services for Lucas Professional Search Group. Jennifer started as the only Recruiter in the Professional Services Division and has led the initiative to grow the division to ten employees in four locations through-out Ontario, servicing customers throughout Southwestern Ontario and in the United States.Jennifer’s values are built on respect, honesty, integ-rity and the highest level of customer service. These values are instilled in her approach to business and customer satisfaction within the organization. Jennifer is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Windsor, Labour Studies Program and has completed the Cer-tified Personnel Consultant designa-tion through ACSESS Canada.Giving back to the community is important to Jennifer, who was born and raised in Windsor. Jennifer volunteers with The Windsor-Essex

Regional Chamber of Commerce After Business Committee and is a prior Chair. Jennifer also sits on the local Executive Board of Directors for The Jewish National Fund. Jennifer is the Co-Creator of The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber

of Commerce Emerging Leaders and is involved in 100 Women Who Care and Leadership Windsor-Essex.Emerging Leaders is recognized for bring-ing together the next generation of leaders.

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tional seminars and promotes the development of long term business relationships.Jennifer is a lifelong resident of Windsor, a city she and her family are proud to call home. Jennifer believes that being a mentor, giving back to her community, and setting a good example for the next generation are extremely important as a young professional.

Marla CoffinBorn and raised in Windsor, Marla Coffin is President and CEO, MARDA Management Inc. Coffin has grown MARDA Management from an on-site building manager to one that manag-es 1250 rental units, making it one of Windsor’s largest property management firms.With Coffin’s guidance, MARDA Management created a number of new business relationships with a vast range of local community organiza-tions such as the City of Windsor Housing Informa-tion support programs, Canadian Mental Health Association, and the Multicultural Center. These organizations have bridged relation-ships with MARDA Management Inc. to place tenants in homes that require additional community and social service support.Coffin has been involved in fund-raising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation since she was 10-years-old. She has raised over $100,000 for diabetes research and

participated in a half marathon in Reykjavik Iceland to raise funds for diabetes awareness and research.In 2006 Coffin was the Shinerama coordinator at the University of Windsor, where she spearheaded a campaign raising $27,000 in one year

for Cystic Fibrosis Canada and received the Most Improved Campaign in Canada Award.Coffin is the recipient of the 2012 International Stevie Award for Women in Business, Young Citizen of the Year Award from the

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Star, MEDA Charitable Trust Commu-nity Award, Rotary Club Volunteerism Award, and 2007 University of Wind-sor Students’ Alliance Volunteer of the Year Award. She served as Vice President of Administration for the University of Windsor Students’ Alli-ance from 2007-2008—during which she initiated a sponsorship gala for student scholarships and coordinat-ed a 24-hour hockey game, benefiting Habitat for Humanity.

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Hawkins & Co. takes environmental responsibility very seriously. Their use of technology allows them to work with clients and deliver a final product entirely in an electronic format, unless the client asks otherwise.

Allison and Jules Hawkins started their company in April 2013 and opened a Walkerville office at 2090 Wyandotte St. E., Suite 201 in January 2014. They are original members of the Windsor chapters of 100 Women Who Care, 100 Men Who Give A Damn, and 100 Kids Who Care. They are also sponsors of the 2016 Under the Big Top charitable gala and volunteer in the “money room” at Art in the Park.

Infinit Nutrition Canada

Infinit Nutrition Canada, located at 1540 McDougall Ave., pro-duces custom sports nutrition for athletes of all levels, ranging from age-group to world champions. Infinit’s nutrition solutions allow athletes to achieve their full athletic potential.

Last year, the company formulated products utilized in five re-search projects for McMaster University and were also awarded $110,000 as part of the Own the Podium – Mitacs Grant to drive the medal count upwards in the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Infinit works with their customers to ensure they understand not only how to best use their products, but why. Help is provided to determine their fluid loss rates and to create race nutrition strategies to ensure they

perform at their absolute best.

Infinit has a satisfaction guaranteed policy where if a customer is unhappy with a product it will replace it free. If the customer is still not happy, a full refund is made to the customer. Since 2006 there has never been a request to refund.

Darcy Haggith, Infinit CEO, personally volunteers at the Windsor Regional Cancer Clinic for four hours every Wednesday morn-ing. Infinit has supported local charities and races, such as The Windsor Triathlon – Hospice, Running Flat Races – Run for He-roes and Running from Cancer, by providing on-course nutrition and prizes to generate greater charitable donations. Infinit also supports local teams and athletes including Windsor Spitfires, Melissa Bishop, Noelle Montcalm, Megan Gregoire, Lionel Sand-ers, and Women Lancer Basketball to name few. Nutritional talks have also been provided to teams and clubs in the community.

Lee and Maria’s Delivery

Lee and Maria’s Delivery, located at 317 Applewood Rd. in Kingsville, delivers fresh local fruits and vegetables from their own farm and others in Windsor-Essex to homes and businesses across the region.

Lee and Maria’s Delivery has seen a substantial increase in mem-bers and sales year-over-year. In their first year in 2013 they had 70 members. This past season they reached 620 total members.

Innovation is a key to Lee and Maria’s Delivery. They are in the process of develop-ing a new software system that will handle signups, inventory tracking, and payments and will also be customized for fundraising programs.

The company constantly promotes local farmers and educates their members about local food. Each delivery comes with a newsletter highlighting how crops are growing, details on where the produce is coming from, and includes recipes for some of the lesser known fruits and vegetables.

Lee and Maria’s Delivery launched a fundraising program with L’Ecole Bellewood, helping the school get away from selling chocolate bars and cookie dough. Instead, parents were encour-aged to sign-up for their service, with 5% of the sales going back to the school. They also worked on a one-time produce box sale, which parents could purchase to get all the ingredients for a local Thanksgiving meal. The school raised over $2,000 and the students learned about eating healthy.

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Electrozad Supply Company LimitedElectrozad Supply Company Limited, located at 2900 Jefferson Blvd., is a proudly Canadian owned and oper-ated, independent wholesale supplier of premium electrical products living up to its motto: “The House That Service Built”.Established in 1955 by Joseph Ozad with one employee and a pickup truck, Electrozad continues to prosper and is the larg-est independently owned Electrical Distributor in Southwestern Ontario, with 113 employees and 5 branches in Windsor, Sarnia, London Industrial, Chatham, and London Downtown.They supply a full line of electri-cal and automation products that are used in Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Utility and Residential markets. Electrical and Automation products, including cable, distri-bution power equipment, drives, programmable controllers, sensing devices, lighting fixtures, lamps, con-duit, fittings, and wiring devices are

all available from local inventory.Ozad led by example with his numer-ous philanthropic gestures that set the tone for this flourishing company. In 1969 Ozad established the Elec-trozad Foundation and since then the Foundation has donated millions of dollars toward multiple sclerosis re-search to local hospitals and cultural

groups, to fund scholarships to post secondary students in electrical programs, and to eventually establish the Ozad Institute in Windsor in 1990.Electrozad also volunteers with and sponsors United Way, Sabre (High School) First Robotics, Habitat for Humanity, Hospice of Wind-sor and Essex County, Ca-

nadian Cancer Society, Toys for Tots, Hunger for Change “Canadian Feed the Children” Foundation, Special Olympics through OPP annual Torch Run, Tecumseh Fire Training Tower, Kiwanis Sunshine Camp for Kids, Canadian Mental Health Windsor Chapter, and Make a Wish Foundation Windsor/Essex Chapter, among many others.

Home Instead Senior CareHome Instead Senior Care, located at 1033 Lesperance Rd. in Tecumseh, promotes active and healthy living by delivering high quality services which allow their clients to stay in their home or wherever they home as long as possible.The company provides non-medical in-home care specializing in companion-ship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and personal care as well as Alzheimer and dementia care services.Home Instead began provid-ing services in November 2009 and to date have served over 2,500 seniors with 325,000 hours of care and employing more than 400 CAREGivers. Phones are answered live 24/7/365 and Home Instead is able to staff within hours to accommodate for any crisis situation.Home Instead prides themselves on providing excellence in care by establishing extraordinary relation-ships with their clients, helping them maintain their independence, and improving their quality of life.

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Hyatt Lassaline LLPHyatt Lassaline LLP, located at 203-2510 Ouellette Ave., is a local pro-fessional accounting firm dedicated to serving businesses, individuals, and the community.Recently, Hyatt Lassa-line expanded to open an office in Essex and offer specialized services including corporate reor-ganizations, cross-border personal and corporate tax filings, and harmo-nized sales tax advice.The company was founded in 1997 by Harold Hyatt and Don Lassaline with just a handful of employees. Since then, the firm has grown to provide a full suite of accounting and profession-al services to clients of all sizes and industries and today boasts more than 30 engaged team members.The foundation of Hyatt Lassaline’s customer service philosophy is the “Five Star Model”, modeled after the hotel and restaurant industries and they are committed to exceed-ing their clients’ expectations and

providing individualized service.Hyatt Lassaline sponsors and participates in several community activities annually including the Windsor Corporate Challenge, the Musketeers, and collaborating with local community groups participat-ing in multiple community volunteer

tax preparation clinics. They also serve as the long-term auditors of many charities and not-for-profit organizations in the area including churches, food banks, educational institu-tions, and more.Outside the office, many Hyatt Lassaline team members actively vol-unteer for a wide-range

of activities contributing to the vibrancy of the community such as Brentwood Recovery Home, Business Resource Centre of Essex County, Caisse Populaire Pointes-aux-Roches-Tecumseh Inc., Essex Minor Hockey Association, Friends In Motion, House of Shalom, The Hospice of Windsor & Essex County, Hospice for Life Foundation, St. Cle-ments Parish McGregor, Knights of Columbus, and others.

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The glamorous dinner and awards event was a night to cher-ish. The BEA’s recognition is “a huge thing,” Mason says.

“I’m a big believer in baby steps. You just keep your feet moving and get it done. You don’t realize you’re getting anywhere until you turn and look back and see where you’ve been.”

Creating and growing a business is not something she did for recog-nition. “I’m just doing what I love.”

She is grateful for the BEA’s pat on the back: “It feels really good,” Mason says.

On the occasional day that seems a bit overwhelming, she reminds herself: “Look, you’ve won the small business award. You know what you’re doing. You’ve got this.”

Being an award winner “instills confidence and the idea that you are on the right path,” Mason finds.

The boost impacts the entire Urban Home team.

“It’s our award – the team’s award. They were all instrumental in it. It makes them feel good about them-

selves, their con-tributions to the team and help-ing us get to that place.”

Mason adds, “I think it’s awesome the BEA provides the opportunity for local individu-als and businesses to make it known

to people that they exist and spot-light the work that is done by their organizations.”

She knows firsthand the awards can help everyone feel “motivated to keep moving forward, excited about growing and doing bigger and better things.”

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CenterLine (Windsor) LimitedWith three facilities housing four company divisions on Morton Dr., CenterLine (Windsor) Limited is a Canadian-based corporation special-izing in advanced automation pro-cesses and technologies satisfying resistance welding, metal forming, and cold spray application needs. Center-Line is an industry leader of products ranging from cold-formed cap electrodes to fully automated resistance welding lines.In 2015, CenterLine’s focus on outstanding customer service resulted in nearly 100% growth in sales and the addition of 150 new permanent hires. It also invested in five new CNC Machining centres to improve overall machining capacity. The company was a 2013 winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies Award and re-qualified in 2014 and 2015. Last October, CenterLine’s welding gun manufacturing was fea-tured on Discovery Channel’s “How

It’s Made” television series. CenterLine encourages employees in its “CenterLine in Motion” group to take part in health-related charity events throughout the year. It is a corporate sponsor of the Spitfires Foundation with participation in

many of its fundraising activities, most notably as title sponsor for the 2014 Mickey’s Run. For the past four years, CenterLine has also been the corporate sponsor for the Windsor Spitfires Hospital Release Program. This year it is sponsoring the Innovation Community Showcase area

in the main concourse of the WFCU Centre.To inspire its future work force, Centerline actively promotes skilled trades and technology careers. Cen-terLine currently employs over 50 apprentices and is a major sponsor of FIRST Robotics and FIRST Lego League with many staff volunteers serving as mentors to various local teams.

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Morrice TransportationMorrice Transportation, located at 3049 Devon Dr., is a transportation carrier, hauling goods and services for many well known companies and has been in business since May 1991. Morrice Transportation also has yards in Milton, ON, Mississauga, ON, and Taylor, MI, with their Wind-sor location serving as their corporate office.The company currently uses the number one dispatch software in the industry and all of their equipment is set up with Satel-lite and can be pinged by either dispatch or through their website. Morrice Transportation is part of the Smartway project and has Homeland Security accreditations such as PIP, FAST, CTPAT, Hazardous Material, and are ACE compliant. Recently, Morrice Transportation added a Fuel optimizer program (Netgraf) that maps out routes for drivers to stop at the most cost efficient fuel stations—the savings of which they hope to pass along to

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M.R. Meat Market Ltd.M.R. Meat Market Ltd, with three lo-cations in Windsor at 2451 Tecumseh Rd. W., 6645 Tecumseh Rd. E., and 4318 Walker Rd., is a retail meat and grocery store providing the highest level of customer service, the best quality products, and the best prices to all of their customers.First opening in 2005, M.R. Meat has grown to three locations and is not slowing down any time soon. The company intends to open one new store every two years for the next 10 years with

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PAPP Plastics & Distributing Ltd.PAPP Plastics & Distributing Ltd. is a Canadian-based plastics parts manu-facturer headquartered in Windsor. Established in 1991 and located at 6110 Morton Industrial Parkway, PAPP Plastics is a tier one and tier two supplier for the world’s major automotive companies.The company operates three manufacturing facilities in Canada and one in Columbia, represents two large-scale mold manufacturers in China, and recently added additional production to their manufacturing plant in Mexico.PAPP Plastics manufactures an as-sortment of plastic parts/assemblies and molds for automotive interiors and exteriors, including large painted Class A surface parts. Primary manufacturing capabilities include injection and compression molding,

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Sutherland Global ServicesSutherland Global Services is a leading global BPO and technology-enabled services company offering an inte-grated set of back-office and customer facing front-office services that sup-port the entire customer lifecycle.Established in 1986 and headquar-tered in Rochester, NY, Sutherland employs more than 36,000 profes-sionals across 60+ global delivery centers in 19 countries as well as a far-reaching work at home program, Sutherland CloudSource.Sutherland provides strategic thought-leadership and best practic-es to their clients in the healthcare, mortgage, insurance, technology, banking, retail, and travel verticals as well as in their Organization of Excel-lence for IT Services. Sutherland has been named one of the largest job creators with inclusion on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list and FlexJobs’ Top 100

Companies with Remote Jobs. The company has also been recognized with the Stevie Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, CandE Award for Candidate Experience Excellence, BEST Award for HR Learning and Development Processes, and Achiev-ers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America as well as earning a spot on the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 list for 10 years running.Sutherland’s charitable giving initia-tive, Sutherland Cares, has donated over $2 million (U.S. dollars) to charities worldwide, including more

than $400,000 to the Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie communities where Sutherland operates in Canada.Local charities benefiting from Sutherland’s generosity include Windsor Youth Centre, Windsor Pride, Windsor Cancer Society, Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Heart and Stroke Foun-dation, Dragon Boat Festival for the Cure, Downtown Mission, Canadian Mental Health Association, Autism Ontario, and many others.Learn more at www.sutherlandglobal.com.

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Canadian Club Brand CentreThe Canadian Club Brand Centre, lo-cated at 2072 Riverside Dr. E., allows patrons and tourists to learn about Canadian Whisky on the site where it all began.Manager and brand ambassador Tish Harcus is the founding manager of the Canadian Club Brand Heritage Centre and transformed an architec-tural anecdote into a tourism leader. She is the recipient of the Interna-tional Whisky Visitor Centre Manager of the Year Award for both 2013 and 2014.Harcus implemented a number of growth strategies including an increased number of tours, private VIP tours, additional time slots

for wedding photography rentals, frequent visitors card, Women and Whisky society and a loyalty program for corporate clients. Cana-dian Club Brand Centre also recently began a Prohibition Tour – a highlighted tour designed to address those who prefer a shorter tour experience.The Canadian Club Brand Centre further expanded by opening an online store on Amazon and with its “Made in Windsor” gift shop items campaign.To support tourism in the area, it partners with other tourism vendors such as The Rum Runners Tour, Wind-

sor Essex Trolley Tours, Windsor River Cruises, Lakeshore Excursions, Great Adventure Tours, and Windsor Eats.

The Canadian Club Brand Centre supports many causes including In Honour of the Ones We Love, Children’s Aid Society Windsor-Essex, and Wind-sor Youth Centre. It has also made donations to private and public chari-table causes.Harcus is involved with sports tourism and has

offered discounted rates and custom-ized packages for the large number of sports tourists and activities in Windsor-Essex.


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The ATHENA Leadership Mod-el® identifies eight attributes of leadership that reflect women’s unique ways of knowing and lead-ing and is unique in that it focuses on personal attributes of strong, successful leaders. The model affirms the 21st century demands for balance, accountability and con-tinuous learning. These attributes include Authentic Self, Celebration and Joy, Collaboration, Courageous Acts, Fierce Advocacy, Giving Back, Learning and Relationships.

The Authentic Self By understanding my values,

beliefs and behaviors, I am authen-tic. I consistently accept personal responsibility and embrace oppor-tunity with optimism. I believe in myself and my potential and honor my uniqueness.

RelationshipsI venture beyond myself con-

necting with and accepting others. I appreciate the talents and gifts that different individuals offer and access ways of knowing, inviting and embracing others.

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Hospitality and tourism are key industries in Windsor-Essex and play a big part of business in the region.

The Odyssey Award recognizes alumni in the early stages of theircareer (up to 12 years after graduation) and have made an impact on theircommunity, the University of Windsor or who have made a significant orinnovative achievement in their personal or professional lives.

The Alumni Award of Merit is awarded to a graduate fordistinguished accomplishments which have brought honour to theUniversity of Windsor.

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The Iron Kettle Bed and BreakfastThe Iron Kettle Bed and Break-fast, located at 7005 County Rd. 46 in Comber, opened in April 2014 and has set out to be the premier accommodations and special event space in Es-sex County. Primarily a Bed and Breakfast, The Iron Kettle also offers catering service and a venue space for special events and occasions. They are com-mitted to sourcing the highest quality ingredients from local farmers and producers.The Iron Kettle is owned and operated by Benjamin and Ginette Leblanc-Beaudoin. Since opening, they have been contestants on Chopped Canada, selected as a finalist for the TIAO Champion of

the Year Award, partnered with Big O’ Conservation Area of the Lower Thames Valley Conserva-tion Authority, and were Ambassadors of the Local Food movement achieving a FEAST ON Local food designation.In order to be immersed in the community, The Iron Kettle decided to contribute to local organizations as well as committees that benefit the region as a tourism destination.The Iron Kettle have volun-teered for and sponsored the St-Francis Xavier Catholic Women’s League, Town of Lakeshore Kids Camps, Comber Baseball Team, Windsor-Essex

Children’s Aid Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windsor Essex, Guatemala Hope, Tim

Horton’s Kids Camps, and IODE, Comber Chapter, among many others. They were also participants in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windsor Essex Founda-tion Battle of the Hors d’oeuvres and in the launch of the Good Food Charter of Wind-sor Essex County.The Iron Kettle created

a healthy eating campaign with the French school board CSC Providence to promote healthy eating and healthy decisions in elementary and high schools across Southwestern Ontario.

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I recognize that through service I am renewed and revitalized. I con-tribute to changing society for the greater good.

CollaborationI reach out beyond what I can

achieve on my own and promote a powerful belief in others. I create conditions that invite and encour-age people to develop and contrib-ute their own gifts.

Courageous ActsI possess the courage to speak

the truth, test relationships and confront traditional thinking. I embrace the necessity for initiat-ing change and the risks that go along with it. I will stand up, stand firm and do the right thing.

LearningI challenge myself to be open to

what is new and unfamiliar, contin-ually expanding and developing my knowledge, skills and experiences.

I carry out the teacher-learner relationship.

Fierce AdvocacyWith a respect and compassion

for others, I generate a force for good that will not be stopped or deterred. My quest is for a just and humane society.Celebration & Joy

I take pleasure in my work and accomplishments. I celebrate life with exuberance and look forward with a sense of hope and purpose

Rochester Place Golf Club and ResortRochester Place Golf Club and Resort, located at 981-991 County Rd. #2 in Belle River, is part of the Landscape Effects Group of Companies. Their vision was to establish the location as a “go-to” spot for cottages (recreational living), dining (Parkside Grill), wed-dings, events, and golf—rais-ing the bar on each of these elements respectively all with exceptional hospitality.Expansions to date within the golf course include re-shaping and contouring of 15 holes thus far, increase in water hazards, change of par levels, cart path improvements, and a new fleet of golf carts. Future devel-

opments are set to include changes in tee deck place-ments, completion of an in-ground pool oasis in the middle of the golf course, and continued hole re-shaping and beautification.In addition to changes on the golf course their restaurant, Park-side Grille, expanded its menu selection and offerings to cater not only to golfers but families, couples, and sur-rounding corporate businesses.The Resort developed a signa-ture line of cottages called the Red Tree Collection, exclusive to Rochester Place Golf Club & Resort. There are currently

eight different models and lay-outs to view offering a modern and unique twist to seasonal

resort living in South-western Ontario.Rochester Place supports a number of organizations including Transition to Betterness, 100 Men Who Care, Windsor Essex Care for Kids, and the Windsor Essex Community Foundation. Communi-ty charity involvements

have included participation in food drives to support the local food bank, Windsor Essex County Cancer Centre Founda-tion, participation in a yearly Christmas toy drive and family sponsorship program and more.

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Canadian Specialty Exotics Ltd.Canadian Specialty Exotics Ltd. (CSE), which operates out of two private facilities in Windsor-Essex County, keeps, breeds, and sells investment-quality exotic animals, including everything needed for their captive care, to numerous pet stores, hobbyists, and breeders all over Canada. They also put on CSE Educa-tional Interactive Live Exotic Animal Shows and perform at birthday par-ties and special events.Founded in August 2014, CSE grew from three to six employees in their first year of operations. By the end of their first year, they had acquired more than 130 repeat customers from every sector of their industry includ-ing 30 pet stores, six distributors, numerous breeders and hobbyists,

and one wildlife rehabilitation centre.Customer satisfaction is paramount to everyone at CSE, and they have consistently proven that they are trustworthy, honest, knowledgeable, reli-able, and conscientious. They guarantee everything they sell, because they maintain all of their animals and feeders by using the highest standards of captive care.CSE is passionate about giving back to the commu-nity. They regularly put on free CSE Educational Interactive Live Exotic Animal Shows at pet stores all over Windsor-Essex County, donated CSE gift certificates to a silent auction benefiting the charities that the Woofa~Roo Pet Festival in Amher-

stburg supports, donated all of the beverages for the Lions Foundation

of Canada - Dog Guides Walk-a-thon, donated and sold at zero markup, various feeder insects and rodents to Wings Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Amherstburg, and col-lected charitable donations at their shows on behalf of The Children’s Wish Founda-tion of Canada.CSE takes environmen-tal issues very seriously.

Some of the ways that they promote environmental responsibility and sustainability include reusing pack-aging, using Energy Star appliances, recycling, reducing waste, and being vocal about the plight of the environ-ment in general.

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Devine Personnel Inc.Devine Personnel Inc., located at 720 Ouellette Ave., Suite 127, is a staffing and employ-ment solutions agency focus-ing on delivering high quality services to both employers and job seekers by offering a variety of services spanning across a number industries including: manufacturing, administration, logistics, and management.Since January 2014, Devine Personnel has been offering high quality service, com-petitive industry rates, and workforce to employers in the Windsor-Essex region. As a tenant of the Downtown Windsor Business Accel-erator, Devine Personnel has

embraced the entrepreneurial spirit, expanding from a home office into a thriving organiza-tion.Devine Personnel offers Tem-porary/Term Staffing, Con-tract-to-Permanent Staffing, and Direct Hire (Head Hunt- ing) services. As a staff-ing and employment solutions agency, Devine Personnel is in the business of generating employ-ment opportunities and has been able to place over 500 people since opening.Through focusing on deliver-ing high quality services in areas such as manufactur-

ing, administration, logistics, engineering, and manage-ment, Devine Personnel is able to address a niche market in our community. By acting as a liaison between job seekers and employers,

Devine Personnel is able to promote productivity and contribute to the economic develop-ment in Windsor-Essex.Devine Personnel is dedicated to supporting local causes and chari-

table events and supports The Hospice of Windsor & Essex County and the “Movember” campaign.

Dry Parlour Inc.Dry Parlour Inc., located at 2814 Howard Ave., opened its doors in April 2014. Unlike other full-service salons, Dry Parlour is the only “no cut, no colour” salon that special-izes in styling (blow outs, up-dos, and braids). Trained by celebrity stylist Gregory Pat-terson (NYC), Dry Parlour has built a reputation for creating red carpet worthy styles for Windsor-Essex.After only eight months in business, Dry Parlour opened its second location on Man-ning Rd. in Tecumseh. Dry Parlour embraced the natural evolution into becom-ing a one-stop-shop for event-focused beauty services.

Aligning itself with expert talent in make-up and lash ex-tensions, Blinc Beauty Lounge was born within the new location. Soon, Dry Parlour will be launching their first ever private label product and service line: VALEN-CIA, an organic, FDA approved air brush tanning system.Owners George Kalivas and Sylvia Gounakis do what-ever they can to give back to the com-munity. Partnering with Family Respite Services of Windsor, they hosted two annual events, the Dry Parlour White Party, that donated 100% of proceeds

to FRS. For the grand opening of their second location they hosted a “Blow-A-Thon” event, where 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Welcome Centre Shelter for Women.Dry Parlour has donated to

more than 50 local charitable organiza-tions, including Wind-sor Police & Children’s Aid Society Fashion Show, Tecumseh Vista Fashion Show & Disney Play, Victim Services of Windsor Essex County, In Honour of the Ones We Love, Pajama

Angels, Autism Services of Windsor-Essex County, The Windsor Destress Event, and Do Good Divas.

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Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce

Coming Events

W E D N E S D AY, M AY 1 1 , 2 0 1 6

POLICY & SOLUTIONS FORUMThis forum will focus specifically on giving Minister Brad Duguid and newly appointed Auto Advisor Ray Tanguay advice from global execu-tives in the auto sector, senior labour and business leaders as well as academia to maintain and build Ontario’s largest industry and export driver.Caboto Club 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

T H U R S D AY, M AY 1 2 , 2 0 1 6

MAY AFTER BUSINESS @ TBD5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Networking Only)

W E D N E S D AY, J U N E 9 , 2 0 1 6

JUNE AFTER BUSINESS @ SILVER TEE GOLF & VIRTUAL GAMING 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Mini-Tradeshow)

M O N D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 6

80th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT presented by WFCU Credit UnionEssex Golf and Country Club

F R I D AY, J U N E 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

CHAMBER GALA featuring Lifetime Achievement Award6:00 pm – 11:00 pmCelebrating outgoing Chair Dr. Janice Forsyth and Lifetime Achieve-ment Recipient Peter HrastovecSt. Clair College Centre for the Arts

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Held at Essex Golf and Coun-try Club, “we are celebrating a very special milestone,” says the Chamber’s president and CEO Matt Marchand.

“The tournament began in 1936, the same year of the Masters PGA golf tournament. This year, we are looking forward to hosting a first class, fun tournament… our golf-ers will be privy to a great opportu-nity for client entertainment and networking.”

Here, some notable milestones over the tournament’s 80 years:

• 1936 - the Windsor Board of Trade (now Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce) comprised of business profession-als and leaders including doctors, judges and mayors decided to host an annual event and to support the new local golf courses

• 1930’s Tournament Winner - Dr. George Laing, one of this area’s top athletes, won 3 years in a row

• 1940’s Tournament Winner – Jack Smith won 3 times during the 40’s

• 1950’s Tournament Winner – Leo Fisher again winning 3 times

• 1960’s Tournament Winners – Sam Freed winning 5 times (late 50s and early 60s) and Fred Nicoll winning 7 times

• 1970s Tournament Winners – Frank Strahl winning 7 times

• 1970s and 1980 Tournament Winner – with the most wins Vin-cent Gagnier at 9

• 1980s Tournament Winner – Ray Manion winning 4 times

• 1992 brought team play• 1999 – largest tournament

with two shotgun starts (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) with 276 golfers

• 2000 – First Woman to place in the top standing – Most Honest Team

• Mayor Frank Wansburough placed in the winner’s circle 5 times

• In the last two decades there have been only two hole in ones in one during the tournament

The Windsor Essex Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 80th annual golf tournament June 20

Some photos of past tournaments from unspecified years. P H O T O S C O U RT E SY W I N D S O R E S S E X C H A M B E R O F C O M M E RC E

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Helping more women blaze their own trails on career paths in tra-ditionally male-dominated fields, Shelley Fellows is the winner of the 2016 ATHENA Award.

Presented at the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Excellence Awards gala, the ATHENA Award honours men and women who are recognized for business and pro-fessional excellence, for commu-nity service and for mentoring and providing a role model to encour-age women to achieve their leader-ship potential. In 1996, Windsor was the first Canadian city to pres-ent the ATHENA Award, embrac-ing the importance of empowering women.

Fellows is the Vice President of Operations and co-owner of Radix Inc., a Maidstone-based company that specializes in advanced tech-nology solutions for industrial applications and automation. She is a member of the management team that led Radix to be recog-nized as one of Profit Magazine’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Compa-nies in Canada.

The BEA honoured Radix with its Innovation Award in 2007 and 2015, most recently praising Radix for its market leading soft-ware product, Link2Logic. A cer-tified AIA integrator, Radix has currently received an award from Ford Motor Company for excel-lence in manufacturing process technology.

Fellows is pleased to point out

the Radix team includes several female engineers and technicians and a female electrician. She devotes much of her time to devel-oping women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) careers.

Her efforts to advance more women in the sciences and trades have included being part of the Softech Alliance (now WEtech Alliance) founding steering com-mittee and the founding board of Workforce WindsorEssex.

Fellows is involved with the WindsorEssex Economic Devel-opment Corporation (vice chair, chairperson and past chair), WESucceed (advisor and men-tor), Women in Skilled Trades, WE Help, Regional Industry Com-mittee for Windsor/Essex, Build A Dream, Windsor’s Women of Influence and 100 Women Who Care.

Taking a seat at roundtable events with provincial and fed-eral political leaders, Fellows has

represented the Windsor-Essex region and the manufacturing sector.

Fellows’ own company received

unusual national attention by appearing on CBC’s business real-ity TV show, The Big Decision, in 2012.

Investor, restaurateur and TV personality Jim Treliving gave Radix his thumbs’ up by offering to invest in the company.

Shelley Fellows, shown in front of Radix Inc. where she is Vice President of Operations, is this year’s winner of the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Award. - J O H N C H A N

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Shelley Fellows own company re-ceived unusual na-tional attention on the CBC TV show The Big Decision in 2012.


The Multicultural Council of Wind-sor and Essex County As a leader in cultural diversity, multiculturalism and human rights, the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County (MCC) creates a welcoming community for all through education, community engagement and promotion of diversity and equality.The 42-year-old organiza-tion helps immigrants settle and integrate into their new country by assist-ing them with their understanding of Canadian life, acquiring life skills and increasing their confidence and com-petence in handling daily situations. Demonstrating best practices in core

areas of service in the community, MCC advances culturally competent health care through the Nurse Practi-tioner Clinic, connecting newcomers

to the services and primary care in the area. The coun-cil’s Language Translation and Interpretation Services provide the community with trained and qualified translation and interpreta-tion professionals in over 50 languages.

An annual highlight for Windsor-Essex residents and

visitors is the Carrousel of the Nations Festival, coordinated by MCC since 1976. The award-winning festival con-nects people to the community’s wide and fascinating array of cultures.

Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid SocietyVulnerable children have been protected by the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society since 1899. Providing round-the-clock child protection ser-vices, the society’s mission is carried out by 400 staff, 231 foster parents and 227 volunteers.The organization works collaboratively with more than 40 service providers and cultural groups to offer enrichment, education and supports to children and families.Acting as the barometer of health and well-being for local families, the society plays an active role in com-

munity planning initiatives. In April, the new Central 33 Hub is opening in Leamington, giving Essex County res-idents centralized access to the City

of Windsor’s employment and social services/Ontario Works team, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Community Living Essex County, Children First and the Windsor-Essex Chil-dren’s Aid Society.Providing services to one

in every eight children in Windsor-Essex, the society

has been able to offer enhanced programming since the Bill & Dot Muzzatti Child & Family Centre was added to the Society’s Riverside Dr. E. property in 2013.

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United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County Committed to reducing poverty, supporting kids and families and strengthening neighbourhoods across the local community, United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex Coun-ty creates solutions and mobilizes partners, volunteers and donors to uplift people every day.One in five people live in poverty in Windsor-Essex. United Way strives to improve and empower their lives, developing strategies designed to give people the tools they need to find pathways out of poverty. United Way’s On Track to Success program helps kids succeed in school and grow into healthy adults. When school is closed, the Summer Lunch Program provides children with healthy lunches. The Emergency As-sistance fund helps people encoun-tering tough challenges.

With its partners, United Way has been instrumental in decreasing wait times for counselling from 12 weeks to zero, boosting access to fresh and healthy

food, improving neighbourhood

conditions, and growing community gardens from two to 25. Bringing people together, United Way hosts events with partners, including Labour Appreciation Night in partner-ship with the Windsor & District Labour Council and the Volunteers Changing Lives Awards in partnership with The Windsor Star.

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Proud of its Windsor roots and global reach, CSG values syn-chronicity in its relationships, whether they are with staff, clients or Windsor-Essex. Knowing the efforts – big and small - of many can achieve tremendous things, CSG aims to help build a better community through its own con-tributions.

Some of the many organizations CSG supports are the Windsor and Essex Cancer Centre Foundation, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society, the Downtown Mission of Windsor, the Windsor Goodfellows Club, the Essex Region Conserva-tion Authority Foundation, St. Clair College, University of Wind-sor and more.

Believing community extends beyond the Windsor-Essex County border, CSG staff has been involved in building homes in Nicaragua through Bridges to Community Canada.

The international not-for-profit organization strives to improve the lives of impoverished communities in developing countries through volunteer service trips, while transforming volunteers through shared connections.

With its culture of service, CSG provides its staff with opportuni-ties to help others, both personally and professionally.

Essex unveiled the newly named Cypher Systems Group Greenway near the town’s water tower last fall. Left, joining Windsor Spitfires Bob Boughner (far left) and Warren Rychel (far right) as owners of the Windsor Spitfires in 2013 were (l-r) John Savage, Brian Schwab and Stephen Savage. W I N D S O R S TA R

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From finalists to the big revealFor the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, it’s a year-long road leading up to the big reveal of the Business Excellence Awards. It continues with the nomination process, then choosing of the finalists and announcement in January, including remarks by Windsor Star Editor-In-Chief Marty Beneteau, and finally the event. WINDSOR STAR FILE

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As we celebrate our anniversarywewish to thank the communityof Windsor Essex for theirsupport and encouragementduring the past 20 years.

CONGRATULATIONSto the 2016 nominees.

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