Results announced for 2012 Choice Employers

A group of 12 companies will be recognized as the 2012 Choice Employers, based on survey results verified by Ollis & Co. Springfield Business Journal’s Choice Employers awards honor companies based on their responses to questions about workplace benefits in the areas of incentives, family-friendliness, people development and corporate culture.

Joining the lineup this year are three individual award categories, in which a total of nine area professionals were chosen for recognition by an independent panel of judges.

All 21 honorees will be celebrated at a reception and awards ceremony in November, and company rankings in four size categories will be announced.

The company award finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

• GeoEngineers Inc., GHN Architects/Engineers and Springfield Paper Co., in the 5-to-24 employees category;
• KPM CPAs PC, Olsson Associates Inc. and UMB Bank, in the 25-to-100 employees category;
• Commerce Bank, Guaranty Bank and McKesson Corp., in the 101-to-300 employees category; and
• CoxHealth, Drury University and Mercy-Springfield, in the 301-plus employees category.

By category, honorees for the individual awards, which are not ranked, are:

• Community Involvement Champion – Marci Bowling of BKD LLP, Rosemary Lewis of CoxHealth and Dawn Mixon of Jack Henry & Associates Inc.;
• Employee of the Year – Angie Burlison of Tuthill Corp., Sherry Coker of Ozarks Technical Community College and Tammy Kelley of Old Missouri Bank; and
• Human Resources Professional – Melissa Carr of Guaranty Bank, Julie Cummings of BKD LLP and John Hursh of CoxHealth.

The 2012 Choice Employers event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at 425 Downtown, 425 W. Walnut St. Tickets, which are $25 apiece, are available at SBJ.net/Choice.