LAVIDGE Continues the LAVY Awards for the Fourth Consecutive Year

LAVIDGE Continues the LAVY Awards for the Fourth Consecutive Year

PHOENIX (January 14, 2025) – In 2020, the LAVY Awards began as a way for LAVIDGIANs to nominate co-workers for their exceptional work throughout the year. This year, 43 employees were nominated and six exceptional staff members won in five different categories.

Always Growing Award

The Always Growing Award honors a LAVIDGIAN who seeks ways to improve themselves both personally and professionally. They invest in themselves through self-improvement and are active participants in professional organizations and clubs. They are continually learning about new trends and studying best practices.

The 2024 winner for the Always Growing Award is Matthew Tunnicliff, Implementation and QA Specialist. Other nominees included Ana Rose Geyer-Rausch, Betsey Griffin-Jones, Brooke Sanches, Cydney De Los Santos, Emma Wolff, Hannah Coda, Jessie Atkins, Kylie Sime, Zack Potthoff and Ziggy Goldfarb.

Driving Success Award

The Driving Success Award winner exemplifies being an employee-owner. With an entrepreneurial spirit, they execute key company processes, inspire others, lead by example and are committed to the success and reputation of LAVIDGE. They enable the success of others by contributing to the overall success of the agency. The award winner collaborates well with others to push the agency forward.

Sandra Torre, CFO and Co-President, won the 2024 Driving Success Award. Other nominees included Ana Rose Geyer-Rausch, Jessie Atkins, Lindsey Gobel, Megan Wahl, Randy Schultz, Sabrina Norris, Sean Rogers, Stephen Heitz and Taylor Moralez.

Insightful Feedback Award

The Insightful Feedback Award showcases an employee who provides input in a positive manner, mentors others with constructive feedback and offers useful suggestions to guide the future of LAVIDGE. They participate in LAVIDGE Loves or simply offer a breath of fresh air by sharing feedback on Teams, by email or in person.

Melanee Arnett, Digital Media Director, is 2024’s Insightful Feedback Award winner. Other nominees included Ashley Fletcher, Jenn Monroy, Krissy Greenberg, Cammy Corken, John Zapf and Emma Wolff.

 Spark of Brilliance Award

The Spark of Brilliance award honors those who come up with new ideas and bring them to life. This could include anything from developing a creative solution to a problem, pioneering a new process, or streamlining an existing process to make it better.  It could include new ways to generate revenue or save money, better ways to serve our clients, make LAVIDGE a better place to work or more efficient ways to do our daily tasks.

Congratulations to Zack Potthoff, Senior Copywriter, LAVIDGE’s 2024 Spark of Brilliance winner. Other nominees include Ana Rose Geyer-Rausch, Jessica Ampueda, Cydney De Los Santos, Kris Jonson and Lauren Kisicki.

Sounding Board

The Sounding Board award features a LAVIDGIAN who listens to understand and asks significant and appropriate questions, whether in one-on-one conversations or in a group. They make themselves available to listen or help when needed. They are active listeners and respond positively. It’s clear they is pay attention and care because they can repeat or restate what was said.

Nominees included Anne Roberston, Bob Case, Ellen Frezzi, Ellanna Koontz, Emma Wolff, Jessica Medved, Krissy Greenberg, Melanee Arnett and Lindsey Gobel. Two employees exemplified this award resulting in two 2024 Sounding Board winners: Bob Case and Jessica Medved.

“Congratulations to all of our 2024 LAVY Award winners,” says Bill Lavidge. “It is an honor to be recognized by your peers for work well done. We are so proud of the employees who nominated their coworkers, those who were nominated, and of course, our winners. Thank you all for making LAVIDGE a great place to work.” 

 

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