Reston Chamber to Give Out ACE Awards June 17

Reston-based businesses from small (Capital Cuisine Caterers, Tailored Living of Reston) to large (Sheraton Reston Hotel, Leidos) are among the nominees for the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Awards for Chamber Excellence (ACE)

Each year,  the Chamber gives out the awards to recognize outstanding businesses, volunteers and committees that excel through  Chamber involvement and help to make the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce a successful place to do business.

GRCC will announce the ACE winners during its Awards for Chamber Excellence (ACE) and Annual Meeting Luncheon on June 17.

The keynote speaker is Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google and widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet.” His speech will address innovation, jobs and the evolving role of the internet. During the ACE awards the GRCC will also transition the 2014-2015 Board of Directors under Karen Cleveland of Cleveland Coaching Group to the 2015-2016 Board of Directors under Michael Bradshaw of Google.

The 2015 nominees:

Small Business of the Year

• Capital Cuisine Caterers
• Impact Business Solutions LLC
• Metro Printing Center
• Red Thinking LLC
• Restoration Church
• Silver Spoon Caterers
• Tailored Living of Northern Virginia
• Visual Impact Productions

Medium Business of the Year

• Atrium Catering & Design
• BEI
• Comstock Partners
• CST GROUP, CPAs, PC
• EagleBank
• ll Fornaio
• M&T Bank- Reston
• Maid Bright
• Springhill Suites Dulles Airport

Large Business of the Year

• Cardinal Bank
• Cornerstones
• Gelman Rosenberg and Freedman CPA’s
• John Marshall Bank
• Leidos
• Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, PC
• Sheraton Reston Hotel

Member of the Year

• Angela Inzerillo, AdviCoach
• Cynthia Hyland, Northrop Grumman
• Diane Holland Access National Bank
• Ellen Moyer, Re/Max Allegiance
• Janel Giambrone of M&T Bank
• Jerry Ferguson Fairfax Public Access
• Joel Barajas, Il Fornaio
• Larry Swartz , Welch Graham & Ogden
• Lisa Nicholls, Tira! Strategies
• Maggie Parker of COMSTOCK
• Mark Watts, CST Group
• Tom Madden of Visual Impact Productions
• Tonia Chagnon, Red Thinking
• Tricia Simons of Odin Feldman & Pittleman
• Waleed Qamar, MedNav

New Member of the Year

• Jason Butler with JB Printing and Specialty Services
• Kevin Lee EVO Platinum Services
• Laura Kuah Laurentina Photography
• Tim Ward, Restoration Church

Volunteer of the Year

• Andy Klaff, Colliers International
• Angela Inzerillo of Impact Business Solutions
• Cate Fulkerson, Reston Association
• Cynthia Hyland, Northrop Grumman
• Diane Holland, Access National Bank
• Kat Toussaint, Around Reston
• Laura Bryant, Springhill Suites Dulles
• Lisa Nicholls, Tira! Strategies
• Mario Gonzales, Data Matrix Solutions
• Matt Brennan, Brennan & Waite
• Tony Barnett, Leros Technologies

Committee of the Year

• Ambassador Committee
• Business Education Committee
• Communications Committee
• Government Contracting
• Leadshare Thursday
• Leadshare Tuesday
• Leadshare Wednesday
• Membership Committee
• Resourceful Women of Reston