With new categories to honor and an enthusiastic crowd on hand at a new venue, the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For celebrated success at its recent program at the Farmer & the Seahorse in San Diego.
The fourth annual B&B celebration honored San Diego’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For and Best and Brightest in Wellness in an event that featured outdoor networking and mimosas.
Once inside, the event turned to Kai Dickens, founder of Playology, who facilitated an interactive connection game designed to help attendees make new connections with others outside their own workplace and network.
Jackie Crea, a reporter with NBC-7 moderated a C-Suite panel discussion sharing knowledge on gender-diverse workforces, boosting workplace well-being and compensation and benefits best practices. Panelists included Kristin Bragg, vice president of human resources at American Specialty Health; Meredith DeMartino, executive vice president of people at Event Network LLC; Thad Hamilton, president and CEO of TRI-AD; and Steve Newman, chief operating officer at Rivo Holdings.
Diversity and inclusion speaker Devin C. Hughes gave what organizers called “a phenomenal presentation” on navigating workplace diversity and leaving our biases. Angel Chelik offered a presentation on behavior change strategies to help with mental well-being of any organization’s employees.
More than 120 people attended the event, which was sponsored by HUB International, SONY Electronics and Wilson Turner Kosmo.
This year’s event included a new elite category for both programs: Best of the Best Medium Business Elite and Best of Best Wellness Philanthropic.
Join us in congratulating the winners:
Elite winners:
Best of the Best Wellness Employer: San Diego County Credit Union
Best of the Best Wellness Provider: American Specialty Health
Best of the Best Wellness Philanthropic: Neighborhood House Association
Best Large Business: SONY Electronics
Best Medium Business: Rivo Holdings
Best Small Business: Power Digital Marketing
Best and Brightest Winners
1point21 Interactive
ALDI
American Addiction Centers
American Council on Exercise
AMNHealthcare Inc
AppFolio, Inc.
Aya Healthcare
Blueboard
Brandetize
Burwood Group
Cabrillo Credit Union
CBIZ
COBRA PUMA Golf
FieldLogix
Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)
Host Healthcare
Initium Consulting Inc
JLab Audio
Marcus Evans
MIVA
MRC Smart Technology Solutions
NextGen Global Resources
NextGen Leads
Physicians DataTrust
Ro Health, Inc.
Smashtech
Teradata Corporation
TRI-AD Benefits Administration
VisionTree Software Inc
Zeeto
Best & Brightest in Wellness Winners
American Council on Exercise
Blueboard
Burwood Group
Cali Bamboo
Client Solution Architects
Commercial Builders Inc.
Event Network
General Atomics and Affiliates
Heartfullness Institute
Jazzercize Inc.
Lytx, Inc.
Palomar Health
SleepScore Labs
SweetLabs
The Ken Blanchard Companies
The Organic Life LLC
TRI-AD Benefits Administration
USE Credit Union
Wright Brothers Inc.
