KUDOS
Compiled by Candice Baker
Orange-based Good Neighbor Pharmacy, part of AmerisourceBergen Corp., helped raise more than $70,000 for the Newport Beach-based High Hopes Head Injury Program, which provides rehabilitative services to head-injury victims.
Becky Long of the education academy at Loara High School and Gay Thompkins of Price Elementary School were honored with the 2002 crystal apple award by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce for exemplary efforts by Anaheim teachers.
Romeo Ty, a professional designer at Newport Beach-based JBZ Architecture and Planning, was honored by Santiago High School for his efforts in forming an after-school architecture program.
Financial representative Matt Harris of Waltos General Agency received the emerald award from Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
Joseph D. Davis, president of The Irvine Community Development Company, was named the 2002 recipient of City of Hope’s spirit of life award.
Orange County veterinarian Peter Weinstein was installed as president-elect of the California Veterinary Medical Association.
Michael C. Duckworth, of Orange-based D & M; Capital Management Inc., was named one of the top 250 financial planners in the country by Worth Magazine.
Santa Ana residents Gerri and Roderick Bradfield were honored by Tustin’s Mimi’s Caf & #233; for saving the life of a heart attack victim. They will be added to the restaurant’s Hall of Heroes.
Women in Management inaugurated its first founders appreciation award by presenting the award to Helen Diamond. Peggi Ridgway, corporate adviser to Women in Management, also was recognized for her contributions to the group. Ridgway owns and manages Buena Park-based Wordpix Solutions.
Newport Beach-based Lawrence, Mayo & Ponder Inc.’s Ideaworks won a silver world medal in the New York festival’s 2002 international print advertising collateral and design competition.
R. David Threshie, chairman of Freedom Communications Inc. of Irvine, received a national silver medallion from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Kaiser Permanente Orange County physician James Mayo was the first recipient of the annual Fred Lapsys’ Southern California Permanente family foundation of the year award.
Reza Ededali, senior vice president of Sperry Van Ness, was named the firm’s broker of the year. Ededali has received the award for the past three years.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Orange County Chapter, named Orange Coast College its 2002 employer of the year. The Costa Mesa institution was noted for its accommodation of disabled employees.
A paper written by Newport Beach ophthalmologist and refractive surgeon Richard A. Weiss won the best paper of session award at this year’s national meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. More than 1,000 papers were presented this year.
Newport Beach architecture firm Hill Partnership Inc. won the gold nugget grand award from Pacific Coast Builders for best senior assisted living community.
California State University, Fullerton received a grant from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. The funds will be used to develop a scholarship program for business majors.
Arnold Schwartzenegger presented the 2002 grand artist Award to sculptor Tuan in recognition of a 15-foot bronze Vietnam War memorial he created for the city of Westminster.
Thomas P. Cox Architects: Inc. and Habitat for Humanity raised more than $40,000 in a joint charity golf tournament to provide decent, affordable housing.
Barri Carian and Judy Henry of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Orange County chapter won leadership awards presented annually by the national organization. Only five awards were presented nationwide.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Garden Grove and Maternal Outreach Management Systems Inc., of Santa Ana were winners of the Children and Families Commission of Orange County’s Peter A. Hartman Award.
Dana West Yacht Club’s sixth annual Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta raised more than $200,000 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The state Senate presented ocdm Marketing Co. of Fountain Valley with a certificate of recognition in honor of the firm’s small business award at the annual elections committee for the county of Orange awards dinner. The firm also received a crescendo award from the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Pamela Alderson, chief financial officer of Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, MaryBeth Formby, chief financial officer of Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center, and Karen Kretz, chief financial officer of Western Medical Center-Anaheim, were named three of Tenet Healthcare Corp.’s top financial executives for 2002. The Anaheim center and its chief executive, Patrick Rafferty, also were selected to the company’s 2002 circle of excellence.
Tenet also awarded Anne Marie Watkins, the chief nursing officer at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana, as one of its outstanding chief nurse officers for 2002.
Modesto Diaz, a manager for Irvine-based Susan’s Healthy Gourmet, was honored with the foodservice employee of the Yyar award in the manager category by the California Restaurant Association.
Kaiser Permanente awarded two community grants totaling $80,000 to the Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics and Latino Health Access to help those organizations meet the health care needs of OC residents.
Orange-based Human Options Inc. received a $5,000 grant and a pledge of an extra $5,000 through fundraising efforts from the MONY Foundation field grants program. The $10,000 commitment will support the organization’s second step program.
