Springfield Business Journal_2019-03-18

Our Team Handled Over $1 Billion In Property Transactions Again In 2018 L-R Marki Helms - Sales/Accounts Manager for the Greater Joplin Area. Rebecca Richards (aka Rebek) - Sales/ Accounts Manager for the Greater Branson Tri Lakes Area. Tammy Garoutte - Joplin Branch Office Manager, 1031 Specialist & Commercial Closing Expert for Greater Joplin Area, and NW Arkansas. Trina Noel - Sr. Escrow Manager, 1031 Specialist & Commercial Closing Expert for Branson Area, Lake of the Ozarks Area, and Central Arkansas. Caris King - Branson Branch Office Manager, 1031 Specialist & Commercial Closing Expert for Greater Branson Area. Jaime Chandler - Springfield Branch Office Manager, 1031 Specialist & Commercial Closing Expert for Greater Springfield Area. Lacy Pattyson - 1031 Specialist & Compliance Manager for the Company. Dani Stoddard - Sales/Accounts Manager for the Greater Springfield Area. Chrystal Forbis - Springfield Branch Office Manager, 1031 Specialist & Commercial Closing Expert for Greater Springfield Area. gatozarks.com Established 1992 25 Years in the Ozarks SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL · 11 MARCH 18-24, 2019 NEWS Guccione Harris Taylor Choate Beebe SBJ to honor 12 fastest-growing companies Professional:  Marilyn Jeffries, Greene County human resources director; and • Employee of the Year:  Morgan Kelly, Ozark School District’s North Elementary assistant principal. The Judges’ Choice Award honors a company whose dynamic qualities extend beyond revenue to impact the community. Recognizing innovative growth, civic aware- ness and philanthropic efforts, the judges se- lected Prime Inc.  for the 2019 honor. The fast-growth companies are deter- mined through a numbers-based formula that awards points for both annual revenue and percentage growth for 2016, 2017 and 2018. In their applications, eligible companies must report gross revenue of at least $500,000 in each year, and they must operate headquar- ters within 50 miles of Springfield.  A third party, Rayanna Anderson of the Missouri State University College of Busi- ness, verified the numbers in the Dynamic Dozen applications. Profiles of the companies and individu- als will appear in a special publication de- buting at the event and distributed in SBJ’s May 27 edition.  For more information and past honorees, visit SBJ.net/D12. by SBJ Staff · sbj@sbj.net The scores have been tabulated for Springfield Business Journal’s 2019 Dy- namic Dozen, recognizing the 12 fastest- growing companies in the Ozarks.  The Dynamic Dozen companies, in alpha- betical order, are  BP Builders LLC, Base Construction & Management LLC, Burrell Behavioral Health, GigSalad, Guaranty Bank, Haven Healthcare LLC, BriteCore, Keller Williams Greater Springfield, Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool Inc., OakStar Bank, Russell Cellular Inc. and Wilson Logistics Inc. A countdown of company rankings to No. 1 will be announced during a May 23 recep- tion and awards ceremony at a new venue, The Barley House at Moon Town Crossing. Also at the ceremony, SBJ will honor five professionals with individual awards and present the Judges’ Choice Award, recogniz- ing a company’s community achievements. Determined by an independent panel of judges, the individual honors will be awarded in five categories:  • Top Local Executive: Tim Massey, Pen- mac Staffing Services Inc. CEO; • Top Local Financial Officer:  Brenda Rantz, Nixa Public Schools chief finan- cial officer; • Top Local Sales/Marketing Profes- sional:  Jann Holland, CoxHealth vice president of marketing and corporate communications; • Top Local Human Resources The 2019 Dynamic Dozen individual honorees and Judges’ Choice were selected by an independent panel of judges: • Gwen Beebe, vice president of operations and business development at Phoenix Home Care Inc. and a 2016 Dynamic Dozen honoree; • Sara Choate, human resources director at KPM CPAs & Advisors and a 2017 honoree; • Mary Guccione, owner of Cellar + Plate and a 2013 honoree; • Brandon Taylor, chief financial officer and chief operations officer at Legacy Bank & Trust and a 2017 honoree; and • Kim Harris, senior communication strategist at Mid-West Family Broadcasting and a 2017 honoree. Meet the Judges