Building Momentum produced more than 450 desks for local school children in need, in addition to quickly manufacturing critical Covid-specific resources like PPE and a sanitizing autonomous UV-C light robot.

KPI Ninja provided pandemic data that enabled two states' hospitals, first responders, and local authorities to make swift decisions that affected more than 10 million people. It also set up a secure method for more than 60 hospitals in one state to share health data.

We focus on our employees first as a driver for performance. Our employees will sometimes work abnormal hours if it is a better fit for their schedule. For example, if someone wants to leave at 2 p.m. to go spend time with their family, we let them do that, and then they'll work a couple hours later in the evening. Our owners are constantly arranging fun team outings that may include golfing, fishing, or bike riding for charities. We get the best out of our employees because we focus on the physical and mental well-being of each individual first.

During the pandemic, Semper Foods pivoted to provide food banks and food pantries with trucks full of frozen food at highly discounted prices. In addition, the company takes the pallets of sample products provided by manufacturers for marketing and advertising purposes and donates them to a nonprofit that works with homeless populations.

Woodwrights pivoted its operations from producing architectural wood designs to making plexiglass shields for business customers during the pandemic.

For promoting gender equity in the workplace via hands-on leadership coaching, most recently among women working in K-12 schools.