Orem Chamber Businesswoman of the Year: Nicke Brown, Let’s Logo
The Orem Chamber of Commerce awarded Nicke Brown of Let’s Logo the honor of ‘Businesswoman of the Year‘ at their annual Watkins Awards ceremony honoring Orem’s leaders in business and public service.
The annual public service awards are named for Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, who was a former U.S. Senator for Utah. This year is the 30th Anniversary of the Award, and a particularly special event featuring the award of Citizen of the Year to Tye Noorda, who is Ray Noorda’s widow, and a remarkable philanthropist.
Nicke Brown and husband Kurtis Brown together own and operate Let’s Logo, a corporate embroidery and promotions company they started together as a ‘dream business’. An accomplished networker, Nicke is a member of Corporate Alliance, BNI, and the Chamber of Commerce. She credits her emphasis on relationship building and strong focus on customer service as her secrets to success.
Other notable Utah Valley businesses in the spotlight included:
Dexter & Dexter, who received the Business of the Year award.
Culinary Crafts, taking home the award for Small Business of the Year.
Our local Timpanogos Harley-Davidson shop received praise for Business Beautification (which I personally think is well deserved).
The Environmental Quality Award goes to the Utah Flash.
The Businessman of the Year award went to Keith Tintle, CEO of Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem.
The Business Education Partnership award was presented to SCERA for their dedication to “Build the body, enrich the mind, touch the soul and unify the family.”
As we have already covered, John Pilmer’s PR group received the best Home-Based Business of the Year award. Way to go PilmerPR!
The Community Service Award went to Kena Jo Mathews for her work as the executive director for Habitat for Humanity of Utah County.
The Chamber Chairman’s Award went to William Sederburg, president at UVU.
And finally. the Entrepreneur of the Year award went to Jeremy Hanks for creating Doba, one of Utah Valley’s most successful companies with growth of over 8,000 percent. Yes, I said ‘eight thousand’. Doba has been ranked No. 23 on the Inc 500 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America, and numer one on the Utah 100 list of fastest-growing companies in Utah.
Congratulations to all of you!
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I have known Nicke Brown for several years now, both as a client and as a friend. I have witnessed the wonderful growth she has accomplished both as a business owner and leader, and I can’t imagine a more deserving recipient as Business Woman of the Year. Congratulations Nicke!