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PACE Award Winners from Prior Years
Since 2000, The Clean Air Campaign, in partnership with the region’s transportation management associations (TMAs) and the Georgia Department of Transportation, have presented the PACE Awards to recognize employers, property management companies, schools and individuals for their efforts to reduce traffic and improve air quality in metro Atlanta and across Georgia.
Read more about the winners in a special section from the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
2009
PACE Award, Small Business
Georgia Natural Gas/SouthStar Energy Services
Finalist: Ignition
PACE Award, Medium Business
Porsche Cars North America
Finalists: The Atlanta History Center, IDI
PACE Award, Large Business
Emory University
Finalists: Georgia Power, Woodruff Arts Center
PACE Award, Public Sector
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Finalists: Department of Community Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Carter – Atlantic Station
Finalists: Cousins Properties, 999 Peachtree; Manulife Financial, Ashford Green
2008
PACE Award, Small Business
VeenendaalCave, Inc.
Small Business Finalist: Utilities Protection Center
PACE Award, Medium Business
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Medium Business Finalists: Cousins Properties, Inc.; Mirant Corporation
PACE Award, Large Business
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Large Business Finalists: Assurant Solutions; The Coca-Cola Company – Customer Service Operations
PACE Award, Public Sector
City of Atlanta – Municipal Court
Public Sector Finalist: DeKalb County School System
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Hines Interests Limited Partnership – One Atlantic Center
Property Management Finalist: CB Richard Ellis
GDOT Commissioner’s Award
Tad Leithead, Cousins Properties, Inc.
PACE Setter
Mary Ann Johnson, City of Atlanta
PACE Setter Finalists: Dorothy Gordon, State of Georgia; Shari Lunsford, Assurant Solutions
PACE Innovator
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
PACE Innovator Finalist: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
PACE Spotlight
Aetna Inc.
PACE Spotlight Finalists: Cox Enterprises, Inc.; Melissa Libby & Associates
PACE Starter
Richard Wittschiebe Hand
PACE Starter Award Finalist: Colonial Properties Trust
Commuter Champion Award
Andy Smith
Commuter Champion Award Finalists: Norma Brown; Karen Sellers
2007
PACE Award, Small Business
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Finalist: Richard Wittschiebe Hand
PACE Award, Medium Business
RSUI Group, Inc.
Finalist: Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback and Associates
PACE Award, Large Business
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Finalist: Assurant
PACE Award, Public Sector
U.S. General Services Administration
Finalist: Georgia Department of Corrections
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Hines – Perimeter Summit
Finalists: Duke Realty Corporation – Northwinds Property
PACE Setter
Margie Butler, Mirant
Finalists: Regina Kelly, Crawford Communications; Stephen Ervin, Reed Construction Data
PACE Innovator
Green Express
Finalists: Gwinnett County Public Schools
PACE Spotlight
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Finalists: CH2M HILL; Nortel
PACE Starter
Foodbuy, LLC
Finalist: Cousins Properties Incorporated
Commuter Champion
Paige Medina
Finalists: Andy Smith; Steve West
GDOT Commissioner’s Award
David Allman – Regent Partners, LLC
Finalists: Brian Leary – AIG Global Real Estate; Tad Leithead – Cousins Properties Inc.; Dr. Reed Pitre, MD – Kaiser Permanente
2006
PACE Award, Small Business
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Finalist: Georgia Parent Support Network
PACE Award, Medium Business
Perkins+Will
Finalists: John H. Harland Company; Sprint Nextel
PACE Award, Large Business
Cox Enterprises
Finalists: Mirant; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
PACE Award, Public Sector
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Finalists: Fulton County Government; Georgia Institute of Technology – Parking & Transportation
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Tishman Speyer – One Alliance Center
Finalists: Childress Klein Properties – Atlanta Galleria; Hines – Perimeter Summit
PACE Setter
Mike Lawings, Wellpoint
Finalists: Jessica Corbitt, Fulton County Government; Grace Perry, Lathem Time Corporation
PACE Innovator
Douglas County Rideshare
Finalists: Atlanta Metropolitan College; Lathem Time Corporation
PACE Spotlight
Concourse Corporate Center
Finalists: Nortel; Shop ‘n Chek Worldwide, Inc.
GDOT Commissioner’s Award
Leigh Ann Launius, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Finalists: Michael Robison – Lanier Parking Holdings LLC; Randy Keith – Synthis, Inc. and the Georgia Technology Leadership Coalition; Reinhard Breckner – Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP
2005
PACE Award, Small Business
CH2M Hill
Finalist: Atlanta Community Food Bank
PACE Award, Medium Business
Ricoh Electronics, Inc.
Finalist: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
PACE Award, Large Business
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Finalists: Art Institute of Atlanta, AutoTrader.com, ADP
PACE Award, Public Sector
Georgia Department of Revenue
Finalists: Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Georgia Technology Authority
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Melaver, Inc. – The Crestwood Building
Finalists: Hines – Perimeter Summit; Trizec Properties – One Alliance Center
PACE Setter
Joan Murphy, Clayton State University
Finalists: Erin Rusin, HP; Bobbi J. Shingleton, Ricoh Electronics, Inc.; Kamau Witherspoon, Hines
PACE Innovator
Clayton State University
Finalists: Ricoh Electronics, Inc.; John D. Stephens, Inc.
PACE Spotlight
Fiserv, Inc.
Finalists: Utilities Protection Center, IBM Corporation
GDOT Commissioner’s Award
Rob Johnson, Atlanta Community Food Bank
Finalists: Leigh Ann Launius, Cox Enterprises, Inc.; Mike Lawings, Wellpoint
2004
PACE Award, Small Business
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Finalists: AutoTrader.com, Lafarge Building Materials SE, The Miller-Clapperton Partnership, Inc.
PACE Award, Large Business
Emory University and Emory Healthcare
Finalists: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
PACE Award, Public Sector
Georgia Department of Education
Finalists: Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Technology Authority
PACE Award, Property Management Company
Equity Office Properties – Prominence in Buckhead Building
Finalist: Childress Klein Properties – The Atlanta Galleria
PACE Setter
Melanie Francis, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Finalists: William D. Reynolds, Georgia Power; Kathy Powell, The Miller-Clapperton Partnership, Inc.
PACE Innovator
The Art Institute of Atlanta
Finalists: EPI-USE America, Inc., Ricoh Electronics, Inc.
PACE Spotlight
MAPICS, Inc.
Finalists: Chubb & Son, Inc., City of Fayetteville, Quintiles Laboratories
HOVie Award
Trojan Battery Company
Finalists: Delta Air Lines, Inc., Marshalls Distribution Center
2003
PACE Award, Small Business
Biolab, Inc.
Honorable Mention: Southern Aluminum Finishing Company; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
PACE Award, Large Business
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Honorable Mention: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Emory University, Emory Hospital and The Emory Clinic
PACE Award, Property Manager
Cousins Properties
PACE Award, Small Public Sector
Veterans Affairs Regional Office, Atlanta
Honorable Mention: City of Snellville
PACE Award, Large Public Sector
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta
HOVie Award
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
PACE Setter
Denise Brisbon, Lafarge North America
PACE Starter
Trojan Battery Company
Honorable Mention: Zoo Atlanta
PACE Spotlight
AT&T
2002
PACE Award, Small Business
Advantis Technologies, Inc.
PACE Award, Large Business
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
PACE Award, Public Sector
U.S. Federal Highway Administration Georgia Division
HOVie Award
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Pace Setter (tie)
Robert Stoner of Rubenstein Brokerage Group/BATMA and Todd Kelly of Georgia Department of Revenue
PACE Starter
The Miller-Clapperton Partnership
Honorable Mention: Solvay Pharmaceuticals
PACE Spotlight
Worldspan
2001
PACE Award, Small Business
Rosser International, Inc.
PACE Award, Small Public Sector
Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
Honorable Mention: Georgia Public Broadcasting
PACE Award, Large Business
EarthLink, Inc.
PACE Award, Large Public Sector
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
PACE Setter
Melanie Wiggins, CH2M Hill
PACE Starter
Woodruff Arts Center
HOVie Award
Georgia Power/Southern Company
2000
PACE Award, Small Business
Blue Circle Aggregates, Inc
PACE Award, Small Public-Sector
Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Council
PACE Award, Large Business
Turner Broadcasting System
Honorable Mention: Delta Air Lines
PACE Award, Large Public Sector
Clayton College & State University
Honorable Mention: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
PACE Setter
Dr. William M. Chace, president, Emory University
PACE Starter
BellSouth.net
Honorable Mention: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
PACE Spotlight
The Trillium Group, Ltd
Honorable Mention: Atlanta Gas Light Company