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Steve Hightower Awards and Recognition
2018 Top Diversity Performer Platinum Award, General Motors, May 2018
Largest Minority-Owned Business, Cincinnati Business Courier, March,2018
2017 Titan Award, Wall Street Project Rainbow PUSH, February 2017
Outstanding Service, Feed the Hungry, Faith in Every Future Award, January 2017
National Largest Black Businesses, Black Enterprise 100’s, February 2017
2016 Legacy Business of the Year, Ohio Minority Supplier Diversity Council, November 2016
Power100, Cincy Magazine, February/March 2016
Whitney M. Young Service Award Corporate Honoree, Dan Beard Boy Scout Council
Community GEMS Award, People of Color Wellness Alliance
2015 CEO of the Year, Steve Hightower, Cincinnati Business Courier
Business of the Year, finalist, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Ernst & Young
55 Fastest Growing Private Companies in Greater Cincinnati finalist, Cincinnati Business Courier
Interstate 75/71 Business Hall of Fame inductee
2014 Celebration of Character Strong Families award, YMCA
Minority Business of the Year, Dayton Business Journal
100 Privately Held Businesses #34, Deloitte Cincinnati USA
50 most Powerful Minority Businesses, Advocates and Lifetime Achievers, U.S. Department of Commerce
Black Enterprise 100’s List # 12, recognizes America’s largest African American-owned businesses
Minority Business of the Year, Ohio Legislative Black Caucus
Supplier of the Year, Class IV, Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council
Who’s Who in Black Cincinnati, 8th Edition
Small Business of the Year Award, Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky African American Chamber
Minority Retail Energy Firm of the Year, Minority Enterprise Development Week
President’s Award, N.A.A.C.P.
The Fastest Growing Private US Company, Inc 500/5000
2013 Extraordinary Accomplishments in Entrepreneurship, Men of Honor,
Supplier of the Year, Class IV, South Central Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council
Largest Minority-Owned Business #1, Cincinnati Business Courier, ,2013
100 Privately Held Business #34, Deloitte Cincinnati USA
Fastest Growing Company #5, Dayton Business Journal
Industrial/Service Company of the Year, Black Enterprise
Everest Award, West Chester-Liberty Chamber Alliance
Largest Tri-State Private Company #45, Cincinnati Business Courier
The Fastest Growing Private US Company, Inc 500/5000
2012 100 Privately Held Business #37, Deloitte Cincinnati USA
Largest Minority-Owned Business #1, Cincinnati Business Courier, 2012
Innovation of the Year, Cincinnati USA Innovation Awards, 2012
2011 100 Privately Held Business #50, Deloitte Cincinnati USA
The Fastest Growing Private US Company, Inc 500/5000
2010 100 Privately Held Business #60, Deloitte Cincinnati USA
Supplier of the Year, Class IV, National Minority Supplier Development Council
2009 The Fastest Growing Private US Company, Inc 500/5000, 2009
Minority Owned Business of the Year, Dayton Business Journal, 2009
Executive of the Year, finalist, Dayton Business Journal, 2009
MBE of the Year, Class IV SCOMSDC, 2009
Entrepreneur of the Year, American Association of Blacks in Energy, 2009
Supplier Diversity Initiative, Edison Electric Institute, 2009
Minority Business Honoree, Cincinnati Minority Contractors Business Assistance “A Piece of the Action” celebration, 2009
2007 Rising Star, Deloitte Cincinnati USA, 2007
2006 Minority Business of the Year, Small Business Excellence Awards, Cincinnati Regional Chamber, 2006
