• Deborah Brookshire:
  • Brookshire, chief of voluntary services at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, was awarded the Veteran Health Administration’s Voluntary Services Award for Excellence. Brookshire’s volunteer program consists of more than 1,350 volunteers that annually contribute more than 142,000 hours serving veterans in Southern Arizona. She was recognized for her management of programs, including the Arizona Fisher House, and for using innovative ways to manage resources.
  • Interior Expressions of Oro Valley:
  • The design firm, owned by interior designer
  • Betty Jones
  • , won Best of Customer Service on Houzz, a platform for home remodeling and design used by building and design industry professionals. A β€œBest of Houzz 2016” badge will appear on the firm’s profile.
  • Rob Charles:
  • Charles, a partner in the Tucson office of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, received the Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney of the Month Award from Southern Arizona Legal Aid’s Volunteer Lawyers Program for assisting clients with bankruptcy, real property and mortgage foreclosure matters.
  • Robert Garcia and Meredith Marder:
  • The two attorneys from Farhang & Medcoff have been named 2016 Southwest Rising Stars by Super Lawyers. Garcia was selected in the areas of employment and labor. Marder has been selected three consecutive years in the area of business/corporate law.
  • Technician Airman Joseph Cassano
  • : Cassano, from Tucson, recently received the Sailor of the Day award on the USS John C. Stennis.

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