2022 Sunrise Pinnacle Awards Recap

The Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomed community members and local heroes to the 2022 Sunrise Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by PNC and hosted at the Royal Park Hotel on Friday, October 7. The annual awards ceremony gathered the communities to honor the contributions of our region’s most visionary leaders, entrepreneurs, businesses, and passionate individuals.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Business Awards

• ?Business of the Year sponsored by Moceri Companies , awarded to 莫仕公司
• Businesswoman of the Year sponsored by PNC , awarded to Deb Silver of the Silver Shamrocks & Side Dish Rochester
• Diversity Award sponsored by Flagstar Bank , awarded to Forum Health
• Entrepreneur of the Year sponsored by Mattina, Kent & Gibbons P.C., awarded to Mark J. Albrecht, MSSL owner of MJA HR Consulting
• Technology Award sponsored by Beaumont Health , awarded to Rochester Hills TV

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Chamber Awards

• ?Ambassador of the Year sponsored by Bellbrook, awarded to Lynn Marie Oates of Envoy Mortgage
• Leadership Greater Rochester Graduate Award sponsored by PAR Pharmaceutical, awarded to Ken Elwert, CPRE of the City of Rochester Hills ’ Parks & Natural Resources Department
• Young Professional of the Year sponsored by Chief Financial Credit Union , awarded to Kristen Pontz of The Rainbow Connection
• Board Member of the Year sponsored by Pixley Funeral Home , awarded to Marilyn Trent , Principal of Trent Creative

Community Awards

• Community Hero sponsored by Oakland University , awarded to Nik Banda of the City of Rochester
• Front-Line Leader Award sponsored by Ascension Crittenton Hospital (Providence Rochester Hospital), awarded to Par Pharmaceutical
• First Responder of the Year award sponsored by The Crawford Insurance Group Group, awarded to Chief Steve Schettenhelm of the City of Rochester Police Department
• Volunteer of the Year sponsored by Genisys Credit Union , awarded to Julie Frakes Lobaza, V.P. Wealth Manager at Rochester Wealth Strategies

?Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by First State Bank - Michigan , awarded to John Modetz of Modetz Funeral Homes . In 1970, John Modetz sought employment with the proprietor of the Fred Wood Funeral Home in Livonia, telling the man that he too wanted to be a funeral director. Sixteen years later, John along with his wife Mary, opened their first funeral home in1986 in Downtown Rochester. The success of their family-owned business has allowed the Modetz family to expand and grow into other communities. With locations in Waterford, Rochester, Orion Township, Macomb Township, and Armada, each facility is following in the fine tradition of the Modetz Family of Funeral Homes.

Congratulations to all 2022 Sunrise Pinnacle Award Winners for your efforts to enhance and better our community! We applaud you!

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Special thank you to those who helped with the program and event behind the scenes: RRC President Maggie Bobitz , Michelle Eberle , Nicole Condon, Marie Orzel , Emcee Dave Walker , 2022 RRC Board Chair Vincent Mattina , 2022 RRC Foundation Parade Chair Tim Crawford , 2022 RRC Foundation Board Chair Linda Davis-Kirksey , 2022 Grand Marshals Bill & Sharon Byers, Janet Engelhardt and the amazing staff at the Royal Park Hotel , Highest Honor, Inc. , Frank Rewold & Sons Inc. , Tlc Printing , Elissa Slotkin , Mark Tisdel , & Buff City Soap .