The 52nd Annual Banquet was held on Friday, February 6 at the Hyatt Regency North Dallas - Richardson Hotel.  Despite some concerns over the economic stimulus package in the Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was in attendance and was the event's keynote speaker.

Over 400 business and community leaders turned out to hear the Senator and celebrate what a wonderful 2008 the Richardson community has had.  The award was announced for Citizen of the Year and the Chamber honored some of their special volunteers as well.  Outgoing Chairman of the Board, Dave Anderson of Reliable Chevrolet, officially turned the gavel over to incoming Chairman Steve Moon of Bank of Texas. 

It was a wonderful event and a fitting tribute to a fantastic 2008.  Thank you to Rockwell Collins and all of our wonderful sponsors listed below.  We could not have had such tremendous success without you!

Congratulations to these 2008 award winners!!

2008 Citizen of the Year: Chief Larry Zacharias
2008 Small Business of the Year: Chocolate Angel
2008 Volunteer of the Year: Cindy Korenman, Loveable Smiles
2008 Rookie Volunteer of the Year: Amir Omar, Verizon Business
2008 Committee of the Year: Leadership Richardson Curriculum, Neil Stampe, PS Communications
2008 Ambassador of the Year: Barb Gatti

 


Chairman's Level Sponsor:

 

 

Director's Level Sponsors: 

 

 


A Winston Capital and
L&B Realty Advisors Development
 

 
   

 

 
 

 

Table Sponsors:

Atmos Energy 

Galatyn Park Corporation

AT&T, Inc.

 Halff Associates, Inc.

AVNET, Inc.

 LegacyTexas Bank

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Oncor Electric Delivery

Colliers International

Richardson Independent School District 

DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) 

Richardson Regional Medical Center 

Dei Rossi Corporate Ware

Richland College of the DCCCD 

Elcan Optical Technologies

Texans Credit Union

Frost National Bank

Texas Instruments, Inc.  

Fujitsu Network Communications

Zyvex Instruments