torch awards judges

San Diego BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Judges

Our independent panel of judges are selected prior to the applications being submitted and are a mix of community and business organizations, past winners and media outlets.

We believe it is an extremely valuable part of the process to have past winners participate in the judging as they have the unique perspective of having gone through the process and being publicly honored as a company of integrity. The BBB Torch Awards for Ethics judging process has two phases:

    1) written submission review and scoring; and
    2) in-person interviews.

The judges' scores determine the award recipients.

Meet the judges

Oralia Alvarez, Mission Driven Finance I Certified B Corporation

Kathy Belville, Retired Attorney

Dino D'Auria, HomeStreet Bank

Abby Galdamez, SDG&E

Gretchen Grove, Lifeguides

Carol Harris, The Educated Pet (past winner, 2022)

Lauren Hickey, aimloan.com (past winner, 2018)

Steven Nico, MarshMcLennan Agency

Marvin Ordonez, SDG&E

Bianca Ornelas, SDG&E

Jeff Rankin, La Jolla Light Newspaper

Raymond Simas, HomeStreet Bank

Alex Waters, The Jacob Center

Jeremy Wilson, SDEBA