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