LONGMONT, CO (September 1, 2021) – It was announced today that Lori Jones, president and CEO of Avocet Communications, will be inducted into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame.
Honorees are individuals who have been instrumental, through business-related efforts, in providing direction, energy, and support to the shaping of Boulder County since its inception. Candidates are nominated by their peers, family members, and associates.
Jones said: “My father founded Avocet in 1980 and I joined him in 1989. I was blessed to have learned from him every day and one of the greatest joys of my career is having helped to create this agency by his side. Avocet was founded and continues to be grounded in our desire to help businesses in Boulder County – and all over the U.S. – strategically ignite their growth and position their brands for success.
“What I am most proud of is that at its core, Avocet is a family business with a culture that is people-first and client-centric, ” she added.
Other honorees included Cotton Burden of Burden Inc.; Todd Dutkin of Fresca Foods; Scott Green of Google Boulder; Carol Riggs of Sturtz and Copeland; Ron Secrist, former president, Boulder Community Health Foundation, Boulder; and Allen Ginsborg, NewMark Merrill Mountain States (posthumous).
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About Avocet Communications: Founded in 1980, family-owned Avocet Communications has earned a national reputation for helping its clients increase customer acquisition through integrated marketing communications solutions. The agency represents asset-intensive and consumer and business brands globally. Its strategic team of marketing, creative, media, PR, and technology professionals build campaigns and top-of-mind awareness for its clients through innovative, ROI-based strategic development, branding, marketing, advertising, media relations, social, and digital programs that accelerate business growth. Avocet has been named one of Colorado’s Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses by ColoradoBiz magazine several years in a row and was named to BizWest’s Mercury 100 list year-over-year. The Denver Business Journal has consistently ranked Avocet in its list of Top 25 Advertising Agencies in the state. Visit the website at www.avocetcommunications.com. And listen to Avocet’s Integrate & Ignite Marketing Podcast here.
About The Boulder County Business Hall of Fame: The Boulder County Business Hall of Fame is a private, nonprofit 501C3 dedicated to the encouragement of business excellence in Boulder County by recognizing and inducting Boulder County business leaders into the prestigious Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame operates under the administration of a volunteer board of directors comprised of Boulder County business leaders. The board provides operational and fiduciary oversight as well as serving as the selection panel for the Hall of Fame honorees. Each year since its founding at the Millennium Harvest House in 1992, the Hall of Fame board of directors has chosen and installed a select number of business leaders from a diverse field of candidates nominated by their peers, family members and associates. Candidates are evaluated against a set of criteria set forth in the Hall of Fame bylaws. nominations are accepted from May through January online or in written format with inductee selections being made in February.
