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Business Journal names 54 Best Places to Work winners

NORTH BAY - The Business Journal has selected 54 businesses and organizations as honorees in its fifth-annual Best Places to Work in the North Bay.

Profiles of the winners will appear in a special publication supplementing the Sept. 27 issue, and winners will be honored at a gala reception Sept. 23 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. For more information, call 707-521-5264.

The winners were selected from nearly 100 nominees by the Business Journal editorial department based on several criteria, including the results of an anonymous employee survey and a company application that provided information on issues such as diversity, benefits and community involvement.

The companies range in size from 20 employees - the minimum required - to 4,500. The contest has grown from 24 winners in 2006. Nearly 4,900 employees participated this year in the anonymous online survey that is part of the competition. The participating companies represented more than 13,000 employees.

Seven outstanding companies will be honored for being selected as five-time winners.

"Of all the years we have been conducting this program, this year the competition was the toughest. All of the nominees were very good, excellent, really. So these winners are the best of the best," said Business Journal Associate Publisher and Editor in Chief Brad Bollinger. "What this competition clearly demonstrated for all that participated is that being a great place to work is part of the culture of this special place we call the North Bay."