--- title: American Business Awards Announces First Group of Stevie Winners description: The American Business Awards announced Stevie Awards winners last Friday night at the first of two award ceremonies taking place this year. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-384391332-jpg/images/stevie2014_logo_s_150_web.jpg --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # American Business Awards Announces First Group of Stevie Winners Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Mon, Jun 16, 2014 @ 10:18 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *Beats Electronics, SunTrust Bank, and Yahoo, Inc. Among Winners of Gold Stevie**®** Awards;**New Product and Tech-related Winners to Be Announced at Second Event in San Francisco on September 12* The 12th Annual [American Business Awards](http://stevieawards.com/ABA)SM announced Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award Winners last Friday night, June 13, at the first of two gala award ceremonies taking place this year. ![Stevie Awards logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-384391332-jpg/images/stevie2014_logo_s_150_web.jpg)Friday evening’s ceremony took place at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel and honored winners in categories for customer service, human resources, corporate communications, live events, publications, videos, and selected categories for company/organization, management and marketing.  Winners in all new product and technology-related categories, and other management, marketing, and company/organization categories, will be announced at an event at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on September 12. The American Business Awards, the top [business awards](http://www.stevieawards.com) program in the U.S., honor an all-inclusive spectrum of American business people and organizations -- from non-profits, emerging start-ups, major public companies and government agencies, to corner-office executives, corporate communicators, support staff and customer service teams. Notable Gold Stevie Award Winners announced on Friday include: ­   **Communications, IR, or PR Executive of the Year:** Susan Johnson, AT&T Inc. ­   **Marketing Department of the Year:** Univision Communications Inc. ­   **Public Relations Agency of the Year: **PMK*BNC ­   **Company of the Year - Food & Beverage: **Checkers and Rally's Restaurants, Inc. ­   **Executive of the Year - Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations:** Amanda Currie, Adconion Direct ­   **Customer Service Department of the Year: **Wells Fargo Treasury Management Client Delivery ­   **Global Issues Campaign of the Year:** Center for Climate and Energy Solutions ­   **Support Team of the Year: **Electric Insurance Company ­   **Best Consumer Event: **NASCAR, Inc. ­   **Best Public Relations Video:** Peabody Energy ­   **Most Innovative Company of the Year - More Than 2,500 Employees: **Yahoo, Inc. ­   **Human Resources Team of the Year: **UST Global AMD won five Gold Stevie Awards on Friday, more than any other organization, while Quality Systems, Inc. took home four. Winners of three Gold Stevie Awards are Medtech College and MWW.  Organizations who took home two Gold Stevie Awards are Accenture, Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance, AT&T, BDS Marketing, CapitalOne ShareBuilder, Engility, Hager Fox Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Home Instead Senior Care, Makovsky, NASCAR, Inc., Pacific Life, Renters Warehouse, SCRA, Slack and Company, and Univision Communications. More than 3,300 entries were submitted to The 2014 American Business Awards, and 240 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners.  For a complete list of the Stevie Award winners in this year’s American Business Awards visit [www.StevieAwards.com/ABA](http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA). Every new product or service nominated in The 2014 American Business Awards will automatically be included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products.  Voting will open to the general public on July 7, and the winners will be honored at The American Business Awards ceremony in San Francisco on September 12. Last night’s presentations were taped and will be broadcast by Biz Talk Radio ([www.biztalkradio.com](http://www.biztalkradio.com)) on Tuesday and Friday nights. **About the Stevie® Awards**** ** Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  A sixth program, the German Stevie Awards, will debut later this year.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at [www.StevieAwards.com](http://www.StevieAwards.com). Sponsors and partners of The 2014 American Business Awards include Biz Talk Radio, CallidusCloud, Citrix Online, Cvent, Engility, John Hancock, LycaMobile, PetRays, and Softpro. 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