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Celebrating Success

As a 100% employee-owned company, we make a point to Cheer Each Other On and celebrate the wins. Throughout each year, we find opportunities to recognize the achievements of our employee owners. It all culminates with our annual VGM Awards. 

The VGM Awards offer a chance to honor some of the employee owners who have gone above and beyond to embody our Power Of One Principles. Each year, we recognize finalists in eight categories and announce the winners at a special in-person ceremony. 

2025 VGM Award Winners

 

Bobby Ayers

Megan Joachim

Callie Roberts

Project Fusion: D365 Conversion

Jackson Cahill

Danielle Carpenter

Tom Arens

Lacey McCauley

Meet This Year's Finalists

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Awards We've Earned

VGM is an amazing place to work, and it’s all thanks to the efforts and achievements of employee owners. Each of us works hard to ensure our place of work is more than just a place to work.  

The recognition we’ve received from local and national organizations is a testament to the culture of inclusion, innovation, and service at VGM. Recent awards include: 

  • ESOP Company of the Year

  • Best of the Best

  • Iowa’s Top Workplaces

  • Cedar Valley’s Employers of Choice

  • Best Place for Working Parents 

  • Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance Magazine

  • Women Lead Change, Epic Corporate Challenge Supporter  

  • Grow Cedar Valley Treating Capital Well Award 

  • Newsweek Excellence Index 

  • NCEO’s 100 Largest Majority Employee-owned Companies 

  • Verified Employee Listening Badge by McLean & Company

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