And The Winners Of The Ultimate Business Professionals are…
Congratulations to élite Magazine’s Ultimate Business Professionals!
These top-notch businesses were voted the best in their fields by thousands of community
members and élite readers! Be sure to say you saw them in élite Magazine!
Melanie and Jeff Meyer
Ultimate Wealth Management
Pathway Financial Group –
Thrivent Financial
25350 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia
www.connect.thrivent.com/pathway-financial-group
Julie Sturgeon
Ultimate Tax Services
Julie M. Sturgeon, CPA
28042 Avenue Stanford #E Valencia
www.santaclaritatax.com
Fred Arnold
Ultimate Mortgage Lender
American Family Funding
28369 Constellation Rd. #398, Santa Clarita
www.fredarnold.com
(L-R) Donald Like (Chief Financial Officer, Partner), Mitzi Like (Chief Executive Officer), Randy Moberg (Chief Operating Officer)
Ultimate Insurance Broker
LBW Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.
28055 Smyth Dr., Valencia
www.lbwinsurance.com
Marlee Lauffer
Ultimate Non-Profit
Henry Mayo Newhall Hosptial Foundation
23845 McBean Pkwy, Valencia
www.henrymayo.com
(L-R) Back Row: Emily Pfarr, Pam Waldman, Teresa Pfarr, Amanda Pfarr, Front Row Owner Myles McNamara
Ultimate In-Home Care
Comfort Keepers In-Home Care
23900 Lyons Ave., Santa Clarita
www.santaclarita-205.comfortkeepers.com
Julia Cook, EVP of Internet Marketing
Ultimate Web Services
Scorpion
28480 Avenue Stanford, Ste 100, Valencia
www.scorpion.co
(L-R) John H. Shaffery and David S. Poole
Ultimate Business Lawyer
Poole & Shaffery, LLP
25350 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia
www.pooleshaffery.com
Other Winners:
Ultimate Family Lawyer
The Reape-Rickett Law Firm
Ultimate Elder Law
Kaiden Elder Law Group, PC
Ultimate Bankruptcy Lawyer
Donahoe & Young, LLP
Ultimate CPA
Steven B. Chegwin, CPA
Ultimate Escrow Officer
Newhall Escrow
Ultimate Financial Planning
Infinity Wealth Management
Ultimate Realtor
Donna DeRubeis
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