Life at Corizon

Things have been crazy busy at Corizon (my work) lately...just prior to my big birthday bash (see previous post), I was in Denver at the American Correctional Association (ACA) Conference. We attended events, manned the booth, etc.

Ralph Salk (MO), Me, Chris Duffy (IN)

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I was in charge of planning a retirement reception at the corporate office which was held on July 30th for one of our Senior Vice Presidents, Larry Pomeroy -- who hired me almost seven years ago. He had been with the company for 15 years...starting back when we were Prison Health Services, then PHS Correctional Healthcare, and then through the merger to Corizon. He was promoted about 3 years ago, which is when I started working for my current boss, Jon Walker.

Cool cakes we had made 1) showing all our logos...and 2) a great photo of him and Dr. Keldie riding bulls!

We (team effort) made him a scrapbook of photos through the years, and notecards from friends with appreciation and good luck wishes...(these are just a few of the pages).

Jon Walker, SVP Business Development; Rich Hallworth, CEO; Larry Pomeroy; Dr. Carl Keldie, Chief Medical Officer

Jennie Latimer, Briana Lutes, Larry Pomeroy, Me

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And this past week, with the London OLYMPICS-MANIA so ever-present all over television and the internet, Google also had a new little game on their page each day. Jennie decided we should do a Google Olympics in the Marketing Department. So...we did! We would compete for five minutes, and send in a screen shot of our best time.

First was Hurdles:

Jennie Latimer, Bronze; George Parsons, Gold (notice the 'endorsements'); Doug Devlin, Silver
I was FOURTH place on hurdles, but if you're not in the TOP THREE, you're NOTHING! (sniff!)

Next was Basketball:

Briana Lutes, Bronze; George Parsons, Gold; Jennie Latimer, Silver

Then was Canoeing:

George with Bronze (and endorsements); Jennie with Gold (& matching sandals); and Briana, Silver

Then...was SOCCER:

(and I must admit, I wasted waaaay too much time practicing this one!
It was reminiscent of the olden day "PONG.")

BUT IT WON ME THE BRONZE!!!!  And Briana with Gold; George (again with 'endorsements') with Silver

When we all cheered for the final medals won, someone from the Finance department way down the hall called Jon...they though we must have won a contract or something. Nope, not today! Just having fun and spreading a little "Company Culture" through our end of the building!

And after all...with a healthy Company Culture, EVERYBODY WINS!