Recognizes 117 franchise owners with top recognition for franchisees; recipients exemplify excellence in business, giving back, and providing opportunities to those around them
LAS VEGAS – The International Franchise Association (IFA) today recognized 117 individuals and teams with its 2024 Franchisee of the Year awards, representing the top franchisees from IFA member brands across industries from communities around the country and the world. The annual Franchisee of the Year awards, honored at the 65th IFA Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, recognize outstanding franchise establishment owner-operators.
“Franchisees of the Year represent the very best of franchising,” said Matt Haller, President and CEO of the International Franchise Association. “They embody the American Dream, create economic opportunity, serve their communities and show what it means to go into business for yourself, but not by yourself. We are proud to recognize these entrepreneurs with the highest honor IFA awards to individual franchisees, and we salute them for the tireless efforts to lift up all those they serve.”
The Franchisee of the Year awards recognize leading franchise owners from IFA member brands whose outstanding performance and contributions help protect, enhance, and promote the franchise business model. Nominated by their parent company, individuals are selected for their service to their communities, fostering a strong and vibrant workforce, opening the doors for career growth and entrepreneurship, and supporting their fellow franchisees.
There are approximately 830,000 franchised businesses across the U.S., providing nearly 9 million direct jobs and generating over $896 billion in economic output. According to Oxford Economics, franchising on average provides higher wages and better benefits than non-franchised businesses, as well as greater entrepreneurial opportunities to minorities, women, veterans, and other underrepresented communities.
The full list of recipients is below:
| Aaron and Danielle Katzoff | Spavia Moorestown/Guilford Commons/Stamford | Egg Harbor Township | NJ |
| Al and AJ Rodriguez | Sport Clips | Mars | PA |
| Alen McKnight | Athletic Republic Cary | Cary | NC |
| Alex and Myriam Guerrero | Tint World | El Paso | TX |
| Amber Walley | GK Property Holdings LLC | Warren | OH |
| Anchal Lamba | Gong cha Franchise, LLC | Hauppauge | NY |
| Andrew D’Agosto | Panda Inc dba Arby’s | Omaha | NE |
| Andrew Jones, Edward Amar, and Mateusz Dabrowski | TAM | Gonzales | LA |
| Andy Freitas* | Colonels Limited LLC | Purcellville | VA |
| Angela Woodruff-Swarts | Spherion Staffing | Augusta | GA |
| Angella Emmett | ATC Healthcare Services – PNW and Texas | Austin | TX |
| Anne Peters | Home Instead Greater Des Moines | Urbandale | IA |
| Ashley Drake and Jonas Champlain | Radiant Waxing | Meridian | ID |
| Asia Di Antonio and Daniel Stock | KidzArt and Club Scientific Hawaii (Da Dream Lab) | Kaneohe | HI |
| Barbara Neall and Ryan Day | Home Clean Heroes of Huntsville | Madison | AL |
| Bella Jing Wang | Steamoji Richmond Central | West Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Blair Ramsing, Brendan Charles, and Michelle Kimble | Hydrate IV Bar | Dallas | TX |
| Bob Stewart | Toprail Fence Richmond VA | Glen Allen | VA |
| Brandon and Shaleeza Collins | IHOP – HBP Group | Baton Rouge | LA |
| Brandon Bowen | FFSubs, LLC | Henryville | IN |
| Brett Itterman | Pentex Restaurant Group | Fargo | ND |
| Brian and Denise Morrison | A Plus Automotive LLC dba SpeeDee | Charlotte | NC |
| Brian Carmody | Patton Wings | Shelby Township | MI |
| Brian Posen | Painting With A Twist – Lakewood, Colorado | Boulder | CO |
| Brian Preuss | Green Home Solutions | Mount Airy | MD |
| Carla Vibbert | Waxing the City – Bowling Green, KY and Gallatin, TN | Hendersonville | TN |
| Cathy Carroll | Payroll Vault Mainline | Havertown | PA |
| Coby Jones | Big Chicken | Edmond | OK |
| Colleen O’Ferrall-Jones | Orangetheory Fitness | Kapolei | HI |
| Corey E Robinson | BP Retail Partners Inc | Clinton | IA |
| Cory Griggs | LIME Painting of Charleston | Mount Pleasant | SC |
| Dane and Jaclyn Kopnisky | DAC Group LLC – DBA Donatos Pizza | Summerville | SC |
| David and Allison McMurtry | The Goddard School Denver Highlands | Denver | CO |
| David E. Gronewoller | GC Partners, Inc. | Winston Salem | NC |
| David Ostrowe | O&M Restaurant Group | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Derek Wachter | PostNet | Aurora | CO |
| Dr. Anthony Tran | The Joint Chiropractic | Huntington Beach | CA |
| Dr. Macmillian Innocent PT, DPT, CWS | Innocent Holdings LLC | Miramar | FL |
| Emily E. vanCleef | Bloomin’ Blinds of Rock Hill & South Charlotte | Rock Hill | SC |
| Eric Cook | WSI | Prudenville | MI |
| Eric Salas | Valenta | Kenwood | CA |
| Eric Wallentine and Nate Benjamin | Homewatch CareGivers of Southern Idaho | Meridian | ID |
| Frank Wetegrove | Camp Bow Wow San Antonio Airport, Northwest, Stone Oak, Live Oak and Austin | San Antonio | TX |
| George Juarez | Christian Brothers Automotive Woodstock | Woodstock | GA |
| Greg Costley | Costley Enterprises, LLC | Broken Arrow | OK |
| Gus Herlong | Palmetto Garage Works, LLC, dba Midas | Columbia | SC |
| Heidi Simos | Bound for Success Coaching, LLC | Ormond Beach | FL |
| Helen Liu | The Bar Method Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Ian Kaner | Budget Blinds of the Seacoast and Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard | Portsmouth | NH |
| Jaime Zilverberg | SafeSplash Swim School Castle Rock | Castle Rock | CO |
| Jason Summers and AJ Arthus | JSA Tires dba RNR Tires Express | Lubbock | TX |
| Jeff Chew | Pizza Factory, Inc. | Janesville | CA |
| Jefferey Oslund | Rebath Michigan | Troy | MI |
| Jeffrey Warden | The Rose Group | Newtown | PA |
| Jim and Stacey Casey | Rainbow Restoration of Athens GA | Bogart | GA |
| Jim Carteris | FirstLight Home Care of The Peninsula | San Carlos | CA |
| Joanna Johnson | Foxy Box Laser and Wax Bar Port Coquitlam | Coquitlam | British Columbia |
| Joe and Marci Natale | Grasons Estate Sales of Southern Az., Chandler and Mesa | Tucson | AZ |
| John and Sara English | JS English Enterprises, LLC | Chesterfield | MO |
| John Breton | Pool Scouts of McKinney & Northeast DFW | McKinney | TX |
| John Colon | Wise Coatings of Central Michigan | Midland | MI |
| Jolie and Jordan Cypert | FASTSIGNS, International | Austin | TX |
| Jordan Black | Two Maids of Boulder/Denver, CO region and Chesterfield/O’Fallon, MO | Littleton | CO |
| Josephine Suryono | AtWork Roseville & Sacramento | Rocklin | CA |
| Joshua Bowie | The Brothers that just do Gutters Atlanta | Suwanee | GA |
| Julie and Scott Beville | Sing Bev Hospitality, LLC | Simpsonville | SC |
| Kajal Patel | The Hena Group | Norridge | IL |
| Katie Hillyer and Erik Skovgard | True North Restoration of Iowa | Cedar Falls | IA |
| Katie Young | Celebree School of Nottingham | Joppa | MD |
| Kelly Comin | Ivy Kids of Young Ranch | Cypress | TX |
| Kenneth D. Adair | Pirtek | Homer Glen | IL |
| Kimberly Roman | Owl Be There Wilmington West Chester | Wilmington | DE |
| Lee Turrini and Team | Junk King Orange County/Anaheim | Irvine | CA |
| Luke Andrus | Blue Star Investments | Arnaudville | LA |
| M. Denise Simmons | Wisdom Senior Care | Miramar | FL |
| Mariano Llorian | AdvantaClean of Fort Lauderdale | Oakland Park | FL |
| Mary Zabian | Assisted Living Locators MetroWest Massachusetts | Boston | MA |
| Matt and Alison Bengochea | Hams 4 Him, LLC | Bogart | GA |
| Matt Walin | Daisy Orange County | Costa Mesa | CA |
| Max D Gelwix | Sonic Drive In | Poway | CA |
| Mehul Patel | AlphaGraphics 711 | Dallas | TX |
| Melanie Ramos | Blue Moon Estate Sales | Knoxville | TN |
| Melissa and Brian Markus | Scenthound – Overland Park, KS | Olathe | KS |
| Michael Carilo Jr. | Aussie Pet Mobile Of The Desert | La Quinta | CA |
| Michael Haines | Ovation Hospitality Group | Cumming | GA |
| Michael Nungesser | Five Star Painting of Central Georgia | Macon | GA |
| Michele Zimmer | Woodhouse Spa – Buffalo | Buffalo | NY |
| Michelle & Richard Lee | Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii | Falls Church | VA |
| Michelle Marcus Rodriguez | Season 2 Consign Orlando | Orlando | FL |
| Mohit and Bejal Patel | Primrose School of Evergreen | San Josa | CA |
| Monica Holguin | Basecamp Fitness | El Paso | TX |
| Neelima Gaikwad | A Place At Home Schaumburg | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Parag Patel | Lala Companies | Yorba Linda | CA |
| Paulo Portela | School of Rock Brazil, Portugal & Spain | São Paulo | SP |
| Penny Ellison | Mr. Handyman of West Knoxville | Knoxville | TN |
| Peter McCormick and Alex Zega | Five Iron Louisville | Louisville | KY |
| Philip and Katelyn Schultz | Glass Doctor of Lexington | Lexington | KY |
| Randy Chipman | CarePatrol of Utah | Spanish Fork | UT |
| Rasheen Hartwell | Rage Management DBA Stretch Zone | Spring Hill | TN |
| Richard Alan Webber | CertaPro Painters of Morristown, NJ | Morristown | NJ |
| Robert “Bob” Harms | Huntington Learning Center | Plantation | FL |
| Robert Pina | Marco’s Pizza Multi-Unit Franchisee | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Ron Morrow Jr | Oilex Operating LLC | Denver | CO |
| Sam Patel | Kisna Hospitality | Knoxville | TN |
| Scott Davis | DHR Slim Chickens | Tumbling Shoals | AR |
| Senen De Castro-Cabalfin RN, MSN | Executive Home Care of Freehold, Toms River, Bergen and Somerset | Marlboro | NJ |
| Shai Jiwani | Altitude Trampoline Park – East Cobb | Marietta | GA |
| Stephen and Richelle McCabe | Aroma Joe’s | Indiana | PA |
| Steve Sargent | Milex Complete Auto Care / Mr. Transmission | Fuquay Varina | NC |
| Sumit and Monica Bansal | Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa | Troy | MI |
| Susan and Ronnie Morris | Express Employment Professionals | Jackson | TN |
| Taylor Johns | Karalina Enterprises (Little Caesars) | Greer | SC |
| Thomas Keller, Marsha Keller and Laura Eads | Kiddie Academy Educational Child Care | Chesterfield | MO |
| Tim Roberts | Success Through Referrals LLC | Salem | NH |
| Toby and Amy Tabor | Floor Coverings International | Vancouver | WA |
| Tracey McCaghy and Steve Marszalek | McCaghy/Marszalek Group | Royal Oak | MI |
| Veny Pirochta and Nick Granato | PremierGarage and The Tailored Closet of the Bay Area | Foster City | CA |
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