About BestCompaniesTexas

We validate and elevate the very best companies in Texas.

Founded in 2002, BestCompaniesTexas pioneered the intersection of recruiting, human resources, marketing and public relations — today known as Employer Branding or “PR for HR.” BestCompaniesTexas has evolved into an exclusive, niche PR, marketing and employer branding firm that specializes in building and promoting strong employer brands. BestCompaniesTexas is best known for establishing large-scale workplace awards programs and events, including the Best Places to Work in the Valley, Texas’s Most Admired Companies, Top Companies to Work for in Texas and several large-scale events designed to support Texas veterans and spouses and diversity and inclusion.

BestCompaniesTexas specializes in helping corporate clients and community partners develop, strengthen and market their unique employer brands on a regional and national level. With decades of combined leadership experience in organizational culture development, strategic human resources management, employer branding, public relations and talent marketing, BestCompaniesTexas has developed a reputation as the expert for gaining increased exposure in our state.

Our Team

Denise Gredler

CEO & Founder

Denise Gredler is the state’s preeminent thought leader and visionary in employer branding and workplace culture. Denise is best known for establishing large-scale workplace awards programs, including the Best Places to Work in the Valley, Texas’s Most Admired Companies, and Top Companies to Work For in Texas.

Before founding BestCompaniesTexas, Denise was the vice president of human resources for Finova Capital Corporation. There, she built a human resources department for a small subsidiary into a decentralized human resources function for a public company with more than 1,500 employees nationwide. Working closely with the CEO, Denise nurtured and promoted the company’s dynamic work culture, landing the company in the top 20 on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. She created work/life initiatives, recruitment and retention strategies, HR surveys and employee communications to build an outstanding employer brand.

As strategic partner for the Texas’s Most Admired Companies and Top Companies to Work for in Texas programs, Denise and her team provide a competitive advantage for employer branding in today’s challenging talent market. In her rare bits of spare time, Denise likes to travel with husband Karl and son Max, and tries her best to enjoy the workout and healthy eating program she’s committed to.

Kari Trummel

VP of Client Services and Operations

Miles Tucker

Social Media Manager

Miles Tucker is an Arizona State University alumnus with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His expertise is in growing digital audiences through the use of social media and highlighting brands on digital platforms. Miles developed a passion for social media through actively using platforms like Instagram and Twitter. He turned that passion into a career when he started mentoring students at ASU’s Digital Audiences Lab. In the DA Lab, Miles sharpened his leadership skills, started working in a highly productive agency environment, and obtained the knowledge he would need to launch campaigns for the clients at BestCompaniesTexas.

At BestCompaniesTexas, Miles is responsible for the daily social media tasks involved with promoting the company’s clients and brand. He oversees all the company’s post on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. His goal is to ensure that all of the award-winning companies we promote have their outstanding brands reflected on all digital platforms. Miles has lived in the Valley since 2017. Outside of work, he enjoys browsing social media posts and playing video games. He also spends time visiting friends in California and family in Mississippi.

Jenna DiMartino

Marketing Coordinator

Deborah Peck, PhD.

Strategic Consulting Partner, FOunder of Seity Insight

As a network engineer turned organizational psychologist, Dr. Deb loves turning intuition into science. Those “soft skills” and culture concepts you thought couldn’t be measured? She can measure them, using her own trademarked scientific process.

Dr. Deb’s calming, patient, non-judgmental presence doesn’t mean she sugarcoats her communication, since she’s known for integrity and honesty. She can handle the truth if you can.

Despite her passion for her work, Dr. Deb is most proud of raising a smart and kind son. In her rich and varied life history, she’s traveled Europe on her own, and still looks for opportunities to travel and experience great restaurants. One of Dr. Deb’s simple pleasures is going on long hikes and snuggling with her 80-pound lap dog, Dreygan, a four year old Dobie.

Dr. Deb can help solve complex organizational challenges. To find out more details about her consultation services visit: https://seity.com.

Christine Gannon

Strategic Consulting Partner, Managing Partner of Brightworks Consulting

Christine Gannon serves as a respected exemplary leader in the public, private and non-profit sectors, as CEO of Brightworks Consulting. Leaning on her extensive cross-industry experience, she is an invested architect of change, providing exceptional value and notable ROI for clients. As CEO, Christine is known for her expertise in leadership, business process improvement, collaborative partnerships, and DE&I. Her research is focused on leadership, equity, inclusion and ensuring the workplace is safe, educated, and equitable.

Ms. Gannon is also the Co-Founder of The Foundation for Female Equity and Inclusion. This 501c3 was established in early 2020 with a mission to serve organizations with resources, education and best practices to drive inclusion and equity in the workplace.

Ms. Gannon is a published author and co-author of several books to include: The Excellence Code: 7 Steps to Achieve Lasting Impact™, Constitutional Grit: Using Grit as a Catalyst for Female Equity in the C Suite, along with Executive Women Grit: Powerful Stories of Women Who Earned the Silver Spoon.

Most recently, Christine received the 2021 Phoenix Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business award and was recognized in 2020 by the Capitol Times as a top Woman Achiever of Texas. She hosts a weekly podcast, Great Companies! Great Leaders! on You Tube and podcasting platforms.

Prior to launching Brightworks Consulting, Ms. Gannon was the Global Leader for Transformation and Change at IBM, as well as Vice President of Business Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma holding a Master Black Belt certification. Before joining IBM, Ms. Gannon served as a Global Program and Communications Executive at American Express.

Mary Hall

Strategic Consulting partner, Founder of CultureWise Consulting

Mary Hall’s professional experience includes being the co-founder of a national credit counseling and debt-management agency that grew from a few family members to over 500 employees. Serving as the COO, Mary spearheaded Culture Development Programs that lead to four Best Place to Work Awards, three BBB Ethics Awards and two Presidential Points of Light awards for Volunteerism. Mary’s background in Accounting, HR and Operations provided her the skills necessary to identify the operational, financial and health benefits that a great culture can have on an organization and its people.

Mary served on the BBB Board of Directors for eight years and has served four times as a judge for the Most Admired Companies Awards. She is a Conscious Capitalism Ambassador and a Best CompaniesAZ Strategic Partner.

Her academic background includes a BA in Accounting, CPA from Montana State University and a Masters in Nonprofit Studies from the ASU Lodestar Center. Mary founded CultureWise Consulting to help companies create meaningful cultures that focus on Purpose, Values, Employee Engagement and Fulfillment.

www.culturewiseconsulting.com contact at mary@culturewiseconsulting.com and www.linkedin.com/in/mary-hall-culture.