Austin, Minnesota - Cooperative Response Center, Inc. (CRC), headquartered in Austin, Minn., recently completed its fourth annual Employee-of-the-Month/Year program. Throughout the course of 2009, one CRC employee was selected by their peers each month based on “Catch Me at My Best” cards. These are cards turned in by fellow employees pointing out achievements or extraordinary performance.

The following employees received Employee of the Month during 2009:

January – Gayle Oldenkamp, Customer Service Representative 1
February – Melissa Barr, Marketing Specialist
March – Kristina Hastings, Central Station Operator
April – DeVon Kuphal, Customer Service Representative 4
May – Jennifer Pascal, Senior Accountant
June – Aaron Dudas, Programmer
July – Nick Johnson, Network Administrator
August – Amanda Wencl, Customer Service Representative 4
September – Laura Beavers, Service Excellence Coordinator
October – Jessica Strand, Customer Service Representative 4
November – Cheryl Haney, Regional Account Representative
December – Vickie Miller, Operations Analyst

Following 12 months of 2009 Employee of the Month nominations, CRC named Laura Beavers, Service Excellence Coordinator, as CRC's 2009 Employee of the Year. Laura, who has worked at CRC's Dunlap, Tenn., office for nearly nine years, was selected as the September 2009 Employee of the Month for her dedicated service to CRC’s membership. Throughout the year, Laura consistently demonstrated her dedication to CRC, its values, mission statement, membership, and employees.