University of Tennessee Alumni of the Year Award (2014)
University of Tennessee College of Business Entrepreneur of the Year (2012)
Pinnacle James Haslam Impact of the Year Award (2014)
Boy Scouts of America Great Smoky Mountain Council Distinguished Citizen of the Year (2017)
American Red Cross of Chattanooga Humanitarian of the Year (2016)
Inductee of the Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Hall of Fame (2009)
Tennessee Business CEO of the Year (2008)
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Southeast U.S. (2009)
National College Access Network Person of the Year (2013)
East Tennessee Community Design Center, Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award (2013)
Tennessee Business Roundtable Gordon Fee Impact of the Year Award (2014)
SCHAD Knoxville Person of the Year Award (2015)
Sertoma Knoxville Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
Boys and Girls Club Gift of Hope Award (2017)
Tennessee Geographic Alliance Visionary of the Year (2017)
Pinnacle Entrepreneur of the Year (1998)
