Mike Mallaro
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 23, 2019)—Four finalists have been named for the 2019 HME Woman of the Year. The winner will be announced during a special ceremony at the Medtrade Home Medical Equipment Expo & Conference in Atlanta Oct. 21-23, 2019.
The HME Woman of the Year finalists are:
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 17, 2019)—For the third time in five years, VGM Group has been selected as Iowa’s Top Workplace among large employers. The company has taken the top spot in each of the three years it has participated: 2015, 2017, and 2019.
ATLANTA (October 16, 2018)—Industry veteran Georgie Blackburn has been selected as the winner of the 2018 HME Woman of the Year.
ATLANTA (October 24, 2017)—Barbara Smith has been selected as the winner of the 2017 HME Woman of the Year award.
The award was presented to Smith at a ceremony held at the Medtrade Home Medical Equipment Conference and Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. She was one of four finalists selected to attend the conference and the special award presentation.
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 27, 2017)—VGM Group Inc. has been selected as Iowa’s Top Workplace for large employers.
LAS VEGAS (September 20, 2017)—VGM Group’s Ryan Ball received the Sam E. Hamontree Business Education Award during the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA) World Congress.
The award, voted on by attendees, recognizes the best business education paper, idea and/or proposal presented at the annual education event for O&P professionals. Ball presented to a large audience who chose his presentation as the best among the finalists.
WATERLOO, Iowa (February 8, 2017)—VGM Group, Inc. has promoted Dennis Clark to serve as its new Chief Leadership Officer.
In his new role, Clark will lead the advancement of values, mission and brand for the employee-owned company. He will also serve as post-acute health care visionary and ambassador across VGM’s health care membership communities.
WATERLOO, Iowa (January 2, 2017)—VGM Group, Inc. has appointed Jeff Rummel to serve as the company’s new chief financial officer.
Rummel will take on the position previously held by VGM’s chief executive officer, Mike Mallaro, a position that has been in transition since Mallaro became CEO earlier in 2016. In his new role, Rummel will be responsible for providing strategic and financial perspectives to business decisions made at VGM.
ATLANTA (November 1, 2016)—Dr. Kirsten Davin has been selected as the winner of the inaugural HME Woman of the Year award.
The award was presented to Davin at a special award ceremony held at the Medtrade Home Medical Equipment Conference and Expo. She was one of four finalists (out of 37 nominees) selected to travel to Atlanta to attend the conference, VGM-sponsored events and the special award presentation.
WATERLOO, Iowa (June 16, 2016)—The VGM Group introduced the HME Woman of the Year Award during a special session at its annual Heartland Conference.
Open to all women who work in the industry, criteria for the HME Woman of the Year award includes paving new ways of innovation and new business processes, leadership that has secured legislative wins, improving the lives of patients and making lifelong impressions on her community.
WATERLOO, IOWA, (February 17, 2016)—During their February meeting, VGM Group, Inc.’s board of directors voted unanimously to appoint Mike Mallaro to serve as the company’s new chief executive officer.
Mallaro will fill the role that was vacated with the sudden passing of VGM’s founder, Van G. Miller, this past October. Jim Walsh, VGM’s interim CEO, will transition to chairman of the board and continue to serve as general counsel.