The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance (LWRBA) has announced the nine winners from the annual Sandies Members’ Choice Awards. The Sandies honor LWRBA volunteers; winners were selected by their peers from a pool of 42 finalists across eight categories through an online nomination and voting process. In addition to the eight categories, the “Best Rancher” award is presented to the LWRBA member who referred the most new members during the year.

This year's winners are John Holz (Volunteer of the Year), Ron Trytek (Networking King Award), Karen Medford (Networking Queen Award), Lorri Kidder (Above & Beyond Award), Heather Koester (Rising Star Award), Abigail Kahl (Young Professional of the Year Award), Allison Imre (Bull by the Horns Award), Alicia Chalmers (Ray of Sunshine Award) and Michelle Olivo (Best Rancher Award).