Awards Handed Out by Tyler Area Chamber

TYLER — Michael and Lisa Lujan of Mentoring Minds are the winners of this year’s T.B. Butler Award as Tyler’s top citizens. Mentoring Minds is a Tyler-based educational resource company. The award was one of several handed out Tuesday night at the annual meeting of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce. Patrick Willis of the non-profit management consulting firm Abegg Willis and Associates won the W.C. Windsor Award as top citizen under age 40. Large Business of the year is Suddenlink Communications; The Genesis Group was named Small Business of the Year. Volunteer of the Year honors went to Chad Cargile. The new Chamber chair is Bob Westbrook, with Claude Henry serving as chair-elect.