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Franchise Leader Dwyer-Owens Receives Crystal Compass Award at 51st IFA Convention.
WACO, Texas – (Feb. 2011) – Dina Dwyer-Owens, Chairwoman and CEO of The Dwyer Group, was honored with the Crystal Compass Award for her extraordinary leadership by the International
Franchise Association’s Women’s
Franchise Committee during the association’s 51st annual
franchise convention in Las Vegas.
“This is an incredible honor both for what the award represents and the remarkable men and women I join who have been honored before me,” Dwyer-Owens said.
The IFA’s Women’s Franchise Committee bestows its Crystal Compass upon an individual within the
franchising community who epitomizes the ideals of leadership. Recipients of the award have earned reputations for leadership by making significant contributions within their respective
franchise organizations, the franchising community in general and in their local communities.
Dwyer-Owens, a Certified Franchise Executive with more than 29 years of industry experience, proudly accepted the recognition as a culmination of career-long highlights and, most recently, a historic year of professional and personal achievements.
In 2010, Dwyer-Owens and her executive team championed the $150 million acquisition of The Dwyer Group by the New York-based private equity firm TZP Group to take the company to its next level of expansion. She served as the immediate past-chair of the IFA, being a spokesperson to the media and peer organizations to support the positives of
franchising as a business format. She celebrated a record $1 million in VetFran discounts as well as the 200th VetFran recipient among The Dwyer Group’s brands – a program developed by her father, the late Don Dwyer, Sr., that she helped relaunch with the IFA after 9/11. She also found time to give back in memorable ways, and traveled to Haiti last year with other members of The Dwyer Group, family and friends on a mission trip to deliver medical supplies and introduce clean water to people in need.
The author of Live R.I.C.H., Dwyer-Owens has been a big advocate of ethics in business, speaking frequently about The Dwyer Group’s Code of Values as its foundation for success. And she credits that corporate culture for helping The Dwyer Group earn recognition as one of The Best Companies to Work for in Texas for four consecutive years.
In her acceptance speech for the Crystal Compass Award, Dwyer-Owens paid tribute to her faith, being surrounded by a great team, and having great systems with a strong Code of Values as strengths in her ability to lead.
About The Dwyer Group, Inc.®:
The Dwyer Group, Inc., based in Waco, Texas, is a holding company of seven
franchise businesses, each selling and supporting a different franchise under the following service marks: Aire Serv®, Glass Doctor®, The Grounds Guys™, Mr. Appliance®, Mr. Electric®, Mr. Rooter® (Drain Doctor in the UK and Portugal), and Rainbow International®. Collectively, these independent franchise concepts offer customers world-wide a broad base of residential and commercial services. In addition, Dwyer operates glass shops in New England under the Portland Glass brand name. The Dwyer Group is a portfolio company of TZP Group LLC, a private equity firm based in New York that focuses on control investments in business and consumer services companies with enterprise values generally up to $200 million.
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