2001 Recipients

Jaynes Corporation

In 1964, George T. Jaynes started a small business contracting curb, sidewalk and patio concrete work around Albuquerque. Fifty-five years later his company is still in business – but on a much larger scale. The Jaynes Corporation now employs almost 300 people and builds everything from schools to hospitals throughout the Southwest.

Jaynes achieved phenomenal growth and success by maintaining ethical business practices, exceeding customer expectations, and caring for its employees. The company’s attention to quality and integrity is evident in everything it does, from its spotless vehicles and driving etiquette, to its focus on safety and customer service.

Jaynes’ code of conduct, which is scripted in bronze at the company’s headquarters, sets the standard. Quality, integrity, and safety come first. Several employee teams promote those principles. They facilitate communication with other employees and customers, reinforce the company’s philosophies, and ensure customer satisfaction long after projects are complete. But Jaynes doesn’t just settle for excellence in its own workplace, the company works to improve the community, too. Jaynes management, led by Chairman and CEO, J. Howard Mock, and employees give often – and generously – to more than 35 charitable causes. Whether it’s a local Boy Scout troop, the United Way or the Ronald McDonald House, Jaynes lends a hand. Two Albuquerque organizations in particular have benefited from the company’s generosity. Mr. Mock and Jaynes were instrumental in fund raising efforts and renovations for both All Faiths Receiving Home and the Albuquerque Rescue Mission.

Jaynes’ Eugene Ethridge Memorial Fund truly symbolizes the company’s generosity. The fund commemorates a former employee known for helping others. Employees donate vacation time and overtime pay to the fund, which has an average balance of $40,000. The money goes to employees facing emergencies and to strangers in need.

Since 1946, Jaynes Corporation has built a reputation for its integrity, honesty, and charity – and the company has earned a great respect in the process.

Roses Southwest Papers

One of New Mexico’s business success stories really started in 1972 in the small Central American country of Belize where Roberto and Rose Marie Espat were running their own company. In the early 1980’s, the couple moved to Albuquerque and started Rose’s Southwest Papers. While running a business here was different from managing one in Belize, some things didn’t change. The Espats found that their sustaining beliefs in fairness, good business practices, and taking care of their employees still served them well. Roses manufactures paper products – toilet tissue, kitchen towel rolls, bags – for commercial businesses. The company started with just 20 employees and 20,000 square feet of space. Roses has expanded to 250,000 square feet and now employs 200 people. Based on its rapid growth, Roses was ranked as the 46th fastest growing company in Inc. Magazine’s Inner City 100 in May 2000.

Roses thrives because it’s a great company to work with and a great company to work for. It’s highly regarded by suppliers and customers, who say Roses is fair and provides excellent service.

Roses’ employees enjoy an outstanding benefit package, generous bonuses, a tuition reimbursement plan, and a family-like work atmosphere. The Espats truly care about their employees. They’ve gone so far as to help an uninsured employee with his house payments while his wife battled a serious illness.

The Espats care about the environment and their community, too. Roses uses only 100 percent recycled paper and its self-contained manufacturing plant doesn’t use toxic chemicals or emit pollutants into the air, water, or ground.

To give back to the community, Roberto Espat has been involved with Accion New Mexico, Association of Commerce and Industry, Barelas Community Development Corporation, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, United Way, Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau, International Trade Council of New Mexico, and the Albuquerque Hipano Chamber of Commerce.

Enterprise Builders Corporation

In the late 1980’s, construction workers Ralph Baldwin and David Doyle found themselves unemployed. Rather than search for work, the two decided to take control of their own destinies. They launched Enterprise Builders Corporation in 1988. Ever since, they’ve been building their community – both literally and figuratively.

Enterprise Builders manages general contracting for commercial construction projects in New Mexico. From the outset, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Doyle stressed the importance of solid working partnerships with customers and employees. Their plan has paid off.
The company’s focus on win-win partnerships with customers has fueled its growth. About 90 percent of Enterprise Builder’s business is repeat business. And, for the past two years, the company has been named in the New Mexico Private 100 list of largest privately held firms. The owners know that the company’s strength is its employees. So, employees are treated as equals and the owners look out for their well-being. Employees receive an above industry benefit package, tuition reimbursement, and liberal family leave. In fact, when an employee’s wife was critically ill, Ralph Baldwin put his duties as president aside and took the employee’s position until his wife recovered.

Enterprise Builders also supports its employees by contributing to their charitable efforts including the Active 20/30 Equestrian Cup and youth sports teams. The company supports many other charities including Toys for Tots, the United Way, the Samaritan Counseling Center, and the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation.

When Ralph Baldwin and David Boyle decided to build their lives by starting Enterprise Builders, they not only created a model company, they created a better community, too.

The Mid Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross

Fires. Floods. Storms. Military emergencies. During all these disasters, you’re sure to see a welcome sight. It’s a bright red cross – the symbol of help and safety the world over…the trusted symbol of The American Red Cross. Since 1916, the Mid Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross has offered help and safety to the residents of central New Mexico. The Chapter serves six counties, but its services extend much further. The Chapter provides support for the other nine Red Cross chapters in New Mexico, and it trains volunteers that travel worldwide to help others.

To achieve its mission of helping those in need, the Chapter relies on a staff of 400 – 95 percent of whom are volunteers. CEO Bettye Pressley and a dedicated Board of Directors lead the paid staff and volunteers. All Red Cross employees and volunteers maintain high ethical standards and follow a strict code of conduct that guides them in all activities from fund raising efforts to delivering care.

Last year, the Chapter helped more than 25,000 New Mexicans. The organization’s largest mission was coordinating the Cerro Grande fire relief effort, surrounding Los Alamos. The Chapter’s staff worked tirelessly to organize all the charities and agencies in the area, and manage everything from providing shelter for families to offering counseling.

But the Chapter handles much more than large-scale disaster relief – much of its work is on behalf of individuals and single families in need. Among other things, it provides CPR training, offers first aid and aquatics classes, helps during military crises, and organizes home repairs for elderly homeowners.

“We’ll Be There” – that’s the Red Cross promise to those in need. And for more than 85 years, the Mid-Rio Grande Chapter has been there for New Mexicans.

PNM Award for Individual Excellence in Ethical Business Practice,
in Honor of John Ackerman
Robert J. Stamm

Robert J. Stamm has seen the land and life in New Mexico change dramatically since he grew up in Albuquerque in the 1920s. And through the years he’s been a large – and positive – part of those changes.

Bob attended Albuquerque schools and graduated from UNM in 1942. He joined the Navy and immediately went to graduate school at the U.S. Naval Academy. Afterward, he served as a U.S. Naval Engineering Officer in WWII. After the war, Bob returned to New Mexico with his family and joined O.G. Bradbury Contractor where he worked in various capacities. He became a partner in 1957 and then President. Currently, he’s Chairman of the Board of the company now called, Bradbury Stamm Construction Company, Inc. – the state’s largest volume, locally-owned contractor.

Bob Stamm let his principles and ethics guide him as he excelled in his career. In fact, his strong personal morals helped frame the “Guiding Principles” that direct his company’s ethical approach to business and community involvement. One of those Guiding Principles set forth is that the company would give back time and dollars to the community. Every year, the company gives at least five percent of after tax profits to charitable and educational institutions. And, employees are encouraged to participate in community organizations of their choice. Bob Stamm has always led by example, inspiring others with his tireless efforts on behalf of many civic organizations, charities, and public bodies. He currently serves as trustee and board member for a number of organizations. And Bob has received many individual honors, including UNM’s Zimmerman Award; the State of New Mexico’s Distinguished Public Service Award; Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation’s Award for Excellence; New Mexico’s Outstanding Leader in Philanthropy and United Way of Central New Mexico’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Bob has also been inducted into the Albuquerque Senior Citizen’s Hall of Fame. A leader. An inspiration. A philanthropist. Bob Stamm has led an ethical, honest, and charitable life…and that makes him a great success.