Lucie Voves Doubly Honored with Brava Award
and Vistage Leadership Legacy Award

Monroe, CT - October 28, 2015 - Lucie Voves, President and CEO of Church Hill Classics (CHC), a premier diploma frame company headquartered in Monroe, Connecticut, received two awards September 28th when New York SmartCEO honored the region’s top female business leaders at the 2015 Brava Awards.

Brava Award Winners demonstrate vision, compassion, dedication, and perseverance---hallmark qualities of successful leaders---in their business, personal, and philanthropic lives. The awards honor female CEOs who combine their entrepreneurial success with their passion for giving back to the community.

In addition to the Brava Award, Ms. Voves won the prestigious Vistage Leadership Legacy Award, presented to the one CEO at this event who embodies Vistage’s founding values of Trust, Caring, Challenge, and Growth. Lee Peters, Executive, Vistage Worldwide, said, “We are so pleased and honored to have had the opportunity to consider Lucie for this award. The culture and team she has created in her organization are very impressive! Congrats, Lucie, on a job well done!”

As a Brava Award winner, SmartCEO recognizes Ms. Voves’ philanthropy, mentoring, and remarkable company growth. Since 2009, CHC has run a "Frame My Future" scholarship program which has awarded $42,000 to date. Ms. Voves serves on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board for the Ancell School of Business at Western Connecticut State University and mentors student entrepreneurs. Also, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Women’s Business Council for Southwestern CT, the National Advisory Board for Enterprising Women magazine, and manages the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards program for the Nutmeg Chapter of National Charity League, a mother/daughter philanthropy.

CHC, a nine-time winner in Inc. magazine’s 5000 Fastest-Growth Companies, will celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2016.

About Church Hill Classics / diplomaframe.com

Church Hill Classics®, known online as diplomaframe.com, manufactures custom diploma frames, certificate frames, varsity letter frames, and photo frames as well as a line of desk accessories for thousands of colleges and universities, high schools, the military, professional associations, and corporate clients. Products and framing are offered through its e-commerce site at diplomaframe.com™ or through its partner affiliates. Church Hill Classics is a certified woman-owned business, founded in 1991 by Lucie Voves. In 2015, the company was named to Inc. 5000 Magazine’s Fast-Growth Business list for the ninth time. More information on Church Hill Classics can be found at http://www.diplomaframe.com.

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