06/10/2026
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 9, 2026 โ Chris Miner of ArborWorks, LLC was named an EY US Entrepreneur Of The Yearยฎ 2026 Pacific Southwest Award winner. Miner was selected among nearly 1,000 program participants that included 592 finalists across 17 regions competing for the title.
Under Minerโs leadership, ArborWorks has grown into a recognized leader in vegetation management services, specializing in utility line clearance, right-of-way maintenance, pre-inspection, pole clearing, hazard tree removal, herbicide application, and wildfire and storm response. For more than 20 years, the company has partnered with investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, municipalities, government agencies, and commercial clients to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective vegetation management solutions across the United States.
โThis recognition reflects the incredible people behind ArborWorks and the culture weโve built together,โ said Chris Miner, CEO of ArborWorks, LLC. โMy philosophy has always been employees first, customers second, and shareholders third. When you invest in your people and create a culture built on safety, integrity, and growth, everything else follows.โ
Now in its 41st year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program honors business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. It celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or raised outside capital to grow their company, transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.
Regional winners were chosen by an independent panel of past winners, top CEOs and business leaders. Judges assessed candidates on long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment, and significant growth and impact.
As a Pacific Southwest award winner, Chris will now be considered by the national judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forumยฎ, where high-growth CEOs, Fortune 1000 executives and investors converge to shape the future of business. The National Overall Award winner will move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Yearโข Award in May 2027.
