Photo Gallery: State of the city and annual chamber of commerce awards
Glendale mayor Vartan Gharpetian gives the State of the City address at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale Chamber President and CEO Judee Kendall, left, and Chair of the Board Greg Tan, right, presented the Woman of the Year award to Toni Beck Espinoza from the Stone Beck Group at Morgan Stanley, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Ascencia executive director Natalie Profant Komuro presented the Man of the Year award to Glendale Galleria GM Brent Gardner, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale leadership, inckuding mayor Vartan Gharpetian, fourth from right, received the Project of the Year award for Tech Week, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale Chamber President and CEO Judee Kendall, left, and Chair of the Board Greg Tan, right, presented the Small Business of the year award to My Glendale Florist Art Arutyunyan, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale Chamber President and CEO Judee Kendall, left, and Chair of the Board Greg Tan, right, presented the CEO of the Year award to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital CEO Keith Hobbs, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Everyone was smiling, including Glendale principal economic development officer Jennifer McClain, at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
There was a large crowd at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Woman of the Year Toni Beck Espinoza smiles as she is called up to receive her award at the annual Glendale Chamber of Commerce Awards 2018 and State of the City luncheon, at the Hilton in Glendale on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)