Congratulations to Our 2026 Gold Circle Award Nominees!
The Gold Circle Award recognizes individual excellence within our professional community across six categories: building engineer, emerging leader, janitorial, property management, security professionals, and DEI leader.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 4 at the TOBY Gold Circle Gala!
Affiliate of the Year
Bob Collins
Crescent Cleaning Company
Jacob Dutter
Allied Universal Security Services
Nick Minella
Plan North Construction
Building Engineer of the Year
Anthony Ambrosia
Transwestern at 203 N LaSalle
Patrick Brennan
Sterling Bay at 311 W Monroe
Donald Carey
JLL at 24 E Washington
Kevin Kennelly
Colliers at 55 East Monroe
Tim Sullivan
CBRE at Evanston Labs, 400 N Aberdeen, 1375 W Fulton, and Hyde Park Labs
DEI Leader of the Year
Bridgette Battle
Hines at River Point 444 W. Lake
Emerging Leader of the Year
Josh Clayton
CBRE at 400 N Aberdeen
Taylor Ollry
Transwestern at The Civic Opera Building
Zachary Thomas
Perform Properties at Willis Tower
Janitorial Professional of the Year
Bismarck Castellon
Harvard Maintenance at Columbia College of Chicago
Wendal Holman
ABM at Old Post Office
Bonnie Rebidas
Midway Building Services at 155 N Wacker Dr
Maggie RychtarczykÂ
Harvard Maintenance at River Point 444 West Lake
Property Management Professional of the Year
Bonnie Calame
Glenstar at Presidents Plaza and Triangle Plaza
Caroline Foulk
CBRE at 1375 West Fulton & Hyde Park Labs
Lucas Schlemmer
Sterling Bay at 360 N Green
Catherine Walsh
JLL at One North Franklin
Security Professional of the Year
Esperanza Escalante
Titan Security Group at 300 South Riverside Plaza & 540 West Madison
Fernando Gonzalez
JLL at 71 South Wacker
Abe Jamal
Titan Security Group at 110 N Wacker
Dominic Lomonaco
Titan Security Group at 333 W Wolf Point
Jorge Montoya
Titan Security Group at Accenture Tower