Business Excellence Award Winner Spotlight

Ben Fogle Chamber Champion: Corry Mihm

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2026 Business Excellence Awards!  We're proud to spotlight our winners and share their successes.

Celebrating Our 2025 Ben Fogle Chamber Champion: Corry Mihm

Each year, the Ben Fogle Chamber Champion award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the spirit of Summit County - someone who champions local businesses, strengthens our economy, and contributes meaningfully to the vitality of our community. This year, we are proud to honor Corry Mihm.

Corry’s connection to Summit County spans several decades. She first arrived alongside her brother, who came for a ski patrolling job, and like many in those early days, she built her life here by working across a wide range of roles - from restaurants and hotels to events and accounting. Along the way, she built not only a career, but a life rooted in community - meeting lifelong friends and her husband, and creating a home she feels grateful for every day.

Her commitment to giving back was instilled early on. Raised by small business owner parents, Corry developed a deep appreciation for volunteering and supporting others - values that have remained central throughout her personal and professional journey.

Corry’s impact on the local business and tourism landscape is both significant and lasting. She served for approximately nine years as the leader of the Breckenridge Resort Chamber (now the Breckenridge Tourism Office), helping guide the organization during a pivotal period. She later founded her own company, Project Works, to focus on work that is both meaningful and impactful for the community.

Through Project Works, Corry partners with associations and businesses on marketing, events, business intelligence, and association management. Her experience spans work with destination marketing and economic development organizations, associations, private research and event companies, as well as hotels and restaurants. Across all of these roles, a consistent theme has been her ability to connect people and ideas in ways that move communities forward.

A central part of Corry’s work has been building relationships among businesses, nonprofits, and stakeholders to serve the greater good. Her efforts have focused on strengthening community vitality and developing strategies that enhance the places where we live, work, and play. She is a passionate small business advocate who operates where the art and science of business meet - always with an eye toward collaboration and long-term impact.

What makes Corry such a deserving recipient of this award is her belief that working together is the key to building a stronger community. She consistently seeks opportunities to support others, foster connections, and leave things better than she found them.

Corry Mihm embodies the values at the heart of the Chamber’s mission, and we are honored to recognize her as our 2025 Ben Fogle Chamber Champion.