Allstate Motor Club

CO DENVER - When you think of the image owner of a tow truck company has won the towing more than seven consecutive years, most people probably get a picture of a guy rudimentary when he not jump from cars in the middle of a snowstorm, sitting in front of the TV watching sports.

Wrong.

The winner of Towing Ace this year's prize for the seventh consecutive year is a woman Denver with a Masters in playwriting with an emphasis in Serbo-Croatian theater, she is a former award-winning chef, and she spent her weekend Breaks showing Borzoi dogs in conformation shows and field trials.

Denver native Maggie Rice became the owner of Road Runner Road Service, a company of emergency road service 8 years ago, and quickly propelled to the top of a business road in the nation, based on accurate estimates of time service and customer satisfaction.

It uses a network of full-time drivers to provide jump starts, lockout service and emergency deliveries of gasoline in the Denver area and the surrounding communities. "When we're hiring, we expect more technical expertise - we are looking for people with good customer service ethic," Rice said. "When people are stuck, especially in bad weather, they want to know, we will arrive when we say we will and we can not solve their problem."

Drivers are dispatched from a central office using a computerized system and cell phones to stay in touch.

Rice received his prize Ace Towing, pewter belt buckle, the annual Exhibition of American Towman Baltimore, MD on November 17. He will join a collection of five others in his office in Denver. "I missed the one-year agreement, and they demand that you take the loop in person," Rice said, "so I'll just six representing the seven years of victory." She studied at the University Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and was delighted to return for a visit.

The ACE Award is given by the American Towman Magazine and is sponsored by Allstate Motor Club, Asurion, Coach-Net, Cross Country Automotive Services, American Towing Alliance and Road America. The average price Runner Rd Denver was in the top 1% of the towing industry for service excellence.

"The exhibition is towing a place to see new equipment, learn best practices for business and establish contacts with major contractors, such as insurance companies and car dealers who offer services Emergency road to their customers, "said Rice." A great advantage of being selected for the Award Ace is that customers know they can rely on our service. "

Rice is active in rescue Borzoi, a national group that rescues Russian wolfhounds for negligence or abuse, and helps find new homes for them. It also trains dogs are a breed of hunting large. "They are competing in field trials around the western United States," Rice said. Many of his dogs are dual champions, taking the best race and multiple performance awards over the years.

She appeared with nine of his dogs in the Denver and Boulder Ballet productions of Swan Lake and Giselle over the years.

Before buying the business, Road Runner, rice has been a professional chef, including as executive chef at the famous Cactus Club in Denver and was the second woman in the State of Colorado to become a Certified Manager's job. She holds an MA in playwriting at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch and produced several plays.

"I loved writing plays, but it is difficult to earn a living this way. And as I was growing up, keeping the days of 16 hours of hard physical work in a commercial kitchen got to be a challenge. When I had the chance to buy and build Road Runner DNever, I decided.