{"id":12239,"date":"2026-04-28T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=12239"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:44:32","slug":"american-council-on-exercise-named-a-2026-best-and-brightest-company-to-work-for-in-southern-california-and-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/american-council-on-exercise-named-a-2026-best-and-brightest-company-to-work-for-in-southern-california-and-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"American Council on Exercise Named a 2026 Best and Brightest Company to Work For in Southern California and Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2769\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-200x49.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ACE<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is proud to share that it has been named a <em>2026 Best and Brightest Company to Work For<\/em> in both Southern California and the Nation, and a 2026 winner of the <em>Nation\u2019s Best and Brightest in Wellness<\/em>. These honors recognize organizations with exemplary human resource practices and a strong commitment to employee wellbeing and workplace excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing recognized as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For\u2014both regionally and nationally\u2014is a tremendous honor,\u201d said ACE president and chief operating officer Amanda Cass, SHRM, \u201cAt ACE, our people are at the heart of everything we do. This recognition reflects our long-standing commitment to cultivating a purpose-driven culture where employees feel empowered and supported.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Winning organizations are evaluated by an independent research firm on a comprehensive set of criteria, including compensation, benefits and employee solutions; wellness and wellbeing initiatives; employee engagement and retention; professional development; recruitment and recognition; communication and shared vision; acceptance, equity, and inclusion; work-life blend; community engagement; and leadership and organizational performance. <\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Kluge, President and CEO of the National Association for Business Resources, praised the 2026 award recipients for their commitment to excellence, noting that organizations recognized as Best and Brightest are distinguished by strong values-driven cultures and a clear focus on their employees as key contributors to long-term success. <\/p>\n<p>The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For\u00ae awards, presented by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR), celebrate organizations that demonstrate exceptional leadership, employee engagement, and innovative people practices; with more than 25 years of experience identifying and benchmarking leading employment standards nationwide and a competitive ten-to-one selection ratio, only a select group of organizations earn this distinction each year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is proud to share that it has been named a <em>2026 Best and Brightest Company to Work For<\/em> in both Southern California and the Nation, and a 2026 winner of the <em>Nation\u2019s Best and Brightest in Wellness<\/em>. These honors recognize organizations with exemplary human resource practices and a strong commitment to employee wellbeing and workplace excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12240,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12239\/revisions\/12240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}