ATLANTA, GA – Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen LLP (GH&I), an Atlanta-based certified public accounting and advisory firm, has been named one of Atlanta’s Healthiest Companies by Best Self Magazine. GH&I was one of four companies recognized on the Best Self website at http://www.bestselfatlanta.com/Best-Self-Articles/Health-Wellness/2011-Atlantas-Healthiest-Companies.html. Other companies profiled include Verizon Wireless, IDR, Inc., and Northwestern Benefit Corporation of Georgia and Goodwin, Wright.

“We have education sessions about nutritional health, emotional health and fitness classes,” said Jo Ann Labbie, chief learning officer at GH&I, in the firm nomination. “We bring in nutritionists, trainers, healthy eating specialists and coaches from the community to provide us knowledge in these areas.”

Labbie also noted that GH&I hired a fitness coach to lead a wellness education contest based on the success of the “Gwinnett’s Losing It” program. Other health benefits include a discounted rate for visits to an adjacent fitness center and GH&I’s Health Matters at Work®, a program connecting the firm’s employees with valuable information about preventing and managing chronic disease, provided by Community Health Charities of Georgia.