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SBA Honors Nation's Top Small Businesses

Winners Will Gather in Washington During National Small Business Week

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U.S. Small Business Administration

May 31, 2013, 10:59 ET

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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This isn't like the competition we see on today's popular entertainment television shows. No, it's far more serious competition and recognition of small businesses that create jobs, produce revenue, lift local economies, support the local infrastructure and give back charitably to the communities where they live and work. It's about the business of America.

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Small Business Person of the Year winners from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam will converge on Washington, D.C. June 20-21, when one of them will be selected as the National Small Business Person of the Year during the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week, (June 16-21). While in D.C., the winners will have opportunities to meet with top administration officials, and national business leaders. 

Leading up to the Washington, D.C. event there are regional events that week in Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh designed to help small businesses start, grow and succeed.

The participating state small business winners represent a broad range of business products, services and innovations, including a helicopter pilot school in Arizona, a native foods restaurant in Guam, a pet resort in Illinois, a tool and die company in Massachusetts, a structural steel contractor in California and 49 others from across the country.  

Events on the schedule will be available for viewing virtually through SBA's free, live webcasting, which will be accessible at www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek.  Interested parties can register online at the same site, where additional information (updated weekly) is available regarding registration, awards ceremonies, small business forums and educational and matchmaking sessions. 

Those wishing to attend events can register online:

  • in Washington D.C. at http://nsbwdc.eventbrite.com
  • in Seattle at http://2013nsbwseattle.eventbrite.com  
  • in Dallas at http://2013nsbwdallas.eventbrite.com  
  • in St. Louis at http://2013nsbwstlouis.eventbrite.com
  • in Pittsburgh, at http://2013nsbwpittsburgh.eventbrite.com.

Every year since 1963, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes the opportunity to highlight through National Small Business Week the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others from all 50 states and U.S. territories.  This year's events will be held June 16-21, in Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. offering tips, tools and trainings for small businesses to start, succeed and grow.  In addition to in-person events, small business owners can participate in online-only panel discussions on hot topics like social media and business financing starting daily at 4pm ET. All events, in-person and online, will be streamed live on www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek. Also visit this site for a full schedule of events and additional information. The event hashtag is #SBW2013.

Editor's note: The list of state winners is below.

The U.S. Small Business Administration's participation in this cosponsored activity does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any cosponsor's, donor's, grantee's, contractor's or participant's opinions, products, or services. All SBA programs and cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least 2 weeks in advance, by contacting [email protected]. Cosponsorship Authorization #SBW2013.

State listing of Small Business of the Year Winners

 

ALABAMA

Ms. Ellen Didier

President

Red Sage Communications, Inc.

 

ALASKA

Doug Coon and Justin Herrin

Owners

Young's Gear LLC

 

ARIZONA

John L. Stonecipher

President & CEO

Guidance Aviation

 

ARKANSAS

Charlott "Chotsie" Adney

President

Advanced Aesthetics of Arkansas, Inc.

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Tom J. Loftus

Founder, President & CEO

LS Technologies, LLC

 

FLORIDA

Steve W. Miller

President

EPreward, Inc.

 

GEORGIA

Laura (Beth) Cayce

CEO

CaraVita Home Care

 

GUAM

Christopher F. Bejado

President and Director of Hospitality

Marianas Slingstone, Inc.

 

HAWAII

David R. Yogi Jr., P.E.

James K.P. Kwong, Ph.D., P.E.

Members

Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC

 

IDAHO

Daniel B. Todd

President

Triple T Enterprises, Inc.

 

MAINE

Matthew A. Qualey

President

Qualey, Granite & Quartz

 

MARYLAND

Michael C. Sawyers

President & CEO

7Delta, Inc.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Scott Fallavollita

President

United Tool & Die Co.

 

MICHIGAN

Douglas Hekman

President

Quincy Street, Inc.

 

MINNESOTA

Peter C. Kelsey

Owner and Baker

The New French Bakery

 

MISSISSIPPI

Jeff Good

President

Dan Blumenthal

Executive Chef

Sal & Mookie's

New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint

 

NEW JERSEY

Timothy Walsh and Lucas Kovalcik

Owners

The Gravity Vault

 

NEW MEXICO

Anthony R. Tenorio

CEO/Chairman

Applied Technology Associates

 

NEW YORK

Louis J. DeMent Jr.

CEO

Giovanni Food Company, Inc.

 

NORTH CAROLINA

Stephen T. Forrest

CEO

Sandra F. Forrest

Secretary/Treasurer

Shane R. Gebauer

COO

Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

 

NORTH DAKOTA

Kari Warberg Block

CEO

Earth-Kind, Inc.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Noah Thomas Leask

President, CEO & Chairman

Ishpi Information Technologies

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

Dwayne A. Klarenbeek

President

Midwestern Mechanical, Inc.

 

TENNESSEE

Dr. Hashem Merdad Hashemian

President & CEO

AMS Technology Center

 

TEXAS

Aziz Mansoor

President/COO

Ahmed Mashnoon

CEO/Secretary

Mueen Akhter

CFO/Vice President

Nebrands Media Corp.

 

UTAH

Roland J. Christensen

CEO

Applied Composite Technology Aerospace

 

WYOMING

Aaron J. Rodolph

President

Rodolph Brothers, Inc.

 

 

CALIFORNIA

Michael "Jason" Ianni

President & CEO

M Bar C Construction, Inc.

 

COLORADO

Virginia McAllister

Principal

Iron Horse Architects, Inc.

 

CONNECTICUT

Christopher Ray Runyan

President

Runyan Enterprises, LLC

 

DELAWARE

Coleman E. Bye III

The Mercantile Press, Inc.

 

ILLINOIS

Saqib Nadeem

Founder & CEO

Paradise 4 Paws

 

INDIANA

Daniel Dale Schmidtendorff

President & CEO

Communication Company of South Bend, Inc.

 

IOWA

Charles B. Hammond Jr.

President & CEO

Raining Rose, Inc.

 

KANSAS

Randy Schaller and Darla Schaller

Owners

Tree House Learning Center, Inc.

 

KENTUCKY

Mehdi M. Yazdanpanah, PhD

CEO & Founder

NaugaNeedles

 

LOUISIANA

Vince P. Gremillion

President

Restech Information Services, Inc.

 

MISSOURI

Thomas H. Douglas

President

JMARK Business Solutions, Inc.

 

MONTANA

Joe C. Billion

President

J.C. Billion, Inc.

 

NEBRASKA

Henry Aschoff

President

Keith Wiehn

Vice President

Petersen Ag Systems, Inc.

 

NEVADA

Robert B. Edwards

CEO/CFO

Joe Machin

COO

RO Bus Sales

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

James (Jay) M. McSharry

President

Jumpin Jay's Fish Café

 

OHIO

Karri Bass

President & CEO

Illumination Research, Inc.

 

OKLAHOMA

Pam Fountain-Wilks

President

Principal Technologies, Inc.

 

OREGON

Judith E. Huck

President

Classique Floors

 

PENNSYLVANIA

Regina Broudy

President & CEO

Clayton Kendall, Inc.

 

PUERTO RICO

Jose A. Irizarry

President

Natalabriel, Inc.

 

RHODE ISLAND

Brenda Brock

Founder/CEO

Farmaesthetics

 

VERMONT

Peter Johnson

Owner

Pete's Greens

 

VIRGINIA

Jason A. Cohen

President

ILM Corporation of Virginia, Inc.

 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Charles N. King Jr.

President

Delta Electric & Construction Co., Inc.

 

WASHINGTON

Jill L. Blankenship

CEO

Frontline Call Center

And Frontline Services

 

WEST VIRGINIA

Diane Lewis

President and CEO

Action Facilities Management, Inc.

 

WISCONSIN

Tom Nieman

Owner

Fromm Family Foods

 

Release Number: 13-26

Contact: Dennis Byrne (202) 205-6567
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news 
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