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Previous Enterprising Women of the Year Award Recipients

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  Enterprising Women of the Year Awards

Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards

CARY, NC: Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced the 2011 winners of the Enterprising Women of the Year Award, as well as a select group of nominees the judges have chosen to recognize for Honorable Mention. Award winners and Honorable Mention recipients will be recognized at a gala dinner held in their honor during the 9th Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards Celebration, March 10-11, 2011 at the Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, FL.

Congratulations to the following members of the Enterprising Women of the Year Awards Class of 2011:

Over $25 million in annual sales revenues:

  • Sue Burnett, Burnett Staffing Specialists, Houston, TX
  • Dee Robinson Reid, Robinson Hill Hospitality Group, Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Madhu Beriwal, IEM Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
  • Brenda Stallings, Matrix Integration, Jasper, IN
  • Connie Hahn, Traveline Travel, Columbus, OH

Over $10 million and up to $25 million in annual sales revenues:

  • Angela Drummond-Rodgers, SiloSmashers, Fairfax, VA
  • Mindy T. Withrow, CSS Distribution Group, Inc., Louisville, KY
  • Rona Borre, Instant Technology, Chicago, IL
  • Vicki Pohlman, Pohlman USA Court Reporting, St. Louis, MO
  • Farah B. Majidzadeh, Resource International Inc., Columbus, OH
  • Gloria Rajkumar, SIMAC Canada Inc., Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
  • Martha D. Moore, McCormick Asphalt Paving and Excavating, Inc., Ozark, AR
  • Susan Johnson, Susan’s Healthy Gourmet, Irvine, CA

Over $5 million and up to $10 million in annual sales revenues:

  • Dr. Karen Eng, CSMI, Schaumburg, IL
  • Patricia E. Adams, Zeitgeist Expressions, Inc., San Antonio, TX
  • Shelby Johnson, Theodore Williams Construction Company, LLC, New York, NY
  • Amy Engelsman, Proos Manufacturing, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
  • Kalpana Patel, Unique Comp Inc., Long Island City, NY
  • Lori Jenks, Combustion Parts, Inc., San Diego, CA
  • Kathy Albarado, Helios HR, Reston, VA
  • Angela Cortright, Spa Gregorie’s Day Spa and Salon, Newport Beach, CA
  • Joanne D. F. Santomauro, ISG Office Concepts, Inc., North Wales, PA
  • Colleen Molter, QED National, New York, NY
  • Jennifer Scully, Clinical Resources, LLC, Atlanta, GA

Over $1 million and up to $5 million in annual sales revenues:

  • Denise Peoples, Peoples Choice Staffing, Inc., Corona, CA
  • Lisa Feierstein, Active Healthcare, Raleigh, NC
  • Kim Sawyer, The Locator Services Group Ltd., Boston, MA
  • Ann Hanna, Structurewerks, Brookfield, WI
  • Avis Yates Rivers, Technology Concepts Group Int’l, LLC, Somerset, NJ
  • Caren Schweitzer, Creative Resources, Hopkins, MN
  • Lisa Anderson, DeAnder Associates, LLC, Greenbelt, MD
  • Ashley McNeff, United States Homeland Investigations, Inc., Alexandria, VA
  • Janet Ward Black, Ward Black, PA, Greensboro, NC
  • Sherrie Aycock and Tara Olson, AllPoints Research, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
  • Julie Kampf, JBK Associates, Inc., Englewood, NJ
  • Kristi Atkins, a|i|m Marketing Solutions, Atlanta, GA
  • Kelly Aaron, EverLights, Chicago, IL
  • Gayle Waldron, The Management Edge, Largo, FL

Up to $1 million in annual sales revenues:

  • Mary Cantando, WomanBusinessOwner.com, Raleigh, NC
  • Pat Wirth, Potomac Falls Express Lube & Car Wash, Potomac Falls, VA
  • Kathleen Watts, The Brandmarket, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
  • Karen Friedman, Karen Friedman Enterprises, Inc., Blue Bell, PA
  • Diana Kander, Kander & Rigby, LLC, Kansas City, MO
  • Pat Lottier, Atlanta Tribune, Roswell, GA
  • Sherry Green, Technology Team, LLC, Forth Worth, TX
  • Beverly Morton Billand, The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, Lovettsville, VA
  • Judith Moore, Charleston Cookie Company, LLC, Charleston, SC
  • Fabi Preslar, SPARK Publications, Matthews, NC
  • Leslie Atkins, LA Communications, LLC, Baltimore, MD
  • Marion Hook, Adobe Rose Inn and ARI Foods, LLC, Tucson, AZ

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Honorable Mention Recipients Named for the 2011 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards

Congratulations to the following individuals, who have been chosen as Honorable Mention recipients for the 2011 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards and will be recognized in Boca Raton with the Class of 2011:

  • Kimberly Murphy, T&L C-Stores, Inc., Trenton, ME
  • Linda Sullivan, NEMT, Woolwich, ME
  • Kristen Harris and Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative, Columbus, OH
  • Cloud, Red Cloud Promotions, LLC, Los Angeles, CA
  • Heidi Kallett, The Dandelion Patch, Vienna, VA
  • Dana Rambow, AristoCare Home Health Services, Tucson, AZ
  • Barbara W. Allen, Multipoint Communications, Inc., Birmingham, AL
  • Sharon Davison, Red Sky Blue Water, LLC, Seattle, WA
  • Elizabeth Kiehner, Thornberg & Forester, New York, NY
  • Fabienne Fredrickson, Client Attraction, LLC, Stamford, CT
  • Stephanie Isaacson, New Horizon Enterprises, LLC, Kansas City, MO
  • Cindy Raffio, Metro Caulking & Waterproofing, Pompano Beach, FL
  • Jenny Vance, LeadJen, Indianapolis, IN
  • Linda Gross, Advice, Inc., Sarasota, FL
  • Kendall Summerhawk, Heart of Success, Inc., Tucson, AZ
  • Paige Hall, AboutFace, Atlanta, GA
  • Savannah-Brooklyn Ross, Rich Mom Enterprises, Inc., Chatham, ON, Canada
  • Mary Nittolo, Mary Nittolo Inc., New York, NY
  • Kimberly Brown, Amethyst Technologies, LLC, Baltimore, MD
  • Rhea Lana Riner, Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Events, Conway, AR
  • Elizabeth Colόn, Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions, Frankfort, IL
  • Linda G. Cromwell, Being There Senior Care, LLC, Catonsville, MD
  • Sara Abramowicz, Environmental Analysis, Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Kimberly Fulcher, Compass, Inc., San Jose, CA
  • Jan Hill, Eden Salon & Spa LLC, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Sooji Rugh, MD, Greenlite Medicine, Mountain View, CA
  • Michele DeKinder-Smith, Linkage Research & Consulting, Inc., New Port Richey, FL
  • Rennu Dhillon, Genius Kids, Fremont, CA
  • Sequoia Ramsey, Realistic Computing Inc., Baltimore, MD
  • Carrie Carter, Disc, Inc., Houston, TX
  • Maureen L. Mulvihill, PhD, Piezo Resonance Innovations, Inc., Bellefonte, PA
  • Liza Ghausi, Mutaharek Construction Company, Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
  • Teri Sciamarelli, Case Remodeling, Ocean, NJ
  • Kate Wright, Bloom’n Gardens Landscape, LLC, Mableton, GA
  • Patty Kay Mooney, Crystal Pyramid Inc., San Diego, CA
  • Tina Johnson, Johnson Promotions & Events, Leesburg, VA
  • Miriam Boudreaux, Mireaux Management Solutions, Houston, TX
  • Meta L. Cadigan, CertaPro Painters of Columbia, Columbia, MD
  • Cheryl Hudson, Ntouch Communications Group, Southfield, MI
  • Lucia Matthews, DIALOGO, La Jolla, CA
  • Michelle Rich Goode, Rich Commercial Realty, Raleigh, NC
  • Lynn Pechinski, 1st Straw Marketing & Promotions, Medford, NJ
  • Brigitta S. Toruno, UNO Communications, Lansdowne, VA
  • Sheri Taber, The Peak Performance Group Inc., Tampa, FL
  • Jean Stafford, Executive Coaching for Women, Inc., McLean, VA
  • Judy Bradt, Summit Insight, Alexandria, VA
  • Carolyn West-Price Touhey, Two Eagles Enterprises, Union Bay, BC, Canada

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About Enterprising Women Magazine
Enterprising Women, headquartered in Cary, NC, is the nation’s only women-owned magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum, and an international stage for the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women.

The print edition of Enterprising Women celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010; the online digital version of the magazine was launched in 2008 and reaches more than 200,000 top women entrepreneurs in 48 countries around the globe. Readers may choose to receive our print publication, the online publication, or both. The online version offers expanded opportunities for our advertisers to reach a global market with their products and services.

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