|
With hundreds of nominations pouring in for the Enterprising Women of the Year Awards, Enterprising Women recognized 14 award winners and named 16 finalists representing women-owned businesses across the country.
Finalists for the Enterprising Women of the Year Award included:
- Susan Silvano of Career Management International, Inc., a Houston , TX firm that provides a diverse package of human resource management and development services.
- Patricia Owen of Faces DaySpa, a Hilton Head Island, SC day spa, beauty boutique and SpaShoppe offering state-of-the-art treatments, products and services.
- Peggy Swords of Excalibur Exhibits, a Houston , TX full-service event marketing firm that specializes in helping clients maximize their budgets by integrating events, Web sites, and collateral materials to accomplish marketing goals.
- Lois Clearman Stephenson of Building Blocks Child Care & Development Centers, a Clayton, NC 4-star child care facility specializing in family-friendly child care for children birth through 12 years old.
- Wendy Kaufman of Balancing Life’s Issues, Inc., a Ossining , NY firm that provides executive training one-on-one and group training for mid- to high-level executives, non-profits, and educational institutions.
- Sue Kozel of SK Visions, a Cream Ridge, NJ public relations and press relations firm serving small business clients.
- Deborah Bailey of Bailey Design and Advertising, a Honesdale, PA full-service advertising agency providing print media, radio, television, public relations, and small business creative work such as brochures, logo development, and letterhead design.
- Darcy Ann Flanders of Baseline Design, a New York City graphic design and corporate communications firm that produces print and Web-based marketing materials for corporate, not-for-profit, and institutional clients.
- Nancy Denker of Focus Ink, Inc., a Albuquerque , NM provider of printing and promotional products.
- Ruth Corcoran of Corcoran Communications, a Wilkes-Barre, PA firm that offers public relations and event coordination using cost-effective, innovative, creative solutions.
- Kathy Chavez Napoli of Napri, Inc., a Santa Clara, CA company that handles truck recycling of new and rebuilt truck parts, and new parts sales and service.
- Karen Macumber of Fulgent Media Group, Inc., a Boston , MA media strategy, planning and buying firm servicing start ups to Fortune 500 clients.
- Beverly J. Prior of Beverly Prior Architects, a San Francisco, CA architectural planning and design firm specializing in civic, justice, and law enforcement facilities, as well as K-12 educational facilities, community colleges, and community centers.
- Michelle Fama, Kim Villanueva and Patti Spahn of Core Pilates NYC, a New York City pilates studio that received early funding from Count-Me-In, and is using innovating marketing to reach new moms, seniors, and other target audiences.
(This article is reprinted from the Spring 2005 edition of Enterprising Women magazine. Copyright 2005 Enterprising Women Inc. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited, except by express permission of the publisher.)
|
