The Washington State SBA Small Business Awards' Event - A Big Night for Small Business - was held in Seattle on April 8th at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. The award ceremony honored these state and regional winners (regional winners competed against state winners in AK, ID, OR and WA):
- Washington State - Small Business Person of the Year
- Janelle Bruland, Management Services Northwest, Ferndale; - Washington State & Region 10 - Small Business Exporter of the Year
- Leonard Felix, CID Bio-Science, Inc., Camas; - Washington State & Region 10 - SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Dan Price, Gravity Payments, Seattle; - Washington State & Region 10 - Family-Owned Business of the Year
- Scott Tate, Tate Technology , Inc., Spokane; - Washington State & Region 10 - Home-Based Business Champion
- Cheryl L. Sesnon, Washington CASH, Seattle;
Also featured were five state SBA Champion Award Winners who supported and advocated on behalf of small businesses and entrepreneurship.
- Washington State SBDC Service Excellence and Innovation Award
- John H. Rodenberg, WSU/SBDC, Tacoma; - Washington State - Financial Services Champion
- Lynda M. Hamilton, Heritage Bank, Tacoma; - Washington State - Minority Small Business Champion
- Christine Chen, Chen Communications, Seattle; - Washington State - Veteran Small Business Champion
- Jerrod C. Sessler, HomeTask.com, Seattle; - Washington State - Women in Business Champion
- Carole A. Butkus, Washington Business Center, Seattle;
Evergreen Business Capital staff members attended as partial sponsors of the event. President Phil Eng introduced Home-Based Business Champion winner Cheryl L. Sesnon of Washington CASH.
For information about SBA's National Small Business Week 2010 celebrations in Washington, D.C., go to http://www.sba.gov/ [1]