OC/Inland Empire 2017 SBA Award Winners
The U.S. Small Business Administration, Santa Ana District Office is pleased to announce the following individuals, businesses and organizations will be honored as recipients in the Agency’s annual Small Business Week awards program:
- Small Business Persons of the Year – Gregory Christy, Co-founder & CEO and Julie Christy, Co-founder & CFO, Brite Ideas; Rancho Santa Margarita
- Small Business Person of the Year Finalist – John (Jay) Jeffs, Managing Member, Jayco Industries, LLC; Apple Valley
- 8(a) Business Development Graduate of the Year – Carla Whitehead, President, CJW Construction, Inc.; Santa Ana
- Exporter of the Year – Christopher Amato, President/CEO, Cosmedx Science, Inc. ; Corona
- Family-Owned Business of the Year –Nguyen Family, 7 LEAves Café ; Garden Grove
- Region IX Small Business Development Center-Service Excellence & Innovation Award, Vincent McCoy, Director, Inland Empire Small Business Development Center; Ontario
- Women in Business Champion of the Year – Maria Molina Solano, Executive Director, National Latina Business Women Association of the Inland Empire; Ontario
- Small Business Champion of the Year, C.P. Krishnan, President & Senior Partner, CAK International, LLC; Newport Beach
- Minority Small Business Champion of the Year – Frank Montes, Board Member, Greater Riverside Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inland Body and Paint Center; Fontana
- Veteran Small Business Champion, Dennis J. Thurston, Supplier Diversity Manager, Southern California Edison
- SCORE Mentor of the Year, Michael Lindell Fisher, SCORE-Inland Empire Chapter
The awardees will be recognized and receive their awards at the local Small Business Week Awards program, which will be held on Friday, June 9, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. at the Disneyland Hotel Grand Ballroom. The event is being hosted by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. For more information on the event or to register, email events@ochcc.com or call (714) 953-4289.
