SBA Announces 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award Winners
RISBJ Staff | Apr 02, 2018
Providence, R.I. – The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award Winners;
SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Kelly B. Mendell, President
MIKEL, Inc.
2 Corporate Place, Suite 103, Middletown, RI 02842
NATIONAL SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
Charles Dewey, CEO
Evans Capacitor Company
72 Boyd Ave, East Providence, RI 02914
NEW ENGLAND WOMAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
Carol Dancer, President
Absorbent Specialty Products, LLC.
1 John C Dean Memorial Blvd, Cumberland, RI 02864
NEW ENGLAND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
John Lindsey Shepard, CEO
Veteran Assembled electronics (VAe)
40 Fountain Street, 8th Floor, Providence RI 02903
NEW ENGLAND FINANCIAL SERVICES CHAMPION
Buck Harris, Vice President
Community Investment Corporation
10 Davol Sq, Providence RI 02903
MICROENTERPRISE
Nancy Hatch Warner, Owner
The Worm Ladies of Charlestown, Inc.
161 East Beach Rd, Charlestown, RI 02814
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR
Johnny Luo, M.D., President
Doctor’s Choice.
30 Quaker Lane, Suite 35, Warwick, RI 02886
SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTER
Michael Sigourney, CEO & Founder
Anne Beaupre Sigourney, CFO
Rick Grundy, President
AVTECH Software, Inc.
16 Cutler Street, Cutler Mill, Warren, RI
SMALL BUSINESS MANUFACTURER
Donald J. Boyle, President
Jade Manufatcturing Company, Inc.
132 Meadow Street, Warwick, RI 02886
MINORITY-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
Alba Lucia Rios Puerto, Owner
Spanish Wholesale Center
760 Dexter Street, Central Falls, RI 02863
JEFFREY BUTLAND FAMILY-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
Lisa M. Sienkiewicz, Co-Owner
Gail Parella, Co-Owner
Gil’s Appliances.
397 Metacom Ave, Bristol RI 02809
HOME-BASED SMALL BUSINESS
Kim M. Coulter, Partner
William A. Coulter, Partner
Nina L. Luchka, Partner
Joshua A. Coulter, Partner
Stony Hill Cattle Company, LLC.
460 Shumankanuc Hill Rd, Charlestown, RI 02813
RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT DIRECTOR AWARD
Cheryl Watkins Snead, Founder, President and CEO
Bannker Industries, Inc.
582 Great Rd, Suite 101, North Smithfield, RI 02896
JOSEPH G.E. KNIGHT AWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL EXCELLENCE
Christine Francis, Owner
Carmen & Ginger
75 Weybosset St, Providence, RI 02903
“I would like to congratulate all of our small business award winners,” said Mark S. Hayward, SBA Rhode Island District Director. “Rhode Island continually produces some of the hardest-working, most innovative entrepreneurs in all of America and these winners are a testament to the entire Rhode Island small business community.” he added.
The Rhode Island Small Business Awards will be held at Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road, Lincoln, RI 02865 on May 11, and will honor all Rhode Island awardees and their exceptional small businesses.
For more information about the awards luncheon please contact Ryan Brissette at ryan.brissette@sba.gov or call 401-528-4630.
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