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| SBA Expo '04 |
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| SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus; Bill Rancic, recent winner of “The Apprentice;” and SBA Administrator Hector Barreto at the 2004 Small Business Expo in Orlando, Fla |
Dennis Alter, President and CEO, Advanta |
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| Champion Award Winner Lourdes Aponte-Rosario, Founder and President Hispanic Business Women's Alliance; San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Champion Award Winner Myron A. Keller, Owner of Quality Collision Repair & Service; Palco, Kansas |
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| Champion Award Winner Sergio Velazquez, President, Velazquez Publishing, Inc.; Santa Ana, California |
Administrator Hector Barreto speaking to attendees at opening day event. |
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| Expo Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. |
Sheree Mitchell (R), National Small Business Person of the Year, with SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto at Expo in Orlando. |
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| Sheree Mitchell, Columbus, Ga., child care proprietor, named National Small Business Person of the Year at SBA Expo. |
First runner-up, Small Business Person of the Year, Larry O’Toole, president, Gentle Giant Moving Co., Somerville, Mass. |
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| Second runner-up Steve Birge, co-owner of Black River Produce, Proctorsville, Vt. |
Also a second runner-up, Rocky Wens, president of ESP, Inc., Lynnwood, Wash. |
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| Pamela Moore, of Ice Tubes, Inc., in Tallmadge, Ohio, (left) and Millie Hernandez-Becker, of Jet Equity in White Plains, N.Y., were among five national winners in the Celebrating Women in Business at the SBA Expo. |
Christine Bierman of Colt Safety Fire & Rescue in St. Louis, Mo., was one of five national winners in the Celebrating Women in Business at the SBA Expo. |
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| Mary Hamill of Global 5, Inc., Orlando, Fla., was also named one of five Celebrating Women in Business national winners |
Mary Ann Elliot of Arrowhead Global Solutions, McLean, Va., also was named one of five Celebrating Women in Business national winners. |
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| Phoenix Award winners Sherman and Susan Goldstein, of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., (center) join SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus (right) and Herb Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance. |
Phoenix Award winner Stephen Kappa of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services joins SBA Administrator Hector Barreto. |
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| CNN-fn's Ken and Daria Dolan of "Dolans Unscripted" join Administrator Hector Barreto on the Expo floor. |
Small business representatives meet with government and private-industry buyers during a business matchmaking session at SBA Expo. |
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| Commerce Secretary Don Evans (left) and SBA Administrator Hector Barreto respond to questions at the Town Hall meeting during SBA Expo. |
Secretary of Commerce Don Evans (L) with Judith Smolski, Vice President of Marketing, Small & Medium Business Americas, IBM, and SBA Administrator Hector Barreto at Town Hall Meeting.
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| Audience members ask questions during Town Hall Meeting. |
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (L) with Chuck Ashman, President & CEO of SMA Global, with SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus.
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| SBA Administrator Hector Barreto at the Expo Gala Reception. |
Hall of Fame Winner Richard Schaden, Chairman, President, CEO, Quinzo's.
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| Monica Luechtefeld, Executive Vice President for E-Commerce, Office Depot, with SBA Administrator Hector Barreto. |
Hall of Fame Winner James Herr, President, Herr Foods, Inc.
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| Hall of Fame Winner Russ Wright, Chairman & CEO, Dimensions International.
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Hall of Fame Winner Al Frink, EVP and Co-Founder, Fabrica International.
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| Mary Hamill, Global-5, Orlando, FL, with Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus at the women's breakfast.
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Millie Hernandez-Becker, JetEquity, White Plains, NY, with Administrator Hector Barreto at the women's breakfast.
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| Christine Bierman, Colt Safety Fire & Rescue, St. Louis, MO, accepting her award at the women's breakfast.
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Pam Moore, Ice Tubes, Inc., Tallmadge, OH, accepting her award at the women's breakfast.
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| Mary Ann Elliott, Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc., McLean, VA, accepting her award at the women's breakfast.
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