Small Business Administration

'04 Highlights

SBA Expo Highlights

Overview of Events for Thursday, April 28


Ribbon cutting for SBA Expo Trade Show. In center are SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto, SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus, GSA Administrator Stephen Perry and SBA Associate Deputy Administrator Allegra McCullough. Also pictured are SCORE CEO Ken Yancey (second from right) and other VIPs.	SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto stops by the Nextel booth on the trade show floor.

SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto (left) and GSA Administrator Stephen Perry (center) view the SBA exhibit on the trade show floor. SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus is on the right.	SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus with Lynn Cranford, Vice President, Marketing, Small and Medium Business, HP and SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto at the Women in Business Luncheon.

Kathleen Mathews, Co-Anchor, WJLA-TV in Washington, DC, encourages entrepreneurs at luncheon celebrating women in business.	Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chair of National Women’s Business Council and CEO of Carlson Companies, Inc., receives SBA’s Business Woman of the Year award.

Pictured from left: Rep. Christopher Cox, Calif., Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, Guam, Rep. John Boozman, Arkansas, and George Lai, state Small Business Person of the Year of Guam at the Gala Honoring the State and National Small Business Persons of the Year, Co-Sponsored by Sam’s Club.	Greg Spragg, Executive VP of Operations, Sam’s Club, accepts Outstanding Recognition award from Administrator Hector V. Barreto and Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus at the Gala Honoring the State and National Small Business Persons of the Year.

First runner-up, National Small Business Person of the Year, Craig Curran, President, Smart Systems Technologies, Inc., speaks to attendees at Gala with Rich Galen, Editor, mulllings.com looking on.	Second runner-up, National Small Business Person of the Year, Fred Curtis Jr., President of Curtis Tractor Cab, Inc. with Administrator Hector V. Barreto, and Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus.

Marianne Sensale-Guerin, President and owner of Guerin Associates accepts award for National Small Business Person of the Year from Administrator Hector V. Barreto and Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus.	Small Business Persons of the Year gather to receive their awards at the closing gala of Expo ’05.

Representatives of Sam’s Club celebrate small business week at the Expo ’05 closing gala. Sam’s Club co-sponsored the event.

Overview of Events for:

Tuesday, April 26

Wednesday, April 27

Thursday, April 28

Note: All of the Expo '05 photographs are available
to view and purchase.
To view and purchase photographs directly
from the Photographer:

1. Visit Photographer’s
    Website
2. Select the events
    in which you are
    interested. (The
    photographs are
    organized by each
  day’s events.)
3. Follow the instructions
    at the top of the page
    to purchase your
    photographs.

CO-SPONSORS

office depot nasa asbdc

Nation Wide NAWBO SBE USCC KBR CAREERBUILDER

      ATT             lockheed martin                      JOHNSON&JOHNSON           NORTHROP GRUMMAN

       SYMANTEC              e-Women network                 best buy                              AOL
               Kauffman Foundation                           UNISYS RED                                                  home depot                       citi credit cards

Disclaimer: The support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to this activity does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any cosponsor's, donor’s, contractor’s or participant's opinions, products, or services. SBA Cooperative Agreement No. SBAHQ-05-S-0001 with SCORE is funded by the SBA. All SBA/SCORE programs and cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for person(s) with disabilities will be made, if requested at least 2 weeks in advance. Contact: sba@eventstrategiesinc.com or (703) 684-0021. Cosponsorship Authority No. SBA Expo ’05.