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2010 Rhode Island Minority Small Business Persons of the Year

Erica Saccoccio and Christine Alexander A Family Tree School Age Enrichment Program Warwick, Rhode Island A Family Tree School Age Enrichment Program was founded by two sisters, Erica Saccoccio and Christine Alexander in November 2007...

Outstanding customer service puts Cheryl Snead and Banneker Industries in the national spotlight

Vision. Responsibility. Inspiration. Integrity. Success. Individually, these words can be applied to any number of different things and people. Once in a great while, however, a person...

2011 SBA National Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery

A sacred bird in ancient times, the mythical Phoenix, reborn from its ashes as the story goes, has stood for centuries as a symbol of great strength and resiliency. Since 1998 the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has...

2011 Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year

All About Home Care strives to ensure quality of life for elderly residents on Rhode Island’s Aquidneck Island by providing seniors the opportunity to remain living at home with the assistance of AAHC’s knowledgeable, reliable...

SCORE Presses for Success with Minuteman

Today it’s lean times financially for many small businesses, and for some it’s simply become just a great labor to remain profitable. Jeanne Salisbury had met challenging times before. While raising five children, she apprenticed for...

2011 Joseph G.E. Knight Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence

Joe and Brenda Baginski are serial entrepreneurs. The Providence couple has operated five businesses over the past 20 years. The latest, Professional Ambulance, is a medical transportation firm headquartered in Providence. The Baginskis launched...

2011 Rhode Island Financial Services Champion of the Year

Doris Blanchard is known to go the extra mile to help a fledgling business get on its feet. And, when she lends a hand, it’s not just about the numbers. With 18 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Doris is a business...

2011 RI and New England SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year

From the industrial city of Medellin, in her native Columbia, Sandra McNamara came to America and the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center (SBDC) with the enthusiasm of an entrepreneur, and a desire to teach those who wanted to be one...

2011 RI and New England SBA Women in Business Champion of the Year

Juana Horton is always on the go. From one meeting to the next, she blurs to the casual observer as she enters yet another boardroom to chair a committee, and later exits on the run to her translation...

2011 RI and New England SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Versatile Marketing Solutions, doing business as VMS Alarms, began operations in 2003 from president and CEO Jay Gotra’s apartment with a phone line and a business plan. Gotra previously worked for a large...

2011 Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year

2011 Rhode Island and New England Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year James R. Lavoie and his partner, Joseph M. Marino, co-founders of Rite-Solutions, a service-disabled veteran owned small...

2011 Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year

2011 Rhode Island and New England Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” Wisely said by someone who remains unknown to...