The Washington Business Journal Announces Finalists for Greater Washington's Minority...

The Washington Business Journal Announces Finalists for Greater Washington's
Minority Business Leaders
Awards reception to be held on April 11, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Business Journal is
pleased to announce the following finalists in its first Minority Business
Leaders awards program:
-- Ron Adolph, TAC Transport
-- Shukoor Ahmed, V-Empower
-- Joseph Andronaco, USA Technology Services
-- Eliot Battle, Cultura Medical Spa
-- Mike Bruce, InScope Solutions
-- Frances Crespo, The Full Cup
-- Stephanie Drake, Drake Inc.
-- Norman Evans, Norman Evans Masonry
-- Pamela Foster, Bundy Development Corp.
-- Henry Gilford, Gilford Corp.
-- Solomon Graham, Quality Biological
-- Corey Griffin, Microsoft Corp.
-- Monte Harris, Cultura Medical Spa
-- Lani Hay, Lanmark Technology
-- Norman Jenkins, Marriott International
-- Jair K. Lynch, The Jair Lynch Cos.
-- Thomas A. Moorehead, BMW of Sterling, MINI of Sterling
-- Long Nguyen, Pragmatics
-- Gary Pan, Panacea Consulting
-- Julien Patterson, OMNIPLEX World Services Corp.
-- Tony Reed, General Services Administration
-- Enrique (Rick) Tessada, Tessada & Associates
-- Warren M. Thompson, Thompson Hospitality Services
-- Rose Wang, Binary Group
-- James Williams, Senate Realty

The Minority Business Leaders Awards honor the Washington area's top
minority business leaders and owners who exhibited outstanding performance for
their companies within the last 12-18 months. The finalists will be profiled
in a special supplement of the April 18 edition of the Washington Business
Journal.
The Washington Business Journal, along with sponsors FedEx, Holland &
Knight, and National Harbor, will honor the winners at the Minority Business
Leaders Awards program on Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Gaylord National
Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Registration begins
at 11:30 a.m. with a luncheon and awards program to follow. Registration
information for the event is available at:
here
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SOURCE The Washington Business Journal

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