Warrior Group President and CEO Receives Awards and New Company Ranking

Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:49pm EDT
 
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Wins Include Entrepreneur Of The Year, NAWBO/Wells Fargo Trailblazer Award, and
ICIC Inner City 100
DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Warrior Group and Gail Warrior-Lawrence, its president and CEO, have captured
three new top honors. Warrior Group is based in DeSoto, Texas, and is a
multi-million dollar provider of premier construction services focusing on
construction management for conventional and permanent modular construction. 

"I am extremely honored on behalf of Warrior Group to receive these esteemed
awards and company ranking," said Gail Warrior-Lawrence. "This level of success
could not be achieved without my dedicated and experienced team, as they have
been instrumental in positioning Warrior for its phenomenal growth." 

Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Gail Warrior-Lawrence, president and CEO of DeSoto-based Warrior Group, was
recently honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the
Real Estate/Hospitality/Construction category for the Southwest Area North
region. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award is one of the world`s
most prestigious business awards, honoring exceptional entrepreneurs who inspire
others with their vision, leadership and achievement. The winners were selected
by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and
community leaders and recognized at a gala event at the Majestic Theater in
Dallas. 

NAWBO/Wells Fargo Trailblazer Award

Warrior-Lawrence also recently received the National Association of Women
Business Owners/Wells Fargo Trailblazer Award which included a cash grant of
$5,000 to Heart of a Warrior Charitable Foundation - the nonprofit organization
she founded to provide educational-enrichment programs for underserved children.
Since 2002, the NAWBO/Wells Fargo Trailblazer Award honors three women
entrepreneurs in the U.S. for their talent, drive and entrepreneurial spirit and
recognizes "women business owners who have successfully developed unique
products, services or delivery channels in their businesses." The winners were
announced at the 2009 Women`s Business Conference in Chicago. 

ICIC Inner City 100 Fastest Growing Companies

Warrior Group was listed on the 2009 ICIC Inner City 100 - a ranking of the
fastest-growing inner city companies in the country. The program is a
partnership between the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a
national, not-for-profit organization, and BusinessWeek SmallBiz magazine to
spotlight and support growing companies in urban areas and to highlight the
importance of a healthy economy in developing healthy urban communities. The
winners were determined based on revenue growth over a five-year period and
recently announced at a gala event in Boston. 

Warrior Group adds these recent recognitions to a growing list of awards and
rankings the company has received over the years. For more information about
these honors, please visit
http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/SWAN_article_winners,
http://nawbo.org/content_6270.cfm, and/or www.icic.org. 

About Warrior Group

Warrior Group, based in DeSoto, Texas, is a multi-million dollar provider of
premier construction services focusing on construction management for
conventional and permanent modular construction. The 12-year old company is one
of the largest SBA, minority- and woman-owned construction services companies
with more than 1,000 successfully completed projects to its credit an impressive
roster of private and public sector clients across the United States. Warrior is
dedicated to building long-term customer relationships by continually surpassing
expectations and providing superior customer service, effective construction
management and turnkey solutions in the modular and general construction
industry. Warrior has offices in Fort Worth and DeSoto, Texas, and is planning
to open additional offices in Atlanta and San Antonio. For more information,
please visit http://www.warrior-group.net. 



Warrior Group
Paula Nourse, 972-228-9955, Ext. 535
pnourse@warrior-group.net



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