SBA Award Winners

SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Charles W. Scott, RA, REM, RID
President and Chairman of the Board
J. M. Waller Associates, Inc.


SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Jim Emery
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Executive Officer
J. M. Waller Associates, Inc.

SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Howard Warren
Executive Vice President
J. M. Waller Associates, Inc.

SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Wendell A. Newton
Chief Operating Officer
J. M. Waller Associates, Inc.

MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Ducksworth
Director Small Business Initiative
Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation


COMMUNITY/RURAL LENDER OF THE YEAR
Scot R. Browning
President, Capital Bank, N.A.


CO-WINNER FINANCIAL SERVICES CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Marie Taylor Leibson
Senior Vice President, Sonabank


CO-WINNER FINANCIAL SERVICES CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Theodore Peterson Lauer
Senior Vice President & SBA Dept. Manager
Access National Bank


VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Diane Dempsey
Director of Socio Economic Business Programs
BAE Systems


SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC)
SERVICE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION CENTER AWARD
Michael C. Matteson
President
Loudoun Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Board of Directors


DISTRICT DIRECTOR’S AWARD
Tara Miles
Director Bizlaunch, Arlington Economic Development