The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released the names of its small business awardees for 1997. They will be honored May 22 at the Annual Awards Luncheon at the Ilikai Hotel, cosponsored by the SBA, Hawaii Business League, NFIB-Hawaii, the Small Business Council of the Chamber of Commerce and SBH.
Several awardees are members of SBH. Small Business Hawaii member awardees indicated by + Honorees include:
REGION IX, STATE OF HAWAII and COUNTY AWARDEES
Small Business Exporter of the Year
Kent T. Untermann +
The Art Source, Inc. dba Pictures Plus
Aiea, Hawaii (City & County of Honolulu)
STATE OF HAWAII (and County)
Small Business Person of the Year
John Marshall de Mello
Mountain Apple Co., Inc.
Honolulu, HI (City & County of Honolulu)
Small Business Exporter of the Year
Kent T. Untermann +
The Art Source, Inc. dba Pictures Plus
Aiea, Hawaii (City & County of Honolulu)
Entrepreneurial Success
Robert Iwamoto, Jr.
Robert's Hawaii, Inc.
Honolulu, HI (City & County of Honolulu)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
John C. Lee
JCL Int'l Consultants, Inc./JIJI, Inc.
Honolulu, HI (City & County of Honolulu)
Accountant Advocate of the Year
John Kreag
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Wailuku, Hawaii (County of Maui)
Financial Services Advocate of the Year
Randy Havre +
Keo Kea Hawaii LP
Honolulu, HI (City & County of Honolulu)
Media Advocate of the Year
Peter & Jane McClaran
Kauai Business Report
Kalaheo, Hawaii (County of Kauai)
Minority Small Business
Advocate of the Year
Derek Kurisu +
KTA Super Stores
Hilo, Hawaii (County of Hawaii)
Veteran Small Business
Advocate of the Year
William T. Honjiyo
Kauai Realty Inc.
Lihue, Hawaii (County of Kauai)
Women in Business Advocate of the Year
Signe A. Godfrey +
Olsten Staffing Services
Honolulu, HI ( City & County of Honolulu)
COUNTY OF KAUAI
Small Business Person of the Year
Gary J. Baldwin
Bear Lakota Ltd., Chelsea Inc., Bubba Inc.
Lihue, Hawaii
Financial Services Advocate of the Year
Randy Gingras
UHH SBDC
Lihue, Hawaii
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Small Business Person of the Year
David L. Palmer
Kawaihae Pizza, Inc. dba Cafe Pesto
Kawaihae, Hawaii
Accountant Advocate of the Year
Deanna S. Bauman
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hilo, Hawaii
Financial Services Advocate of the Year
Clyde T. Nakasue
First Hawaiian Bank +
Hilo, Hawaii
Media Advocate of the Year
Michael & Lorraine Urbic
The Waimea Gazette
Kamuela, Hawaii
Women in Business Advocate of the Year
Gail M. Walker
Hamakua Health Center
Honokaa, Hawaii
COUNTY OF MAUI
Small Business Person of the Year
David J. & Patricia A. Chevalier +
Helicopter Consultants of Maui, Inc.
dba Blue Hawaii Helicopters
Kahului, Hawaii
Financial Services Advocate of the Year
Charles E. Keyes
Bank of Hawaii +
Wailuku, Hawaii
Veteran Small Business
Advocate of the Year
Mitchell A. Skaggerberg
Mango Mitch EcoTours
Wailuku, Hawaii
Women in Business Advocate of the Year
Linda (Zhidre) Herman
Cardservice, International
Wailuku, Hawaii
CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU
Small Business Person of the Year
Randal M. Hiraki
Commercial Plumbing, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Accountant Advocate of the Year
Cherylle Morrow +
Innervation, Inc.
Kailua, Hawaii
Media Advocate of the Year
Paul Udell
KITV +
Honolulu, Hawaii
Minority Small Business
Advocate of the Year
Corbett A.K. Kalama
First Hawaiian Bank +
Honolulu, Hawaii
