List of 1999 SBA Awardees

Small Business Person of the Year

Jon Martin & Wesley Jones
Martin & MacArthur Enterprises, Ltd.
Honolulu, HI

Exporter of the Year

Tai Sheng Wang
Super Foods, Inc. - Honolulu, HI

Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Region IX)

Jonathan Lee
Chun Ha, Inc. - Honolulu, HI

Entrepreneurial Success

Kent & Lori Untermann
The Art Source, Inc. dba Pictures Plus
Kapolei, HI

Accountant Advocate of the Year for the United States
Accountant Advocate of the Year (Region IX)

William Wong
William Wong CPA & Associates, Inc.
Kailua-Kona, HI

Financial Services Advocate of the Year

David Lawrence
MEO Micro Enterprise Project - Kahului, HI

Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year

Christabelle Yoshie Puanani
Sonoda Burgess
Waianae Coast Community Alternative
Development Corporation - Waianae, HI

Veteran Small Business Advocate of the Year (Region IX)

Lloyd Sodetani
Maui Realty Company, Inc. - Wailuku, HI

Women in Business Advocate of the Year

Carol Van Camp
General Growth Properties, Inc. - Hilo, HI

Welfare to Work Small Business Owner

Steve Lopez
Jeans Warehouse, Inc. - Honolulu, HI

Welfare to Work SBA Associate (Region IX)

Laura Crites
Women's Financial Resource Center
Honolulu, HI

COUNTY OF KAUAI

Small Business Person of the Year

Charles King & Ronald Hansen
King Auto Center, Inc. - Lihue, HI

Exporter of the Year

Robert & Valerie Rekward
Graphic Communication - Koloa, HI

Financial Services Advocate of the Year

Valerie Jean Ventura
Valerie J. Ventura E.A. - Koloa, HI

Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year

Lewis Shortridge
Hanapepe Economic Alliance, Inc.
Hanapepe, HI

Women in Business Advocate of the Year

Carolyn A. Nii
Carolyn A. Nii, C.P.A. - Lihue, HI

CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU

Financial Services Advocate

Anthony Guerrero, Jr.
First Hawaiian Bank - Honolulu, HI

Veteran Small Business Advocate

Kent Kajiwara
AJA Saimin, Inc. - Honolulu, HI

COUNTY OF MAUI

Small Business Person of the Year

Barbara Louise de Wit
Floral Designs Maui, Ltd. - Makawao, HI

Accountant Advocate of the Year

Marilyn Niwao Roberts
Matsuyama, Niwao & Associates, CPAs a Professional Corporation
Wailuku, HI

COUNTY OF HAWAII

Small Business Person of the Year

Brian Crawford
Chalet Kilauea Group - Volcano, HI

May 1999: Hawaii CPA Recieves National Advocacy Award

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