16 South Carolina Businessmen Announced as Finalists for the Carolinas' 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards; Winners to Be Selected at Awards Banquet on June 26.Business Editors GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2003 Dennis Vick of Ernst & Young today announced that 24 finalists for the Carolinas' 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) (EOY) awards have been selected from hundreds of nominations. Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 26, 2003 at the recently inaugurated Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation). Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. . The finalists for the Carolinas' EOY awards are: -- Jim Akerhielm, NewSouth Communications, Greenville, South Carolina -- Billie Attaway Jr., Advanced Data Services, Inc. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina -- Hal Campbell, ACS Technologies, Florence, South Carolina This article is about a city in the US state of South Carolina. For the city in Italy, see Florence. For other uses, see Florence (disambiguation). Florence is the county seat of and largest city in Florence CountyGR6 South Carolina, United States. -- Guerry Green, Screen Tight, Georgetown, South Carolina Georgetown is the third oldest city in South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Great Pee Dee River, Waccamaw River, and Sampit River, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina, handling over 960,000 -- Mike Cianciarulo, Roger Derrough, John Warner, Earth Fare, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina Not to be confused with Ashville. Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,889. It is the largest city in western North Carolina, and continues to grow. -- Floyd Chilton, Pilot Therapeutics, Charleston, South Carolina -- John Charles Long Darby, The Beach Co., Charleston, South Carolina -- Joe Erwin, Erwin-Penland, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville CountyGR6 -- Robert Hughes, Dennis Braasch, James Pustejovsky, J. Coleman Shouse, Institutional Resources, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina -- Keith Ravan, Power Equipment Maintenance Anderson, South Carolina -- Robert Scott, Universal Solutions, Charleston, South Carolina -- Ping Fu, Raindrop Geomagic, Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina -- John Campbell, Campbell Alliance, Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. -- John Hemingway, United Emergency Services Inc., Durham, North Carolina -- Donald Holzworth, Constella Group, Inc., Durham, North Carolina -- William Hudson, LC Industries, Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham CountyGR6 and is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. -- Keith Luedeman, goodmortgage.com, Charlotte, North Carolina -- Dani Bolognesi, Trimeris, Inc., Durham, North Carolina -- Carl Luna, Narasimhan Muralidhar, Sanford, North Carolina Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,220 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lee CountyGR6. Geography Sanford is located at (35.475881, -79. , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Solutions, Inc. -- Michael Malone, MJM Investigations, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina -- Matthew Michalewicz, NuTech Solutions, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina -- Billy Prim, Blue Rhino Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina -- Christy Shaffer, Ben Yerxa, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, North Carolina -- Robin Smith, Biologics, Raleigh, North Carolina Winners who are selected from this group of finalists will be eligible for the overall National Entrepreneur Of The Year award, as well as several national EOY category awards. All of the national award recipients and finalists will be announced and honored at the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in Palm Springs, Calif., on November 22, 2003. Jay Leno will serve as master of ceremonies for the evening. Neal Hunter of Cree, Inc. was named a national award recipient in the Technology category in 2002. The Carolinas' finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
-- James Micali, CEO, Michelin North America -- Hunter Howard, President, SC Chamber of Commerce -- Allen McIntyre, President, ChemPro, Inc. -- Mark Esposito, Vice President, The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. -- Rollie Tillman, Director, Kenan-Flagler Business School The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill serves the community as a world-renowned business education institution. History , University of North Carolina -- James McGroarty, President, Shamrock Environmental Corporation -- Monica Doss, President, Council for Entrepreneurial Development -- Charles Calkins, Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton -- Scott Mercer, Managing Director, Marsh USA, Inc. -- Tom Rogers, Group Executive Officer, Community Affairs and Corporate Development, RBC Centura -- Julie Garella, Partner, McColl Garella, LLC Reservations for the awards banquet on June 26, 2003 may be made by calling Linsey Dyson of Ernst & Young at (919) 981-3036 by June 19, 2003. The banquet ticket price is $110 per person. Information about the awards program can also be found on the Ernst & Young web site at http://carolinaseoy.ey.com. Sponsorship Founded and produced by Ernst & Young, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in the Carolinas is locally sponsored by RBC Centura, Marsh USA, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and the Triangle Business Journal. Recipients of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) is a registered service mark of Ernst & Young LLP. Note to Editors: Media are invited to attend the awards banquet, and may take advantage of interview and photo opportunities. Please call Linsey Dyson at (919) 981-3036 as soon as possible so that a complimentary reservation can be held for a representative from your organization. Press credentials must be presented. |
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