Maine SBA Small Business Awards Ceremony
Please join the Maine Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration in partnership with SCORE Maine as they recognize the 2018 SBA Small Business Award winners!
There will be a networking reception from 4PM to 5PM followed by the awards ceremony. Light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
2018 SBA Small Business Award Winners
Maine Small Business Person of theYear - Beth Shissler, President & Don Oakes, CEO - Sea Bags, LLC
Maine & New England Home Based Business of the Year - Gneiss Spice - Bethany Weisberger, Owner
Maine & New England MicroEnterprise of the Year - David Jacobson Glass, LLC - David Jacobson, Owner
Maine Jeffrey Butland Family Owned Business of the Year - Pratt Abbott - David Machesney, Owner
Maine Minority Owned Small Business of the Year - Eastport Family Pharmacy - Benjamin Okafor, Owner
Maine Small Business Exporter of the Year - Arcast, Inc. - Rayland O'Neal & Sasha Long, Owners
Maine Small Business Manufacturers of the Year Good To-Go, LLC - Jennifer Scism & David Koorits, Owners
Maine Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year - LAW Calibration, LLC - Louis Waterhouse, Owner
Maine Woman Owned Business of the Year - The SunriseGuide, LLC - Heather Chandler, Owner
Maine Young Entrepreneurs of the Year - Bumbleroot Organic Farm, LLC - Melissa Law, Benjamin Whalen, Abigail Fisher, & Jeffrey Fisher, Owners
Maine SBDC Excellence and Innovations Center Award - Joshua Nadeau, Center Director & Business Advisor
Maine Financial Services Champion of the Year - Sandra Stone, Chair Emerita of Maine Angels
Maine Economic Development Champion - Mary Ellen Barnes, Executive Director, Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
SCORE Maine would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of this event:
GOLD DONOR:
GORHAM SAVINGS BANK
SILVER DONOR:
Granite State
Development Corp
BRONZE DONORS:
Bath Savings Bank
&
People's United Bank