NSBA Seeks Advocate of the Year Nominations

April 1, 2008

Contact:
Molly Brogan
202-552-2904
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NSBA Seeks Nominations for 2008 Small Business Advocate of the Year Award

Washington, D.C. — The National Small Business Association is seeking nominations for the 2008 Small Business Advocate of the Year Award. The Small Business Advocate of the Year Award recognizes small-business owners who go above and beyond in advocating for the small-business community.

For the first time in 2008, this award will be made in honor of the late Lewis Shattuck, the pioneering small-business advocate and long-time president of the Smaller Business Association of New England.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate a commitment to small business advocacy, a proven history of volunteer activism on behalf of the small-business community, and success and growth as a small-business owner. NSBA will select five finalists and one winner to be recognized at the annual Small Business Advocate of the Year Award Luncheon on June 3, 2008, held in conjunction with the NSBA Washington Presentation in Washington, D.C.

Past winners include: Scott Hauge, president of Cal Insurance & Associates and executive director of Small Business California, a grassroots organization with significant influence in California; Robert Schmidt, founder of Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. and Orbital Research Inc., an active voice in state and national politics on taxation and commercialization; and Valerie W. Perlowitz founder and CEO of Reliable Integration Services, Inc., a leader in technology issues serving on President George W. Bush’s IT Advisory Council.

More information about the award can be found on-line at www.nsba.biz/award. The deadline is April 18, and self-nominations are encouraged.

Since 1937, NSBA has advocated on behalf of America’s entrepreneurs. Reaching more than 150,000 small businesses, NSBA is proud to be the first national small-business advocacy organization in the United States. To find out more about the importance of the small-business community, please visit NSBA’s Small Business: 70 Million Strong…And Voting campaign at www.nsba.biz/vote.
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