2018 WV Small Business Week
Award Winners
Region III Winners
Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
Arria Hines - Allegheny Science & Technology Corporation
Bridgeport, WV
Nominated by: Lani MacRae, DOE
Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
Jayachandra (Jay) Reddy - NextGen Federal Systems, LLC
Morgantown, WV
Nominated by: Carl Wooden, Raytheon Company
Small Business Exporter of the Year
Paul Diserio - American Muscle Docks & Fabrication, LLC
Wellsburg, WV
Nominated by: Sharon Stratton, SBDC
District Winners
Small Business Person of the Year
Douglas Tate - Alpha Technologies, Inc.
Hurricane, WV
Nominated by: Terry Cyfers, SBDC
Small Business Exporter of the Year (Region
III Winner)
Paul Diserio - American Muscle Docks & Fabrication, LLC
Wellsburg, WV
Nominated by: Sharon Stratton, SBDC
Family-Owned Small Business of the Year
Cason & Bill Edwards - RKE Corporation
St. Marys, WV
Nominated by: Jody Murphy, Pleasants Area COC & Marsa
Myers, SBDC
Minority-Owned Small Business of the
Year
Michael Paul McKechnie - Mountain View Solar
Berkeley Springs, WV
Nominated by: Mary Hott, SBDC
Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year
Kimberly Baker - River and Rail Bakery
Huntington, WV
Nominated by: Amber Wilson, SBDC
Encore Entrepreneur of the Year
Crista & Roger Johnson - Screech Owl Brewing
Bruceton Mills, WV
Nominated by: Lindsey Teets, SBDC
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Aaron Harris - Aaron Harris Auction
Services
Volga, WV
Nominated by: Susannah Higgins, SBDC
WV Small Business Champion of the Year
Christy Laxton - Wyoming County Economic Development
Authority
Pineville, WV
Nominated by: Harold Patterson, SBDC
Award winners will be recognized during an invite only event on May 2, 2018
from at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center
in Fairmont, WV.
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