2008 Honorees

Categories are listed alphabetically. Within category, honorees are listed alphabetically by company/organization name.

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Advertising Campaign of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
"The Centura Health Women’s Digital Mammography Campaign," Davis Design, Denver, CO
FINALISTS:
"We Know What it Takes to Be a Tiger," Accenture, Chicago, IL
"It's Who We Are," Zander Guinn Millan, Charlotte, NC

Best Asian Entrepreneur
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Atsuko Matsumura, President, Actia Inc., Osaka, Japan
FINALISTS:
Mayumi Okada, President, Chao Kikaku, Osaka, Japan
Yvette Adams, CEO, The Creative Collective & www.YummieMummie.com.au, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Sandy Forster, Chief Creative Officer, WildlyWealthy.com, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia

Best Asian Executive
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Sangita Singh, Head of Enterprise Application Services, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
FINALISTS
Molly Zhang, Business Vice President - Licensing, The Dow Chemical Company, Shanghai, China
Miyuki Yajima, Representative Director, Re Prism KK, Tokyo, Japan
Grace He, US Capital Holdings, Plantation, FL

Best Canadian Entrepreneur
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Tina Thompson, President, MUG Solutions, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
FINALIST:
Ky Joseph, Executive VP-Sales, Evanov Communications Inc., Etobicoke, ON, Canada

Best Canadian Executive
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Genèse Castonguay, VP-Marketing, Colligo Networks, Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
FINALISTS:
Janet LeBlanc, Director of Customer Value Management, Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nancy Knowlton, CEO & Co-Founder, SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada
Virginia Balcom, VP-Marketing, Strangeloop Networks, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Best Entrepreneur – Non-Services Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Nancy Knowlton, CEO & Co-Founder, SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada
FINALIST:
Wendy Caswell, President and CEO, ZINK Imaging, Bedford, MA

Best Entrepreneur – Non-Services Businesses – up to 100 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder and CEO, Boston-Power, Inc., Westborough, MA
FINALISTS:
Therese Tucker, BlackLine Systems, Calabasas, CA
Mary Tappouni, President/Owner, Breaking Ground Contracting, Jacksonville, FL
Valerie Holstein, President and CEO, CableOrganizer.com Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL
Christina French, French Press (TABLE Magazine), Pittsburgh, PA
Elizabeth Cobb, Founder and CEO, Makana Solutions, Lexington, MA
Cydni Tetro, VP-Products and Marketing, NextPage, Draper, UT
Megan Duckett, President, Sew What? Inc., Rancho Dominguez, CA
Cheryl Traverse, President & CEO, Xceedium, Jersey City, NJ
Jody Rodgers, Founder and CEO, Yöghund®, Exeter, NH

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees - Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Heather Rooney, President, H2 Marketing, Seattle, WA
FINALISTS:
Jennifer Prosek, Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications, New York, NY
Amberly Allen, President, Direct Innovations, Houston, TX
Christine Dunn, President, Savoir Media Co., Belmont, MA
Marianne O'Connor, President and CEO, Sterling Communications, Inc, Los Gatos, CA
Erika M. Taylor, CEO-Chief Publicist, Three Girls Media and Marketing Inc., San Jose, CA
Susan Trainer, President, Trainer Communications, Pleasanton, CA
Lydia Wilbanks, Managing Partner, WilbanksElam, Birmingham, AL
Elena Potoupa, President, Wow Things, Inc., Tenafly, NJ
Cara Good, Co-founder and CEO, WunderMarx|PR, Irvine, CA

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees - Business Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Susan Scott, Fierce, Inc. Bellevue WA
FINALISTS:
LaJuanna Russell, Business Management Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA
Laura Borgstede, CEO, Calysto Communications, Atlanta, GA
Michelle Clark, Coverall of Eastern Tennessee
Leslie O'Connor, CEO, Search Wizards, Inc, Atlanta, GA
Julie Thomas, President and CEO, ValueSelling Associates, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Kirsten Mangers, Chief Executive Officer, WebVisible, Irvine, CA

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees - Computer Software & Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Janine Popick, CEO, VerticalResponse, San Francisco, CA
FINALISTS:
Saskia Strick, CEO and President, International Checkout Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Deborah N. Theobald, CEO, Vecna Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Dr. Mary Wu, Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur, Wu Consulting, LLC, Washington, D.C.

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees - Media
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Jessica Rovello, President and Co-Founder, Arkadium, Inc., New York, NY
FINALISTS;
Lunden De'Leon, Founder/CEO, Dirrty Records, Beverly Hills, CA
Sandra Waggett, President, MSW Interactive Designs LLC, Knoxville, TN
Fabi Preslar, President and Creative Director, SPARK Publications, Matthews, NC

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Heidi Flammang, CEO/Founder, Camp Bow Wow, Boulder, CO
Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, President, Real Living, Columbus, OH
FINALISTS:
Theresa M. Ellis, CEO and Co-Founder, Common Impact, Cambridge, MA
Kimberly Smith, Co-Founder, CorporateHousingbyOwner, Highlands Ranch, CO
Amy Nichols, Founder and CEO, Dogtopia, Bethesda, MD
Michele Merhib, Founder, elements therapeutic massage, inc., Highlands Ranch, CO
Kelly Wels, CEO, Kelly's Closet, Inc., Lone Tree, CO
Lori Eshoo, President & CEO, National Tax Search LLC, Chicago, IL
Pam Wolf, Founder, New York Kids Club, New York, NY
Jenneth Prinsloo CEO and Founder, Plantwise South Africa, Gauteng
Heidi Kallett, CEO & President, The Dandelion Patch, Reston, VA
Suzanne Ashton, The Performance Group of Northern California, LLC, Emeryville, CA
Missy Carr, Founder/Chef, Thyme Out, Gaithersburg, MD
Laurie Cunnington, President, Ward Williston Oil Company, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Kari Cellegher, COO, Credit Solutions, Dallas, TX
FINALISTS:
Heidi W. Gerding, President & CEO, HeiTech Services, Inc., Landover, MD
Karen Paterson, Chief Executive Officer, Patersons Global HR & Payroll, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Mrs. Prita Kemal Gani, Founder and Director, London School of Public Relations, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple, Alexandria, MN
Linda Maslow, CEO, The Maslow Media Group, Washington, DC

Best Entrepreneur in EMEA
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Karen Paterson, Chief Executive Officer, Patersons Global HR & Payroll, Salisbury, United Kingdom
FINALISTS:
Monika Yosifova, Founder and General Manager, Active Group, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jenneth Prinsloo, CEO and Founder, Plantwise South Africa, Gauteng
Maryam Hussain Al Blushi, Promo In Advertising FZ LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Patricia Davidson, Director, Rotational Engineering Rotational Engineering Ltd., Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

Best Executive – Non-Services Businesses – More Than 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Ilene Gordon, President and CEO, Alcan Packaging, Inc. Chicago, IL
FINALISTS:
Susan Lynch, SeniorVP-Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA
Cheryl Morley, Senior VP-Corporate Strategy, Monsanto, St. Louis, MO
Karen Dutch, Vice President, Advanced Storage Products Group, NEC Corporation of America, Santa Clara, CA
Michele Toth, Vice President, Human Resources and Administration (HR&A) and Competitive Excellence, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA
Carol Dudley, Corporate Vice President, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI

Best Executive – Non-Services Businesses – up to 100 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Michelle Dipp, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Corporate Development, Sirtris, a GSK company, Cambridge, MA
FINALISTS
Rita Soronen, Executive Director, The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Dublin, OH
Lourdes Fusaro Norton, Vice President of Sales, Viscom International, Atlanta, GA
Stephanie Fohn, CEO, WhiteHat Security, Santa Clara, CA

Best Executive – Non-Services Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Maria Lefevre, Chief of Staff, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
FINALISTS:
Jessica Finnefrock, Senior VP-Product Development, Blackboard, Washington, DC
Anyck Turgeon, Chief of Market Strategy and Security, Crossroads Systems, Austin, TX
Michelle Snyder, VP-Marketing and Subscription Sales, Epocrates, Inc., San Mateo, CA
Cathy Zatloukal, CEO, MobileAccess, Vienna, VA
Patricia (Trish) Cotter, VP Worldwide Customer Support and Manufacturing and Company Officer, Netezza, Marlborough, MA
Sharon Holt, Senior VP-Worldwide Licensing and Marketing, Rambus Inc., Los Altos, CA
Nancy Knowlton, CEO and Co-Founder, SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada

Best Executive – Service Businesses – More Than 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Nina Simosko, Global Chief Operating Officer, SAP Education, SAP America, Palo Alto, CA
FINALISTS:
Maria Pardee, President of Global Integration, BT Design, BT, El Segundo, CA
Gail Donovan, Executive VP & COO, Continuum Health Partners, New York, NY
Deborah Bothun, U.S. Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Entertainment, Media and Communications Practice and Global Convergence Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, CA
Susan St. Ledger, Senior Vice President of the High Tech and Manufacturing Vertical, Salesforce.com, San Francisco, CA
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Hartford, CT
Kathy Pankanin, Area Vice President, VWR International, West Chester, PA
Jessie Paul, Chief Marketing Officer, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India

Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees - Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Michelle Lagos Ubben, Chief Operating Officer, Ron Sachs Communications, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
FINALISTS:
Megan Conahan, Senior Sales Manager, Direct Agents, Inc., New York, NY
Claire Koeneman, Co-President, Financial Relations Board, Chicago, IL
Leslie Singer, President; Chief Creative Officer, G2 Branding & Design, New York, NY
Samantha Bedford, Vice President/Client Services and Analytics, Location3 Media, Denver, CO
Shannon Morris, President, Sigma Group, Oradell, NJ
Jennifer Louis, Creative Director, ThinkMonster, Atlanta, GA
Tara Walpert Levy, President, Visible World, New York, NY
Lydia Wilbanks, Managing Partner, WilbanksElam, Birmingham, AL

Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Dr. Neena Natt, Executive Board Member, Rochester Arts & Sciences Academy, Rochester, MN
FINALISTS:
Sherry A. Chris, President and CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC, Parsippany, NJ
Veronica Wilson, President/CEO, Blind Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Carolyn Bekkedahl, Chief Development Officer, Mochila, Inc., New York, NY
Suzanne Kelley, Executive Vice President, Proggex, Inc., Clearwater, FL
Susan Danaher, President, Sales and Marketing, Reactrix Systems Inc., Redwood City, CA
Mollie Shields-Uehling, CEO and President, SAFE-BioPharma Association, Fort Lee, NJ
Kathleen Mauriot, Regional Director, Treeline, Inc., Wakefield, MA

Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees - Business Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Debbie Antonelli, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
FINALISTS:
Joleen Lauffer, Director of Operations, AIReS (American International Relocation Solutions), Pittsburgh, PA
Judi Hand, President and General Manager, Direct Alliance, Tempe, AZ
Eleni Z. Antoniou, Director of Human Resources, High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), Reston, VA
Lesley Harris, President, Travelocity Business, Southlake, TX

Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees - Computer Software & Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Kelly Wenzel, Chief Marketing Officer, Tideway, New York, NY
FINALISTS:
Maysoon Al-Hasso, VP-Marketing, Apptix, Herndon, VA
Sheri Thureen, Vice President, CSC Program Manager, CSC (Defense Group), Marlton, NJ
Debra Curtiss, Vice President and General Manager, Peak 10, Tampa, FL
Elana Anderson, VP-Product Marketing & Strategy, Unica Corporation, Waltham, MA

Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Jamie Entzminger, President, Mach 1 Global Services, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Melissa Fisher, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, Inc., Largo, FL
FINALISTS:
Michelle Alvarez, Senior Manager, Media Relations, AARP, Washington, DC
Helen Marshall, VP of Human Resources, Campus Apartments, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Kris McMasters, CEO-Elect, Clifton Gunderson, Milwaukee, WI
Kathy Keeney, Publisher of the Rail Group in the Directories Division, Commonwealth Business Media, San Francisco, CA
Renee Jacobs, Conference Director, Journal of Commerce Conferences Division, Commonwealth Business Media, San Francisco, CA
Kari Cellegher, COO, Credit Solutions, Dallas, TX
Clare Hart, President, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, Executive Vice President Dow Jones & Company, Dow Jones & Company, Princeton, NJ
Tari Haro, Chief Marketing Officer, iCrossing, Scottsdale, AZ
Marilyn McDonald, Marketing Director, Interbank FX, Salt Lake City, UT
Nancy Smerkanich, VP-Regulatory Affairs, Octagon Research Solutions, Inc., Wayne, PA
Cynthia A. Tidwell, President/CEO, Royal Neighbors of America, Rock Island, IL
Lee Ann Enquist, VP-Professional Development, Thomson Reuters - West Education Group, Minneapolis, MN
Kina Lamarche, Executive Vice President for North America, Travelex Global Business Payments, Washington D.C.

Best Executive in EMEA
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Charmaine McDonald, VP, Managing Director, McKesson UK, Warwick, United Kingdom
FINALISTS:
Armelle Carminati, Managing Director, Human Capital & Diversity, Accenture
Julie Smith, Head of EMEA Managed Service Programs, ProcureStaff

Best Latin American Entrepreneur or Executive
STEVIE AWARD WINNER;
Nellie Borrero, Senior Director – Global Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture
FINALISTS:
Anabel Perez, CEO and President, NovoPayment, Inc., Miami, FL
Graciela De Oto, President, Suma Veritas Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Best New Company of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
MUG Solutions, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
FINALISTS:
Caliber Sales & Marketing, Austin, TX
CarTatts, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Elemé Medical, Merrimack, NH
The Travelwrap Company Ltd, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Wi5Connect, Provo, UT
Xeround, Bellevue, WA
ZINK Imaging, Bedford, MA

Best New Product of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
MyStrategicPlan Software, M3 Planning, Inc, Reno, NV
ZINK™ Paper, ZINK Imaging, Bedford, MA
FINALISTS:
Paragon Collection House Numbers and Letters, Atlas Homewares, Los Angeles, CA
Lauren Fix's Guide To Loving Your Car, Automotive Aspects Inc., Lancaster, NY
supercollar™, Bright IP Concepts, LLC, Novato, CA
Concentric – http://www.concentric.com, Concentric, San Jose, CA
Innov8 LLC, Innov8 LLC, Honolulu, HI
Torsion Spring Unit, MUG Solutions, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Tru Face® Essence Ultra, Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, UT
Perfect Selling, by Linda Richardson, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Nutrition Games (Food Pyramid Bingo, Fruit & Veggie Color Bingo) Smart Picks, Inc., Lakewood, OH
ValueSelling Essentials eLearning, ValueSelling Associates, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Yöghund, Exeter, NH

Best New Service of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Thyme for School, Thyme Out, Gaithersburg, MD
FINALISTS:
CorporateHousingbyOwner, Highlands Ranch, CO
Eco-Edge, LLC, Chandler, AZ
MommyDocs LLC, Potomac, MD
Proprietary IV&V Process Cuts Software Development Project Risks, Wu Consulting, LLC; Washington, DC

Best Overall Company of the Year - Non-Services Businesses – Up To 100 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Component Design Northwest, Inc., Portland, OR
FINALISTS:
Freeman Forms and Supplies, Inc.dba mysupplies, Atlanta, GA
Peleman Industries, Alpharetta, GA

Best Overall Company of the Year - Non-Services Businesses – Up To 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
LPS SoftPro, Raleigh, NC
FINALISTS:
Crossroads Systems, Austin, TX
SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada

Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees - Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Boscobel Marketing Communications, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
FINALISTS:
Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications, New York, NY
Drum Marketing and Public Relations, New York, NY
Group M Inc., Englewood, NJ
H2 Marketing, Seattle, WA
Marcel Media, Chicago, IL
NetPlus Marketing, Inc., Conshohocken, PA
Proforma Albrecht & Co., Milford, OH
Savoir Media Co., Belmont, MA
Vantage Communications, San Francisco, CA
Weber Shandwick Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees - Business Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Insight Performance, Inc., Dedham, MA
FINALISTS:
Balancing Life's Issues, Inc., Ossining, NY
Employment Screening Services, Birmingham, AL
Evans Newton Incorporated, Scottsdale, AZ
Pediatric Therapeutic Services, Inc., Conshohocken, PA
The Career Exposure Network, Portland, OR

Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
ProTrials Research, Inc., Mountain View, CA
FINALISTS:
Camp Bow Wow, Boulder, CO
CorporateHousingbyOwner, Highlands Ranch, CO
Digital Hands, Tampa, FL
DRT Strategies Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
Fierce, Inc. Bellevue WA
Plantwise South Africa, Gauteng
The Performance Group of Northern California, LLC; Emeryville, CA
VerticalResponse, San Francisco, CA
WildlyWealthy.com, Mooloolaba, QLD, Australia

Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
GreatCall, San Diego, CA
FINALISTS:
APCO Worldwide, Washington, D.C.
Northbound, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA
Royal Neighbors of America, Rock Island, IL

Best Turnaround of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Clearfield, Inc., Plymouth, MN
FINALISTS:
Royal Neighbors of America, Rock Island, IL
SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., Milford, MA

Best Young Entrepreneur
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Gail Cayetano, Managing Partner, Starfish Creative Events, Los Angeles, CA
Stephanie Hansen, Managing Partner, Starfish Creative Events, Los Angeles, CA
FINALISTS:
Lindsay Vastola, President, Body Project Fitness & Health, Robbinsville, NJ
Brittany Hill, Principal, Caliber Sales & Marketing, Austin, TX
Andrea Weisner, President, C-SAW Enterprises LLC, San Diego, CA
Amberly Allen, President, Direct Innovations, Houston, TX
Adelaide Fives, Founder, In Good Company Workplaces, New York, NY
Jamie Entzminger, President, Mach 1 Global Services, Tempe, AZ
Ashleigh Hansberger, Partner, Motto Agency, Inc., Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Chief Encouragement Officer, Real Life E, Des Moines, IA
Lindsay Hyde, President, Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc, Boston, MA

Blog of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Theglasshammer.com by Nicki Gilmour, Evolved People Media LLC, Brooklyn, NY
FINALISTS:
Leading-Workplace-Change by Terri Kruzan, President and Founder, Culture Consulting, Atlanta, GA
HilaryTopper.com, HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Westbury, NY
SheFinds.com, White Cat Media Inc., New York, NY

Communications Campaign of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
“Make Mine a Million $ Business Communications Campaign” for American Express OPEN, M Booth and Associates, New York, NY
FINALISTS:
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) “75 Years of Orthopaedics” Celebration, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL
“Pro-Age” Public Relations Campaign, Haruko Iino, Tokyo, Japan
Cisco Networking Academy Ten-Year Anniversary Campaign, Nadel Phelan, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA
“The Real Rambus” Campaign, Rambus Inc., Los Altos, CA

Community Involvement Program of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Hollister Inc., Boston, MA
FINALISTS:
Dogtopia, Bethesda, MD
Pioneer Services, Kansas City, MO
Rochester Arts & Sciences Academy, Rochester, MN
Royal Neighbors of America, Rock Island, IL
SAP Canada Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
VerticalResponse, San Francisco, CA

Employer of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Tastefully Simple, Alexandria, MN
FINALISTS:
DRT Strategies Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
Insight Performance Improvement, Inc., Dedham, MA
Porter Novelli, London, United Kingdom
Weber Shandwick Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Environmental Stewardship Program of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Citigate Cunningham, San Francisco, CA
FINALISTS:
Eco-Edge, LLC, Chandler, AZ
Mach 1 Global Services, Tempe, AZ
Something Classic, Charlotte, NC

Fastest-Growing Company of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Search Wizards, Inc, Atlanta, GA
FINALISTS:
BlackLine Systems, Calabasas, CA
Business Management Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA
Credit Solutions, Dallas, TX
DRT Strategies Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
Northbound, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA
Proforma Custom Business Services, Marietta, GA
Rockett Interactive, Cary, NC
VerticalResponse, San Francisco, CA
Vitalent Group LLC, Seattle, WA

Lifetime Achievement Award - Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Gloria Rodríguez, Founder/President and CEO, Comunicad, Arlington, VA
FINALISTS:
Didi Discar, Partner, Access Communications, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Joyce Bosc, Boscobel Marketing Communications, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
Kathy Johnson, Co-Founder,, Consort Partners, Ross, CA
Gwinavere Johnston, CEO & Founder, JohnstonWells Public Relations, Denver, CO

Lifetime Achievement Award - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Maxine Clark, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Bear, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Michelle Peluso, President/CEO,Travelocity, Southlake, TX
FINALISTS:
Shannon Eusey, Co-founder, President, and CEO, Beacon Pointe Advisors, Newport Beach, CA
Taka Kimura, Tokyo, Japan
Linda LaRoche, CEO, CSCI, Springfield, VA
Laverne Friedmann, Friedmann & Friedmann Insurance Services Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Adelene Q. Perkins, EVP and Chief Business Officer, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Annemarie Pucher, ISIS Papyrus, Vienna, Austria
Jenneth Prinsloo CEO and Founder, Plantwise South Africa, Gauteng
Janet Whitcomb, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, ProcureStaff, New York, NY
Linda Richardson, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Latha Stead, Principal Investigator, Rochester Arts & Sciences Academy, Rochester, MN
Linda Maslow, CEO, The Maslow Media Group, Washington, DC
Eva Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, Trend Micro, Cupertino, CA

Marketing Campaign of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Fiesta de la Salud, Integrated Marketing & Promotions, Inc., Manhattan Beach, CA
FINALISTS:
AARP Feria de la Segunda Juventud, Comunicad, Arlington, Virginia
The Centura Health Heart Month Campaign, Davis Design, Denver, CO
Integrated Marketing & Promotion's Health Fair Marketing Campaign, Integrated Marketing & Promotions, Inc., Manhattan Beach, CA
Junk in the Trunk Removal Service's Green" Marketing Campaign," Junk in the Trunk Removal Services, Silver Spring, MD
Wipro Technologies Applied Innovation Campaign, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India

Mentor of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Pam Wolf, Founder, New York Kids Club, New York, NY
Sandy Forster, Chief Creative Officer, WildlyWealthy.com, Mooloolaba, QLD, Australia
FINALISTS:
Yukiko Hagiwara, President, Prestige Human Solution (PHS) KK, Tokyo, Japan
Tracey Fletes, Body-N-Spirit Athletic Club, Harvey, LA
Kari Cellegher, COO, Credit Solutions, Dallas, TX
Nancy Stagg, Principal, Fish & Richardson, San Diego, CA
Nancy Long, Senior VP-Human Resources, Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA
Susan Lynch, Senior VP-Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA
Tracy Repchuk, InnerSurf International LLC, Burbank, CA USA
Susan Lindner, President, Lotus Public Relations, New York, NY
Linda Maslow, CEO, The Maslow Media Group, Washington, DC
Beverly Turek, Turek's Computer DR , Bryan TX
Kathie De Chirico, President and CEO, Visionary Strategies, Inc., Skillman, NJ

Most Innovative Company of the Year – Up to 100 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
ewoman, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
International Checkout Inc, Santa Monica, CA
FINALISTS:
Aspire, Phoenix, AZ
Bonitas International, Englewood, FL
C-SAW Enterprises LLC, San Diego, CA
Executive Alliance, Inc., Atlanta, GA
EyeMail Inc., Marietta, GA
Federal Fabrics-Fibers Inc., Lowell, MA
GenArts, Boston, MA
H2 Marketing, Seattle, WA
iPrint Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Makana Solutions, Lexington, MA
MUG Solutions, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Visual i|o, Newton, MA

Most Innovative Company of the Year – More Than 100 Employees
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Communispace Corporation, Watertown, MA
FINALISTS:
Ayudhya Allianz C.P.Life Pcl., Bangkok, Thailand
Crossroads Systems, Austin, TX
Travelocity, Southlake, TX

Technology Innovator of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Blackboard, Washington, DC
FINALISTS:
Allvoices, San Francisco, CA
CGH Technologies, Inc., Washington, DC
EyeMail Inc., Marietta, GA
GreatCall, San Diego, CA
Patersons Global HR & Payroll, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Proforma Global, Baltimore, MD
Vérité, Inc., Sandy, UT

Website of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Tastefully Simple’s Website, Tastefully Simple, Alexandria, MN
WomanOwnedNewYork.com, WomanOwnedNewYork.com, Rockville Centre, NY
FINALISTS:
ForAccess.com Web-site, Access Referral Network, Inc., San Antonio, TX
AutohausAZ - Online Source for OEM Auto Parts, Autohaus Arizona Inc., Phoenix, AZ
The BlogHer Company Web Site, BlogHer, Redwood City, CA
Breastfeeding Community Website, Breastfeeding Community, Shropshire, United Kingdom
“Life…supplemented” Web site, CRT/tanaka, Richmond, VA
Drury Design Dynamics Website, Drury Design Dynamics, New York, NY
Financial Fashion House Website, Financial Fashion House, Washington, DC
iPrint.com® - Business Printing Made Easy®,! iPrint Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA
MommyDocs Website, MommyDocs LLC, Potomac, MD
The Cradle, The Cradle, Los Angeles, CA
Wipro Technologies Web Site,Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India

Women Helping Women Award
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Becky Kiser, Founder, Women For Women, Colorado Springs, CO
FINALISTS:
Didi Discar, Partner, LLC Access Communications, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Mothernet KK, Osaka, Japan
Celebrate Mama! LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
Nannies4hire.com, Norfolk, NE
Patricia Thorp, Thorp & Company, Coral Gables, FL
Kathie De Chirico, Visionary Strategies, Inc., Skillman, NJ