Small Business Awards 2016

1 Small Business Person of the Year Mark Matthaie, Crystal Finishing Systems, Schofield

2 Small Business Exporter, Paul Scharfman, Specialty Cheese Company, Inc., Reeseville

Small Business Awards 2016

3 8a Graduate, Thomasina Ivy, TMI Consulting LLC, Milwaukee/Washington, DC/Fort Worth TX

4 Emerging Small Business, Matt Carroll, AccuTrans Inc., Milwaukee

Small Business Awards 2016

5 SCORE Mentor of the Year, Richard Boemer, SCORE Southeast Wisconsin

6 Jody Raskind Lender of the Year, Wendy Baumann, WWBIC

Small Business Awards 2016

7 Women in Business Champion, Lily Alvarado, WWBIC, Milwaukee

8 Minority Small Business Champion, May yer Thao, Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce

Small Business Awards 20169 Veterans Small Business Champion, Kenneth Grant, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

10 Financial Services Champion, David Kircher, Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp.

Small Business Awards 2016

11 Small Business Legal Assistance, Christopher Flowers, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee

12 Small Business Development Center Service Excellence (Regional Winner), Colleen Merrill, UW-Oshkosh SBDC

Small Business Awards 201613 Women's Business Center of Excellence (Regional Winner) - Heather Lux, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, Racine/Kenosha

14 Speaker Andrea Sreshta, co-founder, LuminAID

Small Business Awards 201615 Senator Tammy Baldwin