NSBA salutes small business with the Advocate of the Year Award - today and every day.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 12, 2024
CONTACT | Molly Day
202-552-2904
Washington, D.C. — NSBA today announced the finalists for the 2024 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year Award. The award winner will be announced during NSBA’s Annual Advocate of the Year Award Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 18, which is the kick-off event for the NSBA Washington Presentation on Sept. 18-19.
“NSBA has an amazing group of award winners this year who are exemplary advocates for small businesses,” stated NSBA President and CEO Todd McCracken. “Part of what makes our community of small businesses so special is the belief in and dedication to small business as part of the American dream. I am honored to recognize our 2024 advocate award winners and on behalf of small-business owners everywhere, I thank them for their tireless efforts.”
NSBA is honoring the following small-business owners for their excellence in advocating on small-business issues:
Jade Baranski, co-founder and CEO of Mobilize VISION in Arvada, Colo., an R&D solutions company that harnesses data and purpose for federal and enterprise organizations.
Kaelyn Query Caldwell, founder and CEO of Kentucky Event Company in Lexington, Ky., an intensive hands-on event planning, consulting and management firm.
LaMar Holliday, CEO of The Holliday Collaborative Agency in Indianapolis, Ind., a strategic partnership firm offering public relations, marketing, and communications guidance.
Prem Mirpuri, CEO and co-founder of Brightpoint Infotech in Coral Springs, Fla., which consults on scalable implementations, integrations, migrations, upgrades and more.
J.J. Tomash, CEO of BehaviorSpan, a children’s autism services company in Aurora, Colo. that provides Applied Behavior Analysis for children on the ASD spectrum.
Laura Truncellito, CEO and CTO of Enployable, Inc. in Tysons, Va., the leading value-based, human-centered, privacy-first AI job matching platform.
Amy Wood, founder and CEO of Flint Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, a software development and marketing communications firm with expertise in app development and comprehensive to-market strategies.
Among the key criteria used in determining award finalists is a commitment to small-business advocacy above and beyond policies that specifically impact their own business or industry, as well as a broad scope of volunteer efforts to advance and improve small business.
Celebrating more than 85 years in operation, NSBA is a staunchly nonpartisan organization advocating on behalf of America’s entrepreneurs. NSBA's 65,000 members represent every state and every industry in the U.S., and we are proud to be the nation’s first small-business advocacy organization. Please visit www.NSBAadvocate.org or follow us at @NSBAAdvocate.
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