EY has announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Award in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
These business leaders were selected by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala June 14 at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner.
The finalists are:
Arabella Advisors | Bruce Boyd, Eric Kessler
Avizia | Mike Baird
Benchworks, Inc. | Thad Bench
Closet America | Skip LaBella
CommonLit, Inc. | Michelle Brown
Constellation | Joe Nigro
Credence Management Solutions | Sid Chowdhary
Don’s Johns, Inc. | Kristie Dunston Harrell
Edifice | Lisa London
FiscalNote. | Tim Hwang
Farmers Restaurant Group | Dan Simons
Framebridge | Susan Tynan
Frontpoint Security Solutions. | Aaron Shumaker, Chris Villar
FS Card | Marla Blow
GoCanvas | James Quigley
Hannon Armstrong | Jeff Eckel
Higher Logic | Rob Wenger
iLearningEngines | Harish Chidambaran
Invictus International Consulting | Jim Kelly
Knight Point Systems | Bob Eisiminger
Leesa Sleep | David Wolfe
Leidos | Roger Krone
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions. | Chris Coleman
Mahogany, Inc. | Jeff Hargrave
Morning Consult | Michael Ramlet
National Student Clearinghouse | Ricardo Torres
PAE | John Heller
Paragon Bioservices | Pete Buzy
Sonatype | Wayne Jackson
StreetShares | Mickey Konson, Mark L. Rockefeller
TemperPack | James McGoff, Brian Powers, Charles Vincent
The Author Incubator | Dr. Angela Lauria
ThreatConnect | Adam Vincent
Urgent.ly | Chris Spanos
Now in its 32nd year, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world. The Entrepreneur of the Year US Awards gala is the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum, the largest gathering of entrepreneurs in America.