On June 14, entrepreneurs of the greater Washington area came together in celebration of their accomplishments for the 2018 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Mid-Atlantic Awards at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner.
This year’s black tie gala marked the 32 anniversary of recognizing entrepreneurs for the products and services they provide to their community. What began as a single program out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1986, has grown international – with 25 U.S. programs and now based in more than 60 countries.
This year’s winners are:
Healthcare- Avizia | Mike Baird
Services- Mahogany, Inc. | Jeff Hargrave
Financial Services- StreetShares | Mickey Konson, Mark L. Rockefeller
Cyber- Sonatype | Wayne Jackson
Government Services- Leidos | Roger Krone
Consumer- Leesa Sleep | David Wolfe
Emerging Entrepreneur- FS Card | Marla Blow
Technology- Morning Consult | Michael Ramlet
TemperPack | James McGoff, Brian Powers, Charles Vincent
Here are the full list of nominees for the 2018 EY Gala:
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