2012 Winners
2012 U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Week of Eastern Missouri Award Winners
From Left to Right: Dennis Melton, District Director, SBA; Tracey Jeffries, Capital Consulting Services, Minority Small Business Champion of the Year; Joe Stock, Chair, Small Business Week of Eastern Missouri; Vicki LaRose, Civil Design, Inc., Small Business Person of the Year; Sandy Washington, Commerce Bank, Financial Services Champion of the Year; Roger Horn, VBRC, Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year; Jeff Minnis, Jeff Computers and Study X Software, Young Entrepreneur of the Year; Marcia Conaghan, Grace Hill WBC, Women In Business Champion of the Year; and Christy Ford Schlafly, Jeffrey Butland Family Owned Business of the Year. Not Pictured: Bruce Williams, US Tool Grinding Inc., Entrepreneurial Success Award. Photo Courtesy of Lyubov Strauss Advertising.
Small Business Person of the Year 2012
Vicki LaRose
President
Civil Design, Inc.
Winner: Missouri
1552 South 7th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: 314-863-5570
Fax: 314-863-5578
Primary Contact: vlarose@civildesigninc.com
http://www.civildesigninc.com
Number of Employees: 17
SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
Jeff Minnis
President
Jeff Computers and Study X Software
Winner: St. Louis District
14366 Manchester Road
Manchester, MO 63011
Phone: 636-256-7901
Fax: 636-825-3540
Primary Contact: jeff@jeffcomputers.com
http://www.jeffcomputers.com/index.html
Number of Employees: 7
Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year 2012
Christy Ford-Schlafly
CEO and Co-President
and
William H. Ford
Co-President
Ford Hotel Supply Company
Winners: St. Louis District and Region VII (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska)
2204 N. Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: 314-231-8400
Fax: 314-231-8436
Primary Contact: cschlafly@fordstl.com
http://www.fordstl.com/
Number of Employees: 75
Financial Services Champion of the Year 2012
Sandra L. Washington
Senior Vice President
Group Manager and Small Business Sales Manager
Commerce Bank
Winner: St. Louis District and Region VII (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska)
8000 Forsyth Boulevard
Clayton, MO 63105
Phone: 314-746-5211
Fax: 314-746-5265
Primary Contact: sandy.washington@commercebank.com
http://www.commercebank.com
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year 2012
Tracey L. Clark-Jeffries
President and Owner
Capital Consulting Services
Winner: St. Louis District
2125 Bissell Strett
St. Louis, MO 63107
Phone: 314-456-3404
Fax: 314-584-6907
Primary Contact: admin@traceyjeffries.info
Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year 2012
Roger Horn
Director of Community and Business Outreach
Veteran’s Business Resource Center
Winner: St. Louis District
4236 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-531-8387
Fax: 877-825-4190
Primary Contact: horn@vetbiz.com
http://www.vetbiz.com
Women in Business Champion of the Year 2012
Marcia Conaghan
Program Manager
Grace Hill Women’s Business Center
Winner: St. Louis District and Region VII (Missouri, Kansas, Ohio and Nebraska)
2125 Bissell Street
St. Louis, MO 63107
Phone: 314-584-6841
Fax: 314-584-6907
Primary Contact: mconaghan@gracehillsettlement.org
http://www.gracehill.org/content/GraceHillWomensBusinessCenter.php
Entrepreneurial Success Award 2012
Bruce H. Williams
President
US Tool Grinding, Inc.
Winner: St. Louis District and Region VII (Missouri, Kansas, Ohio and Nebraska)
701 S. Desloge Drive
Desloge, MO 63601
Phone: 573-431-3856
Fax: 573-431-6655
Primary Contact: bruce.williams@ustg.net
http://www.ustg.net
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