The Showcase Award identifies the SBI Program and its Director that is deserving of recognition for innovative development or management, or because their SBI efforts contributed to a true small business client success story. Any person can nominate a deserving program, and self nominations are also allowed. Nominations can only be for individuals who have not previously won the Showcase award. Nominations are solicited in the fall with voting occurring by December 1. The selection process is handled by the SBI President-Elect.
Previous winners who are members of SBI and current officers are eligible to vote for the nominees, and there can be more than one winner each year. There does not have to be a winner, if nominations are not worthy of the honor. Awards are announced at the next annual meeting.
Previous Showcase Award winners are (school affiliation is at the time of the award):
2023
Denise Cumberland, University of Louisville
2022
Joshua Aaron, Middle Tennessee State University
2021
Lynn Hoffman, Metropolitan State University of Denver
2020
John H. Batchelor and Gerald R. Goldstein
University of West Florida
2019
Bill McDowell, Bradley University
2018
Blake Escudier, University of Fredericton
Whitney Peake, Western Kentucky University
2017
Joe Bell, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
John Hendon, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2016
Dennis Barber, Armstrong State University
David Snow, University of Pikeville
2015
John Buzza, Monmouth Univeristy
Deborah Cours, California State University, Northridge
2014
Raj Mahto, University of New Mexico
2013
Lloyd Fernald and Jill Kaufman, University of Central Florida
2011
Shawn Carraher, Indiana Wesleyan University
2010
Michael L. Harris, East Carolina University
2009
Paul Belliveau, Rutgers University
2008
Neal Pruchansky, Keene State College
Dianne Welsh.University of Tampa
2007
Leo Simpson, Western Kentucky University
2006
Don Bradley III, University of Central Arkansas and SBANC
2005
Stephanie Bardwell, Christopher Newport University
2004
Craig Zamzow, Plymouth State College
2002
Joseph Geiger, University of Idaho
2001
Bruce Kemelgor, University of Louisville
1999
Stephen Osborne, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1998
Ronald Cook, Rider University
Sherrill Taylor, Texas Woman’s University
Chandra Schorg, Texas Woman’s University
1997
Pamela S. Schindler, Wittenberg University
Harriet Stephenson, Seattle University
1996
Lisa Borstadt, Northern Arizona University
John R. Kerr*, Florida State University
Margaret Shipley, University of Houston – Downtown
1995
Harlan Bruha, Angelo State University
Randall Ewing, Northern University
Lewis Paul, Jr., Wichita State University
1994
Sally A. Charles, Kennesaw State University
1993
Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati
Frederick H. Rice, Kansas State University
William Shulte, George Mason University
Jacki Staudt – Netzel, California State University, Fullerton
*deceased
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