June 2009
Shelburne Farms Coach Barn
Vermont's SBA Awards
Small Business Person of the Year
Mark Bonfigli, Founder & CEO
Dealer.com
Burlington, VT
www.dealer.com
Small Business Exporter of the Year
Jim Sault, General Manager
Porter Music Box
Randolph, VT
www.portermusicbox.com
SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Tara Lynn Scheidet, Owner
Tara Lynn Studio
Sutton, VT
www.taralynnstudio.com
Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Small Business of the Year
John Vincent, Owner
Vincent's Drug & Variety Store
Waterbury, VT
Microenterprise Success
Gail Wheel, President
Wheel House Designs, Inc.
Hyde Park, VT
www.wheelhousedesigns.com
Financial Services Champion
Matt Cota, Executive Director
Vermont Fuel Dealers Association
Montpelier, VT
www.vermontfuel.com
Veteran Small Business Champion
Major Randall K. Gates, State Family Program Director
Vermont National Guard
Colchester, VT
www.vtguard.com
Home-Based Business Champion
Stephen Paddock, Assistant Director for
Agribusiness Small Business Development Center
www.vtsbdc.org/programs/agribusiness
Women in Business Champion of the Year
Mary Peabody, Community Development Specialist
University of Vermont Extension
Burlington, VT
www.uvm.edu/extension/