Carolinas Program - 2008 Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Finalists
30 business leaders with companies located in North Carolina or South Carolina were selected for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Carolinas awards. The Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Temple Sloan, and 29 Finalists will be honored at a black-tie awards banquet on Thursday, June 12 at the Westin Charlotte in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lifetime Achievement Honoree
O. Temple Sloan, Jr.
Founder and Chairman
General Parts, Inc.
FinalistsMichelle Buelow
Bella Tunno
Charlotte, NC
Josef Schmidt
Thomas Lotrecchiano
Canvas On Demand
Raleigh, NC
Richard Bryant
Capital Investment Companies
Raleigh, NC
Dr. Michael Collins
CEM Corporation
Matthews, NC
Ray Ledford
Concrete Supply, Co.
Charlotte, NC
Eugene Johnson
FairPoint Communications, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Aaron Houghton
Ryan Allis
iContact
Durham, NC
William Cobb
J M Smith Corporation
Spartanburg, SC
Richard McNeel
LORD Corporation
Cary, NC
Randy Garrett
Mainline Contracting, Inc.
Durham, NC
Nicholas Gavalas
Mass Mutual Financial Services Group
Mount Pleasant, SC
Jeff Reedy
Overture Networks
Morrisville, NC
Robert Hatley
Paragon Commercial Bank
Raleigh, NC
David Jones
Peak 10, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Matthew Szulik
Red Hat, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Thomas Millner
Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Madison, NC
Patricia Rodgers
Rodgers Builders
Charlotte, NC
Stephen Wiehe
SciQuest
Cary, NC
Elizabeth Perry
Jordan Lipton
M. Bryan Woodard
Signature Healthcare & Signature PatientCare
Charlotte, NC
Christopher Kearney
SPX Corporation
Charlotte, NC
Michael Vadini
TITAN Technology Partners
Charlotte, NC
Dr. Adnan Mjalli
TransTech Pharma, Inc.
High Point, NC
Susan Gravely
VIETRI, Inc.
Hillsborough, NC
Jerry Heneghan
Virtual Heroes, Inc.
Durham, NC
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