Carolinas Program - 2009 Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Finalists
20 business leaders with companies located in the Carolinas have been selected by an independent judging panel for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Carolinas awards. These 19 finalists, along with The Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Leon Levine, will be honored at a black-tie awards gala on Thursday, June 18 at the Westin Charlotte in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. The award recipients in 6 categories will be announced for the first time at this event.
Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Leon Levine
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
FinalistsSteven DeCarlo
CEO
AmWINS Group, Inc.
David Morken
President & CEO
and Henry Kaestner
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Bandwidth.com, Inc.
Michelle Buelow
President & Founder
Bella Tunno
Steve Bell
Founder and Chairman
Bell Partners Inc.
John Cato
Chairman, President & CEO
The Cato Corporation
Thomas Coble
President & CEO
Coble Trench Safety, Inc.
Frank Spencer
President & CEO
Cogdell Spencer, Inc.
Eric Hillman
CEO
Europa Sports Products
Edward Fritsch
President, CEO & Director
Highwoods Properties
Philip Maung
Founder & CEO
Hissho Sushi
Rich Lee
Founder & CEO
Hosted Solutions
Roland Johnson
CEO
Piedmont Pharmaceuticals
Jerry Barker
President
Ocular Systems, Inc.
Bob Salvin
CEO
Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.
Stephen Wiehe
President & CEO
SciQuest, Inc.
Carl Guidice
President & CEO
SOI
Joe Elphick
Owner
3C Packaging
Vipin Garg
President & CEO
Tranzyme Pharma
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