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Central Midwest
Program Manager

Ann Colletti
Kansas City, MO
+1 314 290 1172
ann.colletti@ey.com


Partner hosts

Randy Buseman
Kansas City, MO
randy.buseman@ey.com

Mike Hickenbotham
St. Louis, MO
michael.hickenbotham@ey.com

Todd Papa
Des Moines, IA
todd.papa@ey.com

Program geography

Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska

Key dates

Nomination deadline
March 23, 2012

Finalists announced
Early May 2012

Awards gala
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
5:30 p.m.
Sheraton Overland Park

National awards gala at the Strategic Growth Forum
November 14–18, 2012
Palm Springs, CA

Did you know?

The Central Midwest program includes the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. We've participated in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® program since 1986 and have had 17 of our regional winners go on to win national awards. View a list of our previous national finalists and winners. Click here to learn more about benefits of participation.

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View a complete listing of the national award recipients. 

 

Meet the 2012 Central Midwest finalists

Dr. Steve Lasky
Advanced Analytical
Technologies, Inc.
Ames, Iowa 

David Karandish
Answers
Saint Louis, Missouri

John Eulich
ASPEQ Holdings, Inc.
Saint Louis, Missouri

Len Rodman
Black & Veatch
Overland Park, Kansas

Cory Wiedel, Ryan Zink
Complete Nutrition
Omaha, Nebraska

Benny Lee
DuraComm Corp.
Kansas City, Missouri

Patrick Perry
Genesys
Kansas City, Missouri

Dawn Ainger
Genova Technologies
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Greg Gragg
Gragg Advertising
Kansas City, Missouri

Mark Rutter
GROUP360 Worldwide
Saint Louis, Missouri

Joseph Melookaran, Mithra Amaran, David Brown, Raqibul Huq, Maria Will
JMA Information Technology
Overland Park, Kansas

Steve Carter
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Percy, Illinois

Kyle Krause
Kum & Go, L.C.
West Des Moines, Iowa

Greg Brown
Learfield
Communications, Inc.
Jefferson City, Missouri

Larry Potterfield
MidwayUSA
Columbia, Missouri

Matt Miller
MobileDemand
Hiawatha, Iowa

Harry Herington
NIC Inc.
Olathe, Kansas

Mary Quass
NRG Media, LLC
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Robert Low
Prime Inc.
Springfield, Missouri

Jeff Stroburg, Daniel Oh
Renewable Energy Group
Ames, Iowa

Reggie Chandra
Rhythm Engineering
Lenexa, Kansas 

Tom Kalishman, Jerry Shaw
SAK Construction, LLC
O'Fallon, Missouri

Lee Frickey
Sizewise
Kansas City, Missouri 

Michael Vasquez
St. Gregory Centers, Inc
Des Moines, Iowa

Mike O'Neill, John Nickel, Kevin Quigley
Switch: Liberate Your Brand
Saint Louis, Missouri 

David Faber
Trans Ova Genetics
Sioux Center, Iowa 

Daniel Reed
UnitedLex Corporation
Overland Park, Kansas 

Douglas Schukar
USA Mortgage
Saint Louis, Missouri

Brant Bukowsky, Brock Bukowsky
Veterans United Home Loans
Columbia, Missouri 

Jon Cook
VML
Kansas City, Missouri 

Seth Burgett
Yurbuds Sport Earphones
Saint Louis, Missouri

 

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2012 Entrepreneurial Winning Women

Winning Women
Call for applications
Do you know a dynamic woman entrepreneur? Check out our fifth annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program and apply or nominate someone today. Application deadline is April 30, 2012.

 

 


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