Awards

1999 Entrepreneurial Success Award U.S. Small Business Administration Chicago Business Hall of Fame Junior Achievement, inducted in 1999 1988 Entrepreneur of the Year Arthur Young and VENTURE Magazine Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame The University of Illinois at Chicago, Arthur Andersen & Co., William Blair Co., LaSalle National Bank and The Reliable Corporation, inducted in 1993 1998 Supplier of the Year for Stores Division JCPenney Company, Inc., Supplier Diversity Development Awards Program; also finalist for Grand Prize - Overall Supplier of the Year, 1999 The Institute of American Entrepreneurs Inducted in 1988 Entrepreneur of the Year Institute / Charter Member The Entrepreneur of the Year Institute, Illinois/Northwest Indiana Chapter, 1993 SME/Chicago Entrepreneurial Award The second annual Entrepreneur’s Conference by Sales & Marketing Executives of Chicago, November 1993 JCPenney Appreciation Award for exemplary professionalism, tenacity, and dedication in the areas of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service, 1993 Supplier Divisional Winner for JCPenney Marketing Division 12th Annual Minority & Women-Owned Supplier Development Awards Program, 1995 U S WEST Communications -- M/WBE Award First Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Awards Luncheon, April 1995 Platinum Partner Award Incentive Magazine, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 Chicago’s Top Women-Owned Firms Crain’s Chicago Business magazine, recognition as one of Chicago’s largest women-owned firms, 1989 - 1998. Ranked in the top 10, 1995-1998. Chicago’s Top Private Firms Crain’s Chicago Business magazine, recognition as one of Chicago’s largest private firms, 1997 Who’s Who in Chicago Business Crain’s Chicago Business magazine, 1990 - 1998 America’s Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses Working Woman magazine, recognition as one of the largest women-owned firms in the country, 1998 - 1999