UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Small Business

And

AbilityOne

Award Ceremony

Presented by the

Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization

Thursday, June 18, 2009

10:00 AM

Patio, Jamie L. Whitten Building

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts an annual small business and AbilityOne award program to recognize the outstanding work achieved by our own community. We salute all of the small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, service disabled veteran-owned and AbilityOne businesses that have provided exemplary services to the Department. We also recognize and pay tribute to the USDA employees who have excelled in their work with these businesses.

The companies and individuals honored today represent thousands of others who work hard to support the Department, the community and our country. They were selected as winners to represent their agencies as the best of an elite group. We congratulate them all.

We wish to thank everyone who is being honored today and want to express our appreciation to all who assisted in the preparations for this event.

Click on the links and pictures below to view enlarged pictures of the award winners.

USDA 2009 SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE, INC Victoria Johnson, President McLean, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA AGENCY SMALL BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
BULLSEYE ENGINEERING, LLC Brett Schuck, President Baltimore, Maryland NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	PYRAMID SYSTEMS, INC. Sherry Hwang, President Fairfax, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service
ERS, INC. Todd Roberts, President Jackson, Mississippi NOMINATING AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service	SIGNS NOW #172 Tim Schaumburg, Columbia, Missouri NOMINATING AGENCY: Rural Development
FOUR SEASONS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Dan Tarkington, President Athens, Georgia NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service	SPOKANE SEED CO. Peter R. D. Johnstone, Chairman of the Board Spokane, Washington NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency
GEOMAPS INTERNATIONAL, INC. William Crawbuck, President Bethpage, New York NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency	ViON CORPORATION Tom Frana, President Washington, D.C. NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Procurement and Property Management

USDA 2009 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR VIGIL CONTRACTING, INC. Shannan Vigil, President Crofton, Maryland NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service
USDA AGENCY SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. Juan C. Fortuño Fas, Owner San Juan, Puerto Rico NOMINATING AGENCY: Rural Development	MICROPACT, INC. Matt Bianco, Sr. Business Dev. Executive Herndon, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service
CUSTOMER VALUE PARTNERS Barry Wells, Director Fairfax, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service	TRUSTED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC John Woodley, President Baltimore, Maryland NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
DKW COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Darryl K. Washington, President Washington, D.C. NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency	VERRAZANO CONTRACTING CO, INC. Peter Psaromatis, President Washington, D.C. NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Procurement and Property Management

USDA 2009 WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR KW ENTERPRISES, LLC Kathy L. Winer, Managing Member Durango, Colorado NOMINATING AGENCY: Forest Service
USDA AGENCY WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
CHARPIE /SOLLITT JV Loni Erhard, President Chicago, Illinois NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service	GC MICRO CORPORATION Belinda Guadarrama, President Petaluma, California NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency
COMPU-CURE OF NEW ORLEANS, INC. Angelina Parker, President New Orleans, Louisiana NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Procurement and Property Management	HUMANR, INC. Mary Saily, CEO Herndon, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service
DELANY, SIEGEL, ZORN & ASSOCIATES Sonya Williams, President Arlington, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Inspector General	McCARTHY ANDERSON Maria McCarthy Anderson, President Rapid City, South Dakota NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
FUTURE SOLUTIONS, INC. Vanessa Navarro, President Wheat Ridge, Colorado NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service	MAY APPRAISALS, PC Lianne Petersen, President Polson, Montana NOMINATING AGENCY: Rural Development

USDA 2009 HUBZONE CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR SUNTREE, LLC David Turner, Owner Scottsdale, Arizona NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA AGENCY HUBZONE AWARD WINNERS
AGRICOR, INC. Steve Wickes, President Marion, Indiana NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency	GLOBAL SOLUTIONS NETWORK, INC. Ron Newlan, CEO Alexandria, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service
BENTCO OFFICE SOLUTIONS Edward F. Bentley, Owner Chattanooga, Tennessee NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service	SHIRLEY AND SONS CONSTRUCTION Ronald Shirley, Sr., President Cleveland, Texas NOMINATING AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service
SOLUTION ONE INDUSTRIES, LTD Bettie A. McLaurin, President Killeen, Texas NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

USDA 2009 SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR ARSERVICES, LIMITED Albert R. Spaulding, Chairman and CEO Lorton, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Inspector General
USDA AGENCY SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
COACT, INC. James O. McGehee, President Columbia, Maryland NOMINATING AGENCY: Office of Procurement and Property Management	GONZALES-McCAULLEY INVESTMENT GROUP, INC. Ollie M. McCaulley, President Palmdale, California NOMINATING AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service
EXCALIBUR ASSOCIATES, INC. Fred Mendes, President Westminster, Colorado NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	VIDEO & TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Malachi Jones, President Alexandria, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service

USDA 2009 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (Individual and Group)
JONATHAN ALBOUM RICH PLATT Food and Nutrition Service Alexandria, Virginia	AL LAZAREWICZ Rural Development Bozeman, Montana
USDA AGENCY SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS (Individual and Group)
DORENE GARCIA Natural Resources Conservation Service Ft. Worth, Texas	SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT GROUP Forest Service Ashville, North Carolina
PETER OPIEM, GARETH DIEDRICK   and HERBERT SUBER Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Minneapolis, Minnesota and Riverdale, Maryland	SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA ACQUISITION PROPERTY AND PROCUREMENT OFFICE Agricultural Research Service Athens, Georgia
JENNIFER TURPIN Agricultural Marketing Service Washington, D.C.

USDA 2009 ABILITYONE CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR ENVISION, INC. David Austin, Manager Wichita, Kansas NOMINATING AGENCY: Rural Development
USDA AGENCY ABILITYONE AWARD WINNERS
GOODWILL SERVICE CONNECTION Karen Brand, Contract Manager Stockton, California NOMINATING AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service	MISSISSIPPI GOODWORKS Ronald Russell, Business POC Gulfport, Mississippi NOMINATING AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
IBS INDUSTRIES, INC. Shawna S. Clay, COO Independence, Missouri NOMINATING AGENCY: Farm Service Agency	SERVICE SOURCE John Baker, Division Manager Alexandria, Virginia NOMINATING AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service

USDA 2009 ABILITYONE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD LORETTA M. D’AMICO Farm Service Agency Washington, D.C.
USDA AGENCY ABILITYONE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS (Individual and Group)
KATHY NEWTON PROGRAM Agricultural Research Service Washington, D.C.	MRP LOCAL AREA MANAGERS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Minneapolis, Minnesota

USDA OSDBU AND ABILITYONE CHAMPION AWARDS
HOWARD G. PRICE Director, Administrative Services Division Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
MARK J. BENEDICT AbilityOne Program Liaison Food Safety and Inspection Service
LINDA G. WILSON AbilityOne Program Liaison Agricultural Research Service

The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is available to assist the small business community

and act as its advocate and liaison with the Department of Agriculture. If we can be of assistance, do not hesitate to

contact us.

Telephone: (202) 720-7117

Fax: (202) 720-3001

Web Site: http://www.usda.gov/osdbu

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