Award Recipients:
Brian Hawley, co-founder/chief technology officer, Luminex Software, Inc., Riverside;
Dr. Les Malo, founding partner and director of medicine, Garden Grove Dog & Cat Hospital, Garden Grove;
Jerry Miller, managing partner, IMC Municipal Consulting, Long Beach;
Myron "Sam" Smith, president, Genesis Financial/Creative Employee Benefits Inc., Los Angeles.
Honorees are nominated by local chambers and selected by a task force comprised of chamber of commerce executives and small businesses. The criteria used in the selection process include taking leadership roles in or working on federal, state or local ballot measures, testifying before the state Legislature and representing a local chamber of commerce before local government.
Profiles of the award recipients will appear in future issues of Alert.