Union County Chamber of Commerce Annual Award Recipients
Business Leadership Hall of Fame
2002 John Ashcraft, The Enquirer Journal; Don Brown, First Charter Bank; Roby Shore First Citizens; Frank Elliott, Allvac; Sara Furr, TPS/Furr and Associates; Larry Bishop, Union Memorial Hospital
2003 Dr. Jerry McGee, Wingate University; N. K. Dickerson, Jr. The Dickerson Company; John Roberts, Union Regional Medical Center
2004 Bruce Griffin, Sr., Griffin Motor Co.; Tom Dillon, Monroe Hardware; Carlton Tyson, The Tyson Group
2005 William Henry Belk, Belk Department Stores; E. D. Gaskins, United Carolina Bank; Tom Williams, Allvac
2006 Carroll Edwards, Edwards Wood Products, Jake Plyler, USCO, Jimmy Stegall, Stegall Petroleum, Inc.
2007 David McGuirt, Citizens South Bank
2008 Clark Goodwin, retired Banker
2009 Bruce Griffin, Jr., Griffin Motor Company; Lynn Raye, Commercial Piping & Febricating, Inc.
Business Woman of the Year
2007 Martha Parris, Prudential Carolinas Realty
2008 Shellee Comer, The Silver Lining
2009 Carol Tyson, The Real Estate Link
Business Man of the Year
2007 Larry Hook, Hook Tire & Service, Inc.
2008 Bill Norwood, State Utility Contractors
2009 Greg Nalewaja, Metro Honda of Union County
Minority Business Person of the Year
1999 Dr. Benedict Okwara, First Care Medical Clinic
2000 Franklin Deese, A Tax Service
2001 Gwyndoln Perkins, M.D.
2002 PraKash Desai, Best Western Inn
2003 John Parker, Affordable Dry Cleaning
2004 John Tillman, Excel Personal Development Co.
2005 Paul Chatman, Chatman Computers
2006 Rogelio Marin, Monterrey Restaurante
2007 Barry Green, Green’s Commercial Cleaning
2008 Mumukshu Brahmbhatt, The UPS Store - Indian Trail
2009 Byron Pouges, Carolinas Medical Center-Union
Volunteer of the Year
1994 Frank Carpenter, State Utility Contractors
1995 Nancy Stephen, Cameo Communications; Mike Lee, Design Benefit Group
1996 Mark Strom, Wampler-Longacre, Inc.
1997 Patricia Morris TPS/Furr Associates
1998 Charlie Polk, Allvac
1999 Rene Haigler, TPS/Furr Associates; Pam Duke, The Charlotte Observer
2000 Pam Duke, The Charlotte Observer; Nancy Stephen, Cameo Communications
2001 Larke Plyler, Union Co. Sheriff’s Office
2002 Dr. Bud Marchant, SPCC
2003 Ben Phillips WKRE radio
2004 Robert Sabin, Clearly Carolina
2005 Robert Sabin, Clearly Carolina
2006 Jessica Graham, Time Warner
2007 Sheila Crunkleton, The Charlotte Observer
2008 Linda Smith, Union County JobReady Partnership
2009 Jenny Prevatte, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Corporate Spirit Award
2002 ATI Allvac
2003 Carolinas Medical Center Union
2004 Greiner Bio One
2005 Edwards Wood Products
2006 Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, Plastics Division
2007 OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
2008 Goodrich Corporation
Entrepreneur of the Year
1994 Kurt and Christina Larkins, Creative Concepts Café
1995 Sara Furr, TPS/Furr Associates
1996 Larry Fisher, Sr., Fisher Textiles
1997 Kenneth Long, Sr., Protocorp International (sold to Bell & Howell)
1998 Lynn Raye Commercial Piping & Fabricating, Inc.
1999 Carlton Tyson, The Tyson Group
2000 Thomas Moyer, III, CPA, Moyer, Smith & Roller, P.A.
2001 Linda MacConnachie, Sunshine Station Child Development Center
2002 Gene Robbins, Robbins & Associates, Inc.
2003 Jeff Bass, Bass Insurance Services, Inc.
2004 David Whitley, Whitley Mortgage Co.
2005 Jeanne Corwin, Coresco, Inc.
2006 Dennis Moser, The Moser Group
Ambassador of the Year
2009 Nico Iannelli, AAA-Biggs Insurance Group