Past Award Winners

2016 Recipients Learn more about the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners Entrepreneurial Excellence Sharon Horan, FIT For Work and Atlantic Orthotics Ltd., St. John's Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Sonja Maloney, Jumping Bean - Gander, formerly, Ultra Clear Water & Brewing, Gander Start-up Jenny Smith, Ray Creative Agency, St. John's Community Impact Christina Dove, Newfoundland Chocolate Company, St. John's Innovation Mandy Woodland, Mandy Woodland Law, St. John's Visionary Connie Parsons, Connie Parsons School of Dance, St. John's Export Jill Knox-Gosse & Lynne Wilson, Wreckhouse Productions, St. John's Corporation of the Year Seafair Capital

2015 Recipients Learn more about the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners Entrepreneurial Excellence Dallas Mercer, DMC, Mount Pearl Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Jodi Basha, Island Orthotics, Corner Brook Start-up Andrea Rowe, Airo Landscape Design, St. John's Community Impact Sarah Short, Activelife Physiotherapy and Wellness, Deer Lake Innovation Sarah Bennett, UC Baby & A New Beginning Massage Therapy, Paradise Visionary Katie Hayes, Bonavista Social Club, Upper Amherst Cove Export Cindy Roma & Sydney Ryan, Telelink, St. John's Corporation of the Year Emera Newfoundland & Labrador

2014 Recipients Learn more about the 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners Entrepreneurial Excellence Margot Mayo, Jema International Travel Clinic, St. John's Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Lesley Oake, Lesley Oake School of Dance, Grand Falls-Windsor Start-up Helen MacKinnon, A Holding Place, St. John's Community Impact Angela Parsons, Royal K9 Inc., Deer Lake Innovation Jackie McCann-Scott, Invested Mama, St. John's Visionary Bonnie Cook, Abbyshot Clothiers, Mount Pearl Export Barbara Doran, Morag Loves Company, St. John's Corporation of the Year Hebron Project

2013 Recipients Learn more about the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners Entrepreneurial Excellence Anne Whelan, Seafair Capital Inc., St. John's Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Amanda Burton, Recipe for Health, St. John's Start-up Susan Power, Higher Talent Inc., St. John's Innovation Lisa Gilliam, Munchkin Music Factory, St. John's Visionary Sharon Horan, FIT For Work, St. John's Community Impact Bev Moore-Davis, Morvis Group of Companies, St. John's

2012 Recipients Entrepreneurial Excellence & Community Impact Cathy Bennett, Bennett Group of Companies, St. John's Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Katherine Hiscock, Beautiful Rock, Gander Start-up Melanie Caines, Nova Yoga, St. John's Innovation & Visionary Debra Feltham, Feltham Attwood Certified General Accountants, Mount Pearl

2009 Recipients Entrepreneurial Excellence Gina Tapper, Hampton Holdings Inc., Mount Pearl Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Rebecca Rose, Breakwater Books Ltd., St. John’s Start-up Elizabeth Burry, Elizabeth Burry Fine Art & Gift Gallery,  St. John’s Innovation Deborah Bourden, Applecore Interactive, St. John’s Visionary Edwina Kirkland, Kirkland Nursing Services Inc., St. John’s Community Impact Anne Squires, Exit Realty on the Rock, St. John’s

2008 Recipients Entrepreneurial Excellence Constance Howard, Hayward Interiors Plus Inc., St. John’s Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Regina Anthony, Bonne Esperance House Heritage Inn, St. John’s Start-up, Community Impact Michelle Sheppard and Raeleen Baggs, Paradise Physiotherapy Ltd., Paradise Visionary Odelle Pike, Log Cabin Lodge Inc., Black Duck Siding Innovation Judy Reid, Clientime, Mount Pearl

2007 Recipients President’s Award Cindy Roma, Telelink, The Call Centre Inc., St. John’s Youth Laura Coultas, Five Island Art Gallery, Tors Cove Labrador Region Corina Dumaresque, Dumaresque Desktop Design Inc., Forteau Central Region Bernice Walker, Corona College, Grand Falls-Windsor Eastern Region M. Wanda Davis, Radiance Hair Studio and Spa Ltd., Bay Roberts Avalon Region Katherine Higgins, Landells Clinic, St. John’s

2006 Recipients President’s Award Cathy Lomond, Hotel Port aux Basques, Port aux Basques Youth Amy Gallant, Forever Fit Personal Fitness, Corner Brook Labrador Region Judy Kippenhuck, Midway Garden Ltd. and Flightline Café & Gifts Ltd., Happy Valley-Goose Bay Western Region Melissa Martin, Spruce Pines Country Inc., Port au Port Central Region Jacqueline Jenkins, Jacqueline Jenkins Law Office, Grand Falls-Windsor Eastern Region Patricia Ryan-Kelly, Tilly’s Salon & Solarium, Marystown Avalon Region Siobhan Coady, Bonaventure Fisheries & Newfound Genomics, St. John’s

2005 Recipients President’s Award Judy Sparkes-Giannou, Maxxim Vacations, St. John’s Youth Judith Ryan, Galleria Enteak, St. John’s Labrador Region Agnes Cabot, Cabot’s Cash & Carry, West Ste. Modeste Western Region Maxine Hoskins, MAXimum Home Support Services Inc., Corner Brook Central Region Michelle Critch, Hair Alive/Exploits Traditional Karate, Badger Eastern Region Lorraine Taylor, Taylor’s Transport, Dunville Avalon Region Cindy Murray, Murray Enterprises Inc., St. John’s

2004 Recipients Champion Edwina Hutton, Managing Editor, Atlantic Business Magazine Youth Angie Dalley, Gander Massage Therapy Clinic Labrador Region Linda Saunders McLean, Linda’s Gift Baskets Western Region Bella Hodge, Valhalla Lodge B&B, and Gina Noordhof, The Norseman at L’Anse aux Meadows and Gaia Gallery Central Region Jean Chatman, Chatman’s Bakery Eastern Region Margaret Kelly, Hotel Placentia Ltd. Avalon Region Bonnie Cook, AbbyShot Clothiers Limited

2003 Recipients Champion Sandra Avery, A Special Touch Youth Gina Tapper, Hampton Ventures/Access Plus Labrador Region Beverly Russell, Midway Restaurant Western Region Barbara Genge, Tuckamore Lodge Ltd. Central Region Sheila Goodyear, Central Funeral Homes Ltd. Eastern Region Anne Connor Sheppard, The Assessment and Therapy Centre Avalon Region Judy English, Newfoundland Personnel