Jeannette King named SBA’s WV Small Business Person of the Year
MARTINSBURG, WV – Jeannette King, President and CEO of Strategic Resolution Experts, Inc. in Martinsburg, WV has been named the winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office 2015 Small Business Person of the Year.
King also holds the title of SBA WV 2014 Veteran Small Business Champion.
“Winning the 2015 SBA West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year is an incredible honor, as I know the businesses in our state and the hard working dedicated people who lead them,” said King. “My business model is about helping people and doing the right thing and this proves that you can be honest, have integrity and be successful in business in this country and in our state.”
In 2007, as a single mother and honorably discharged Navy veteran with $10,000 in her bank account, King started her own business emphasizing her strong belief in the values of integrity, quality, and performance. After getting her business on its feet, King entered the SBA 8(a) small business development program; a nine-year platform created to assist eligible socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in developing and growing their businesses.
Her business has received contracts from Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Safety Administration, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Department of Treasury, United States Coast Guard, Navy Seaport-e IDIQ, Department of Veterans Affairs, NASA, Air Force, FBI, and the Internal Revenue Service with the help of the certification.
Read the full article at: http://www.statejournal.com/story/28968449/king-named-sbas-wv-small-business-person-of-the-year.
Source: The State Journal, Published May 4, 2015
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