CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, professional services firm and Top 100 Firm, along with the Roseville Area Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring the 23rd Annual Roseville Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur and Business Person of the Year Awards along with the 5th Annual Young Professional of the Year Award to be presented at the Roseville 2017.
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees must be 40 years of age, or younger, on the event date of Roseville 2017 and will be evaluated on the following criteria:*
• Demonstrate superior leadership skills and takes initiative in their business or profession;
• Provides valuable service by contributing time and energy to serve as an ambassador and philanthropist in the community;
• Clearly serves as a role model for young professionals personally and professionally.
ENTREPRENUER AWARD
Nominees must be founders of any business established within the last five years.*
• Demonstrate superior entrepreneurial spirit in taking the risk to start one or more companies from the ground up;
• Ingenuity and creativity in finding and filling a market niche;
• Relative profitability and market-share success as compared to other businesses of similar age, size and circumstances;
• Soundness of current financial and business practices.
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees must have been in business for more than five years.*
• Demonstrate superior professional skills as an owner or management-level employee of one or more successful businesses;
• Have relative profitability and market-share success as compared to other businesses of similar age, size and circumstances;
• Have sound financial business practices;
• Conduct company business so that the company’s customers, employees and community are all enriched by the value this business brings to them.
*Nominee(s) must be a member in good standing of the Roseville Area Chamber of Commerce.
THE PROCESS
Nominations are due on Friday, April 22, 2017 by 12:00 pm. All nominations will be reviewed to determine eligibility including active chamber membership. Nominees will be contacted for additional information and specifics to be presented to members of the voting committee.
THE BENEFITS
By recognizing a Roseville Area Chamber of Commerce member in any of the above categories, nominees will receive the following recognition: listing on the Roseville Area Chamber of Commerce website as an official nominee; possible recognition to over 500 attendees during lunch at Roseville 2017 as a finalist; exposure to leaders within the South Placer community.
Questions may be directed to Ashley.Harris@CLAconnect.com.