Honorees & Gala Leadership
The NFTE 2011 Dare to Dream Gala is SOLD OUT.
Honorees of the 14th Annual NFTE Dare to Dream Gala
2011 Honorees:
- Edie Fraser - Entrepreneur, Diversity Activist & Philanthropist - Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson
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Locally Grown EntrepreneursTo Be Announced
- Aaron Batalion - Living Social
- Elliott Bisnow - Summit Series
- Matt Curry - Curry's Auto Service, Inc.
- Seth Goldman - Honest Tea
- Michelle Lee - STG International, Inc.
- Mark Michael - Occasions Caterers
- Ada Polla - Alchimie Forever
- Warren Thompson - Thompson Hospitality
Emcee
- Leon Harris - ABC7/WJLA-TV
Keynote Speaker:
- Rodney Walker - NFTE Alumnus
Featured in the highly acclaimed documentary Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon
2011 Global Young Entrepreneur of the Year:
- Julian Boney, Julian Pierre Boney, alum Suitland High School
2011 NFTE DC Region Young Entrepreneurs of the Year:
- Fall 2011
- 1st place winner - Liam McGhee - JuJu Bars - Annandale High School
- 2nd place winner - Brandi Gladden - Marcel's Hat Designs - Suitland High School
- 3rd place winner - David Ross - Diamond Cut's - Croom Vocational High School
- Spring 2010
- 1st place winner - Aisha Cooper - Puppy Love, 2010 graduate - TC Williams High School
- 2nd place winner - Darnell Lisby - His-Story Tutoring - Suitland High School
- 3rd place winner - Juan Bautista - Thermo Threads - TC Williams High School
2011 Teacher Honorees:
- NFTE Teacher of the Year - Erin Cribbs, Croom Vocational High School
- NFTE DC Region Teacher of the Year - Emily Hueber, Columbia Heights Education Campus
- NFTE DC Region Rookie Teachers of the Year - Stephanie Harmony, Annandale High School & Salam Johnson, Parkdale High School
Gala Leadership of the 14th Annual NFTE Dare to Dream Gala
Gala Vice Chairs:
- Steven Abramowitz - Accelerent
- Wanda Alexander - Horizon Consulting Inc.
- Bill Dean - M.C. Dean Inc.
- Herb Engert - Ernst & Young
- Marsha Ralls - The Ralls Collection
- Ben Teicher - The Ratner Companies
- Tien Wong - Opus8, Inc.
Gala Champions:
- Caroline Alexander - Vitality Cleansing Center
- Sunny Scully Alsup - LSG Inc.
- Scott Attman - Acme Paper
- Brien Biondi - League Assets Corp.
- Sandy Butler Weil - Student Monitor
- Christina Carter
- Derek Coburn - Washington Financial Group
- Howard Cohen - Daycon Products
- Alka Dhillon - Technalink, Inc.
- Daryn Dodson - Venture Consultant
- Lynda Ellis - Capitol Concierge
- Abby Fenton - ABC7/WJLA-TV
- Chris Gorges - Booz Allen Hamilton
- Samantha Gumenick - The Gumenick Group
- John Hasenberg - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
- Herbert "Tripp" Kelly, III - Northwestern Mutual Financial Network/The Spice is Right BBQ and Grilling Company
- Sarah Marchetti Kelly - Northwestern Mutual Financial Network/The Spice is Right BBQ and Grilling Company
- Philippe Lanier - Eastbanc Inc.
- Jimmy Lynn - Jlynn Associates
- Teddy Matheu - Guident
- Andre McCain - JBG Properties
- Terrance McGowan - Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- James Page - Page After Page
- Ben Pattison - Square 1 Bank
- David Samuels - Bioscan, Inc.
- Rhonda Slade - Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce
- Jennifer Trax - Argy Wiltse & Robinson
- Margaret Walpole - Metropolitan Business Council
NFTE DC Region Board of Advisors:
- Terrance McGowan - Advisory Board Chair - Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Monish Kundra - Advisory Board Vice Chair - Columbia Capital
- Patty Alper - The Alper Portfolio Group, Ltd.
- Sunny Scully Alsup - Principal Emeritus; LSG Inc.
- Sid Banerjee - Clarabridge
- Brien Biondi - League Assets Corp.
- Minal Damani - NextGen Capital Ventures, LLC
- Herb Engert - Ernst & Young, LLP
- Antwanye Ford - Enlightened, Inc.
- John M. Fruehwirth - Rotunda Capital Partners
- Teri Galvez - Paradigm Event Management
- Elliott Gaskins - America’s Promise Alliance
- John Hasenberg - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
- Paul Kihn - McKinsey & Company
- Cynthia Krus - Sutherland
- Jimmy Lynn - JLynn Associates
- Andre McCain - JBG Properties
- Laine Shakerdge - J Street Companies
- Julia Spicer - Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
- Rick Toren - CodeRyte
- Kim Watson - PEPCO
- Anita Cooke Wells - RLJ Development, LLC
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