SBA Honors Top Women Entrepreneurs The Small Business Administration presented Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur Awards to 17 business owners during Small Business Week. All started their business with help from the SBA. The winners are: Barbara Baekgaard and Patricia Miller, Vera Bradley Designs, Ft. Wayne, IN; Pamela Barefoot, Blue Crab Bay, Onancock, VA; Donna Asmann, Clark Manufacturing, Wellinton, KS; Tina Cordova, Queston Construction, Albuquerque, NM; Patty DeDominic, The PDQ Careers Group, Los Angeles; Lurita Doan, New Technology Management, Winchester, VA; Kathryn Freeland, RGII Technologies, Annapolis, MD; Judy George, Domain Homes, Norwood, MA; Heather Howitt (co-founders: Tedde McMillen, Carla Powell, and Lori Woolfrey), Oregon Chai, Portland, OR; Rebecca Matthias, Mothers Work, Philadelphia; Marilyn Melkonian, Telesis Corp., Washington; Carolyn Minerich, Carmin Industries, Jacksonville, AL; Julie Morgenstern, Julie Morgenstern Professional Organizers, New York; Nikki Olyai, Innovision Technologies, Novi, MI; Dr. Taryn Rose, Taryn Rose International, Inc., Los Angeles; Maria Welch, Respira Medical (In-Home Service & Assistance LS), Baltimore; and Jeannette Lee White, Sytel, Bethesda, MD.