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Kathy Brittain White, Rural Sourcing, Inc. Named As Finalist in 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs
The Stevies will be presented on October 22 in New York City
September 27, 2006
Jonesboro, AR – Rural Sourcing, Inc. was named a Finalist today in the Best Overall Company of the Year—Service Business and Best New Service of the Year categories in The 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs.
The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, www.stevieawards.com/women, is a new national awards competition recognizing the accomplishments of women small business owners in the United States. The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards, hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New
York Post (September 22, 2002).
Winners will be announced on Friday, October 22 at the Marriott Marquis in New York
City’s Times Square. The master of ceremonies will be Bill Rancic, spokesperson for
Advanta which is sponsoring the awards and winner of the hit television show “The
Apprentice.”
More than 600 nominations from small companies in virtually every industry were
submitted for consideration in 18 categories, including Best Entrepreneur, Best Young
Entrepreneur, Best New Product and Mentor of the Year. Kathy Brittain White, founder
and president of Rural Sourcing, Inc. was named as a finalist in the categories for Best
Overall Company of the Year—Service Business and Best New Service of the Year.
Rural Sourcing, Incorporated, was established to bring economic expansion and high
technology employment opportunities to rural regions in the United States. Using the
global outsourcing model that has shown employees can produce high-quality work
remotely, RSI offers a talented technology employee population at a very competitive
cost.
RSI’s founder and president, Kathy Brittain White retired as executive vice-president and
chief information officer of Cardinal Health, a $55 billion healthcare company. She also
held executive positions with Baxter Healthcare and Honeywell. White serves on the
Boards of Directors of Mattel, Inc., Novell, Inc., and Certegy, Inc. She was named in
Forbes Top 25 America’s Businesswomen in 2001, Information Week’s Top 10 CIO’s in
the United States in 1997, and Open Computing’s Top 100 Women in Computing in
1994.
Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) is the exclusive sponsor of The 2004
Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, and has been committed to supporting the
success of women in business for over 50 years. Founded as Teachers’ Service
Organization, originally providing needs-based loans to teachers – mostly women – at a
time when banks often did not, Advanta is now one of the nation’s largest issuers of
MasterCard business credit cards to America’s small businesses through its subsidiary
Advanta Bank Corp.
“The Finalists for the first-ever Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs comprise the
most dynamic women in business today. These entrepreneurs have accomplished
innovative and extraordinary things while building their business,” said Dennis Alter,
chairman and CEO of Advanta. “We congratulate all of them on their achievement.”
“We are very pleased to be recognized as a Finalist in this prestigious event,” said White.
The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs are governed by a board of Distinguished
Judges & Advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and figures in
American business, including Carrie Fitzmaurice, publisher for Entrepreneur Media Inc.;
Dr. Lisa Krinsky, chairman & president for SFBC International; and Dr. Betty Spence,
president of The National Association for Female Executives.
The elegant Stevie trophy was designed by R. S. Owens, the same company that makes
the Oscar and the Emmy.
Details about The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs and the full list of Finalists
are available at www.stevieawards.com/women/.
About Rural Sourcing, Inc.
Rural Sourcing Incorporated (RSI) was created to bring economic expansion and high
technology employment opportunities to rural regions in the United States. Using the
global outsourcing model that has shown employees can produce high-quality work
remotely, RSI offers a talented technology employee population at a very competitive
cost. The RSI model of “best sourcing”—high quality, cost competitive, low risk—
combined with the steadfast objective of supporting economic expansion and workforce
diversity in U.S. rural regions make RSI the leading domestic sourcing option. To learn
more about RSI, please visit www.ruralsource.com.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (September 22,
2002), Stevie Awards are conferred in three programs: The American Business Awards,
The International Business Awards, and The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs.
Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies
recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The
Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com. |
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