Industry Awards

Chicago's Top Women-Owned Firms
Crain's Chicago Business Magazine – recognized as one of Chicago's largest women-owned firms, 1989 - 2005; ranked in the top 10, 1995

Chicago's Top Private Firms
Crain's Chicago Business – recognized as one of Chicago's largest private firms, 1997 - 2005

Who's Who in Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business – 1990 - 2004

Platinum Partner Award
Incentive Magazine –  1993, 1994, 1996-2004

Gold Star Award
New Product Introductions, Potentials Magazine, October 2000

1999 Entrepreneurial Success Award
U.S. Small Business Administration

Junior Achievement Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1999

Entrepreneur of the Year
Arthur Young and VENTURE Magazine, 1988

1998 Supplier of the Year for Stores Division
JCPenney Company, Inc., Supplier Diversity Development Awards Program; also finalist for Grand Prize - Overall Supplier of the Year, 1999

Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Arthur Andersen & Co., William Blair & Co., LaSalle National Bank and The Reliable Corporation; inducted in October 1993

The Institute of American Entrepreneurs 
Inducted in 1988

Entrepreneur of the Year Institute
Charter Member  – Entrepreneur of the Year Institute, Illinois/ Northwest Indiana Chapter, 1993

SME/Chicago Entrepreneurial Award
The second annual Entrepreneur's Conference by Sales & Marketing Executives of Chicago, November 1993

JCPenney Appreciation Award
For exemplary professionalism, tenacity, and dedication in the areas of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service, 1993

Supplier Divisional Winner for JCPenney Marketing Division
12th Annual Minority & Women-Owned Supplier Development Awards Program, 1995

US WEST Communications M/WBE Award
First Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Awards Luncheon, April 1995

America's Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses
Working Woman Magazine – recognized as one of the largest women-owned businesses in the country, 1998 - 2002

2001 Divisional Award Winner for JCPenney Stores
Division – Dedication to the development of Minority & Women-Owned Business Suppliers

2003 Women of Achievement
Girl Scouts, Illinois Crossroads Council

2003 Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year
Women’s Business Development Center

Div500 – 2003 Top Woman Owned Business in the U. S.
DiversityBusiness.com

Div500 – 2003 Top Small Businesses in the U.S.
DiversityBusiness.com

Div100 – 2003 Top Diversity Owned Business in Illinois
DiversityBusiness.Com