Southeastern LSBDC staff honored with awards
Contact: Rene Abadie
Date: May 30, 2013
HAMMOND – Several staff members at the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern
Louisiana University were recognized with awards at the state SBDC meeting held in
Baton Rouge.
Business consultant Wayne Ricks was honored with the Start up Superstar Award
for helping 15 new companies in the region get off the ground, while consultant Scott
Huffman was given the Top Sales and Top Job Generator awards for creating 107 new
jobs in the region.
Ricks and Huffman joined consultants Steven Baham and Ginger Cangelosi in receiving
Million Dollar Club awards based on their efforts to help achieve financial backing
for multiple clients.
At the meeting, William Joubert, director of the Southeastern LSBDC and the Southeast
Louisiana Business Center, was presented a certificate recognizing the center's recent
reaccreditation through the Association of Small Business Development Centers.
Since 1984, the Southeastern LSBDC has provided the tools and resources needed
to help businesses grow and compete in an increasingly competitive and challenging
economic environment. Since 2003 the center has consulted with nearly 2,400 entrepreneurs,
helped secure over $256 million in loans and equity capital, obtained funding for
more than 80 percent of its projects, created over 2,000 jobs and provided more than
21,000 hours of training for businesses throughout the North Shore.
