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Four entrepreneurs from San Bernardino have made the semi-finals.
Mauro Gomez, chief growth officer with Anita’s Mexican Foods, Corp., Cesar Navarrete President & CEO, Children’s Fund, Dr. Dale Marsden Founder of Tomorrow’s Talent, and Naushad Imam Mohammed CEO of World Wide Wings LLC, have made it to the next round of judging in the 22nd annual Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards
Chosen from a field of more than 260 nominees, the 36 semi-finalists will attend a judging reception on October 3rd where they will meet and interact with the event judges. Immediately following the reception, the judges will convene, deliberate and select the finalists, whose names will be unveiled on October 4th.
The finalists will then compete for the 2024 Spirit of the Entrepreneur award at the black-tie gala on November 21st at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside.
THE 2024 INLAND EMPIRE ENTREPRENEURIAL SEMI-FINALISTS ARE:
- 360 Human Services, Harry Jackson – Victorville
- Active IT Solutions, David Shay – Riverside
- Affordable Plastics & Packaging, Inc., Aldo Villalpando – Ontario
- All Hours Adult Care, Marie A Vernon – Riverside
- Alliant Global Security Services, Hekmat Sherzad – Riverside
- Aly Rose Beauty, Aly Collins – Temecula
- AmPac Business Capital, Hilda Kennedy – Ontario
- Angel Jewelers, Liliana Andriani – Rancho Cucamonga
- Anita’s Mexican Foods, Corp., Mauro Gomez – San Bernardino
- Brite and Clean, Inc., Tim Bloom – Yucaipa
- Caravanserai Project, Mihai Patru – Palm Springs
- Children’s Fund, Cesar Navarrete – San Bernardino
- Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, Zeb Welborn – Chino
- Craig Davis Family Insurance, Craig Davis – Temecula
- Elite Tax Partners, Nicole Albrecht – Temecula
- Environmental Lighting for Architecture, Inc., Bill Grogan – Corona
- Families Achieving Success, Katie Marie McClendon – Perris
- Fast Lane Tires, LLC, Juan and Shannon Baltazar – Wildomar
- Foxtrot Construction, Inc., Fermin Fosado – Colton
- Globe Biomedical, Matthew Rickard – Riverside
- Human Migration Institute, Selin Yildiz Nielsen – Riverside
- Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce, Edward Ornelas, Jr. – Ontario
- Integrated Care Communities Family of Companies, Phillip and Sarah Saucedo – Moreno Valley
- PJ’s Desert Trophies & Gifts and McDowell Awards, Elaine Holmes – Indio
- Roses Say, Rose Study – Chino Hills
- Swell Productions, Dave Hansen – Corona
- The Cupcake & Espresso Bar, Fadi Ballout – Moreno Valley
- The Talent Factory Dance Studio and Gymnasium, Andrea Dianne Roberts – Chino
- Tinker the Robot, Kay Yang – Upland
- Tomorrow’s Talent, Dr. Dale Marsden – San Bernardino
- Venue38, Christine Harris – Redlands
- Virent Health, Dr. Davetta Hammond – Riverside
- Wax Apothecary, Diana Orr – Idyllwild
- Wildomar Community and Parks Foundation Inc., Bridgette Moore – Wildomar
- World Wide Wings LLC, Naushad Imam Mohammed – San Bernardino
- Yummy Snacks Treats and Goodies, Edwina Thomas – Redlands
The annual black-tie event, better known as the Oscars of Business, awards top innovators from the Inland Empire in nine entrepreneurial categories, each honoring the leadership, determination, teamwork, community involvement, and the risks taken to build successful entrepreneurial companies.
A portion of the proceeds from the Spirit of the Entrepreneur event benefit the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Scholarship established by Dr. Mike Stull, Director of Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at California State University, San Bernardino. The scholarship is awarded to vetted and deserving entrepreneurship students from CSUSB’s School of Entrepreneurship, in order to assist them in achieving their degree.
The Spirit of the Entrepreneur event is presented by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship and the Jack H. Brown College of Business & Public Administration at California State University San Bernardino.
