BMORENEWS Publisher Recognized by AAE in Prince George’s County
Doni Glover Honored with “Minority Business Voice of Our People Award”
By BMORENEWS Staff
(MITCHELLVILLE – October 16, 2009) – Another Approach Enterprises, founded by Odessa Hopkins, held their 2nd Annual Awards Gala last night at the Newton White Mansion in Mitchellville. Among the honorees was Doni Glover, Publisher of BMORENEWS.com, who was honored with the “Minority Business Voice of Our People Award.”
Glover was one of four Baltimoreans honored. Other Baltimoreans honored included Wayne R. Frazier, Sr. of the Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors Association (Minority Business Champion Award), Michael Graham of the Minority Business and Consumer Resource Directory (Business of the Year), Deborah Stallings of HR Anew (Minority Business Trailblazer Award), and Peggy Morris of Sisters4Sisters Network and photographer (Entrepreneur of the Year).
Other awardees included Christopher Pollock of The Networking Loop (Young Entrepreneur of the Year), Mixology (Another Approach Innovation Award), Cindy Freland of Maryland Secretarial Services, Inc. (Business Woman of the Year), and Terrance Williams of Millennium Technology Solutions (New Business of the Year). Further, motivational speaker extraordinaire Willie Jolley was honored with the Minority Business Champion Award, Jorge Ribas of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce received the Chamber of the Year Award, and KC Ford of GettingThere4Him received the Small Business of the Year Award. Minority Business Champion Awards also went to Dr. James A. dula and to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
A number of politicos were also present, including Montgomery County Delegate Herman Taylor, Council Chair Marilynn Bland, Councilman Sam Dean, Prince George's County Police Inspector General Mark Spencer, and Special Secretary Luwanda Jenkins of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs.
Hopkins, who is originally from Harlem, NY, is a powerful advocate for minority and women-owned businesses in the area and is a stalwart voice for the disenfranchised. Considered by her close friends and clients as a saving grace, her firm has helped many businesses get to the next level. An expert on marketing, she is also the founder of www.MinorityBuzz.com and an on-line radio show that regularly features entrepreneurs on all levels, as well as some of the strongest voices in black America.
“While I am humbled by this award, I am most impressed with Lady O and her ability to galvanize the minority and women business communities with her events, website, and on-line radio show,” said Glover. “She’s a female version of me, except she’s based in the wealthiest black jurisdiction in America.”
Glover jokingly said, “I figure if I can grab her coat tail, I can take my game up a notch.”
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