2006 Business and Community Awards Dinner


Mike Smith, Lerch Early & Brewer, Chtd., Awards Dinner Friend sponsor, Angelito Cordoviz and Genny Hardesty, Trizec, Awards Dinner Business Patron sponsor, and Larry Lerman, Lerch Early & Brewer Chtd.

GSSCC President Jane Redicker and Chair Carmen Camacho with Business Beautufication Award winners from GranDesign Ali Sorab and Tad Grodzki .

GSSCC Small Business of the Year Kefa Cafe winners Abeba and Lene Tsegye and Lene's daughter Be-Emnet Clarke, with Chamber President Jane Redicker and Chair Carmen Camacho.

GSSCC Chair Carmen Camacho, Silver Spring Public Safety Award winners Jerry Sanford, for the "Red Shirts" and Jeffrey Riese, for the "Yellow Shirts," and GSSCC President Jane Redicker.


From left, GSSCC Business Education Partnership winners Tony Messina from Chelsea School and Rachel Grossman (at lectern) for Round House Theatre.

GSSCC President Jane Redicker, 2006 Business Service Award Winner Aurelia Martin for City Place Mall, and Chair Carmen Camacho.

GSSCC President Jane Redicker, 2006 Excellent Place to Work Award winner Barbara Henry for Discovery Communications, Inc., and Chair Carmen Camacho.

GSSCC Chair-elect Brad Stewart, Montgomery College, announced the award winners.


GSSCC Chair Carmen Camacho welcomes guests to the 2006 Business & Community Awards Dinner.

Former GSSCC Chair Charles Atwell with Kefa Cafe's Abeba Tseyge and Tom Block.

Kefa Cafe's Lene Tsegye, Tom Block, Debbie Spielberg, Elenora Harvey, and Kefa's Abeba Tsegye.

Montgomery County Police Colorguard opened the dinner program.


AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center's Ray Barry accepts the 2006 Arts Enterprise Award from GSSCC Chair Carmen Camacho, with Chair-elect Brad Stewart looking on.

GSSCC Fundraising Committee volunteer Norman Scherer, Woodbury Financial.

Awards Dinner Bronze Patron Sponsor Mary Frances leMat, Social and Scientific Systems (center) with Bruce Beddow and June Mickens.

A jazz trio from Montgomery College provided entertainment during the reception.


Special Thanks To:
Eric Bond, Silver Spring Voice for above photos
Andy Fraser of Sandglass for cropping the photos and coding the page