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United States Small Business Administration honors 2 Islanders


By Staten Island Advance May 16, 2010, 6:36AM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Linda Baran of Great Kills and Barton Horowitz of Bulls Head were recently honored in Manhattan by the New York District Office of the United States Small Business Administration (SBA).


The two are among a select group of individuals lauded by the SBA during the 2010 National Small Business Week Awards Ceremony.


Ms. Baran is president and CEO of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce. She was presented with the SBA District's Women in Business Champion Award.


Ms. Baran has worked at the Chamber for the past 22 years. In May 2004, she was elected by the chamber's board of directors as the first woman president and chief executive officer of the organization.


Horowitz is president of Graniteville-based Relevant Public Relations. He is a former Advance business writer and columnist. He received the Financial Services Champion Award for the positive impact he made on the Island's business community during his years at the Advance.


Both Islanders were nominated for the prestigious recognition by Dean L. Balsamini, director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the College of Staten Island, Willowbrook.


Commerce group sites Frank Mandarino


Dr. Frank Mandarino of Morganville, N.J., received the 2010 Best of Staten Island Award from the United States Commerce Association (USCA). Dr. Mandarino received the award in the Chiropractors Category of the USCA for the second year in a row. Of the winners selected, only one in 70 recipients qualified for the honor. Dr. Mandarino recently opened a new office in Grant City.


Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winner in each category. Winners were determined based on information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.


The USCA is a New York-based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America.


Their Best of Local Business Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in the local community and business category. These are companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.


Global Relief Fund names board member


Daniel Kennedy of Manhattan has been named to the advisory board of The Global Medical Relief Fund (GMRF).


Kennedy is an award-wining public relations professional who has strong international public relations expertise as well as a clear understanding of GMRF's socially conscious mission. Currently, he heads Daniel Kennedy Communications Services. His PR, media relations and marketing


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