NSBA recently recognized five outstanding small-business owners as our 2018  Lew Shattuck Advocate of the Year Award winners. The application process for next year’s award will begin in February 2019.

2018 Award Winners:

Larry Nannis of Framingham, Mass., was named the overall 2018 Lew Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year. An outspoken advocate on small-business issues for nearly 40 years, Nannis has testified before Congress, made annual trips to Washington, D.C. to advocate for pro-small-business policies, has mentored countless small-business advocates and was named a delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business.

NSBA also honored:

• Lisa Fullerton, A Novel Idea in San Antonio, Texas,
• Chris Holman, Michigan Business Monthly in Lansing, Michigan,
• Mike Schreurs, Strategic America in West Des Moines, Iowa, and
• Rick Whipple, WhippleWood CPAs in Littleton, Colorado

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Qualifications and Criteria:

• A demonstrated commitment to small-business advocacy above and beyond policies that specifically impact their own business or industry;
• A proven history of volunteer efforts to advance and improve the overall small-business community;
• Success in advocating for pro-small business policies; and
• Success and growth as a small-business owner