2009 SBA Small Business Award Winners for the State of Hawaii
Left to right: Phil Kahue (for Vaughn Vasconcellos), Representative Isaac Choy, Barbara Haliniak, Timothy Moore, Melissa Pavlicek, Agnes Reyes, Jean Jeremiah, Judy Aranaydo, Representative Angus McKelvey, Richard Xie, Michael Fairall, June Arakawa, Naomi Hazelton-Giambrone, Jayne Kim 

Small Business Person of the Year
Vaughn Vasconcellos – Akimeka, LLC (State of Hawaii)
Shelley Wilson – Wilson Homecare (City & County of Honolulu)
Max Tsai – TC Kokua, LLC (County of Maui)
Valerie Parker – The Parker Group, Inc. (County of Kauai)
Dr. John Stover – Hilo Oral and Facial Surgery, Inc. (County of Hawaii)