CEO AND PRESIDENT OF NORTHWEST SUITES INC. BRENDA HANDLEY IS NAMED A FINALIST
IN THE 2002 NELLIE CASHMAN WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS COMPETITION
Awards Banquet Takes Place October 2, 2002 at the Westin
July
2, 2002 - Redmond, WA -
Brenda Handley, CEO and president of Northwest Suites Inc., has been named to
one of five finalist positions in the 2002 Nellie Cashman Woman Entrepreneur of
the Year Awards Competition, hosted by the Woman Business Owners, a Seattle-area
professional organization. This competition recognizes outstanding women business
owners who distinguish themselves as leaders and contributors to the community.
Candidates are judged based on their entrepreneurial spirit, their ethics and community spirit, their financial and management skill, and the difficulty and risk they have endured to achieve their success.
An awards banquet is planned for October 2, 2002, to take place at the Westin Hotel, to acknowledge Handley's accomplishments, along with the achievements of the four other award finalists. This winner will be named at the banquet. Over 300 people are expected to attend, WBO organizers report.
Details about Handley and the other four finalists appear below:
Brenda Handley is president and CEO of Northwest Suites Inc. Northwest Suites Inc. is a national market-leading provider of extended stay and corporate housing services. The company provides "All the Comforts of Home™" in the Northwest and around the world at prices that make good business sense. Key clients include Microsoft, Amazon.com, Washington Mutual, Immunex, among others. The company launched in 1988 and has distinguished itself as among the fastest growing privately held companies in the Puget Sound and in the arena of good corporate citizenship.
Contact: Karen Bruhn, 425.836.9828, k.bruhn@verizon.net