Latest class completes SBA Emerging Leaders program

The owners of 18 area companies have graduated from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Emerging Leaders program after its 2018 session. (Photo provided by U.S. Small Business Administration).

Back row from left to right: Steve Bulger, SBA region II administrator; Nicholas Mir, Snow Ridge Resort, LLC, Turin; Matt Notaro, Sun Environmental Corp., Clay; Nicholas Ryan, Strong Hearts Café, LLC, Syracuse; Douglas Arena, Bell & Spina Architects, Syracuse; Scott Colbert, Paul Davis Restoration of North Country NY, Hastings; Thaddeus Lovett, Lovett Mechanical Contractors Inc., Syracuse; Chris Keevil, the Copy Centers, Syracuse; Paul Kocur, Oneida Business Enterprises, Inc.; and James Thew, Thew Associates PE, Marcy.

Front row from left to right: Jenn Beach Brillante, C&D Advertising, Utica; Laura Cueva, Interior Innovations, Utica; Natalie Evans, the Sweet Praxis, Syracuse; Nabil Rab, Altenew, Syracuse; Paul Vinciguerra, Upstate Printing Inc., Syracuse; Michael Weisel, Galaxy Brewing Company, LLC, Binghamton; Mary Celletti, Golden Spike Pub, East Syracuse; Thomas Brown, Blue Water Capital Management, LLC, Syracuse; Andrew Cambria, the Cambria Agency, Cicero; and Bernard J. Paprocki, SBA Syracuse District Director.

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