DATE: July 22, 2009
CONTACT: Cynthia de Lorenzi, Success in the City, 202-747-1782 x100


PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Success in the City CEO, Cynthia de Lorenzi, Wins 2009 SmartCEO BRAVA! Women Business Achievement Award; Recognizes as One of Greater Washington's Top Female Leaders

Success in the City announced today its CEO, Cynthia de Lorenzi, has received a Washington SmartCEO 2009 BRAVA! Women Business Achievement Award, which recognizes 25 female CEOs who have been able to not only grow successful companies, but are actively involved in giving back to the community through philanthropic acts.

The 25 winners of the third annual BRAVA! Award were celebrated at SmartCEO's BRAVA! Awards event, held on July 16, 2009 at The Tower Companies, 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, Rockville, MD.

Each winner is also profiled in the print and digital July issue of SmartCEO, in which over 34,000 business owners will see and read their stories. The winners are selected by an independent panel of business leaders. This year's winners support over 100 nonprofit organizations and charities across the Greater Washington region. For a complete list of BRAVA! winners, visit www.smartceo.com.

"BRAVA! Women Business Achievement award recipients are not only selected and recognized for their success in growing a company, but for demonstrating leadership throughout the Greater Baltimore community. This is a unique combination of attributes that any CEO should be inspired by.

We are honored to recognize Cynthia de Lorenzi as one of Greater Washington's leaders," said Jaime Park, publisher of SmartCEO. In addition to the 25 BRAVA! Winners, SmartCEO and Rockville Economic Development have partnered to honor three innovative women-owned companies for their exemplary business plans. Now in its sixth year, the StartRight! Women's Business Plan Competition is open to Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia businesses that are at least 51% women-owned and have been in operation for two years or less.

This year, forty applicants submitted business plans for consideration. SmartCEO thanks the 2009 BRAVA! sponsors for their generous support: The Tower Companies, CBIZ MHM, LLC, Gaylord National, Eagle Bank, BDO Seidman, HSBC Bank, Myutiq, NAWBO DC, Rockville Economic Development, RSM McGladrey, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy and Ecker, and StartRight.


About Success in the City
Known for its unique, fun and unconventional business networking events, Success in the City has been creating buzz since its premier event in April 2004!   Success in the City has grown to become the smart, upbeat professional women's answer to the "good old boys" network. We operate on the premise that "trust and humor are key elements for women in developing meaningful friendships and, once those relationships are formed, 'deals on heels' are sure to follow." Members are women entrepreneurs, senior-level executives and CEOs based in the DC metro area. 

 
About Washington SmartCEO magazine
A  regional "growing company" publication. SmartCEO believes that a "growing company" is really determined by the spirit, drive and dynamics of a company's owners and managers, rather than by the size of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month, a variety of businesses in the greater
 
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