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Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award
All Programs
- CIE Mentor Network
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- Servin’ The South Business Model Competition
- REDe Entrepreneurship Summit
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- Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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- Scholarships
- Gillespie Business Plan Competition
- Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
2023 Winner - Liza Cirlot Looser
The 2023 Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Reception. Photo by Joe Worthem/ J. Worthem Photography and Design
Every year the business school selects one business or entrepreneur to recognize as the Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year. The winners are nominated by the community and selected by the Dean of the School of Business Administration. The past winners are:
- 2023 Liza Cirlot Looser
- 2022 Lois Lovelady-Rayburn
- 2020 Mac Haik
- 2019 Edith Kelly-Green
- 2018 Gail Pittman
- 2017 Hunter Carpenter
- 2016 William Yates
- 2015 Clark Love
- 2014 Dr. Henry Jones, II
- 2013 Matt Hedges
- 2012 Stephen Johnston
- 2011 Drs. Robert Dorsey, John Johnson, Bill Rayburn, and Dennis Tosh
- 2010 Jan & Lawrence Farrington
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