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Washington, DC – The Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR) is proud to announce the

Winners of this year’s 2006 3^rd Annual Awards Night. They come from all over the country, though a good number of them come from the Greater Washington area to be closer to the federal agencies. They are:

                Humanitarian of the Year – Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State

                Distinguished Community Service – Saory & Khammaz Kong (Falls Church, VA)

                Public Servant of the Year – Michael McHale, Assoc. Adm. for HUBZone, SBA

                Posthumous Award for Public Service – The Late Raul Quiroz, MBDA

                Lifelong Achievement – Tony Pizarro (IME, San Diego, CA)

                Entrepreneur of the Year –  Chris Baltazar (FilNet, Inc., Alexandria, VA)

                Asian-Owned Business of the Year – Magrabbit, Inc. (Austin, TX)

                African American-Owned Business of the Year – ARES Intl Security (Alexandria, VA)

                Hispanic-Owned Business of the Year – Kira, Inc. (Miami, FL)

                Native American-Owned Business of the Year – NAID, Inc. (Upper Marlboro, MD)

                Subcontractor of the Year – JEM Engineering, Inc. (Laurel, MD)

                President’s Award of the Year – ITSC (Falls Church, VA)

Keynote Speaker is the Hon. Lurita A. Doan, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration. She will also be accorded the “Executive Business Award of the Year.”

Of special note are recipients of the first two awards: Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey for opening the doors of the US to Burmese refugees who languished for 10 years in Thailand, waiting for a country to take them in. While many leaders talked about bringing them out, nothing happened, and no one did, except the US.

The other is a dentist and his wife, Dr. Saory & Khammaz Kong, survivors of the infamous Cambodian Killing Fields, who have quietly settled in Fairfax, VA and have served the minority community, e.g., Cambodian, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Hispanics and other immigrants. This award is at least 20 years late, but better late than never!

The awards ceremony will take place at the North Bethesda Marriott in Rockville, on Nov. 10, 2006. It starts at 6:30 PM. Those interested in coming should call the Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR) at 301-601-9038 or email aabr89@aol.com