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BALTIMORE, MD, June 23, 2011 — Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^® Maryland Award winners. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, private capital investors and other regional business leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on June 23 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront on the Inner Harbor

“Ernst & Young has honored outstanding entrepreneurs like this year’s winners for the past
25 years,” said Harry Thomasian, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Maryland Program Director. “These business leaders have accomplished so much and contributed a tremendous amount to the community. They give us hope for what the next 25 years of entrepreneurs will bring.”

The Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Award winners are:

• Master Entrepreneur – Raymond A. “Chip” Mason, Legg Mason, Inc.
• Consumer – Andy Franklin, Norris Automotive Group
• Emerging – Bill Karpovich, Zenoss, Inc.
• Global – Leslie D. Mancuso, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Jhpiego
• Government – Sean Lane, BTS
• Health – John K. Hoey, Y of Central Maryland
• Services – Sean Fenlon, DoublePositive Marketing Group, Inc.
• Technology – Alan Snyder, Boxtone

The Entrepreneur Of The Year Program honors entrepreneurs regionally in June, leading up to the national awards in November. Additionally, venture-backed companies that win an Entrepreneur Of The Year Award regionally are also eligible for the Entrepreneur Of The Year Venture Capital Award of Excellence on a national level. The overall National US winner then moves on to compete for the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in June.

This year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program celebrates its 25th anniversary.  The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities and more than 50 countries throughout the world. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

All regional honorees are invited to the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala, hosted by Jay Leno, on November 12, 2011, in Palm Springs, California. The gala is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum^®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. For more information on the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, please visit www.ey.com/us/strategicgrowthforum.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a national sponsor.

In Maryland sponsors include Clifton Gunderson, DLA Piper, SmartCEO, Cassidy Turley, Mergis Group, PNC Bank and Baltimore Business Journal.

For more information about the program, please visit www.ey.com/us/eoy.

About Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential, and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 140 cities in more than 50 countries.

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LeadsCouncil (www.leadscouncil.com), the largest independent industry organization focused on online lead generation, today announced the winners of the first LEADER Awards — a brand new annual awards program designed to showcase the leading companies in online lead generation.

“The main goal of the LeadsCouncil is to establish industry benchmarks and to make it easier for our members to find trusted partners,” said Dave Wengel, co-founder, LeadsCouncil. “We spent several months conducting surveys of lead buyers and lead sellers to determine the LEADER award winners — the best partners in the lead gen industry as selected by their peers, colleagues, clients, and partners.”

The LEADER awards were awarded in three categories — lending, education, and lead gen technology partners. The LEADER award winners, among others, include:

Lending:

DoublePositive — Best Hot Lead Transfer
Quinstreet and Tree.com (tie) — Most Improved Lead Generation Partner
Tree.com — Best Lead Quality
Tree.com — Best Conversion
Leads360 — Best Lead Management

Lead Gen Technology Partners:

DoublePositive — Best Hot Lead Transfer
TARGUSinfo — Best Lead Verification
TARGUSinfo — Best Lead Scoring

“The launch of LeadsCouncil’s LEADER awards is a great benefit to the online lead generation industry,” said Owen Raun, President of RMC Vanguard. “The LEADER awards are benchmarking the leading lead sellers and lead technology partners. And, most importantly, companies and peers in the online lead generation industry voted for these awards. The LEADER awards highlight the value and high-quality work of these companies.”

To establish an online lead generation awards program that reflected the opinions of the industry, LeadsCouncil based the LEADER awards on votes by lead buyers and lead sellers within the industry. Each organization was allowed two votes. Lead buyers were able to vote for their best lead gen and lead technology partners. Lead sellers were allowed to vote for their best lead technology partners.

LeadsCouncil was created to promote best practices for online lead generation and customer acquisition, develop industry-specific research (based on actual lead data), and foster education and networking in the lead generation industry.

Since its formation last year, LeadsCouncil now has approximately 90 member companies — evenly divided between lead buyers, lead sellers, and lead technology companies.

About LeadsCouncil

LeadsCouncil is the first independent industry organization dedicated strictly to advancing online lead generation. LeadsCouncil members include lead buyers, lead sellers, technology solutions providers, and investment professionals. The group focuses on best practices, research, education, and networking to provide a more transparent and effective marketplace for online lead generation.