SYKESVILLE, MD (October 16, 2014) – Jeanne Puglisi Sherwood, CEO of WellAdvantage, has been selected to receive the distinguished 2014 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award. The Top 100 MBE® ceremony is designed to acknowledge and pay tribute to outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
The awards ceremony takes place during Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Minority Enterprise Development Week in Baltimore. It will be held at the War Memorial Hall located at 101 N. Gay Street in downtown Baltimore on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
“We are thrilled to be recognized as a Top 100 MBE Award Winner,” said Ms. Sherwood. “I am so fortunate to work with a team of talented professionals who are rewarded every day by helping people realize their life purpose through healthier lifestyles. Being recognized for this prestigious award among a group of truly distinguished business leaders is an honor. ”
WellAdvantage provides comprehensive wellness services for its clients, which range in size from 200 to 90,000 employees around the globe. WellAdvantage’s services include personal health monitoring and management technology; biometric screenings; corporate flu shot clinics; health coaching and more, helping clients reduce health risks up to 40 percent in areas like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The national average for wellness programs is just 23 percent.
This year’s ceremony host organizations are the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development; MBDA Business Center – Baltimore; Southwest Airlines; BGE; State Farm; Whiting-Turner, and others.
“The winners of this year’s Top 100 MBE Award exemplify excellence and economic stability” said Sharon R. Pinder, founder of the Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony. “Ms. Sherwood represents the goals and aspirations of many entrepreneurs across this region.”
To obtain tickets for the 2014 Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony or for a complete listing of this year’s winners, please visit .
About WellAdvantage™
WellAdvantage is an award-winning preventive health and corporate wellness company. Since 2001, WellAdvantage has developed innovative, customized wellness programs that deliver proven results in health awareness and disease prevention. WellAdvantage offers clients the latest in personal health monitoring and management technology, wellness coaching, biometric screenings, aggregate outcomes reporting and corporate incentive programs. WellAdvantage is MBE/WBE certified. For more information, please visit http://localhost/wellAdvantage.