Sunday, October 22, 2006

Berthold Awarded 100 Top MBE in Maryland

Gloria Berthold Recognized for Business Excellence


Baltimore, MD. The Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) and The Daily Record announced that Gloria Berthold, president of TargetGov at Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc., located in Howard County, has been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises for 2006. This program is designed to salute Maryland’s best minority and women business owners and to highlight their achievements.

A panel of distinguished judges chose Gloria Berthold as an entrepreneur who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in four key areas: business development, client satisfaction, professional affiliations and community outreach.

TargetGov was created to help small, minority, women and veteran-owned businesses with business devlopment in federal, state and local government agencies. Services include an exclusive, online database of government buyers at all levels of government, teaming development for contracts, business and sales consulting as well as GSA Schedule assistance, proposal writing, negotiating and contract management.

Sharon R. Pinder, Special Secretary, Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs said, “The business owners selected for this award represent the best of the state’s more than 200,000 women and minority owned businesses. Their contributions have had a major impact in maintaining Maryland’s vibrant economy.”

“Maryland is a very proactive state in encouraging minority and woman business owners. I am honored to receive this recognition and I will continue to help other business owners reach success in government contracting.”

Gloria Berthold will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Inn and Conference Center at University of Maryland University College, in Adelphi, Maryland, on Friday. October 27, 2006.

For more information about TargetGov go to www.targetgov.com

Press info: http://www.targetgov.com/Content.asp?id=2330

For more information about tile Top 100 MBE awards, please log onto www.TopMBE.com

For more information on the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs visit www.mdminoritybusiness.com

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