Minority Enterprise Executive Council Awards Gloria Berthold as a National Influential Entrepreneur

Baltimore, MD. Gloria Berthold, President of TargetGov at Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc., has received the Minority Enterprise Executive Council’s Fifty Influential Entrepreneurs in Business Award 2007. She was chosen for this national award based on her commitment to business growth, professional excellence and to the community. She was also recognized for her actions to shape economic future for business owners and making a difference in her field.

The Minority Enterprise Executive Council assists and promotes the interests of minority groups such as women, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Hispanic American entrepreneurs. They initiate, encourage and promote the advancement and development of small and disadvantaged minority/women-owned businesses. The honorees will also be profiled in the June 2007 edition of MEA magazine which is the official magazine of the gala.

The Minority Enterprise Executive Council’s 9th Annual National Awards Ceremony to honor the 2007 fifty influential entrepreneurs in business award recipients is scheduled for Wednesday June 27, 2007 at 6:00 pm at the Fairmont Washington D.C. Hotel. The theme for the award this year is “Applauding the Vision of Success”.

Gloria Berthold, President of TargetGov since 1997, brings a rich background of accomplishments as an awardee. In 2006, she was chosen as one of five US business women to travel to the Middle East to mentor and counsel business women from 17 countries throughout North Africa and the Middle East regarding building their own economic independence as new business owners. Here in the U.S., she offers practical advice and counsel to help business owners to be more effective and understand the realities of time and financial commitment needed to create a successful business. In addition to running her business, she is the Maryland Advocacy Director for Women impacting Public Policy, and has volunteered for many nonprofit or civic organizations such as The Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board Aerospace Committee, and the Public Transportation Board of Howard County.

TargetGov is a division of Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc., a full service business development and marketing firm. It is a woman-owned, privately held company specializing in government contracting business development at federal, state, and local levels. Ms. Berthold, President, is a government contractor and an expert author and speaker regarding government contracting. She has instructed contractors regarding government business development in recent teleconferences and procurement conferences and has been quoted in USA Today, Inc. Magazine and Government Executive Magazine. She may be reached through the web site: http://www.targetgov.com/ or at 866-579-1346.