2006 California Young Entrepreneur Award Recipients
The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 408 scholarships to future entrepreneurs with the 2006 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program to set future small-business owners on the path to entrepreneurship. The Young Entrepreneur Award winners will attend the university, college, community college, or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. The scholarships are supported by the Foundation's endowment, and by many small-business leaders, corporations and foundations nationwide.
California winners are listed below.
| California | ||
| NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Amanda Carillo | Woodbridge | Lodi High School |
| Doug DeBoer | Modesto | Modesto Christian School |
| Justin Dyer | Westlake Village | Westlake High School |
| Carly Hewett | Mission Viejo | Tesoro High School |
| Melina Mathur | Cupertino | Monte Vista High School |
| Tony Wu | Irvine | University High School |
| NFIB/Salesgenie.com Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Laura Ashbaugh | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo High School |
| NFIB/VISA USA Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Evelyn Chiu | Rancho Palos Verdes | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School |
| Chelsea Dauer | Los Osos | Morro Bay High School |
| Andrew Flachner | Rancho Palos Verdes | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School |
| Tiffany Fowler | Sunnyvale | Carlmont High School |
| Brian Gallagher | Napa | Justin-Siena High School |
| David Gershuni | Palos Verdes Estates | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School |
| Elena Hart | Biggs | Gridley High School |
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