The Ethan Awards

For over 30 years, Roger McManus has coached, funded, counseled and published for entrepreneurs.

Jim Garland is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, professional speaker and business consultant. He started his first company Sharp Details, Inc. from the trunk of his car as a boat cleaning service in 1991. Today Sharp Details, Inc provides corporate aircraft cleaning and support services to fortune 100 companies, has 60 employees and produces over $3,500,000 in annual revenue

Mande Dagenais’ career as a choreographer, director, and producer has spanned more than twenty-five years, seventy production shows, and four continents. With more than seventy stage shows to her credit, Dagenais resides in Miami Beach with her husband, Alex, and their two dogs.

Gerry Czarnecki is the co-founder of The National Leadership Institute (NLI), Chairman of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Florida Chapter, President & CEO of O2 Media, and the Chairman, CEO of The Deltennium Group, nationally recognized for offering leadership consulting, career coaching, financial planning and investment management services

Tom Terwilliger began his coaching career twenty-seven years ago as a fitness trainer in New York City and has worked with such prestigious clients as Regis Philbin, Gregory Hines, Cindy Crawford, and Eddy Murphy, and Denver Broncos’ Alfred Williams. As a contributing writer for two of the industries leading magazines and journals IDEA Fitness and IDEA Fitness Management, Terwilliger is considered one of the worlds leading experts in the field of fitness and goal achievement.

Jay B. Myers is the Founder/CEO of Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a Memphis based firm that specializes in videoconferencing, distance learning, telemedicine and audio-visual sales and support. His first book, Keep Swinging- An Entrepreneur’s Story of Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Small Business Success,will be published in October 2007, and is available through Morgan James Publishing of New York (www.morganjamespublishing.com)

Allison Maslan has been an entrepreneur for the past 25 years, with a vibrant and powerful array of successful businesses to her credit. She is an author, life and career coach, homeopath, and international speaker. Allison is the originator and President of The Blast Off! Life Coaching Program. Through her years of working with clients on a one-on-one basis, she has come to understand how and why human beings create their own personal limits in every aspect of their lives. She developed the Blast Off! Program to help people learn to identify and release their self-liiting roadblocks and to share a solution- and strategy-oriented roadmap for creating ore prosperous, richer, and freer lives

Michael McQueen is a Sydney-based social researcher, professional speaker and bestselling author. In 2004 he founded a training consultancy called The Nexgen Group. Since then, he and his Michael McQueen is a Sydney-based social researcher, professional speaker and bestselling author. In 2004 he founded a training consultancy called The Nexgen Group. Since then, he and his team have presented to and worked with over 85,000 senior students on topics such as career planning, interview skills and financial literacy. Michael is a sought-after internationally as conference keynote speaker and is a leading authority on youth trends and strategies for engaging with Generation

Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D. are best known for their work in the study and understanding of differences in relationships. “The Heart of Marketing” validates the power of heart-to-heart connections that leads to emotional authenticity and marketing believability, taking sales beyond mere commercial transactions into long-term customer relationships