SCRA Wins American Business Awards
June 23, 2015
Takes Home a Gold and a Bronze from the National Award Banquet
COLUMBIA, SC – SCRA today announced that it has received two American Business Awards. This national award, known as The Stevie Award, recognizes the achievements and contributions of businesses worldwide.
The awards were: Gold for SCRA Executive Vice President Natalie Corella in the Woman Executive of the Year, Non-Profit category and Bronze for the SC Launch Annual Report in the Best Annual Report Print category. SCRA has received numerous Stevies including the 2011 Stevie for Company of the Year, Non-Profit, the 2012 CEO of the Year, Non-Profit for SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney and in 2014, SCRA CFO Julia Martin was recognized for Executive of the Year, Non-Profit. In addition, SCRA has won Stevie Awards in other leadership, technology development and corporate responsibility categories.
Through the American Business Award program, more than 150 members of several specialized peer-judging committees from across the nation determine award placements with finalists winning either a gold, silver or bronze Stevie.
“SCRA is honored to receive this sustained acknowledgement for both our outstanding executives and our communications deliverables by this nationally visible program,” said Mahoney. “Natalie Corella’s leadership and commitment to the SCRA mission, and the many people that work diligently to create and deliver the SC Launch Annual Report are deserving of this recognition. We congratulate them and celebrate this achievement.”
About SCRA
SCRA is a self-sustaining non-profit R&D company that grows the technology-based economy in South Carolina by commercializing intellectual property and supporting and making investments in early-stage companies and innovative projects. Multiple economic impact studies show our cumulative output into South Carolina’s economy to be over $18.1 billion since 1983, creating approximately 15,000 technology-related jobs with annual wages averaging between $55,000 and $79,000.
