2012 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is proud to be a regional sponsor of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award®.

Selected from more than 1,700 nominations nationwide, the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award® recognizes Pennsylvania and West Virginia executives for their achievements, vision and ideas. An independent panel of judges reviews and deliberates the merits and distinctions of the nominees, the 2012 winner will be named from this year's finalists –

• Rob Daley and Henry Thorne – 4moms

• Jay F. Whitacre, Ph.D. – Aquion Energy

• Xuecang Geng, Ph.D. – Blatek, Inc.

• Arnold Burchianti II – Celtic Healthcare Inc.

• Michael P. Robb – Center for Community Resources

• Patrick Daly – Cohera Medical, Inc.

• Melvin E. Clark, Jr. – G.W. Peoples Contracting Company Inc.

• H. Rochelle Stachel – HRV Conformance Verification Associates, Inc.

• Doug Engfer – invivodata, inc.

• William Baker – Irwin Car and Equipment

• Frederick Potthoff – Kroff, Inc.

• James Lind – McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprises Inc.

• David Sweet – Mecco Marking & Traceability

• Frank Alderman, M.D. – MedExpress Urgent Care

• William Lambert – MSA, The Safety Company Reed

• B. Mahany – RECO Equipment Inc.

• Scott Barnyak, Chris Simchick and Christy Maruca – SDLC Partners, L.P.

• Grant Oliphant – The Pittsburgh Foundation

• Don E. Charlton – The Resumator

• Dennis Oates – Universal Stainless & Alloy Products

• Charles S. Sanders – Urban Lending Solutions

• John W. Sell – Wayne W. Sell Corp.