Belinda Guadarrama is President
and Chief Executive Officer of GC Micro Corporation. Under her
award-winning leadership, the company has grown to be among Working
Woman Magazine's 2001 List of America's Top 500 Women-Owned
Businesses and was twice named Supplier of the Year by the Northern
California Supplier Development Council. GC Micro has been ranked
among the 500 largest Hispanic-owned companies by Hispanic
Business Magazine since 1993.
Recognized nationally for her
advocacy of small and minority business issues, Ms. Guadarrama
has served as a small business policy advisor to the White House
over the past three presidential administrations.
In addition, Ms. Guadarrama
was 1997-1999 chair of the NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory
Committee (MBRAC), which works with NASA and its contractors
to ensure the participation of minority-owned firms in the future
of space exploration. Because of her exceptional work on the
committee, Ms. Guadarrama was awarded the NASA Public Service
Award and Medal in 2001.
Belinda Guadarrama has been recognized for her achievement. Among
her numerous recent awards are:
| 2003 |
Named by Hispanic Magazine
Hispanic Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 2002 |
Named by the United
States
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Business Woman of the Year |
| 2002 |
Named by the Latin
Business Association
Latina Entrepreneur of the Year |
| 2002 |
Named by U.S.
Small Business Administration
California Small Business Person of the Year
(279KB PDF), (WHITEHOUSE PHOTO), (SBA
VIDEO) |
| 2001 |
Recipient "Public
Service Award and Medal"
by NASA(National Aeronautics Space Administration) (774K PDF) |
| 2000 |
Nominated 8(a)
Minority Small Business Person of the Year U.S. Small Business
Administration - San Francisco District |
| 1999 |
Nominated 8(a)
Minority Small Business Person of the Year U.S. Small Business
Administration - San Francisco District |
1998 |
Honored by the
League of Women Voters of San Francisco as one of four "Women
Who Could Be President" |
| 1997 |
Named "National
Minority Female Entrepreneur of the Year" by the U.S. Department
of Commerce |
| 1997 |
Recipient "Administrator's
Award of Excellence" by the U.S. Small Business Administration |
| 1997 |
Awarded "Outstanding
Business Member of the Year" by the San Francisco Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce |
| 1997 |
Awarded "Outstanding
Business Member of the Year" by the San Francisco Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce |
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