March 30, 2010

Congratulations to EWF International members Umi Chahal and Linda Durbin, who were honored today as 2010 Riata Distinguished Women Entrepreneurs of the Year.

Chahal, owner of Choice Home Health Care was awarded the Distinguished Woman Entrepreneur Award for Small Business for creating a small business with fewer than 20 employees and less than $1 million in revenues. EXAKT Technologies, Inc. Owner Linda Durbin was awarded the Distinguished Woman Entrepreneur Award for High Growth Venture for having created a growth business with more than 20 employees and over $1M in annual revenues.

The awards recognize entrepreneurial achievement, contribution, and demonstration of true entrepreneurial spirit.

Umi K. Chahal, M.S., MBA, RD/LD , serves as chief executive officer of Choice Home Health, Inc., and Choice Hospice, Inc. For the past 13 years of her 34-year tenure in the health care field, Chahal has worked in the home health and hospice care industry.

Linda Durbin is owner of EXAKT Technologies, the North American distributor of Germany's Exakt Technologies Inc., which sells precision cutting, grinding and compounding equipment to prepare bone and other materials used in medical research. Durbin has owned her company for more than 20 years.

Congratulations to these amazing women!