The Woman Business Owner Award is presented to a member who has demonstrated strong leadership skills in growing and managing a successful business that is more than five years old.
The Rising Star Award is presented to a member who has demonstrated entrepreneurial creativity and determination in successfully managing a business that is less than five years old.
2021 Rising Star Award Winner
Nikki Laub
Premiere Concrete Supply
Nikki Laub officially founded Premiere Concrete Supply in February 2016. With a background in Sales, Operations, Logistics & HR, Nikki took everything she knew and applied it to a different industry.
Nikki was born in Cincinnati, where she now lives as a single mother of 4 boys, although her business is based in Charlotte, N.C. After staying home for nine years, she accepted an entry-level position with Home Depot, quickly growing through the ranks. Nikki was then courageous enough to venture out on her own. She worked full-time with a Ready-Mix concrete company before founding Premiere. Nikki’s fiery personality and strong work ethic helped her carve out her own path in a new, male-dominated industry.
2021 Woman Business Owner Award Winner
Carolina Aponte
Caja Holdings
Carolina Aponte is the founder of CAJA Holdings, LLC and Outsource Accounting provider in Indian Trail, NC. She graduated from Florida’s Nova Southeastern University. She holds a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Entrepreneurship certificate. Carolina is the recipient of the Latin American Businesswoman 2012 Award in Charlotte, NC and the 2017 NAWBO Charlotte Rising Star Award.
Carolina is also a recipient of The Mecklenburg Times 2019 Phenoms honoree and 2020 50 Most Influential Women in the Charlotte region. She currently serves as President of the 2020-2021 NAWBO Charlotte Board of Directors, and is a recipient of Career Mastered 2021 Leadership Award.
2021 Rising Star Award Finalists
RISING STAR
Amy Haskell
Total Writing Enrichment
RISING STAR
Nikki Bradley
Nichely
RISING STAR
Nikki Laub
Premiere Concrete Supply
2021 Women Business Award Finalists
WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER
Keri Bonfili
Thekbonfili.com
WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER
Carolina Aponte
Caja Holdings, LLC.
WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER
Lena Lumelsky
Woland Web
Women Business Owner Past Winners
Rising Star Past Winners
