Area CEO named advocate of year

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:28 p.m. May 24, 2017
  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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FORT MYERS — President and CEO of The Smart Companies Brian Rist was named 2017 Small Business Advocate of the Year by The Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University.

 

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