26 entrepreneurs are award finalists

The 26 finalists for the 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards have been announced. Winners will be recognized at a banquet June 18 at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

• R. Phillip Rasmussen, Amsco Windows.

• Michael Robson, ATA Services.

• Tom Daniels, Brad Beesley and Bill Beesley III, Back to Basics Products Inc.

• David Boede, Boede & Partners.

• David J. Ludlow, Bullfrog International.

• Hydee Willis, Creative Expressions.

• Kenneth M. Woolley, Extra Space Storage LLC.

• Jean D. Brown, JBA Research.

• Brent Sloan and Shauna Sloan, Kid to Kid.

• Shawn D. Nelson, LoveSac.

• Gene Kwon, Mikado.

• Carla Meine, O'Currance Teleservices.

• Ned Stringham, SBI and Co.

• James Lee Sorenson, Sorenson Companies.

• Myron Wentz, Usana Health Sciences Inc.

• M. Dennis Jensen, Utah Cleaning Systems Inc.

• Brent Warnock, Warnock's Inc.

• Jim Holland and John Bresee, BackcountryStore.com

• William B. White, Bill White Enterprises.

• Brent L. Brown, Brent Brown Enterprises.

• Ron Crafts and Mary Crafts, Culinary Crafts.

• Meeche White, National Ability Center.

• Bill Marolt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association.

• Michael Ballam, Utah Festival Opera.

• Fred C. Adams, Utah Shakespearean Festival.

• Harold R. Wing, Wing Enterprises Inc.

For more information about the Utah Entrepreneur of the Year program or this year's banquet, call 1-801-350-3430. Reservations for the banquet must be made by June 11.