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ENLIGHTENED RECONGIZED AS A TOP 100 REGIONAL MINORITY BUSINESS
Presented by the Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity Inc.

WASHINGTON (October 9): Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) consulting services, announced today it has been selected to receive the prestigious Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award.

The program, in its fourth year, designed this acknowledgement to pay tribute to the outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. The winners were chosen from a pool of over 1400 nominations and selected by a panel of distinguished judges.

The selection was based on entrepreneurs who demonstrated superior achievement in the following four main areas: entrepreneurship, client satisfaction, professional and community contributions. An awards ceremony will be held November 15 to formally recognized Enlightened at the Inn and Conference Center at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Maryland.

"Enlightened represents the best of what our region's minority business community has to offer," said Sharon R. Pinder, CEO of the Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity and founder of the Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony. "This award is the culmination of sacrifice, dedication, and hard work and will inspire future minority business entrepreneurs to strive for the same level of success."

"It is an honor for Enlightened to be recognized as a Top 100 Minority Business," said Antwanye Ford, President of Enlightened. "We pride ourselves on developing an innovative, reliable, and value-oriented company while championing the support and enrichment of our community."

About Enlightened
Enlightened, Inc. is an information technology (IT) and management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Enlightened provides support to federal and local government agencies and commercial customers. Enlightened holds GSA IT-70 and MOBIS schedule contracts, and is certified as SDB and 8(a) by the Small Business Administration.

About Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity
Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity (CBID) is a Maryland-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping women and minority owned businesses succeed. CBID's mission is to educate the public about women and minority business contributions and advocate for these entrepreneurs. For more information visit their website at www.cbidinc.org.

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10/09/2009


Press Information:

Enlightened, Inc.
Crystal Broadnax, Marketing Support Specialist
1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC. 20005
(202) 728-7190
news@enlightened.com