Hinckley Entrepreneur Named Ohio Small Business Person of the Year

HINCKLEY – Victoria Tifft, President and CEO of Clinical Research Management, Inc. (ClinicalRM) of Hinckley, Ohio, has been named Ohio’s 2012 Small Business Person of the Year by the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). 

Ms. Tifft will be one of the Small Business Person of the Year winners from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam that will converge on Washington, D.C. during SBA’s May 20-22 celebration of National Small Business Week, when one of them will be selected as National Small Business Person of the Year.

ClinicalRM is a full service contract research organization that supports clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices for both government and commercial customers.  ClinicalRM is on the forefront of leading technologies addressing traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mental health, stem cell, and regenerative medicine. Their research projects touch the lives of our service members and their families, as well as millions of citizens around the globe.

“The innovation, inspiration and determination shown by Victoria Tifft and her employees have elevated ClinicalRM to a level that is above and beyond the norm,” said Gil Goldberg, District Director of SBA’s Cleveland District Office.  “These are the qualities that make small businesses such a powerful force for job creation in the American economy and in their local communities.”

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