Small business helps drive the economic engine of success in the United States.
Although business owners still face challenges, today's entrepreneurs have many resources and technological tools at their disposal to start and grow their local national, even global businesses. Phyllis Hill Slater, a second-generation business owner, serves the engineering and architectural community for over three decades. She is a devoted business advocate and leader, whose wide ranging efforts have been recognised at home and abroad by foreign Presidents, four U.S. Presidents, countless state and local government officials, professional groups, major corporations, and nonprofit and civic organisations.