DRT Strategies, Inc. Honored Among Top 100 Regional Minority Businesses

Arlington, VA – DRT Strategies, Inc. is pleased to announce that Susan Kidd, President of DRT Strategies, will be honored with the prestigious, Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award on November 6, 2008 at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi. This annual awards program pays tribute to outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

“I am pleased and thankful to be recognized by the Minority Business Enterprise among such an extraordinary group of business owners and pledge that DRT Strategies will continue to provide excellence in our management consulting services, ‘driving resolutions together,’ in the Washington DC Metro Area,” said Susan Kidd.

DRT Strategies, a management consulting firm and leader in project facilitation headquartered in Arlington, VA, was founded in 2004 and specializes in information technology, finance, accounting and audit facilitation services. The mission of DRT Strategies is to help people to work effectively together, collaboratively to implement solutions that lead to meaningful results.

Select businesses are nominated through chambers of commerce, professional organizations, the overall business community and general public. Out of hundreds of nominees, the top 100 finalists were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges evaluating and scoring four key areas of achievement: eligibility, entrepreneurship, professionalism and community contributions.

The University of Maryland University College, Southwest Airlines, the Maryland Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs and the Maryland Department of Transportation are this year’s host organizations.

“DRT Strategies represents the best of what our region’s minority business community has to offer,” said Sharon R. Pinder, founder of the Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony. “This award is a culmination of sacrifice, dedication and hard work and will inspire future minority business entrepreneurs to strive for the same level of success.”

To see a complete listing of winners or for more information on the 2008 Top 100 Awards Ceremony, please visit www.top100mbe.com.

For more information on DRT Strategies, you may email info@drtstrategies.com. DRT Strategies holds qualifications as an 8a company, is a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise and a Dun & Bradstreet Certified Top Performer with a 95% overall customer satisfaction rating.

DRT Strategies Contact Information

Contact: Clara Hickerson, Vice President, Communications

Email: clara@drtstrategies.com

Phone: (571) 482-2523

Website: www.drtstrategies.com