The Act-1 Group, Inc., a global leader in the human resources industry, today announced that the company’s Chairman and CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd has been selected as a regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 award winner.
This prestigious award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
For more than thirty years, the company has found success by focusing its energy on three distinct business categories: Workforce Solutions, Staffing Solutions and Business Solutions. It is a privately-held, California corporation that bears the distinction of being the largest zero-debt, woman- and minority-owned workforce management company in the United States.
A strong advocate for innovation, Janice Bryant Howroyd embodies the importance of combining technology, education and entrepreneurship with service. A sought-after speaker, lecturer and writer, she offers practical, motivating solutions that are rooted in her passion for mentoring and helping others. This passion is translated into everything that Janice does and forms the backbone of The Act-1 Group’s success.
“Being recognized by Ernst & Young is a tremendous honor,” said Janice Bryant Howroyd. “It acknowledges the quality and excellence that every member of The Act-1 Group team puts into everything we do.”