LANSING – The Small Business Association of Michigan board has named Patti Townsend of Abbi Nursing in Kalamazoo as the Advocate Of the Year.

The SBAM board also named Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche Legislator of the Year and Carol Cain, small business columnist for the Detroit Free Press, as Communicator of the Year.

All three award winners will be honored June 22 at the SBAM Annual Meeting.

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