Process Technology President Wins Entrepreneur Award

Jody Richards, President of Process Technology (Willoughby, Ohio), has won Ernst & Young LLP’s (New York, NY) Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 East Central Award. This is the 34^th year of Ernst & Young’s program, which honors entrepreneurial business leaders driving innovation, growth and prosperity through their businesses. A panel of independent judges selected 26 finalists from a pool of almost 100 nominations, and Richards was named the winner at a virtual event on October 7, 2020. Richards will be eligible for consideration at November’s Entrepreneur of the Year National Awards, and should she win there, the 2021 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Entrepreneur of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive award programs for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies, recognizing business leaders in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries worldwide. Judges evaluate nominees on six criteria, including overcoming adversity, financial performance, societal impact, and commitment to building a values-based company, innovation and talent management.

Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries.