SBMA chief wins silver ‘Stevie’ and Chicago service award

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma added two more feathers on her cap after accepting a citation during the 24th Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame Awards and winning a silver trophy in the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in New York City last week.

Eisma who arrived in Illinois, USA on November 9 for an investment and trade briefing at the Morgan Stanley Building in Chicago, received the Award in International Public Service at the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame Awards on November 10.

The awards, which is a project of the Chicago Philippine Reports TV and VIA Times Newsmagazine of Chicago, honors high-achieving Filipinos and Filipino-Americans who promote the positive image of the Filipino, not only in the Philippines and the United States but also throughout the world.

Six days later in New York, Eisma received a silver award for “Female Executive of the Year” during the annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business under the category for government or non-profit organization with more than 2,500 employees.

Eisma also received in the same occasion a bronze Stevie for the SBMA for “Organization of the Year” under the category for government or non-profit with more than 10 employees.

The “Stevies,” which is considered as the business equivalent of the Oscars, is given annually by the American Business Awards organization to recognize accomplishments and contributions of companies and business people around the world.

The winners for the gold, silver and bronze Stevies were announced in the 15th annual awards dinner in New York City where more than 600 women and their guests from around the world attended the presentations that were broadcast live on Livestream.

More than 1,500 entries were submitted this year to Stevie organizers for consideration in more than 90 categories of the award that include Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women-Run Workplace of the Year.

Finalists in the Stevie Awards were selected by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide on five specialized juries.

Eisma said the awards she and the SBMA received serve as recognition of the efforts of the SBMA and its employees to make the Subic Bay Freeport Zone a premier investment center and a catalyst of economic growth.

Last year, the SBMA executive was also adjudged a winner in the search for the “100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World” (Global FWN100), which recognizes women of Philippine ancestry who are influencing the face of leadership in the global workplace. (HEE/MPD-SBMA)

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[1] SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma with the twin Stevies she received for herself and the SBMA in New York City.