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Anita Huberman, Surrey Board of Trade CEO; Marco Pasqua, Hunky Haulers co-founder and executive director; and Anthony Jones, Hunky Haulers founder/CEO.The Surrey Top 25 Under 25 Award winners. David Piraquive; Top 25 award winner Luisa Piraquive-Buitrago, Youth Gang-Prevention Project; and her father, Ricardo Piraquive.The Surrey Top 25 Under 25 Award winners. Andrea...
The Surrey Top 25 Under 25 Award winners.
Anita Huberman, Surrey Board of Trade CEO; Marco Pasqua, Hunky Haulers co-founder and executive director; and Anthony Jones, Hunky Haulers founder/CEO.
David Piraquive; Top 25 award winner Luisa Piraquive-Buitrago, Youth Gang-Prevention Project; and her father, Ricardo Piraquive.
Andrea Si; Top 25 award winner Khuong Vu, KPU Accounting Society; Elsome Tsui; Khanh Vu; and Jessica Javillonar.
Josh Lalisan; and his partner, Top 25 award winner Anthony Hope, Surrey Schools Anti-Homophobia Working Group.
Top 25 award winners Jeff Wu, Canada International Model United Nations; and Jacky Tian, Shirts Reborn.
Jesse Johnston, CBC reporter; Tanya Fletcher, News1130 reporter and event emcee; Judy Villeneuve, Surrey City councillor; and Jasbir Sandhu, MP for Surrey North.
Top 25 award winners Samuel Chin, Kitply Industries; and Kevin Cruz, SynAesthetix Home Atmospherics.
Heather Booth, Surrey Board of Trade events and communications co-ordinator; and Indra Bhan, Surrey Board of Trade membership services manager.
Linda McCabe, Value Property Group property manager; Marlyn Graziano, Kwantlen Polytechnic University director of external and government affairs; Top 25 award winner Raeneil Holgado, Enactus SFU Count on Me Program; Wayne Arondus, Falcon Equipment Group
George Greenwood, Keeping Your Identity Safe founder; and Gary Gallant, Expedia Cruise Ship Centers cruise and travel professional.
More than 100 guests and award winners attended Surrey’s inaugural Top 25 Under 25 Awards, presented by the Surrey Board of Trade. The awards acknowledge business and community-minded individuals under the age of 25 who are either working in Surrey or engaged in projects in or for the city, and are considered role models and leaders.
Keynote speakers Anthony Jones, Hunky Haulers founder/CEO, and Marco Pasqua, Hunky Haulers co-founder and executive director, shared their experiences as young entrepreneurs. Jones founded his first business—a commercial sub-contracting construction company—at the age of 19, with $600, and by the time he was 29, they were up $20 million in labour contracts. When Jones moved his business to the U.S. and the recession hit in 2008, it resulted in having to lay off over 200 employees and starting from scratch.
Pasqua, who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, spoke about facing adversity and how he started his own company as an inspirational speaker, which has resulted in him being involved with a number of organizations as a spokesperson, helping to spread advocacy for persons with disabilities across Canada.