Kathy Keller, Director of the Lima Small Business Development Center, Rhodes State College, has received the 2017 Ohio SBDC Peer Recognition Award for Collaboration.

This statewide award recognizes innovation, advocacy, collaboration, marketing, and mentoring.

The nomination was based on her involvement with the YEA! Program and the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurship’s Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, among numerous other smaller projects.

“The nominations are reviewed by a statewide committee comprised of my SBDC peers and I am honored to be chosen as the recipient of the award,” said Keller.

Keller has led the BCE's Ropp Triplett competition instruction since its inception.