Zelna Joseph - President and CEO of SET Family Medical Clinics and  an active and valued member of the Colorado Springs Community for over 40 years - was named the SCWCC's 2010 Accolades Business Leader of the Year at its annual luncheon on August 17.

Described as a strong leader and an inspirational person with perseverance and ambition, she has served on the Colorado Board of Health and the Board of the Community Health Partnership, and is currently appointed to the Governor’s Interagency and Community Council on Homelessness.

Read follow-up articles by Rebecca Tonn at the Colorado Springs Business Journal and Andrew Wineke of the The Gazette.

An impressive field of nine women had been nominated and considered for this year's award, including Joseph and:

• Patsy Buchwald – Colorado Balloon Classic
• Angela Hamilton – Viral Diversity
• Megan Harmon – Garden of the Gods Bank
• Beth Roalstad – Women’s Resource Agency
• Susan Saksa – Leadership Pikes Peak
• Amy Sufak – Red Energy Public Relations
• Lynne Telford – Pikes Peak United Way
• Barb Van Hoy – Citizen’s Project

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