For Immediate Release

AVPOL International, LLC. Named to Nation’s Top Business List for 2009  

Memphis, Tennessee, 25 January, 2009.   In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named AVPOL International, LLC.  as one of the top businesses in the United States. 

This is the 9th annual listing of the Nation’s top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com.  Ranging in revenue size from $2.6 million to over $12.1 billion, the companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.

“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities.  These are the new leaders in American business.”  

The List

This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S. , in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “9th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando , Florida .

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com

About AVPOL, International, LLC.

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, AVPOL International was incorporated in the State of Texas in October 1997 by a group of retired United States Air Force (USAF) logisticians, with more than 300 man-years of Air Force Logistics and Systems Command experience. This team of logisticians endeavored to build a complementary workforce, to enable the organic workforce to succeed. In 2004, Sandra K. Walls (Lt. Col, USAF-Retired) became sole owner of AVPOL. Sandra (a native Memphian) positioned AVPOL, as a small disadvantaged business, gaining certification from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Building on the early foundation -- Sandra built teaming and strategic alliances with firms such as L-3 Communications, MACTEC Environmental and Engineering Services, and other fortune 500 firms. She moved corporate headquarters to Memphis, Tennessee - while delivering technical, depot, and environmental support services at more than 50 locations, as of this date. With active contracts already in place -- Sandra applied for (and received) additional SBA and MMBC certifications she was eligible for - Service Disabled Veteran, HUBZONE, 8(a), DBE, MBE. 

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 46,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America ", and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States . DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport , CT. Founded in 1980.

For additional information, please contact:

Lionel Williams

AVPOL International, LLC.

(901) 353-1002

lwilliams@avpolintl.com