SEVEN L.A. AREA WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS NAMED REGIONAL WINNERS
In Working Woman Magazine's Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards

Phoenix, AZ (January 26, 2000) - Out of the 9.1 million women-owned businesses in the United States, there are 360,300 business women in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. To recognize their accomplishments, Working Woman magazine held its second annual Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards. Ann S. Price, president & ceo, Motek (Beverly Hills, CA); Judith Partridge, president & ceo, Eastwood Insurance Services, Inc (Anaheim, CA); Maria de Lourdes Sobrino Franco, president & ceo, Lulu's Dessert Factory (Huntington Beach, CA); Judith Digon, president & ceo, American Barricade, Inc. (Anaheim, CA); Karen Caplan, president & ceo, Frieda's, Inc (Los Alamitos, CA); Suzanne Dunaway, president, Buona Forchetta Handmade Breads (Los Angeles, CA); Claudette Tapocik, president, Plak Smacker, Inc. (Riverside, CA) are among the 19 regional winners honored. Regional winners were announced on January 26, 2000 at a daylong event held at the Scottsdale Princess in Phoenix, Arizona.

The 2000 Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards program, sponsored by Bank One and Office Depot (National Strategic Partners) -- Fed Ex (Gold Sponsor) -- Salt River Project (event breakfast sponsor) and US West (luncheon sponsor), is the first-ever national campaign to specifically identify, recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions of women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs were selected by the editors of Working Woman magazine as a Phoenix region winner in the competition, which included Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

Winners were selected based on seven categories - Best Employer, Innovative Business Strategies, Original Products and/or Services, Overcoming Obstacles, Social Responsibility, Customer/Client Service, and General Excellence. (All regional winners are eligible for national award consideration -- national awards will be announced on April 10th in Phoenix, AZ.)

SEVEN LOS ANGELES AREA WINNERS - 2/
Additional winners from the Phoenix region include: Susan Thomas, president, Perfect Match Personnel (Phoenix, AZ); Cynthia Aldridge, president, CompuNet Credit Services (Lake Havasu City, AZ)*; Susan Brooks, president, Cookies From Home (Tempe, AZ); Judi Sheppard Misset, president & ceo, Jazzercise, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA)*; Abby Margalith, president, Peoplemovers Co, (San Diego, CA); Patricia Drain, ceo, Professional Alternatives of Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ); Terri Bowersock, owner, Terri's Consign & Design Furnishings (Mesa, AZ); Vivian Dullien, founder & executive vice president, Biex, Inc. (Dublin, CA); Tracey Pettengill, ceo & founder, 4charity.com (Palo Alto, CA); Celeste V. Ford, president & ceo, Stellar Solutions, Inc (Palo Alto, CA)*; Saman Dias, ceo & president, AIM Computer Training (Walnut Creek, CA)*; Lynne Leahy, president & ceo, AquaPrima, Inc (Hayward, CA).
National winners will be featured in the May issue of Working Woman magazine.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: DETAILED INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN THE PHOENIX REGION IS ENCLOSED OR CONTACT TINA CAPRIO, 212.445.6242, OR CHRISTINA DUFFNEY, 212.445.6237]

*Indicates winner in more than one category.

About Working Woman
Working Woman magazine, published by WorkingWomanNetwork, reaches more than 3.4 million readers. Founded in 1976, it is the number one national business magazine written for executive women. Each issue reports on business, finance, technology, and entrepreneurship as it relates to today's female leaders and achievers, corporate executives and entrepreneurs. The magazine's news-making and news-breaking reporting includes ongoing national market research studies and signature issues such as its annual ranking of the Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses, Top 25 Companies for Executive Women and Top Business Schools. Bernadette Grey, Working Woman's Editor-in-Chief, is a nationally recognized expert on workplace, financial and technology issues. The magazine can be accessed online at www.workingwoman.com

About Motek®
Motek provides an advanced, Windows-based, user-configurable warehouse management system that helps mid-to-large sized companies in the retail, wholesale, and third-party distribution markets save money and improve customer satisfaction by streamlining their warehouse operations. Since 1991, Motek's Priya warehouse software and technology has been leading the market in innovation, implementation time and ease-of-use. Privately owned, Motek has garnered numerous industry awards for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technical excellence, and consistently ranks as one of Southern California's fastest growing companies. Information on Motek is available at www.motek.com