Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27 , 2008

Enterprising Women Magazine has announced that Lea-Ann Germinder, APR, president and founder of Germinder & Associates, Inc. is a 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award finalist. Germinder has been practicing marketing communications for 28 years. Her company, Germinder & Associates, Inc. is celebrating its 10th year and maintains offices in Kansas City and New York.

The Enterprising Women of the Year Award honors the country's finest women entrepreneurs and their remarkable success. The award also recognizes honorees as leaders who have mentored and given back to other women in business and have had a profound impact in their industry. Award recipients will be honored at a gala dinner on Feb. 29 at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. as part of a three-day celebration held in their honor.

"Our award honorees are accomplished entrepreneurs who have earned the respect and admiration of their communities," Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women Magazine, said. "This award is a testament to each woman's remarkable accomplishments and we are proud to honor their business success."

About Germinder & Associates, Inc.

Germinder & Associates, Inc., founded in 1998, offers full-service public relations, advertising, marketing and Internet-based programs. The company has created more than 100 programs in animal health and is publisher of  GoodNewsforPets.com . Germinder & Associates was ranked among Kansas City's top 10 PR agencies in 2007 by The Kansas City Business Journal and is part of Kansas City Small Business Monthly's 25 Under 25 class of 2008. For more information, visit www.germinder.com . Also visit other program and sponsored sites at www.goodnewsforpets.com , www.catwellness.org , and www.knowheartworms.org .

About Enterprising Women Magazine:

Enterprising Women, headquartered in Cary, N.C., is the nation's only women-owned magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence, and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum, and a national stage for the critical issues confronting women's businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women. For more information, please visit www.enterprisingwomen.com or call 919-362-1551.