| 2007: |
Plexus Board of Directors Member |
| 2004: |
ATHENA™ Award finalist |
| 2003: |
NAWBO President
“Small Business News” Innovation in Business Award Finalist |
| 2002: |
Top Ten Women Business Owners of Northeast Ohio
“Northern Ohio Live” 500 Most Influential Women in Northeast Ohio
“Small Business News” Innovation in Business Award Finalist
Case Western University Weatherhead School of Management - Weatherhead 100 |
| 2001: |
Appointed to COSE’s Executive Committee
First Runner Up for COSE’s “Small Business Person of the Year”, presented by Congressman Dennis Kucinich
“Retail Rainmaker of the Year” by Northern Ohio Live Magazine |
| 2000: |
Named to the COSE Board of Directors
“Woman Advocate of the Year” by the US Small Business Administration, Cleveland District |
| 1999: |
“Volunteer of the Year” by NAWBO |
| 1998: |
Downey named “Business Titan of Style” by Sun Newspapers.
“Northern Ohio’s Top Women Professionals” by Northern Ohio Live Magazine |
| 1997: |
“Top Twenty Business Owners of Northeast Ohio by the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
Appointed to COSE Leadership Council |
| 1996: |
Cleveland Business Owner of the Year by NAWBO
Crain’s Cleveland Business “Top 40 Under 40” |
