The National Association of Women Business Owners – Center Iowa Chapter (NAWBO-CI) announced the three female recipients of their 2011 awards.

Renee Hardman, senior vice president of human resources at Bankers Trust will receive the Connie Wimer Spirit Award for her commitment to empowering women and people of color. The NAWBO-CI Woman Business Owner of the Year Award goes to Michelle DeClerck, owner of Conference Event Management. And Lori Murga, owner of Just Beadiful, will receive the Aspiring Woman Business Owner Award.

These three women will be honored at the NAWBO-CI Woman Mean Business Summit on March 3, 2011 at the Holiday Inn and Suites Jordan Creek in West Des Moines. For more information and to register for the event, go to www.womenmeanbusiness.biz.