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Rodney Thomas, President and CEO of Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC Cited as One of Maryland's Top 100 Minority Entrepreneurs

Rodney Thomas to Receive Prestigious Award from Governor Ehrlich's Office of Minority Affairs

Silver Spring MD, October 2, 2006 - The Governor's Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) and The Daily Record announced that Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC (T&H) has been named one of Maryland's Top 100 Minority Businesses for 2006. This inaugural program salutes Maryland's best minority and women business owners and to highlight their achievements. A panel of distinguished judges chose Rodney Thomas as a standout entrepreneur who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in four key areas: business development, client satisfaction, professional affiliations and community outreach.

T&H was founded by Thomas and the Firm's Executive Vice President Deana Herbert in 1996. T&H has emerged as a premier information technology and management consulting firm that provides exemplary services to Government organizations including the State of Maryland, Department of Homeland Security, Army, Air Force, Navy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Treasury and the Intelligence Community among others. The Firm has experienced consistent growth and has been recognized as one of the Nation's fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine in 2004 and 2005. T&H supports numerous charities, organizations of higher education and faith-based organizations including the Komen National Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer, Children's Inn at NIH, Easter Seals, Montgomery County's Holiday Gift Giving/Adopt a Family Program, Society for the Blind, CharityWorks, Hurricane Katrina Relief, Gethsemane Baptist Church, Howard University and many others.

Sharon R. Pinder, Special Secretary, Governor's Office of Minority Affairs said, "The business owners selected for this award represent the best of the State's more than 200,000 women and minority owned businesses. Their contributions have had a major impact in maintaining Maryland's vibrant economy."

"As the leader of a successful Maryland-based technology consulting company and as a Maryland resident, I am very excited to be recognized by the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) for such an esteemed award," said Rodney Thomas, T&H's President and CEO." Our accomplishments over the past 10 years are a direct result of our employees' focus and personal commitment to delivering superior results for our clients. I sincerely thank our clients for engaging us to support their critically important initiatives."

Thomas will be honored at the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs' awards ceremony at the Inn and Conference Center, at University of Maryland University College, in Adelphi, Maryland, on Friday, October 27.

For more information about Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC (T&H) please visit www.thcllc.com

For more information about the Top 100 MBE awards, please log on to www.TopMBE.com.

For more information on the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs visit www.mdminoritybusiness.com.

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