AIABG September 2017 Meeting at Maanas

Kelly A. Borth

Kelly Borth is a visionary with an intense pioneering spirit, an unfaltering commitment to achieving excellence, and a firm belief in the value of helping others—both personally and professionally. In 1990, her company GREENCREST, was inspired. Today, GREENCREST is a full-service marketing agency, offering brand development, strategic communications, Web development, SEO, social, digital and traditional advertising, as well as public relations to propel businesses from market players to industry leaders.

Kelly has been recognized as one of Columbus’s “Forty under 40” up and coming leaders, a Smart Business Power 100 and Power Player. She is a 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award finalist. Kelly was honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners with a Visionary Award in 2005 and that same year was named Ohio Women in Business Champion of the Year by the Small Business Administration. In 2010 GREENCREST was honored with a Corporate Caring Award and in 2011 a Smart Business Pillar Award. Kelly was honored with the 2011 Kent Clapp Leadership Award.

Kelly serves on the local boards of The Entrepreneurship Institute, Conway Center for Family Business Center and the Women’s Small Business Accelerator. She is a charter member of the local chapters of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). Kelly’s marketing insights can be viewed in her monthly column, Ignite Your Business™ in Smart Business Magazine.