AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Argent is among the most awarded and honored M/WBE companies in the USA.

• • 2018 Elected to serve on the Board of the Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC)
  • 2017 Elected to serve as Chairwoman of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce(GDHCC)
  • 2017 Appointed to serve on the board of VisitDallas for 2018
  • 2017 Business Woman of the Year TAMACC
  • 2017 Finalist for the Lulac LUNA Award for Outstanding Executive
  • 2017 GE Energy Million Dollar Club
  • 2016 Immigrant Entrepreneur Finalist
  • 2016 100 CEO Leaders in STEM – STEMconnector
  • 2016 DFW International Airport 2016 Champions of Diversity
  • 2015 Entrepreneur Award Winner – Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business
  • 2015 Dallas Book of List Power Player
  • 2015 AACSB Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
  • 2015 Seton Hall University Entrepreneur Hall of Fame
  • 2015 USHCC Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year Award
  • 2015 DBJ Middle Markets Award
  • 2015 Tech Titan CEO Award
  • 2015 Minority Business Leadership Award- Dallas Business Journal
  • 2015 Women in Business Dallas Business Journal Award
  • 2015 AT&T Outstanding Supplier Award
  • 2015 WBENC She Rocks Award
  • 2015 EY Argent Associates & Asociar Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Region
  • 2015 WPO and American Express Corporate Payments Award: One of the 50 Fastest –Growing Women Owned Companies Worldwide
  • 2015 Enterprising Women Award, Over $100 Million
  • 2015 Best 50 Women in Business-NJBIZ
  • 2015 Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership Emerging Entrepreneur Award, JFKU
  • 2015 LISTA Latina in Business Leadership
  • 2015 Nominated as Secretary to the Board of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber (GDHCC) GE Critical Power Highest % Growth for 2014 Award
  • 2014 Dallas 100 Awards, SMU Cox School of Business, Ranked #1 Fastest Growing in Dallas
  • 2014 Top 500 Hispanic American Owned Businesses in the U.S.
  • 2014 Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S
  • 2014 Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey
  • 2014 Winner of USHCC At The Table Competition
  • 2014 Winner of CIANJ Annual Best Practices Guide-Technology Category
  • 2014 Inc.500 – 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies- #2180
  • 2014 Best IoT Platform – Internet of Things World 2014 (SeeControl)
  • 2014 Ericsson’s Diversity Supplier of the Year Award
  • 2014 Million Dollar Sales Award from GE
  • 2014 15th Fastest Growing Woman Owned/Led Company by WPO
  • 2014 Elected to the GDHCC Board of Directors
  • 2014 Nominated to Vice Chair of Seton Hall Board of Regents (Grounds and Building)
  • 2013 MBE Supplier of the Year by DFWMSDC
  • 2013 NJ Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs
  • 2013 WBE Hall of Fame Award by AIDC
  • 2013 American Airlines ExtrAA Mile Award by USHCC
  • 2013 Nominated to Seton Hall University Board of Regents
  • 2013 JFKennedy School of Business Mini MBA (AT&T)
  • 2013 Beta Gamma Sigma Recognition of Entrepreneur Excellence Award
  • 2013 DFWMSDC Professional Services Industry Group Sub Committee Vice-Chair
  • 2013 GE Critical Power Sales Award
  • 2012 Kellogg School of Advanced Management (NMSDC)
  • 2012 Alcatel-Lucent Corporate Plus Nomination
  • 2011 AT&T’s Supplier of the Year award
  • 2011 Ranked #59 of 500 Largest U.S. Hispanic-Owned Companies
  • 2011 CTIA Technology Innovation of the Year Award
  • 2011 New Jersey’s Earnest and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (finalist)
  • 2011 LISTA Business Woman of the Year Award
  • 2010 Bravo Award USHAA
  • 2010 Young Latina Leadership Award – Princeton University
  • 2010 Health Information Technology Leader of the Year Award – Association of Hispanic Healthcare Excellence
  • 2010 MBDA Minority Global Supplier of the Year Award
  • 2010 Health Information Technology Leader of the Year (from AHHE)
  • 2010 INC. 500 Magazine – Argent ranks 351of 500 accomplished companies
  • 2010 Top 50 Women Business in New Jersey
  • 2010 #1 Fastest Growing Woman Firm in Country (NJBIZ and WPO)
  • 2009 RAYOS Award by Latino Magazine for community Achievement
  • 2008 Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Company of the Year,
    NYC Small Business Services
  • 2008 Largest US Hispanic Owned Company – Top 500
  • 2008 Hispanic Minority Business Community Award, NJ Boy Scout Association
  • 2007 Service Industry Business Person of the Year Award Statewide Hispanic Chamber of NJ
  • 2007 100 Fastest Growing Hispanic Company (Ranked #22)
  • 2007 Alcatel-Lucent Systems Integrator Award
  • 2006 USHAA Golden Hammer Award
  • 2006 500 Largest Hispanic Owned Company (Ranked #462)
  • 2005 Woman of Distinction Girl Scout Council (Greater Essex & Hudson Counties)
  • 2004 Hispanic Business Woman of the Year (Region V)
  • Hispanic Top 500 in 2005, 2006 & 2007

President & CEO, Betty Manetta, is a member of the following professional organizations and has received several awards as follows:

• 2010 Leadership NJ program
• Seton Hall University Stillman School of business Leadership Council Member for the Center of Leadership Development
• Advisory Board member of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship Silberman School of Business
• Advisory Board and Mentor for Rutgers University (University College)
• Member of President Bush’s Import/Export Council (2006-2008) and Chairwoman of the Sub-committee on Innovation and Competitiveness
• NJ Tax Advisory Commission for Governor Corzine
• Chairwoman of the Hispanic Business Council (in cooperation with Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey)
• Chairwoman of New Jersey Chapter of Hispanics in Information Technology and Telecommunications (HITT)
• Board Member of the Minority Business Roundtable (MBRT) in Washington, DC
• Member of LAMA (Latin America Management Association)
• Women President’s Organization (WPO) & New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
• National Association for the Advancement of Hispanic People (NAAHP)
• Building Industry Consulting Services International (BICSI)