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NV (New Visions in Business) Magazine will host its third annual, black-tie awards gala, ‘NV Awards 2K5,’ July 29, 2005 ,taking place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, Grand Ballroom, New York City, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. This year’s honorees include Ralph Gilles, designer of the hot-selling Chrysler 300 sedan dubbed the most influential American car of the 21st century (Innovation Award); platinum hip hop producer, Swizz Beats (Entertainment Award); Farrah Gray, the remarkable teenager who went from public assistance to a million dollar net worth by the age of fourteen (Vision Award); and ‘Apprentice’ star Kwame Jackson whose 3.8 billion dollar real estate development project is changing the landscape of the nation’s capital (Entrepreneur Award).

Other honorees include celebrity public relations maven, Marvett Britto (Women In Business Award); Adrian E. Bracy, VP Finance, St. Louis Rams (Corporate Award); Tony Shellman, co-founder, Enyce (Fashion Award); Charles “Tank” Harris, CEO Athletic Business Management Inc.( Sports Award); Davin Wheels, originator of the “continuous motion wheel” (Technology Award); and Andrew T. Carr, the Executive Director of the Rainbow PU$H/Wall Street Project, an initiative of the Citizenship Education Fund, a non-profit organization founded by civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Civic/Community Award).

“It will be a wonderful night of dinner, dancing and celebration as we honor some of America's finest urban professionals, entrepreneurs and forward thinkers, explains Kyle Donovan, CEO and Publisher of NV Magazine. The “NV Awards 2K5,” salutes urban professionals who have demonstrated strong leadership in business and have used their vision to achieve remarkable inroads within their industry.”