Farmingdale, NJ (April 29, 2009) – In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named DW SMITH ASSOCIATES, LLC as one of the top businesses in the United States.

DW Smith Associates, LLC is a certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Professional Services firm which has proudly been in business since 1965. The firm specializes in Professional Consulting Services for Transportation, Infrastructure and Site Development Projects including Civil Engineering, Land Planning, Land Surveying, Landscape Design, Environmental Services, GIS and ITs.

“We are so pleased to have been named one of the “Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in the State of New Jersey” states Jennifer Nevins, President of DW Smith Associates and a Wall Township resident. Our firm has enjoyed the distinction of being ranked in the “Top-100 Design Firms in the Tri-State Area” as well. Such honors are an acknowledgement that Women can be successful in non-traditional roles and that a strong work ethic, coupled with perseverance and vision, clearly pays off. Certainly I share this honor with my partners, Timothy Lurie and Thomas Murphy and with the incredible team of professionals that I have the privilege of working with each day, as well as our valued clients.

This is the 9th annual listing of the United States’ top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com. Companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural, women and small business earners. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.

“We look forward to contracting with many of the major corporations and are delighted by the opportunities both the Federal and State Economic Recovery Programs will afford businesses such as ours. With more than 44 years of experience in offering diversified services, DW Smith Associates is well poised to respond to the current Infrastructure and Transportation Development needs of our state. In turn, being awarded such work will allow us the prospect of hiring additional professionals and further boosting the state’s economy.” states Ms. Nevins.

“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “9th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida. For more information on DW Smith Associates, LLC, please e-mail Jennifer Nevins at jnevins@dwsmith.com

For more information about D.W. Smith Associates, call 732-363-5850 or visit the web site at www.dwsmith.com