Teresa Katubig Honored with Tallerico Leadership Award
Mar 7, 2012
(March 6, 2012, Edwardsville/Glen Carbon, Il) Teresa Katubig, President and CEO of Extra Help, Inc., one of the region’s largest employment, payroll and workforce services companies, has been honored with the Tallerico Leadership Award. The award recognizes an individual who mentors others and provides a role model to encourage women to achieve their full leadership potential. A key factor in receiving the award is the recipient’s business accomplishments and record of community service.
Katubig’s commitment to women led to her selection for the award, according to Lisa Smith, Executive Director of the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce. “Teresa demonstrates a strong history of community service. Serving as an exceptional leader for young women is a priority for Teresa.”
Katubig has used her experience and influence in heading Extra Help, Inc. to promote other women. From the time she founded her company 15 years ago and grew it into a multi-million dollar regional leader, Katubig has devoted herself to assisting the development of young women. Not only does she support organizations that empower them, such as the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club’s “Table for Four” program, YWCA of Metro St. Louis, Circle of Women and the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois, but she mentors and nurtures young women within her own organization – ultimately helping them achieve recognition in the corporate community. A recent example is Nicole Kline, Regional Director of Operations for Extra Help, Inc. and an employee in the company’s Edwardsville office since 2007, who was named to the 2011 list of Top Executives by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly.
Professionally, Katubig is a member of many HR-specific organizations including the Society for Human Resources Management, the Human Resources Management Association and Southern Illinois Personnel Management (SIPMA). As a proud woman business owner, she joined the National Association of Women Business Owners in 2009 and Extra Help, Inc. was federally certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise.
“I live the American dream every day,” Katubig said Saturday during remarks at the dinner ceremony. Recalling challenges earlier in life as a single mother, putting herself through school, and starting her business in a small town, she thanked a supportive family and spoke of pride in her predominantly female team. Alluding to the impetus of the award, Katubig trembled as she spoke, “You really want to help out those who maybe didn’t have the opportunity you had.”
For the past three years, Extra Help has been featured in the St Louis Business Journal’s Book of Lists’ Largest Women-Owned Businesses, moving from #17 in 2009 and 2010, up to #15 in 2011. Extra Help, Inc. was also named the 11th fastest-growing company in the St Louis region. In 2011, Extra Help, Inc. made the Inc 5000 list as one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies, and was named the Business of the Month for the Village of Glen Carbon. Most recently, Extra Help, Inc. was named the Business of the Year for the Marion, IL Chamber of Commerce, and was recognized as the best in customer service by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly.
Despite her professional responsibilities, Katubig remains active in each of the communities where her business operates. Extra Help, Inc. belongs to sixteen different Chambers of Commerce in Illinois and Missouri, and Katubig is an active Rotarian, serving the Southern Illinois Club from 2003 until 2008, and acting as their President from 2006 until 2007. After opening her second Extra Help, Inc. office in 2007, Teresa transferred her Rotary membership to the Goshen club in 2008 and continues as an active member today.
She also takes pride in volunteering throughout the community, serving meals at the homeless shelter, and working within various committees to benefit the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, The Night’s Shield, and Children’s Home and Aid. She also organized and heads the committee to promote recycling in Southern Illinois.
Katubig has won several prestigious awards in the past few years, recognizing her impressive accomplishments as a professional woman. In 2010, she was the recipient of the “Woman on the Rise, Smart Women Smart Money” award from Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. In 2011, she received the Women Influencing Now Regional Economic Development Award from Winning Women. Most recently, Katubig was recognized as a top woman business owner by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly and was honored at its luncheon in February.
