Philadelphia SmartCEO magazine recognizes this year’s Brava winners at the 2012 Brava! Awards to take place on Wednesday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Merion. The Brava! Awards celebrate the distinguished achievements of 25 of Greater Philadelphia’s women business leaders.

This year’s winners collectively generate $1.3 billion in revenue and employ over 4,200 people. Additionally, the 2012 Brava winners will be profiled in the July 2012 issue of Philadelphia SmartCEO magazine. Please see below for complete program details.

The Philadelphia Brava! Awards, now in its third year of celebration, kicked off with a nomination process ending this past March. Across the Mid-Atlantic, over 200 nominations were collected for the program. To be considered for the Brava! Awards, nominees were required to be women executives leading companies that generated at least $1 million in revenue and who encourage local philanthropy, mentor fellow CEOs and set their companies on the path to tremendous growth. A dozen local business leaders of Greater Philadelphia came together to form the Brava committee and to choose this year’s winners.

“The 2012 Brava winners are an impressive group of women doing exceptional things for our community and beyond. They are the leaders of today and tomorrow — a highly talented group that has the drive to do great things. I am sure we will continue to hear of their success for many, many years to come,” says Jaime Nespor, group publisher of SmartCEO magazine. “We are honored to recognize such a group of women and their accomplishments.”