And the TLMI Converter of the Year is...

With his sights set on a career in finance, he earned an undergraduate degree in economics from Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. For a short period of time he worked as a runner for a private trader on the commodities exchange in New York, but quickly discovered that it was not something he wanted to do. Although he had not planned on working in the family business, Dunphy joined Design Label in 1991 as a sales rep. He was promoted to sales manager in 1995 and then became president in 1999.